Bought the car brand new in 2007. Replaced left and right control arms in 2010 and again in 2014. The car only has 60,603 miles and its on its 3rd set of control arms. I should not be going through control arms that fast. I drive less than 2 miles to work everyday. Filed a complaint with jeep in 2010 and they paid as "good will repair". The car was not under warranty. They refused to pay for the 2014 even though its only 30,000 miles later. Control arms should be lasting longer than 30,000 miles! The car has had numerous repairs including a gas tank problem where gas poured back out at you while you pump. Clearly there is something wrong with this vehicle. The attorney general in rhode island has referred me to this administrative agency. Could you please help?
2007 Jeep Compass suspension complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep compass. The contact stated that the lower ball joints were replaced on three occasions and that the tie rod ends were replaced on two occasions. The vehicle was repaired at an independent mechanic twice and the dealer once. The technician was unable to replicate the cause of the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 60,259. Updated 8/19/14*cn updated 9/5/2014
Upon an inspection of the underneath of my 2007 jeep compass, it was found that my front sub frame (also known as the k frame) has serious rust issues. There is actually a section on the back side of the sub frame that has rusted out (approx. 1/2 inch by 4 inch in size). After some investigating issues with this vehicle on the internet, I found that this a common problem with this vehicle and that jeep has not recalled this issue. I will be replacing the part because this is a major safety issue with this vehicle.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep compass. The contact stated while driving various speeds a clicking noise was present in the front end of the vehicle. The contact stated the failure was diagnosed and repaired by an independent mechanic who determined the right ball joint was defective and needed to be replaced. The contact notified the manufacturer of the defect. The failure mileage was 63,000.
The alternator stops working after 90000 miles. You hear a big thumping sound like a tank. You do feel it but, is loud when accelerating and accelerating.
The car began pulling in the front right tire intermittently. I was a half mile from home, so I turned around to go back home. As I drove into the driveway, the front right tire and entire front right suspension completely fell down (almost completely off) and the tire was pushed sideways and into the frame of the wheel well on the car. The car came to an immediate and abrupt halt. Had I been driving on the road when this occurred, my car would have flipped and I would have crashed and could have been killed! This is a huge safety problem and defect that I believe should be part of a recall. I have read many reports of problems with this model/year concerning the wheel bearings, lower control arms, and tie rods. I have great concern driving this vehicle in the future after it is repaired.
2007 jeep compass. Consumer writes in regards to dissatisfaction with vehicle. *smd the consumer stated the ball joints needed to be replaced on the vehicle at 39,106. At 43,060, the rear ball joints needed to be replaced. Now, with 48,000 miles on the vehicle, the front and rear ball joints needed to be replaced for a third time. The consumer also stated the tire needed to be replaced with only 34,406 miles on the vehicle.
On june 13 2011 my compass with only 17085 miles on it, had cracked a front spring that had grinded a ring around my pass side tire. I was not aware of the problem, but I noticed some noise in the front end so I brought it to a dealer for service. I was told what had happened and how surprised the service dept. Was with this incident. They told me they could not believe it. It took a while but after some complaints and disgust with the dealership, but more so with chrysler, everything did get covered buy the 2 parties. Not to mention the fact that my vehicle was and still is under warranty. Today is january 3 2013 and guess what? I now have to contact the dealer and probably chrysler again. My compass is still under warranty with only 27450 miles and now the driver side front spring is cracked and is beginning to do the exact same thing to my other tire again. I don't know what the dealer will say or do but I will contact them first thing in the morning, they are closed at this time. I was just wondering if this is a common problem or just a fluke? To me this seems like it should be a possible defect and put under a recall. If anyone of these tires would have been warn down enough and a tire would have blown out, there could have been a very serious and or deadly accident.
Entire suspension system is nothing but junk. Replaced tie rod ends, inner and outer, ball joints, sway bar links, struts, hubs and axle. Some of these parts more than once. The tire came dangerously close to falling off the vehicle with less than 24 hr notice that something was wrong. Failed inspection last year for tie rod end that was replaced previous year. Chrysler will not budge on taking responsibility for what my mechanic calls "junk". Does someone have to die before they react??
Just like a lot of other complaints, had to have tie rods and ball joints replaced. Seem like a lot of the jeep compasses have this problem. Can they not make them better. Should be a recall.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep compass. While driving approximately 35 MPH, the contact heard a loud squeaking sound coming from the rear of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostics. The technician stated the rear lower ball joints would have to be replaced. Prior to the failure with the lower ball joints the contact stated the front drivers and passenger side tie rod had to be replaced. The contact did not experience a failure with the tie rod. The lower ball joints were not replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 33,000. Updated 05/11/12 *bf updated 05/21/12
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep compass. The contact stated that the struts, ball joints and wheel hubs had to be replaced on the vehicle three times. The dealer stated that the parts were designed to wear. The contact stated that the transmission also failed. The dealer advised the contact that the CVT part was the cause of the failure and the entire transmission would need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown, but the current mileage was 128,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep compass. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to a state inspection station, where the inspector determined that the vehicle was not safe to be driven. The vehicle was then taken to an independent mechanic for a diagnostic test. The mechanic stated that the front suspension, ball joints, steering and brakes would have to be replaced due to excessive wear. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 84,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep compass. The contact stated that he could hear noises coming from under the vehicle while driving at various speeds over 35 MPH. The vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop and the contact was informed that the tie rod assembly and all of the ball joints needed to be replaced. The tie rod assembly was replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and offered no assistance. The failure mileage was 31,824. Updated 02/0812 *bf the mechanic replaced the lower left control arm and lower right control arm. Updated 02/29/12
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep compass. While having the tires replaced at a tire shop, the contact was informed by the technician that the front drivers side ball joint would had to be replaced due to abnormal wear. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 30,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep compass. The contact stated that during a state inspection, the private mechanic stated that both lower front control arms needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 42,000 and the current mileage was 43,000.
