Jeep Compass Electrical Problems
829 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 19 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2018. Best year: 2009.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2012 JEEP COMPASS. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A DITCH ON THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT. IT WAS STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT HAD A HIS...
I was involved in an auto accident on May 18, 2026. I was hit by a person driving a Honda Accord on the side of my vehicle. The impact made all of the passenger side airbags deploy, but only the driver’s side steering wheel airbag and ...
i rearended someone around 30 miles an hour going around a turn and my airbags did not deploy and my seat was so uncomfortable my hips are a little fucked up
I was hit on the driver side of my jeep and I was told by multiple EMS on the scene of the accident that my air bags should’ve went off
The contact owned a 2025 Jeep Compass. The contact stated that while driving at 70 MPH on the expressway, the traffic came to a stop due to a stalled vehicle in the fast lane. The contact slammed on the brakes to avoid rear-ending the ve...
[XXX] nearly three minutes after dropping my kids off to school, driving near the [XXX] ! My jeep begin to accelerate, I couldn’t control the brakes or steering wheel! I became very scared as I approached a curve upon me reaching the c...
I was in an accident that I hit a guardrail once going 70 mph and then bounced off and hit the guardrail and none of my air bags deployed.
Active lane management jerked me off the road disabled my forward and rear crash detection sensor and my automatic high beams were disabled all simultaneously without warning or any sign scared me and my family since then my forward cras...
The defective part is: the air bag under the steering column or in that area, on the driver's side. Date of accident: [XXX] --There is a police report but I don't have it yet. Report number [XXX] I hit a parked car in the middle of the ...
Traveling [XXX] on [XXX] from flagstaff to phoenix in the far left lane going 80 miles, when a deer ran through the interstate and collided with the vehicle. After impact with animal, pulled off to the emergency lane. No airbags were dep...
The vehicle was in a front end collision and the airbags, not one single airbag deployed. This is vehicle malfunction.
The contact owned a 2022 Jeep Compass. The contact stated while the contact's daughter was driving, the vehicle was rear-ended from another vehicle causing the vehicle to go airborne, roll over, and came to stop. Both front tires were i...