The car stalls or does not start. When we hit the start button it clicks and then the display says the car is running. By no means is the car running. We have checked the battery and disconnected the battery to see if it would reset anything. No go. This has also been happening since we bought the vehicle two years ago. It has now decided it will not start at all.
2018 Jeep Compass electrical complaints
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I have had the car a year and the emergency brake randomly comes on by itself without having to push the emergency brake button. It usually happens when in reverse or just cranking the vehicle. Also tonight my radio and USB port completely turned off like I had turned my car off, while I was going down the road at 70 MPH. Then it turned back on by itself like I had just turned my car on, I was still driving down the road.
While driving the tachometer and the digital and analog speedometers went to zero. And the d for drive was flashing in the dash as well as at the shifter along with the parking brake light flashing also.when I pulled over and put it in park it shut itself off and would not immediately restart. This is a few months after taking to the dealer for the transmission not shifting and codes flashing. I have attached a photo taken at about 20 MPH of the tachometer and speedometers
I have a 2018 jeep compass that I purchased earlier this year in february. Later on in october I started getting a low oil pressure signal more specifically it would signal whenever I turn the steering wheel while driving. I took it to a jeep technician turns out it was leaking oil and needed a whole engine replaced (keep in mind 2018 vehicle). Fast forward to now (only two months later) my car started shaking then progressively went to not even turning on at all while driving on city road the serv 4wd light turned on. Now it's back at the shop
Four times now after the stop/start system has engaged while at a stop and I release the break to start driving, the car either flashes 4 wheel drive unavailable and then goes into limp mode not allowing the car to drive over 13mph until the car is restarted or most recently states transmission warning service engine and won't allow the car to drive at all until I restart the car in the middle of the road. Both times after restarting the car has driven with no issues but most recently the service engine light has remained on. These issues only happen with the stop/start function so I have to remember to turn this feature off everytime I start the car. This has happened twice in the middle of a busy intersection in the city leaving me to sit in the middle and wait for my car to shut off, turn back on, and hopefully drive away while hoping no car drives right into me while trying to do this. Very unsafe!
First my radio cuts out at random times. Second, I've been noticing my oil light coming on many times. I constantly feel like I'm putting oil in this car. 3 rd, I was pulling out of a strip mall when my car just shut off. Thankfully I wasn't in traffic yet. Many times when I start my car and start moving my car stalls. This has happened too many time that I don't feel safe. Every 600-1000 miles I have to check the oil. It is always low and I believe this is the cause of the stall problem. I bought this car in october 2018 brand new and have had trouble ever since I hit 3000 miles. Very disappointing!!!!
During cold weather/ and randomly driving down highway, engine will cutout and not restart. Also when parked engine will crank, but not start. Even if you replace battery- does nothing. This is a very high priority for safety concerns. This could cause lots of wrecks.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 jeep compass. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced electrical failures. The contact stated that several unknown indicators flashed on the instrument panel and the turn signals and blind spot monitor failed to work. The contact stated that the computer was in a constant loop of turning on and off. Tallahassee dodge chrysler jeep ram fiat (3987 w tennessee st, tallahassee, fl 32304) scheduled a diagnostic appointment for december 9, 2019. The manufacturer stated that there were no recalls. The failure mileage was 47,000.
The car wont start. When presing the pushstart button it wont work. Message on the screen says car not in park and wont start nor shut down. No way to move it or shutting it down.
2018 jeep compass shut off while driving, it has happened twice since purchase nine months ago. I was on a city street both times and in motion.*dt
I have had multiple, varying issues with my 2018 jeep compass since I began leasing the car in june of 2018. In the past year or so alone, the car has had the uconnect system replaced or fixed 4 times, the brakes were recalled and repaired, it broke down on the side of the road out of oil at 6,000 miles, and now the engine needs to be replaced.
I have been to papas now 5 times for the same two problems my start stop keeps stalling when trying to turn on 3 times now and has had the check start stop system light come on 3 times now. Also my part of my powertrain was broken and my strut broke.
2018 jeep compass. Consumer writes in regard to vehicle's dashboard, while driving, will start to flash then vehicle will proceed to cut off. *as the consumer stated the vehicle was taken to the dealer. The dealer stated the vehicle only needed an oil change and updates. The failure persisted.