Took vehicle for yearly inspection where the car was purchased, new. They were at that time a chrysler jeep dealer. It didn't pass the inspection due to the poor condition of the ball joints - mileage at that time was only 14,258. It was suggested I contact chrysler to notify them. They advised me to take it to a local qualified dealership. It was taken for them to check the ball joints. After 2 weeks of not driving the car due to its dangerous condition, the ball joints and both lower control arms were replaced at a cost to me of $214.00. The treatment I received and the amount of time it took them to decide to do the job at the "qualified dealer" was inexcusable. I feel chrysler should of taken care of the cost of the repair, since it was not due to anything I did but the quality of the parts installed originally. This complaint would of been submitted earlier but I was not aware of the federal safety agency.
The bearings melted into the hub assembly and it wore out the brakes and ruin all four tires, now the lower control arms are going out. I have only 43000 miles on the car and the warranty has ran out at 36000 miles. This should not have happen with such low mileage. Alignment will not stay because of the tires and the lower control arms. There has not been a recall but the hub, bearings are not able to geased. So these parts wear out sooner than normal.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep compass. The contact stated that the vehicle would drift from lane to lane abnormally when driving 60 MPH in rainy weather. The vehicle was taken to have the tires replaced when he was advised by the mechanic that the front lower ball joints would need replacing. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 58,000.
I was informed by the dealership of which I purchased my vehicle that my vehicle requires front control arms and tie rods which was given an estimate of about $900.00 to correct. My vehicle has 17,000 miles and is out of warranty, however, I viewed numerous complaints online of the same nature on the same year, make, and model vehicle. This appears to be a defect from the manufacturer since there were so many identical complaints indicated online. The dealership requested I do not drive this vehicle until repaired due to a safety issue. The dealership also said the items which need to be repaired will be replaced with a better quality and this occurred on many of these vehicles from this particular year.
I got a flat tire on may of 2011, after taking it to a tireshop I was informed that I needed 2 lower control arms, and tire rods. There was also uneven wear on the front tires.
No crash or injury, however the incident involved was that the tie rod on the left front side on my jeep compass 2007 was loose and the wheel was ready to fall off the auto. The jeep 2007 had 72,900 miles original. I have not had any accidents or abusive driving with the vehicle which I purchased from the jeep dealer in milwaukee in february 2010 with 68,000 orig. Miles and in very good condition.
Developed a noticable vibration.took to dealer and was advised the ball joints needed replacement and the vehicle was dangerous to drive. When picked up the vehicle, invoice stated 2 lower arms and a tie rod were replaced. I have driven many vehicles over 100,000 miles and never have had to replace these parts. Therefore I feel they were either defective or poorly design ed and they should be subject to recall replacement or inspection. Vehicle was only driven on local streets.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 jeep compass. The contact noticed that the front tires were worn in the middle. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic who stated that both the front end ball joints needed to be replaced. The VIN was unavailable. The current and failure mileages were 46,000.
Metallic noises emitted from jeep compass 2007 model front passenger's side. It would creak when turning and would frequently lose control of right side tires in adverse weather. Have fixed ball joint twice now and seemingly wears down over and over. Reviewing other complaints for this model, this appears to be the norm. A broken down ball joint and consequent cracked axis would mean a very dangerous situation: flipping off the road, losing control at higher speeds, etc. Thus far we have avoided serious injury but at less than 30k miles this should not be a recurring issue.
Passenger side lower front ball joint,(front was shaking while driving and had to be replaced) driver side front outer tie rod,(steering wheel was shaking while driving) both rear upper control arms. ( was not diagnosed until I was having wheel alignment done.) but rear tires were damaged from these parts being worn.. Had to replace all these parts. Only have rear upper control arms and tie rod. Owners opinion is that factory wheels are to big for this vehicle and causing to much pressure on these parts.
I took my 2007 jeep compass 2x4 to have the drivers front tire repaired. The repair man found that the ball joints were bad and needed to be repaired. I checked it out online to find that many jeep compass owners have had the same problem and only has 41,375 original miles. This is a wide spread problem. My jeep was purchased from a dodge chrysler dealer. I ask that you force jeep chrysler to recall this vehicle for this defect.
Took my 2007 jeep compass in for an oil change and tire rotation and was told that the lower ball joint on the front passenger side was bad and that I should get it repaired as soon as possible; that it was very dangerous to leave it as is. I found this website and found that this seems to be a very common problem. My car has 36,600 miles on it. The warranty was up at the end of july. How convenient. I plan on calling the dodge chrysler dealership in the morning and seeing if they will be able to help me out without this costing me a fortune. Seems to me like this is a parts problem and that a recall should be issued.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 jeep compass. While the contact was driving approximately 70 MPH, the vehicle began to pull to the left. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was informed that the front ball joints and front the wheel bearings would need to be replaced. Also, the technician detected that additional repairs could possibly be required. The vehicle was in the process of being repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 112,000. The VIN was unavailable.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 jeep compass. The vehicle was being serviced at an authorized dealer when the mechanic advised the contact that the front tie rods and lower ball joints would need replacing. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for repairs. The failure and current mileage was 16,430.
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