2018 Jeep Compass

2018 JEEP STALLED THREE TIMES IN TWO DAYS. FIRST AND SECOND STALLS OCCURRED WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A LEFT TURN FROM A STOP SIGN (5 MPH). THIRD STALL HAPPENED AS TRAVELING ON THE ON-RAMP (40 MPH) TO AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. PARKING BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON AND VEHICLE IS DEAD. RESTARTED VEHICLE AFTER TWO MINUTES OR SO TO CLEAR INTERSECTION. DEALER CANNOT FIND ANY REASON FOR STALL AND "CHRYSLER HAS NOTHING ON IT." DEFINITE SAFETY CONCERN.

DAYTON ANDREWS DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM, INC. SOLD ME A DANGEROUSLY DEFECTIVE VEHICLE AND REFUSE TO ABIDE BY LEMON LAW. ON APRIL 21 2018 I PURCHASED A NEW JEEP COMPASS LATITUDE 4X2 SPORT UTILITY WITH 15 MILES ON ODOMETER. AUGUST 2 I RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP DUE TO ENGINE STALLING, INTERMITTENT ENGINE SHUT OFFS, WARNING LIGHTS, CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS ON, ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND MULTIPLE LOSS OF PANEL COMMUNICATION FAULTS. AUGUST 6, I WAS TOLD TO PICK UP VEHICLE. UPON ARRIVAL LEAD MECHANIC STATED IT'S A LEMON AND THAT I SHOULD GO LEMON LAW. HE COULDN'T FIND THE SOURCE OF THE ISSUE, IT'S A MANUFACTURING DEFECT BUT IT SEEMS TO BE REPAIRED THIS TIME AND HE WILL CONTINUE TRYING TO FIX VEHICLE IF ORDERED BY HIS BOSS. BEFORE I COULD LEAVE THE DEALERSHIP PARKING LOT VEHICLE STALLED AND ELECTRICAL FAILURE WITH MULTIPLE LOSS OF COMMUNICATION OCCURRED, SO THE VEHICLE NEVER LEFT LOT AND REMAINED UNTIL OCTOBER 29TH UNTIL I WAS TOLD IT HAD BEEN REPAIRED AND TO PICK UP. ON OCTOBER 31ST, VEHICLE HAD ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND MULTIPLE LOSS OF COMMUNICATION AND COMPLETE BLACKOUT OF CONTROL PANEL SCREEN. ON NOVEMBER 7 CHRYSLER FORMALLY REFUSED TO BUY BACK THE VEHICLE AND INSTEAD ADDED INSULT TO INJURY OFFERING $3000 TO KEEP THE DEFECTIVE VEHICLE, SHUT UP AND GO AWAY. HTTPS://WWW.DAYTONANDREWS.NET FCS US LLC CHRYSLER CASE # 34917436 P. O BOX 21-8004 AUBURN HILLS, MI 48321-8004 TEL: 1-800-334-9200 FAX: 313-253-2928 ANY HELP THAT YOU GIVE ME WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. (XXXXXX) **PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)**

FACTORY TRAILER TOW OPTION LIGHTING CONTROL SHUTS LIGHTS OFF ON TRAILER AND INDICATES TURN SIGNAL LIGHT OUT WHEN LIGHTS ARE FINE. LEFT TURN SIGNALS AND BRAKE LIGHT MALFUNCTION. MULTIPLE TRAILERS TESTED. DEALER HAS REPLACED TRAILER CONTROL MODULE TWICE AND PROBLEM PERSISTS. STILL NO RESOLUTION TO PROBLEM. THIS RESULTS IN AN UNSAFE CONDITION WHEN TOWING.

VEHICLE TRANSMISSION WOULD JERK OR BUMP HARD ENOUGH FOR SEAT BELT TENSION SYSTEM TO JERK YOU INTO THE SEAT. WOULD MOSTLY HAPPEN AT A CONSTANT 30 MPH OR LOWER SUCH AS A SCHOOL ZONE. ALTHOUGH WOULD ALSO HAPPEN AT HIGHER SPEEDS ON ACCELERATION SUCH AS ON RAMP OR PASSING ANOTHER VEHICLE. AFTER A FEW WEEKS OF THIS AND AFTER A TOUCH SCREEN SAFETY UPDATE TO KEEP THE DISPLAY FROM FLASHING FULL BRIGHTNESS AT NIGHT, THE VEHICLE WAS SLOWING DOWN TO TURN INTO PRIVATE ENTRY OF WORK (GATE THAT REQUIRES RFID BADGE) AND SHUT OFF COMPLETELY IN MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLES HAD TO SWERVE OUT OF THE WAY TO MISS FROM HITTING US AT ONLY 3500 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. LUCKY WE WERE ONLY DOING AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR AND HAD OUR BLINKER ON. THE TECH THAT TOOK 22 DAYS TO WORK ON THE MOTOR OF THE VEHICLE AND TOLD US THE MOTOR TURNED IT SELF OFF AFTER THE VEHICLE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO 5 PSI DUE TO A PLASTIC PART IN ENGINE CLOGGING. I ASKED WHY THE LOW OIL PRESSURE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON AND HE SAID IT IS NOT DESIGNED TO COME ON UNTIL 3 PSI AND IT WILL NEVER SHOW CAUSE THE ENGINE IS SUPPOSE TO TURN OFF FIRST. THIS IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE YOU HAVE A VEHICLE THAT CAN TURN OFF WITHOUT WARNING ON LOW OIL LEVEL OR LOW OIL PSI. ON NEARLY ANY OTHER VEHICLE ON THE MARKET IF YOU HAVE AN 18 WHEELER COMING UP BEHIND YOU AT HIGH SPEED AND GOING TO HIT YOU AND YOU HEAR A DING AND SEE YOU HAVE LOW OIL YOU CAN SPEED UP AND GET TO A SAFE DISTANCE TO PULL OVER OR PULL OVER RIGHT THEN AND TURN OFF THE MOTOR TO KEEP FROM MESSING IT UP. JEEP HAS DECIDED THAT THEIR MOTOR IS WORTH MORE THEN THE LIFE OF THE PEOPLE DRIVING THEM. YOU SHOULD HAVE A CHOICE FOR WHEN THE VEHICLE TURNS ITSELF OFF IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE IT SAFELY AND TO BE ABLE TO MAKE INFORMED CHOICES. YOU HAVE LOW BATTERY ALERT LOW FUEL ALERT TO LET YOU KNOW WHEN IT MAKE TURN OFF AND WHY BUT THEY DESIGNED IT TO TURN OFF WITHOUT ALERTS

