2015 Jeep Compass: won't start

5 of the 113 complaints about the 2015 Jeep Compass describe won't start.

owner complaints: 5
of this car's complaints: 4%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 25 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Won't start by model year

2024
2
2022
4
2021
1
2020
9
2019
33
2018
57
2017
12
2016
12
2015
5
2014
9
2013
1
2012
6
2011
2
2008
1
2007
4

What owners say

Filed Jan 2, 2026 · Fuel system · CA

I'm not sure if these are related incidents or not, but at the end of Nov. 2025 I was driving in heavy traffic when all of a sudden I noticed a warning light on the dash came on. Then as I kept going another light, and another, each one about a minute apart until all of the warning lights were on. Then the car started cutting out and then it just died. I had been making my way over out of traffic because of the warning lights all coming on, but the car died before I could get all the way over. I had to be pushed out of traffic and into a parking lot. I spent the next 4 hours trying to get it started, a mechanic I called said it was most likely the alternator. Being it was 10p I couldn't get it fixed until the next morning. I bought a new alternator and had the mechanic fix it the next day and everything was fine. No problems at all until about 3 weeks later when I came out of a store at 9pm and the car wouldn't start. I tried several times, it was turning over no problem, it had plenty of power but wouldn't start. After about an hour of trying it finally started up. I hadn't done anything just kept trying it. There were no warning lights, no nothing. It just started and ran fine. Now it has been about 3 weeks since that incident and it has been having many problems. It is completely unreliable and will die while I'm driving it. There is no warning lights that come on. I never know if or when it's going to do it. The check engine light will come on but when I took it to a shop to have them see what was wrong, the check engine light was not on. I have done this twice and both times the check engine light is off when I get there. It has died in the middle of traffic and starts right back up, it has done it many times and won't start up again for half an hour. There is no warning, no signs, it just does it. This of course is very unsafe and dangerous. I am at a loss as to what to do. I read there is a problem with this car and a sensor that goes bad.

Filed Apr 9, 2021 · Electrical, Engine · 167,592 miles · MI · fire

I seen on the internet there was a recall on my jeep make and model for catalytic converter problems...I just had to spend a little over $4,000 in repairs because my vehicle caught on fire. When I got it to my insurance they couldn't find anything wrong but wouldn't start. When I took to garage they found that both my catalytic converters had disintegrated from the inside out and I had to replace both among other things. Is there any way I can get compensated? I have had it back from garage for few weeks and now am having problems with it starting.

Filed Jan 19, 2021 · Acceleration, Electrical · 133,132 miles · OH

I purchased my 2015 jeep compass sport january of 2020. Summer of 2020 I had to replace my camshaft sensor and my crankshaft sensor becuase my car completely shut down while I was at work and would not start. This year january of 2021 I was driving home on the highway going 65 MPH while it was snowing heavily and my cars check engine light and traction control light came on at the same time and slowed the power of my car in the middle of the highway. I got my car read and the code came back as p0365. I have had the cam shaft sensor replaced 3 times already this month and I'm still experiencing the same problem. Again on my home from work on the highway at night my cars check engine light and traction control light came on and slowed down my car. I took the back roads home as I did the first time this happened and noticed that when I drove my car would randomly accelerate on its on and hesitate to pick up speed one I had stopped or pressed my foot to the gas pedal.

Filed Sep 8, 2020 · Electrical · VA

Car wont start,put in new battery, worked two days and wont start again.this have been going on for about six months.sometimes it will start if I get a jump but now it wont start at all.the vehicle will be parked but once I try to restart it it wont crank. Not doing anything now after getting a new battery 2 days ago.also had the cable connects that connect the battery changed.

Filed Nov 27, 2019 · Engine · 140,000 miles · AL

When riding city streets or highway engine sometimes jerk and stalls. No warning and no lights. This has happen over 10 times in the last five months. Crankshaft sensor was replaced august 2018 due to engine stalling and wouldn't crank.