Same issue 2x now and feel my life and others are jeopardized. While driving on a highway coming to a red light slowing down for the light to then turn green while pushing the gas the car stalled, shut down and emergency brake turned on, nothing would work. I could not disengage the emergency brake to even move the car off the lane of the highway and was nearly in a car accident. The first incident the vehicle was taken in for service and was told I needed an oil change. I said so while I'm driving, getting on a highway 1.5 minutes after leaving my home my car will just shut down? The answer was yes! Unacceptable!! How about the car not turning on due to low oil or things of such instead of the car turning on and allowing you to drive enough to get up to 50 MPH then just shutting down. Again today and car is being towed to dealer. I have uconnect and receive emails of my car diagnostics. Only 3 days ago it sent a "suggested" oil change. Understand that uconnect has an "immediate action needed" alert. If the car shuts down I would assume this should be an immediate action not a suggestion. There is no oil indicator on my dashboard. This is a huge safety issue and concern and must be immediately. I will be reaching out to any and all news stations that will hear my story and read the hundreds reported if legitimate action is not taken specific to this life saftey issue! I was in a car accident in 2017 and an airbag blew my left eye apart and has left me blinded in one eye. I purchased this vehicle to make me feel safe due to the blind spot alert function. I now have to be concerned that I may jeopardized the safety of myself and others over an oil change?! I hope this reaches the right source and I hope they read the hundreds of other reports that are exactly the same or jeep will be on the news and all those that turned a cheek. *dt *dt consumer stated her fianc stopped at the dealership this morning and again they are stating this happens when the oil is low.
When driving, the vehicle will suddenly stop, check engine, check transmission, service engine soon all light up and the car will not restart. The vehicle has had an oil and filter change at 5,000 miles. The error codes are: p3506 and p2af5: cylinder misfire fault detected, throttle position sensor, sensor reference volatage circuit low, crankshaft position sensor, engine oil pressure sensor, accelerator pedal position sensor circuit 1 low. The vehicle is 16 months old and has 7,000 miles. This has happened at least 7 times, the last 3 yesterday. All city driving, once in the driveway. Sometimes vehicle won't turn off, but you cannot move forward. If you wait about 5-10 minutes, all returns to normal until the next event. Maybe in a week, maybe in 5 minutes.
I lease my 2018 jeep compass. On four occasions the car has stalled and not been able to operate. Two of the stalling has been in traffic while the car was in motion (highway and intersection). Everytime I take the car in for service the dealership can't duplicate the problem. It did stall again at the dealership so I left it again. On all the occasions dealer had a look they said it was a part that needed to be repaired, then a software update. Then saying they left too much cleaner. Just last week I picked up my car from dealership with a full tank. I drove 100 miles miles and the fuel indicator did not move at all. I know when I have a full tank of gas I have a total range of 326 miles. Then the total range number kept fluctuating. At one point it said I had 328 miles left then went down to 200 then back up to 300 all within 6 miles of driving with a 3/4 tank full. Therefore it wasn't accurate. I took the car back in and dealership said it was due to a software update but I just had a software update last week. At this point I don't feel safe driving this car and I fear for my safety and am scared for the next time my car decides to stop while driving. It is unsafe and a hazard to myself and others.
Just started vehicle and placed into drive. Vehicle moved 5 feet in parking lot and stalled. Fan and all electronic components continued running. Check engine light was lit on control panel. I pressed and depressed the ignition button several times. The nothing happened. No starting at all. Left the vehicle. Parking lights and all electronics continued on. I could not shut off. After 10 minutes I went back to vehicle and pressed the ingnition switch and the vehicle started.
I was at a stop light when my auto stop came on. When I let off the brake the car did start back up. I finally got it to start after a minute. Soon after I was approaching a stop sign and the car automatically initiated my emergency brake before I even fully stopped. Another issue occurred after starting my car up my screen was faded out and after driving down the street for a mile or 2 my screen went completely black and rebooted itself.
Buyers please be aware. Aesthetically this vehicle is awesome. However, it is highly concerning when a vehicle a little over a year old has massive system failures.. My issues with the jeep compass trailhawk is recently while driving the vehicle would automatically shut down in the midst of driving. All systems would be completely dead. When I press the button to start the car it would nod never start back up. What makes matters worse is that when the system is dead there is no power no lights and I am unable to even steer the vehicle off the road. Yesterday was the final straw for me . I almost lost my life on the highway when the car made a funny jerking sound and then all of a sudden it went dead in the middle of the road with other vehicle traveling at least 60 to 75 MPH. I really thought I was going to die. I had to come out of the car instinctively I used the key fob to close the door and used the valet key to open the car and quickly went back in the vehicle to try to restart one the first try I was not successful. It took me 4 tries to finally get the vehicle started. This was again in the middle of the highway with my amber lights on. Eventually, when the vehicle started up again and I continued to drive home once again when I exited the highway and this time came to a complete stop the vehicle went dead again!! This time went I put it in park it started back up again but when I put it in drive to move off the vehicle lost power again and was barely moving . This issue needs to be addressed by the manufacturer as lives will be lost if similar situations are being reported as I have seen. Nice looking compact SUV but I do not trust this vehicle anymore hence why I will be switching.
