So since I've purchased my vehicle. All I can hear is clunking noises as if there are no shocks or suspension to this 2007 jeep compass 4x4. I bring my vehicle for an oil change and the mechanic tells me that the front and rear sub frames are completed rotted. These sub frames from what I know is very dangerous if not taken care of. It holds your suspension together. Why isn't there a recall on this matter yet? Are they waiting for someone to die for them to make this issue a recall?
2007 Jeep Compass 4x4 steering complaints
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My jeep just went over 6 years as me as the sole owner. The jeep is not used as any type of off roading. Had issue with an oil change that brought car into jeep dealership. A minor cleanup was all that was needed. However, I was advised that this extremely low mileage jeep had tie rod issues that could result very soon in a terrible accident for me. I have hankook tires on the car. I thought the car drove okay. I'm seeing many others with complaints on the tie rods where it's been mentioned that bolts were not fastened tightly causing early failure. Again, approximately 23200 miles on a car that is basically driven to the store and church within town with occasional expressway trips out of town. So, I'm scared silly that if I don't get these fixed, I'll kill me, any occupants and anyone else on the road at the time it does fail. I was told that I should not drive car without being fixed. And, chrysler doesn't think there's an issue here? This will cost me north of $1100.00 to fix.
As I wrote in previous comments, I have spent over $11,000 over this period of time. I have replaced the wheel hubs, tie rod ends, the front suspension and all rods concerning the rear. I have replaced the transmission at 98,000 miles costing me $3200. The transmission could not be repaired, the whole transmission had to be replaced. And yes I have 158,000 miles, but if you compare $11,000 just on repairs to this pile of crap. I have complained before, and nothing happens. As I was told there were 14,000 complaints just what I have complained about and still no recalls. I have asked if they could just look into why jeep compass owners are going through tie rod ends, wheel hubs, suspensions.
In 2008 we purchased the 2007 jeep compass brand new. At the time it had a little over 100 miles on it. In 2009 it failed inspection due to worn tie-rod ends which were covered under warranty. At that time we had approx 35,000 miles on it. In 2013 at approx 98,000 miles the tie rods are worn again, thus we failed another inspection. Since owning the 2007 jeep compass we have gone through 3 sets of tires, needed new ball joints and now front struts also need replacement. Not sure if there is a defect in the front of the vehicle which is causing these parts to wear out quicker then normal. When I spoke with the dealership on these last set of tie rods he told me its because of the roads are bad. I don't believe that as I've owned 5 vehicles in my life time and only had to replace the tie rods once.
Vehicle creaks loudly, when I pull off from stopped and when reversing and turning. Dealer replaced right inner tie rod and told me that I need to replace lower control arms. There seems to be a theme on this page, why has there not been a recall, with such an obvious problem with this year, make and model of this vehicle. I am disabled and depend on a safe vehicle to get me to my doctor appointments and maintain my family. I am on fixed income and did not anticipate that we as consumers would be left holding the bag on an obvious design defect, that needs to be corrected by the manufacturer.
Vehicle made screeching sound, coming from the driver's side front wheel while travelling at about 30mph. When vehicle was parked, owner noticed left front wheel to be turned out and standing at an angle. After raising the vehicle, owner noticed that a-frame crossbar had rusted through completely, rendering the front control arm bolt hanging away from the frame. Both side's front tie rods and control arms had to be replaced at aproximately 35000 miles and 70000 miles. Both side's link tow and link rear had to be replaced at under 70,000 miles, as all bolts had rusted to the frame. New tires were purchased at approximately 35,000 miles, again at 45,000 miles and at 80,000 miles. Shocks for front were also replaced twice on both sides. *tr updated 06/14/2012
I have a 2007 jeep compass 4x4. Shortly after purchasing it I started to hear a thumping noise in my front end when turning. I also heard a creaking noise whenever going over any bumps or hitting any potholes. The noise was consistent for awhile and then went away. Last year I had a tire blow out while driving. The left front tire blew out and upon looking at the tire- there was very obvious uneven tire wear. I looked at the right tire and it looked exactly like the left tire so we quickly had both front tires replaced with new ones. Five months later my new front tires were bald on the inside. I had to purchase new tires again and we had an alignment check to look into the front end. I was told my left ball joint and right tie rod needed to be replaced. I had the left ball joint done. I was planning to have the tie rod done within a month but I was advised it needed to be done now. After having the ball joint done my steering immediately started to pull to the right violently. I had the tie rod done the next day. This alleviated the pulling on the steering wheel but now I can feel something else. The car is not handling right and it makes me very uneasy to drive it. After doing some research across the web the same problems I am having with my compass are being experienced by many, many, many people who bought these vehicles. I'm seeing that this is only the beginning of what is going to be a long list of repairs on this vehicle's front end. I'm really shocked that this problem has not been recalled. Tie rods and ball joints are very dangerous. They are the components of your steering and when they malfunction someone is going to crash. If everyone who buys the same car has the same problem (and it is dangerous), why is something not being done?
