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Model years to avoid

Jeep Compass

What it says about you

Opinion

The Jeep for people who wanted the badge and a normal car. That is most people and there is no shame in it.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

20 model years on record, 3,947 complaints filed.

The years to look at closely: 2018 (oil), 2007 (ball joints). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

What owners report, and when

Faults that dominated the complaints of more than one model year. Not the same question as which year to avoid — a car can have an ordinary number of complaints every year and have most of them be about the same thing.

  • rusted 2008, 2011 peak 43.6% of that year's complaints
  • ball 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 peak 29.1% of that year's complaints
  • years 2007, 2008, 2011 peak 25% of that year's complaints
  • bags 2012, 2013 peak 30% of that year's complaints
  • transmission 2011, 2013 peak 28.8% of that year's complaints
  • check 2015, 2016 peak 18.6% of that year's complaints
  • seat 2010, 2014 peak 18.5% of that year's complaints
  • stall 2016, 2018 peak 12.4% of that year's complaints

Every year

  1. 2026 0 recalls 2 complaints
  2. 2025 0 recalls 20 complaints
  3. 2024 0 recalls 52 complaints
  4. 2023 2 recalls 45 complaints
  5. 2022 4 recalls 219 complaints
  6. 2021 0 recalls 76 complaints
  7. 2020 1 recall 137 complaints
  8. 2019 2 recalls 325 complaints
  9. 2018 oil 931 complaints
  10. 2017 4 recalls 228 complaints
  11. 2016 1 recall 291 complaints
  12. 2015 1 recall 113 complaints
  13. 2014 2 recalls 306 complaints
  14. 2013 1 recall 80 complaints
  15. 2012 4 recalls 184 complaints
  16. 2011 3 recalls 187 complaints
  17. 2010 2 recalls 81 complaints
  18. 2009 1 recall 64 complaints
  19. 2008 0 recalls 172 complaints
  20. 2007 ball joints 434 complaints

What does a Jeep Compass say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.