Car has a known mechanical defect in the car causing it to burn oil at an accelerated rate. Causes the car to stall and lose steering brakes, and all computer operated systems. Service bulletin # 09-007-18 rev a. Was failed to be disclosed at time of purchase causing vehicle to be unsafe to be driven. Have happen around feb 2019, july 2019 and again in september of 2019. Car was bought in the end of november of 2018. *dt
This car burns oil which I was not told about by the dealer when purchasing. That in and of itself is a problem (I have since been told to check it every 1000 miles even though the manual says it can go 7500 w/o changing), but the real problem is when it gets low the car just turns off. No warning. Luckily I was in a residential area when it happened, although it was an intersection. I was with my 3 year old and required help from a passerby to help push it to the curb. I could have been driving on a freeway with no shoulder as often happens on highway 1 where I live. This feature is dangerous! Somebody is going to get hurt because of it. It is currently in the shop for some other problem where it wont start, which is also dangerous in it's own way.
Auto start/stop does not function properly 100% of the time. Pulling up to a red light the engine stops and on numerous occasions, the vehicle will not turn back on until the vehicle has been completely turned off and restarted. Can become a dangerous situation if there is a vehicle running up behind you and your vehicle refuses to start back up.
While stopped at a stop light auto start/stop turned the car off as normal. A few moments later the brake light illuminated on the dash and the electronic emergency brake turned on. I released my foot from the brake to see if the car would start back up it would not. The dash read out in park and start. I attempted however car would not start. The emergency brake would not turn off either. I had to call road side assistance for a tow. Vehicle only has 11,400 miles. The car is at the dealership I am waiting on their investigation.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 jeep compass. While driving approximately 40 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle and drove to heritage chrysler dodge jeep ram owings mills (located at 11212 reisterstown rd, owings mills, md 21117, (866) 771-8050) where it was diagnosed that the engine oil was low. The vehicle was currently being tested for oil consumption. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 18v524000 (electrical system). The manufacturer was informed of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 34,000.
Every time I am driving my car my car will do what I call a "spaz out" moment. The dash warning lights all come on and a loud ding begins. My car dash lights up like a christmas tree and each notice pops up: transmission needs service, 4 wheel drive needs serviced. Traction system needs service, emergency break needs service. Then they all go off the check engine light remains on. I am very worry for my safety and other if this vehicle locks the wheels while driving on the high way. Most my driving is on the high way at the speed of 70mphs.
I stopped at the stop light and the engine shut off with the normal function of auto start/stop but when I took foot of the brake the car stalled out in the middle of the road. After which there was loss of power steering and the parking brake would stay engaged. The loss of power steering made it really difficult to steer the vehicle off the road to safety.
Rear backup camera fails to work when shifting into reverse,, instead showing a black screen and causing the computer to freeze occasionally requiring power off of the car to bring screen back up.
While driving this vehicle at 55 MPH on a parkway, the middle dashboard began randomly displaying 'service now' and 'service' needed messages for the hill-assist and auto-start features. It continued flashing other messages that I could not read because at the same time, my steering wheel completely locked up. It would not turn left or right. I had trouble applying pressure to the brakes. This was an extremely terrifying experience because, as mentioned, I was moving quickly on a parkway with other cars around and an inability to control or easily slow down my vehicle.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 jeep compass. While driving various speeds, making turns, or slowing down for a stop sign, the vehicle stalled. Several warning indicators, including the ABS and traction control, illuminated. Also, the gear shifter blinked red. The vehicle was taken to arrigo dodge chrysler jeep ram sawgrass (5901 madison ave, tamarac, fl 33321) where the service manager test drove the vehicle and the failure was duplicated. The failure was determined to be a malfunctioning computer module. The computer module was replaced; however, the stalling failure continued. The contact stated that the vehicle was repaired per several unknown recalls and technical service bulletins. Recently, while the vehicle was parked, the push to start button was pressed, but the vehicle failed to turn off. The contact was concerned about carbon monoxide poisoning as the vehicle was left running for over an hour without warning. The manufacturer was notified and advised the contact that a lead specialist would call her back. The approximate failure mileage was 1,000.
Having electrical issues with sound system shutting off and not coming back on, also took car in for regular maintenance oil change and was told my car had very little oil almost out and no warning lights came on at all and it wasn't even time for my oil change, I was early. And now my start/stop light came on and dealer states no problem it just want work properly.. Gas mileage is horrible and I have to have oil changed and checked more often due to known ongoing issues with this model. I have only 17k on my vehicle and problem after problem. Dont buy jeep compass.
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