I bought a 2007 jeep compass 11 months ago from lithe chevrolet/dodge/jeep. It had 64,000 miles on it. In the 11 months that I have had the car the rack and pinion and steering pump have had to be replaced twice. At my expense. The ball joints have been replaced. My struts and brand new tires are destroyed. The whole bottom of the vehicle feels like it is going to separate from the frame. I started having these problems within 1 week of owning the vehicle. The dealership would not honor the warranty and would blow it off as me being "silly". The check engine light has been on 3 times and rather than fixing the car they just "reset" the engine light.
Last summer, I had to have my front outer tie rod ends replaced at 65,000 miles. At that time I had new brake pads installed. A few months later, I started getting vibration in the steering wheel upon braking and I also was told I had uneven tire wear. I took it to the local chrysler/jeep dealer; they alligned it. They never told me that the steering vibration may be caused by bad ball joints. The steering problem didn't entirely go away after the allignment; it steadily got worse. I finally took it to an indpependent mechanic yesterday and they told me I need new ball joints and control arms in the front. I also need one new rotor and the other rotor turned. (this is after I had new brake pads installed about eight months ago and the rotors were fine at that time). I was quoted $663.56 for this work that included another allignment. I have had to replace 50,000 mile tires once at $600.00 and two more times on the front at about $350.00 each time. The vehicle has about 107,000 miles on it today. My complaints are 1). I drive with a two year old in the car frequently. This is a blatant safety risk that jeep is doing nothing about. There are multiple complaints and this should have been a safety recall. And 2)., the money that I've had to spend on this car-replacing front brake pads, new rotors, ball joints, control arms, tie rod ends and tires is ridiculous. I don't have much faith in the dealership since they didn't idenitify the ball joint problem when they should have. I may never buy another jeep product and I will certainly tell anyone that asks the experience that I have had with this car.
Loss of control where the car jerked as if I had hit a patch of ice (in the spring with 50 weather) anytime I steered to the left. Have had the ball joints/control arms replaced 4 times since.
Front lower control arms and tie rods have gone bad with only 67000 miles and less then 5yrs old.
Last year, 2010 I had to replace the tie rods in my 2007 jeep compass 4x4. It only had 36,000 miles at the time. Now I'm told the ball joints are bad. I can't drive my care because it throws me all over the road. A very definite safety problem, not to mention the money I'm shelling out for the repairs.
2007 jeep compass 4x4 with approx. 41,0000 miles needs tie rods lower ball joint/arm. Ball joints also causes owner to pay out of pocket for alignment and replacement of tires since defective ball joint causes tires to wear unevenly. I just paid $2,000 to have my compass fixed. I check with jeep before it was fixed the 800 number said it was covered under the 5 yr powertrain, I called the garage were my car was they said they did not think so then I called the dealer who said it was not covered. After my car was in pieces my dealer told me I should of brought the car there they may of been able to get some help for me. Nice time to tell me when it was in pieces. I filed a compliant with jeep but since this is a safety hazard I was told the car was not safe to drive. If I hit a pot hole I would of lost control of the car and hurt myself or someone else. What does is take for the federal safety agency to make jeep recall the 2007 compass to fix this. This is a major safety issue. Are we going to wait for someone to get killed before something is done to issue a recall. How people have to complain before something is done. .
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.
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
2007 jeep compass steering ball problem cost $1000 very dangerous front lower control arms had to be removed and replaced. Ball joint problems, could have lost control of the car.
