2018 Jeep Compass

I WAS MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN INTO TRAFFIC ON A BUSY HIGHWAY WHEN MY BRAND NEW 2018 JEEP COMPASS STALLED OUT. I HAD TO QUICKLY DRIFT TO SAFETY AND PUT ON MY HAZARD LIGHTS AND TRY TO START THE CAR AGAIN. I TOOK ABOUT A MINUTE TO START AGAIN. AFTER THAT IT HAPPENED SEVERAL MORE TIMES ALL WHEN I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. I CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT IT USUALLY MEANS IT NEEDS AN OIL CHANGE. I HAD THE CAR FOR 3 MONTHS AND WAS TOLD I SHOULD CHECK THE OIL EVERY 500 TO 1000 MILES EVEN THOUGH THE CAR TAKES OIL AND SHOULD BE GOOD FOR ABOUT 5,000 MILES. NEVER ONCE DID I RECEIVE ANY WARNING LIGHTS. I FEAR FOR MY SAFETY WHEN DRIVING THIS VEHICLES. *DT *DT*JB

VEHICLE STALLED ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS ON TWO DIFFERENT DATES, TWICE WHILE YIELDING TO INTERSTATE RAMP, ONCE WHILE STOPPED AT TRAFFIC LIGHT, AND ONCE WHILE IN MOTION ON CITY STREET.. VEHICLE HAD TO BE PLACED IN PARK TO RESTART AND DID NOT ENGAGE IMMEDIATELY, ONLY AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS AND FAILED TURNOVER. REPORTED STALLS OCCURRED IN VARYIED TEMPERATURES. VEHICLE IS 4 MONTHS OLD.

I TAKE MY VEHICLE IN FOR REGULAR OIL CHANGES, HOWEVER, ON TWO OCCASIONS THEY SERVICE TECHNICIANS HAVE NOTIFIED ME THAT MY OIL IS ALMOST COMPLETELY OUT. I HAVE BEEN GETTING MY CAR SERVICES AT THE JEEP DEALERSHIP. FOR SOME REASON, MY CAR APPEARS TO BE CONSUMING RIDICULOUS AMOUNTS OF OIL AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHY. THE JUST KEEP TELLING ME TO COME BACK TO GET ANOTHER OIL CHANGE. I'M GOING THROUGH SEVERAL QUARTERS FULL SYNTHETIC QUARTS EVERY THOUSAND OR SO MILES. THE VEHICLE IS NOT LEAKING OIL ANYWHERE; AS I PARK IN THE SAME SPOTS AT WORK AND AT HOME AND HAVE SEEN NOTHING LEAKING. I HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED FROM THE DEALERSHIP THAT THIS IS A *SEPARATE AND UNRELATED ISSUE* TO THE ELECTRONIC ISSUES THAT ARE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL WITHOUT NOTICE, WHILE IN MOTION.

WHEN VEHICLE IS IN MOTION IT WILL STALL. THIS HAS HAPPENED ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHERE I WAS STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AMIDST TRAFFIC, IN INTERSECTIONS, AND ONCE ON A FREEWAY. ON ONE OCCASION I WAS BRAKING TO STOP AT AN OFF RAMP OF AN INTERSTATE. ANOTHER TIME I WAS TURNING ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET. THE OTHER TWO TIMES I WAS IN MOTION ON A STRAIGHT ROAD. IN ALL THESE INSTANCES I RECEIVED ALERTS THAT MY AUTO START NEEDED SERVICING EVEN THOUGH THE DEALERSHIP JUST LOOKED AT IT AND CLEARED THE ERROR/CODE. IT WAS A MIRACLE I WASN'T HIT WHEN THESE EVENTS OCCURRED. THE EVENT HAPPENS IN THIS ORDER: GAS PEDAL STOPS WORKING, SO THE CAR BEGINS TO COAST BUT CANNOT ACCELERATE. ALL THE ENGINEER WARNING LIGHTS POP UP AT ONCE. CAR BEGINS TO BEEP (I ASSUME BECAUSE OF THE WARNING LIGHTS), STEERING WHEEL LOCKS, PREVENTING YOU FROM COASTING YOUR CAR TO THE SHOULDER, THEN THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ENGAGES SO YOU ARE STUCK WHERE YOU ARE. YOU ARE UNABLE TO START THE CAR OR MOVE THE CAR AND YOU ARE STUCK EXACTLY WHERE IT DIED. AGAIN, THIS HAS HAPPENED ON THE FREEWAY, IN THE MIDDLE OF INTERSECTIONS, AND WHILE ON A REGULAR ROAD. WITHOUT WARNING - THE CAR JUST DIES. AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES YOU CAN START THE CAR UP AGAIN WITHOUT ISSUE, BUT YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE CAR LETS YOU DO IT AND YOU NEVER HAVE A WARNING FOR WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN TO PUT YOURSELF IN A SAFE POSITION ON THE ROAD. IT'S A DANGER TO THE DRIVER AND SURROUNDING VEHICLES. HONESTLY, IT'S TERRIFYING.

