2013 Jeep Compass: engine overheating

6 of the 80 complaints about the 2013 Jeep Compass describe engine overheating.

owner complaints: 6
of this car's complaints: 8%
typical mileage: 74,000
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 15 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Engine overheating by model year

2025
2
2022
3
2021
6
2020
16
2019
17
2018
21
2017
2
2016
2
2014
6
2013
6
2012
8
2011
8
2009
3
2008
2
2007
4

What owners say

Filed Jun 25, 2020 · Driver assistance · 50,000 miles · KY

Electronic throttle control and electronic stability control indicator lights turn on and vehicle goes into "limp" mode creating the inability to accelerate over 10mph. When pulling out in front of oncoming traffic, the jeep stalls and then goes into limp mode. Serious safety concern with not being able to accelerate in these scenarios. Has happened ever since the jeep had 50,000 miles and has continued to the point the vehicle is no longer drivable as of june 2020 (issues began in jan 2019). Extreme hesitation has occurred when trying to accelerate on an on-ramp also creating a safety hazard as to not get up to the appropriate speed to safely merge with traffic. Cvt transmission began overheating at 55,000 miles, also causing the jeep to go into limp mode.

Filed Mar 1, 2019 · 74,000 miles · GA

Takata recall it is dealing with the trasmission temperature. Driving with or without the air conditioning on and cruise control for a period of time of a speed of 70. The light comes on the car begins to make a whining noise and the car begins to lose speed and power. The temperature light comes on and it is not overheating,I have to pull over cut vehicle off. For 5 or more minutes then continue on until it starts over again. This has happened multiple times. No one can figure out what is wrong with the car. I took to dealership and they said they can't tell me what is wrong with out the light being on at the moment I bring it there, the light comes on and the vehicle shuts down no possible way to even drive it when this happens, I have had numerous people trouble shoot and seems like they are just taking my money and not solving this issue, it seems to be a factory issue and needs to be fixed, being on the highway at a fast rate of speed and loosing power is unsafe. I will be looking for another vehicle. 1 affected product

Filed Feb 10, 2019 · Transmission · 61,000 miles · IL

Cvt overheats at approximately 45 minutes of highway driving causing the vehicle to quickly loose power and become undriveable. This then strands the driver for nearly 30 minutes until it cools enough and the warning light goes off and then can then be driven again.

Filed Jul 5, 2018 · Transmission · 100,000 miles · KS

In the summer of 2016, the CVT transmission started overheating. It was a very dangerous situation, as the car would lose power on the highway. You would have to coast to the shoulder and sit there for 20 minutes for the car to cool down. However, when we would take it to the dealer it would not show any error codes. This happened many times. We finally took it to another dealer and they had heard of this issue. It would happen very oftenon days with high outside temps. The other dealer replaced the CVT transmission last summer under warranty. However, this may as soon as it started to heat up outside, it started again.again no codes when they check. This is happening every day. Now the dealer refuses to help. From what I have found on the internet, this issue is way to common on this transmission.

Filed Nov 4, 2017 · Transmission · 88,946 miles · NC

Transmission overheating while moving on cruise control for a long period of time that speeds between 65 and 75 miles per hour. Problem appears intermittent when ambient temperature is over 80 degrees fahrenheit. Dangerous shift to low-power mode making vehicle incapable of maintaining speed.

Filed Sep 12, 2016 · Transmission · 36,000 miles · IN

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 jeep compass. While driving 75 MPH, the automatic transmission warning indicator illuminated and the vehicle independently shifted from high gear to a lower gear. The contact stated that the transmission overheated. The contact turned the vehicle off and back on; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to be diagnosed. The mechanic was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 36,000. The VIN was not available. Updated 11/29/16*lj