2008 Jeep Compass 4x4: engine stalls while driving

Filed Jul 13, 2018 · Fuel system · 122,000 miles · VA

Within 2 minutes after pumping gas car stalls and steering wheel locks and car shuts off. This happens at any situation after pumping whether stationary, in motion, on a city street or a highway, turning. This has happened on multiple occasions.

Filed May 31, 2018 · Fuel system · 135,000 miles · KS

When the gas tank is filled/topped off the car randomly stalls while driving. The car steering locks up and is very dangerous in traffic. It happens until the gas tank is less than full.

Filed Oct 3, 2017 · Fuel system · VA

Every time I fill my car with gas I expect the car to stall and turn off while I'm driving down the road. It's extremely dangerous and it happens every time. This is a known issue which jeep needs to issue a recall for and refuses to. It is extremely dangerous to have people driving on the road whose engines can shut off at any moment causing them to come to a complete standstill even in the middle of the highway. The problem is the vapor/liquid separator valve located at the top of the fuel tank. The valve is designed to prevent liquid fuel from entering the charcoal canister/emissions system. When the valve fails, liquid gas can enter the line and fill the charcoal canister. After refueling the PCM on the vehicle detects a change in fuel level. Then, when the engine meets certain temperature and driving criteria, the PCM issues a purge command to the charcoal canister to remove the stored gas vapors. It's at that point that all the liquid gas in the line gets sucked into the charcoal canister. The PCM expects to see gas vapors entering the intake manifold and it is prepared to adjust air/fuel mixtures to compensate. However, it is not prepared to see liquid gas coming into the intake. That's what causes the engine to stall. Unfortunately, the only fix is to replace the entire gas tank.

Filed Mar 26, 2016 · Engine · 79,000 miles · OH

Car has ~79,000 miles. It stalls after filling up every time. After about 5-10 mins of keeping the idle up by pushing the gas the problem seems to go away. I've read that this is becoming a common problem with this line of vehicles (including patriot).

Filed May 10, 2011 · Steering · 53,000 miles · OH

Tl*the contact owns a 2008 jeep compass. When attempting to start the vehicle it stalled and a red symbol would illuminate on the instrument panel. A red light bulb also illuminated on the left hand corner of the instrument panel. In addition, when the vehicle was in motion, he would experience a loss of power steering. The contact was unable to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where they performed a diagnostic test which concluded that the control module needed to be reprogrammed. He performed the repairs on the vehicle; however, approximately two days later, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to a second dealer who awaited inspection. The manufacturer was aware of the issue and filed a complaint on the contacts behalf. The current and failure mileage was 53,000.

Filed Apr 8, 2011 · Engine · 17,500 miles · NY

Tl*the contact owns a 2008 jeep compass. The contact stated that while driving 55 MPH the vehicle stalled. Whenever the vehicle stalled, the contact was forced to coast onto the emergency lane and wait a few minutes in order to restart it. The vehicle stalled five times within the last year. When the dealer performed a diagnostic test, there were no error codes displayed. The warranty remained current. The manufacturer was contacted and referred her case to a case manager. The failure mileage was 17,817 and the current mileage was 36,100.