THE ENGINE SHUTS OFF WITH NO WARNING WHILE IN MOTION, WE EXPERIENCED THIS 3 TIMES IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS. THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED WE ALMOST GOT REAR-ENDED BY A SEMI TRUCK WHILE DRIVING ON THE STREET, LUCKILY THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL AROUND US HONKING HIS HORN THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH. I CALLED JEEP/ CHRYSLER CORPORATE TO EXPRESS THE SAFETY CONCERNS AND THEY ADVISED THAT "THE ENGINE WAS DESIGNED TO SHUT OFF WHEN THE OIL WAS LOW TO PROTECT ITSELF". I REPLIED THAT THE VALUE OF AN ENGINE DOES NOT COMPARE TO THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY OR OTHER MOTORIST. THE DEALERSHIP TRACED THE ISSUE BACK TO THE OIL CONSUMPTION ON THE 4 CYLINDER ENGINES, THEY CLAIM THAT THROUGH THEIR OWN GUIDELINES IT IS OK FOR THE JEEP COMPASS TO BURN 1 QUART OF OIL EVERY 2,000 MILES (SEEMS HIGH). THE ENGINE BURNS THROUGH OIL AT AN ALARMING RATE AND IS DESIGNED TO SHUT OFF WHEN THE OIL IS LOW. THE 2018 JEEP COMPASS DOES NOT HAVE AN OIL PRESSURE GAUGE SO DRIVERS DO NOT HAVE A WARNING AS TO WHEN THE VEHICLE MAY POTENTIALLY SHUT-OFF. I COMPLAINED ABOUT THAT AS WELL AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS FOR ME TO CHECK AND ADD OIL EVERY TIME I PUMP GAS, SOMETHING YOU DON'T EXPECT TO DO ON A NEW VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE BUT HIS HANDS WERE TIED UNTIL CHRYSLER ISSUES A RECALL.

AFTER STARTING CAR AND DRIVING FOR 2 MINUTES EMERGENCY BREAK ENGAGES AND CAR SHUTS OFF WHILE IN MOTION, UPON TURNING OFF THE CAR AND RESTARTING WHILE TURNING RIGHT THE LOW PRESSURE SENSOR APPEARS THEN DISAPPEARS AND SERVICE ENGINE WARNING COMES ON CAR COMPLETELY SHUTS OFF WHILE IN MOTION WITH NO WARNING AFTER THE ALARM DISAPPEARS OFF DASH. THIS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING IN BUSY INTERSECTIONS. IT ALSO OCCURRED WHEN THE CAR GOT TOWED BACK TO DEALERSHIP.

THIS IS THE THIRD CAR I OWN, MY FIRST TWO CARS WERE HONDA AND NOW I AM CURRENTLY DRIVING A 2018 JEEP COMPASS. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THIS CAR SINCE AUGUST, ON 2/26/19 AROUND 1:30PM I WAS DRIVING FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTES WHEN I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND MY AUTOMATIC STOP/START TURNED MY CAR OFF, I PRESSED THE BUTTON AND MY CAR STARTED AGAIN NORMALLY. AS THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I MOVED MY FOOT FROM THE BREAK TO THE GAS AND MY CAR DID NOT MOVE. I PRESSED THE AUTO AGAIN AND I STILL DID NOT MOVE, CONTINUED TO PUT MY CAR IN PARK AND NOTHING WOULD WORK. I HAD TO RESTART MY CAR TWICE BEFORE IT WOULD MOVE. THIS ALL HAPPENED WHILE AT A GREEN LIGHT WITH CARS BEHIND ME. ON 2/27/19 AT 2:45PM I STARTED MY CAR AND WHILE I WAS STILL DRIVING PRESSED THE AUTO STOP/START, I GET ABOUT 200 FEET FURTHER BEFORE MY CAR STARTS SLOWING DOWN ON ITS OWN AND SHUT OFF. I WAITED SOME TIME BEFORE RESTARTING MY CAR. ON 3/1/19 AT 2:30PM I DID NOT HAVE AUTO STOP/START ON, I WAS DRIVING FOR SOME TIME AND MY CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN AGAIN SO I PUSHED ON THE GAS TO ACCELERATE, IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE WHEN MY CAR CAME TO A STOP ON ITS OWN AND THE EMERGENCY BREAK LIGHT CAME ON ON ITS OWN. I WAITED SOME TIME AGAIN BEFORE RESTARTING MY CAR. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS CAR AS IT IS DANGEROUS TO JUST STOP ON ITS OWN. ** PLEASE NOTE THE VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 2965 MILES ON IT AS OF 3/2/19 *

THE DASH LIGHTS DO NOT DIM WHEN TRANSITIONING FROM DAY TO NIGHT DRIVING. I HAVE TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER, TURN IT OFF, WAIT A FEW MINUTES AND RESTART. SOMETIMES IT TAKES THREE OR FOUR TRIES BEFORE THE LIGHTS DIM. ADDITIONALLY, THE REVERSE CAMERA DISPLAY DOES NOT DIM AT NIGHT. I HAVE ALMOST BACKED INTO A DITCH AND A TREE BECAUSE I WAS BLINDED BY THE CAMERA DISPLAY. USUALLY I HAVE TO PUT SOMETHING OVER IT WHILE BACKING UP AT NIGHT IN ORDER TO DO SO SAFELY. VERY POOR DESIGN IN BOTH THE DASH AND REVERSE CAMERA DIMMING TECHNOLOGY. IT'S NOT LIKE THE DIMMING FEATURE IS NEW TECHNOLOGY!