2007 Jeep Compass 4X4

2007 JEEP COMPASS LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE AT 53,654 MILES. COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. TOOK MY JEEP IN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND FOUND MY DRIVERS LOWER BALL JOINT VERY CLOSE TO SEPARATING. NOT ONLY THAT BUT THE VERTICAL LOWER CONTROL ARM BUSHING WAS SEPARATED FROM THE ARM !! ONLY REASON THERE WAS NOT DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE OR MY LIFE WAS I HAD MY COMPASS SERVICED EARLY FOR THE 60K SERVICE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BEGAN PULLING TO THE RIGHT. THE CONTACT SLOWED DOWN TO KEEP CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 53,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO PULL TO THE RIGHT AND WANDER OUT OF THE LANE CAUSING DIFFICULTY TO STEER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TWO TIMES WHERE THE FRONT STABILIZER SWAY BAR AND RACK AND PINION WERE REPLACED. ALSO, THE TIE ROD WAS REPLACED TWICE. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO OCCUR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY INFORMED THAT THE SAME PARTS WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY REPLACED HAD FAILED FOR THE THIRD TIME. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FAILURES WERE COMMON ISSUES WITH THE MODEL YEAR VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,693.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHEN THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE EXTREMELY LOOSE AND DISLODGING FROM THE SOCKET ABNORMALLY. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,820.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHEN HE WAS INFORMED THAT BOTH FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARMS WOULD NEED REPLACING. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WHEELS WERE ABNORMALLY SLANTED INWARD AS A RESULT OF THE CONTROL ARM FAILURE. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED CONCERN OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED WITH THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 39,422.

I RECENTLY HAD MY 2007 JEEP COMPASS IN TO DEALER TO CHECK OUT WHY VEHICLE WAS HANDLING IMPROPERLY . FOUND OUT I NEEDED $3000 OF FRONT AND REAR SUSPENSION PRTS INCLUDING CONTROL ARMS FRONT AND BACK WHEEL BEARINGS X 4 ,BALL JOINTS THE WHOLE BIT IN RESEARCHING THIS I FIND I AM ONE OF POSSIBLY THOUSANDS WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS ON THE SAME YEAR JEEP COMPASS. I HAVE BEEN LOYAL TO CHRYSLER EVEN AFTER OWNING A NEON WITH MANY PROBLEMS BUT THIS IS DEFINATELY THE LAST CHRYSLER DODGE OR JEEP PRODUCT I WILL EVER PURCHASE. THIS VEHICLE IS SIMPLY A LEMON AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

2007 JEEP COMPASS NEEDED TIE ROD ENDS REPLACED AT ANNUAL INSPECTION AT 49000 MILES AND BALL JOINTS NEED REPLACED AT 70000 MILES! JEEP WILL NOT COVER THEM AND THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO MAKE THE BALL JOINTS HOW CONVENIENT. MECHANIC SAYS THEY ARE ONLY LASTING AN AVERAGE OF40-70K MILES AND TO GET RID OF THE VEHICLE. TIE ROD ENDS HAVE 25000 MILES ON THEM AND HE SAID WILL NEED REPLACED IN ABOUT A YEAR AGAIN! UPDATED 01/13/11*BF *TR