Took car to my mechanic for an oil change. After putting car on the lift he usually does an inspection, brakes, exhaust, tires , steering , etc.when checking for play on the front wheels he notice a very dangerous play on both front wheels, more severe on the right side due to failing ball joints. Car is a 2007 jeep compass with 60,000 miles.
I bought my jeep compass less than a year ago with 42,000 miles. Its now about 10 months later and I have 46,000 miles on this jeep (I.e. I don't drive it a ton) I have done zero off roading and I always try to avoid potholes and bad roads. Took it in to investigate some loud noises coming from front... Only to find out that my lower control arms have to be replaced due to bad ball joints, outer tie rods on both sides in the front, and new brakes and front left rotor needed to be replaced. I find these problems to be absurd, considering the amount of miles on this vehicle. All of this costing over $1000 to repair. Jeep needs to stand behind their product and clearly recall these issues. I am not happy after reading all of the similar problems of other jeep compass owners; and it makes me even more upset to learn that most of these problems are re-occurring within 2-3 yrs. This needs to be addressed.. Orjeep will be losing my business in the future... Thanks!
Took 2007 jeep compass in for oil change, mentioned rattling noise in front end. Mechanic found that both lower control arms/ball joints need to be replaced. Jeep only 3 years old and guess what warranty expired! Total repair costs ~ 700 dollars. No recall as of yet, but there should be considering countless other compass owners are experiencing the very same problem.
2007 jeep compass ball joints on passenger and drivers side both failed at 56,000 miles. Never been off road just normal every day driving. Parts have been replaced, and old parts are available for inspection.
Front end would shake when coasting at 40 MPH. Took the car in to the dealers with 44,179 miles and they told me I needed to replace frt lower control arms left outer tie and rt inner tie rod cause they were all worn out. So they replaced them all. All new parts and $1034.00.
2007 jeep compass issues with brakes pads, rotor suspension ,tie rods,ball joint, struts, swaybar, swingbar full front suspension and front brakes and rotors. In 1/20/10 I brought me jeep compass in because of noise found out that I need struts front brakes and rotors outer tie rods a wheel alignment it cause me over a thousand dollars now 4 months later I have more issues with the car so I bring it back now they said that I need ball joint swaybar swing bar and bearings and the rear brakes and rotors etc this is going to cost me 1300 now that I think about it I never had a car that had so many problems my car has only 29000 miles its 3 years old why does it need this much work even the mechanic says this car has alot of issues whit the front end and steering and suspension and I owned other cars that are old and have not any issues with the car except the replacing brake pads and oil changes there has to be an issue that I think should be looked at why these parts are failing so soon thank you.
2007 jeep compass with 41,000 miles. Took it in for oil change and to investigate clunking noise in the front end. Mechanic discoverd left and right side lower control arms/ball joints badly worn. Cost to repair...$900.
2007 jeep compass tie rod and control arm failure.
My jeep compass 2007 went in to have the two front tires repaired. The repair man found that my lower ball joints and left outer tie rod were "trash". The left side had fallen apart. I called jeep to speak to them in regards to this after checking it out online to find that many jeep compass owners have had the same problem. Obviously the equipment they are using or the people who are putting them together are not either faulty or not well done. This is a wide spread problem. Jeep did offer to pay for the repair in the "event that it truly was a defect". The problem is my jeep is not a chrysler dealer and where it's at and the condition it is in, it would cost me nearly $500 plus to get to one. With that jeep would not help me. I am stuck paying for the repair of a vehicle that has faulty parts and workmanship. This is not a single event... And I ask that you force jeep chrysler to recall this vehicle for this defect. I will be getting my car repaired right where it's at, but I will be pursuing jeep legally through the attorney generals office, better business bureau ect until this matter is resolved.
I have a 2007 jeep compass with 55,000 miles, the lower ball joints and tie rod ends have to be replaced. In my opinion and the repair shops opinion this is extremely premature for replacement of these parts. The cost of replacement of these parts are not cheap either. I know I am not the only one with this same problems with this vehicle or the sister vehicle to this, the jeep patriot. I have read numerous other complaints on various websites about this same problem with jeep customers with less miles than mine. What really frustrates me the most is that chrysler will not even acknowledge the problem. And keep charging $800.00 to repair this part that will happen again and again! This is a very dangerous problem. My vehicle was at the point where the ball joints and tie rod ends are about ready to break. Thanks for your time.
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