FRONT DISPLAY PANEL FLASHES OFF AND SCREEN GOES COMPLETELY BLACK THEN SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND ENGINE STALLS. THEN A MULTITUDE OF SERVICE ALERTS GO ACROSS THE SCREEN AND THE DISPLAY SCREEN CONTINUES TO FLASH ON AND OFF. HAVE TO TRANSITION THE CAR OUT OF DRIVE AND BACK INTO PARK IN ORDER TO RESTART THE CAR. HAPPENS MORE WHEN CAR IS AT A STOP LIGHT.

1 UNABLE TO TURN THE RADIO VOLUME UP OR DOWN. TURNED CAR OFF AND ON. WOULD NOT TURN OFF ACCESSORY MODE. MESSAGE STATING CAR WAS ON. PICTURE TO BE PROVIDED. TURNED ON AND OFF MULTIPLE TIMES. PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED NEXT TIME I STARTED IT. 2 WHILE DRIVING ACCESSORY DEACTIVATED. WOULD NOT TURN ON. PROBLEM CORRECTED ITSELF HOURS AFTER LEAVING IT PARKED. PICTURE OF ERROR MESSAGE TO BE PROVIDED. 3 MY JEEP WAS UNABLE TO STOP AT A YELLOW LIGHT. STOPPED IN MIDDLE OF INTERSCETION, ALMOST A CRASH. RAINY WEATHER.

THE AUTO START STOP HAS MALFUNCTIONED SO MANY TIMES NOW I'VE LOST COUNT. I'VE HAD THE JEEP FOR 6 MONTHS. IT STARTED THE FIRST WEEK. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND GOES OFF AND THE START/STOP ISSUE LIGHT DOES THE SAME. I'VE HAD IT IN AND THEY JUST CLEAR THE ERROR MESSAGES AND SEND ME ON MY WAY. VERY FRUSTRATING! THE ENGINE HAS TURNED OFF COMPLETELY AND HAD DIFFICULTY COMING BACK ON MULTIPLE TIMES AT STOP SIGNS AND STOP LIGHTS!

I MY JEEP WAS IN MOTION WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT ACTED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL OUT AND THEN DID NOT LET ME GO OVER 34 MILES ! MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND A RED LIGHT WITH THE LIGHTNING BOLT CAME ON ! TOOK IT TO DEALER THEY SAID IT'S BECAUSE I NEED AN OIL CHANGE ! GOT OIL CHANGED JUST TO PROVE IT WASN'T BECAUSE OF THAT AND THEN THE DAY AFTER MY PARKING BREAK CAME ON AFTER PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP SIGN AND WAS ALMOST HIT BY A SEMI !!! TOOK IT TO THE DEALER LAST MONTH FOR THE SAME THING AND THEY JUST KEEP SAYING IT'S BECAUSE OF DIFFERENT PROBLEMS LIKE A SOFTWARE UPDATE ! BUT THE CODES AS WHAT THEY ARE SAYING DON'T MATCH ! IT'S PUT ME AND MY CHILD IN DANGER !

RADIO (DISPLAY) KEEPS SHUTTING OFF AND TAKES MINUTES TO RECONNECT, BROUGHT INTO DEALERSHIP SAY THEY CANT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT IT. HAS DONE IT 2 MORE TIMES SINCE THEN. HERE A LOUD NOISE WHEN RUNNING BETWEEN 35PMH-45MPH, BROUGHT INTO DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID NOISE IS COMING FROM DRIVETRAIN, FOUND STARCASE FOR EXACT CONDITIONS AND ENGINEERING IS WORKING ON A SOULTION, NO DTC'S. WAS SENT ON MY WAY. WE JUST PURCHASED VEHICLE IN MARCH OF 2018. NOT A HAPPY CUSTOMER!