2007 Jeep Compass 4X4

2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4 WITH APPROX. 41,0000 MILES NEEDS TIE RODS LOWER BALL JOINT/ARM. BALL JOINTS ALSO CAUSES OWNER TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR ALIGNMENT AND REPLACEMENT OF TIRES SINCE DEFECTIVE BALL JOINT CAUSES TIRES TO WEAR UNEVENLY. I JUST PAID $2,000 TO HAVE MY COMPASS FIXED. I CHECK WITH JEEP BEFORE IT WAS FIXED THE 800 NUMBER SAID IT WAS COVERED UNDER THE 5 YR POWERTRAIN, I CALLED THE GARAGE WERE MY CAR WAS THEY SAID THEY DID NOT THINK SO THEN I CALLED THE DEALER WHO SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED. AFTER MY CAR WAS IN PIECES MY DEALER TOLD ME I SHOULD OF BROUGHT THE CAR THERE THEY MAY OF BEEN ABLE TO GET SOME HELP FOR ME. NICE TIME TO TELL ME WHEN IT WAS IN PIECES. I FILED A COMPLIANT WITH JEEP BUT SINCE THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD I WAS TOLD THE CAR WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. IF I HIT A POT HOLE I WOULD OF LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR AND HURT MYSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE. WHAT DOES IS TAKE FOR THE NHTSA TO MAKE JEEP RECALL THE 2007 COMPASS TO FIX THIS. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. ARE WE GOING TO WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO GET KILLED BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE TO ISSUE A RECALL. HOW PEOPLE HAVE TO COMPLAIN BEFORE SOMETHING IS DONE. . *TR

2007 JEEP COMPASS CONTINUOUS (AT LEAST 6 TIMES) WATER LEAKING FROM SUN ROOF ...POOR DRAINING....UNCLOGGED DRAINS LINES(DEALER) NOISY THUMPING (SOME KIND OF ROAD NOISE) MANY COMPLAINTS WAS TOLD TIRES ARE NOISY....RETURNED TODAY (5/25/11) NOISE IS MORE EVIDENT AND HAS TO BE MORE SERIOUS THAN NOISY TIRES. DEALER HAS YET TO CORRECT THESE PROBLEMS PERMANENTLY. *TR

2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4 WITH APPROX. 48,000 MILES HAS UNDERGONE IT'S 4TH REPLACEMENT OF THE FRONT LOWER BALL JOINT/ARM. THE REPLACEMENT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY WITH JEEP NOR RECALLED AT THIS TIME. EVERY YEAR AT TIME OF INSPECTION, THE JEEP COMPASS FAILS INSPECTION DUE TO BAD LOWER BALL JOINT. REPLACEMENT COSTS THE OWNER APPROX. $500 ANNUALLY. JEEP HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING TO CORRECT THIS DEFECT AT THE TIME. THE DEFECT IN THE BALL JOINT ALSO CAUSES OWNER TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR ALIGNMENT AND REPLACEMENT OF TIRES SINCE DEFECTIVE BALL JOINT CAUSES TIRES TO WEAR UNEVENLY. *TR

2007 JEEP COMPASS WITH APPROXIMATELY 52,300 MILES NEEDED LEFT AND RIGHT BALL JOINTS AND RIGHT OUTER TIE ROD REPLACED AT A COST OF $510. GIVEN THE FAIRLY LOW MILEAGE AND THE FACT THAT THIS AUTO IS DRIVEN ONLY ON PAVED CITY AND HIGHWAY ROADS THESE REPAIRS SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY. OTHERS HAVE REPORTED ON THE WEB SIMILAR REPAIRS WITH BALL JOINTS/TIE RODS FOR THIS JEEP MODEL -- JEEP SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THIS MODEL FOR THIS DEFECT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING IN REVERSE APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH IN A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A LOUD CLUNKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THEY DETECTED THAT THE FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE DEFECTIVE. THE CONTACT SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,702. UPDATED 7/12/12 *CN UPDATED 07/18/12

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT AN ABNORMAL CLUNKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE COUPLING ARMS, BUSHINGS AND BEARINGS HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 35,000.