2018 Jeep Compass
Complaints about this year name oil far more often than the other years of this generation — 29% of them, about 7× the usual rate of 3.9%.
Generation 2 of the Jeep Compass, which began in 2017. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 931 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 137 |
| Involving a crash | 28 |
| Involving a fire | 5 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 25 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- stall — 7.2% of this year's complaints, against 1.4% across the other years of this generation (5.3×). Owners wrote it as: stall, car stall.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- oil change — 10% of complaints, 22× usual
- low oil — 8% of complaints, 21× usual
- stalled — 15% of complaints, 3× usual
What owners wrote
Did an oil change on 2018 jeep compass, within 500 miles I had to replace I’ve a quart of oil. When turning before, they car stalled and parking break engaged in the middle of the road. Had to put the car in neutral and start it. Once started the low oil light…
My car is constantly burning about 4 quarts of oil in 2 months. It stalled on me 2 months ago, 2 months after an oil change because there was no oil in my car and I do not have a leak. it is a safety issue if my motor blows up or my car just stalls on me in th…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 18V279000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 17V740000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 18V524000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 18V523000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 17V670000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 17V732000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Jeep Compass was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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