2018 Jeep Compass

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 JEEP COMPASS. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND COMPLETELY SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE SHIFTED INTO PARK AND THE START BUTTON HAD TO BE PRESSED MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD RESTART. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO SOLOMON CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE CARMICHAELS (2605 EAST ROY FURMAN HIGHWAY, CARMICHAELS, PA 15320, (724) 966-2600) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE OIL WAS LOW AND NEEDED TO BE CHANGED. THE DEALER ALSO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE PERFORMED AS DESIGNED BECAUSE OF THE LOW OIL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000.

NEW JEEP WOULDN'T START WITH 1700 MILES ON IT.FAILURE LIGHT CAME ON DASHBOARD.WHILE ON THE ROAD CAR DASHBOARD SAID" FAILURE,VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF , GO TO A SAFE PLACE" IT DIED AND AT LEAST I MADE IT TO A PARKING LOT. TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE! HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO DEALER.I HAVE HAD IT ONE MONTH. DEALERSHIP SAID IT MAY BE AN OIL MODULE PROBLEM THAT IS RECURRING AND IT WILL KEEP HAPPENING! SO MUCH FOR BUYING A "SAFE" NEW CAR. I AM DISGUSTED. THEY TOLD ME TO REPORT IT TO CHRYSLER. THEY SEE THIS HAPPENING A LOT! WHY NOT INFORM CONSUMERS BEFORE PURCHASE? I AM AFRAID TO EVEN GET IT BACK. I DON'T WANT TO DRIVE IT.

ON NOVEMBER 27, 2018, I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND THE VEHICLE STOPPED RUNNING MIDWAY THRU THE TURN. I WAS ALMOST IN A CRASH. I GOT THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD AND PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK. I STARTED THE ENGINE. YOU COULD NOT HEAR IT RUNNING BUT THE RPM GAUGE REGISTERD AROUN 5-500 RPM. I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND IT BEGAN TO RUN. I CALL THE DEALER IMMEDIATELY AND THE SOONEST I COULD GET TO THE DEALER WAS THE 29TH. I DELIVERED THE CAR TO THE DEALER EARLY ON THE 29TH. THE DEAL CALLED ME AROUND 5:30 PM THE SAME DAY TO EXPLAIN THE CAR WAS LOW ON OIL AND THIS CAUSED THE CAR TO SHUT OFF. THEY ASKED ME TO DO A OIL CONSUMPTION TEST. I RETURNED THE CAR ON DECEMBER THE 7. I STARTED THE CAR THAT MORNING AND IT SOUNDED LIKE THE CAR HAD NO OIL IT WHILE IT WAS RUNNING. THE DEALER KEPT THE CAR FOR 10-15 MIN AND RETURNED IT TO ME AND TOLD ME IT WAS FINE. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THE OIL WAS LOW. SINCE THEN I SPOKE TO AJ AT THE DEALER AND HE TOLD ME THE CAR WAS THREE QUARTS LOW ON OIL WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN ON DECEMBER 27TH. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS A SAFETY FEATURE FOR THE VEHICLE WHEN THE OIL GETS LOW. I HAVE HAD ALL SERVICE DONE AT THE DEALER. I DO NOT TRUST THIS VEHICLE. THIS IS GOING TO GET SOMEONE KILLED.

CONSUMER BOUGHT CAR IN AUGUST 2018 (MEMORIAL WEEKEND). UPON OBTAINING THE CAR, CONSUMER NOTICED THAT CAR APPEARED TO ATTEMPT TO STALL WHEN BREAK; HOWEVER, THE ENGINE WOULD KICK BACK IN AND NOT STALL. LAST WEEK (END OF NOVEMBER 2018) CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND STOPPED AT AN INDIVIDUALS HOME TO PICK THEM UP WHEN THE CAR COMPLETELY SHUT OFF WITH THE STOP/START SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. CONSUMER TURNED OFF VEHICLE AND RESTARTED THE CAR; LIGHT WENT OFF AND CAR RAN AS NORMAL. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE CAR TODAY 12/5/2018 WHEN STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT THE CAR STALLED AND RESTARTED, PUTTING IT INTO A "POWER SAVING MODE" WHERE THE RADIO DID NOT WORK AND PARKING BREAK LIGHT CAME ON ALONG WITH TRANSMISSION LIGHT, AND START/ STOP LIGHT. UPON GETTING THE CAR TO THE DESTINATION (HALF A MILE) THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER TURNED OFF CAR AND ATTEMPTED TO TURN IT BACK ON. CAR INSTRUMENTS TURNED ON; HOWEVER, WOULD WAS OBSERVED CLICKING AND WOULD NOT TURN OVER. THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT IS STILL ON AND THE START/STOP IS ILLUMINATED. I HAVE READ MANY OF THE "COMPLAINTS" FOR THIS VEHICLE AND THEY ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE SAME THINGS I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING.

I HAVE ABOUT 5500 MILES ON MY NEW COMPASS. WHILE IN DRIVE THE VEHICLE DISPLAY FLASHED 'OIL PRESSURE LOW' FOR LESS THAN A SECOND. THEN ANY INDICATION OF THAT WARNING LIGHT IS GONE. THE ENGINE THEN SHUTS DOWN WITH NO WARNING. NO BRAKE LIGHTS WHICH MAKES THIS EXTREMELY UNSAFE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A REAR END CRASH. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO SAID THAT THE ENGINE CONSUMED 3 QUARTS OF OIL. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE CAR WAS LOW ON OIL UNTIL A SECOND BEFORE THE ENGINE STALLED AND TURNED OFF.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 JEEP COMPASS. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THERE WAS A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE DEALER (SUSQUEHANNA CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM, 950 HELLAM ST, WRIGHTSVILLE, PA 17368, 717-401-4005) DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE ASSEMBLY MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED. FURTHER DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WAS NEEDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 18V524000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND 17V670000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE DEALER ALSO FOUND AN INTERNAL OIL LEAK THAT HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,800.

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.