2007 Jeep Compass

THE CAR BEGAN PULLING IN THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE INTERMITTENTLY. I WAS A HALF MILE FROM HOME, SO I TURNED AROUND TO GO BACK HOME. AS I DROVE INTO THE DRIVEWAY, THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE AND ENTIRE FRONT RIGHT SUSPENSION COMPLETELY FELL DOWN (ALMOST COMPLETELY OFF) AND THE TIRE WAS PUSHED SIDEWAYS AND INTO THE FRAME OF THE WHEEL WELL ON THE CAR. THE CAR CAME TO AN IMMEDIATE AND ABRUPT HALT. HAD I BEEN DRIVING ON THE ROAD WHEN THIS OCCURRED, MY CAR WOULD HAVE FLIPPED AND I WOULD HAVE CRASHED AND COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED! THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY PROBLEM AND DEFECT THAT I BELIEVE SHOULD BE PART OF A RECALL. I HAVE READ MANY REPORTS OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS MODEL/YEAR CONCERNING THE WHEEL BEARINGS, LOWER CONTROL ARMS, AND TIE RODS. I HAVE GREAT CONCERN DRIVING THIS VEHICLE IN THE FUTURE AFTER IT IS REPAIRED. *TR

2007 JEEP COMPASS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DISSATISFACTION WITH VEHICLE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE AT 39,106. AT 43,060, THE REAR BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NOW, WITH 48,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, THE FRONT AND REAR BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FOR A THIRD TIME. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WITH ONLY 34,406 MILES ON THE VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD SPORADICALLY FAIL TO START AND WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE WIRE FROM THE FUEL PUMP STARTED TO FAIL AND COULD HAVE IGNITED A FIRE. THE DEALER COULD NOT PROVIDE A REASON FOR THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO CORROSION OR RUST ON THE PART WHEN IT WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,929 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 83,981. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY LOST POWER AND DECELERATED TO 20 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY ADVISED THAT THE TMC MODULE AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,000.

ON JUNE 13 2011 MY COMPASS WITH ONLY 17085 MILES ON IT, HAD CRACKED A FRONT SPRING THAT HAD GRINDED A RING AROUND MY PASS SIDE TIRE. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT I NOTICED SOME NOISE IN THE FRONT END SO I BROUGHT IT TO A DEALER FOR SERVICE. I WAS TOLD WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND HOW SURPRISED THE SERVICE DEPT. WAS WITH THIS INCIDENT. THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT BELIEVE IT. IT TOOK A WHILE BUT AFTER SOME COMPLAINTS AND DISGUST WITH THE DEALERSHIP, BUT MORE SO WITH CHRYSLER, EVERYTHING DID GET COVERED BUY THE 2 PARTIES. NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT MY VEHICLE WAS AND STILL IS UNDER WARRANTY. TODAY IS JANUARY 3 2013 AND GUESS WHAT? I NOW HAVE TO CONTACT THE DEALER AND PROBABLY CHRYSLER AGAIN. MY COMPASS IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY WITH ONLY 27450 MILES AND NOW THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT SPRING IS CRACKED AND IS BEGINNING TO DO THE EXACT SAME THING TO MY OTHER TIRE AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DEALER WILL SAY OR DO BUT I WILL CONTACT THEM FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, THEY ARE CLOSED AT THIS TIME. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM OR JUST A FLUKE? TO ME THIS SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD BE A POSSIBLE DEFECT AND PUT UNDER A RECALL. IF ANYONE OF THESE TIRES WOULD HAVE BEEN WARN DOWN ENOUGH AND A TIRE WOULD HAVE BLOWN OUT, THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY SERIOUS AND OR DEADLY ACCIDENT. *TR

ENTIRE SUSPENSION SYSTEM IS NOTHING BUT JUNK. REPLACED TIE ROD ENDS, INNER AND OUTER, BALL JOINTS, SWAY BAR LINKS, STRUTS, HUBS AND AXLE. SOME OF THESE PARTS MORE THAN ONCE. THE TIRE CAME DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO FALLING OFF THE VEHICLE WITH LESS THAN 24 HR NOTICE THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. FAILED INSPECTION LAST YEAR FOR TIE ROD END THAT WAS REPLACED PREVIOUS YEAR. CHRYSLER WILL NOT BUDGE ON TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT MY MECHANIC CALLS "JUNK". DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE THEY REACT?? *TR

WE BOUGHT OUR JEEP COMPASS IN JANUARY 2007. APPROX. DATE FOR THIS PROBLEM IS SEPT 2011. OUR JEEP STARTED ACTING LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL WHEN STOPPED AT A LIGHT OR WHEN IN MOTION. AT OTHER TIMES, IT WOULDN'T START AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS. MOST TIMES IT WOULD START. ONE DAY IT DID NOT START AT ALL AND WE DECIDED TO TAKE IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY. THAT MORNING, IT STARTED, BUT WE STILL TOOK IT IN. THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON ALSO. WE TOLD THEM WE THINK ITS THE BATTERY BECAUSE WE HAD ISSUES WITH THAT ALREADY (BATTERY REPLACED IN 2010 AND AGAIN IN, I THINK, 2011, SOMETHING IN THE JEEP WAS DRAINING THE BATTERY). LONG BEACH CA DEALERSHIP. I THINK THEY CHARGED US A FEE TO HOOK IT UP TO THE COMPUTER, THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM, AND SAID IT WAS NOT THE BATTERY. THEY SAID IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN, TO BRING IT BACK. OVER THE PAST YEAR, THE STALLING INCREASED AND THE JEEP WAS NOT STARTING CORRECTLY. AUG 1, 2012, APPROX. MILEAGE 104,000, WE TRIED TO START OUR JEEP, AND IT WOULDN'T START AT ALL. WE HAD IT TOWED TO BILOXI MS DEALERSHIP AND WE TOLD THEM THIS HAD HAPPENED BEFORE. THE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AGAIN AND ANOTHER LIGHT I CANT REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS FOR. THEY HOOKED IT UP TO THEIR COMPUTER AND IT TOLD THEM IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP. THEY PROCEEDED TO START TO REPLACE IT, BUT, BEFORE THEY DID, THEY CAME TO US AND HAD US LOOK AT THE CONNECTOR SWITCH FOR THE FUEL PUMP. IT HAD MELTED, HAD BURNS ON IT, AND HAD MELTED THROUGH THE PUMP. WHY THIS IS NOT A SAFETY RECALL IS BEYOND ME WHEN I SEE OTHERS HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM! THE MECHANIC SAID WE WERE LUCKY THIS THING HAD NOT CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE WE WERE DRIVING IT!! AND EVEN MORE DISTURBING, THE FUEL PUMP IS LOCATED UNDER THE BACKSEAT! WHAT IF WE HAD OUR GRANDSON WITH US AND IT CAUGHT FIRE, OR EVEN WORSE, EXPLODED? ANYONE WITH A JEEP COMPASS WITH THESE PROBLEMS SHOULD HAVE THEIR FUEL PUMPS LOOKED AT IMMEDIATELY! *TR