2009 Jeep Compass
This year drew an ordinary 64 complaints for a Jeep Compass — the model's median is 172. What they were about is the unusual part: 10.9% of them mention tires, against 3.1% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 1 of the Jeep Compass, which began in 2007 and ran to 2016. 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 | 64 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 172 |
| Involving a crash | 3 |
| Recalls | 1 |
| EPA combined | 24.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- tires — 10.9% of this year's complaints, against 3.1% across the other years of this generation (3.5×). Owners wrote it as: tires, factory, need replacement, breaks.
- end — 10.9% of this year's complaints, against 4.2% across the other years of this generation (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: end, tie, rod, tie rod.
- junk — 6.3% of this year's complaints, against 1.8% across the other years of this generation (3.5×). Owners wrote it as: junk, fan, timp, 68043111ab.
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.
What owners wrote
THEY (DEALERS) KEEP SAYING MY WIRING HARNESS NEEDS REPLACE. THEY REPLACE IT ONCE ON 7/11/16 CAUSE MY RADIATOR FAN WOULD NOT COME ON AND THEY REPLACE THE TIMP. NOW THE FAN WON'T TURN OFF EVEN WHEN THE KEY IS OUT. MILES ON THIS IS 130,859 I BELIEVE THERE A ISSUE…
A RATTLING NOISE EMITTED FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER CONFIRMED THE TIE ROD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE [VIN] WAS CONTACTED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 16,000 AND THE CURREN…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 08V528000 POWER TRAIN 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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