2022 Jeep Compass
This year drew an ordinary 219 complaints for a Jeep Compass — the model's median is 137. What they were about is the unusual part: 11.4% of them mention during day, against 0% across the other years of this generation.
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 | 219 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 137 |
| Involving a crash | 11 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 25 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- during day — 11.4% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the other years of this generation (57.1×). Owners wrote it as: during day, see fuel.
- night — 34.7% of this year's complaints, against 13.9% across the other years of this generation (2.5×). Owners wrote it as: night, mode, stuck, night mode.
- display — 26.5% of this year's complaints, against 6.7% across the other years of this generation (4×). Owners wrote it as: display, daylight, digital, during daylight.
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
My cluster display has been on dark night mode since January 2023. I purchased the vehicle in April 2022. During the day, I cannot see the cluster display, and have missed gas warning lights, low tire lights, and other emergency lights due to the dimness of th…
The display, where the speed and other pertinent information is displayed, is in dark or night mode. It is very if not impossible to see during daylight hours. It is very distracting not to be able to see the information that you should be able to this vehicle…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 22V248000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 23V058000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 23V576000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 24V436000 BACK OVER PREVENTION 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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