Jeep Compass: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 27 recall campaigns for the Jeep Compass, model years 2007 to 2026. NHTSA has 1,183 complaints on file for this model line. 15 of the 17 model years have a page on this register.

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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on 1 Oct 2026. Complaint file through 15 May 2019. Recall file through 29 Sep 2026.

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

Jeep Compass: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model year	Recall campaigns	Complaints	Share of the line average	Units in the campaigns
2026 Jeep Compass NHTSA page	1	0	0%	844,027
2023 Jeep Compass	2	0	0%	1,215,432
2022 Jeep Compass	4	0	0%	1,215,636
2020 Jeep Compass NHTSA page	1	0	0%	425,599
2019 Jeep Compass	2	15	22%	579,934
2018 Jeep Compass	6	152	218%	223,265
2017 Jeep Compass	4	59	85%	105,308
2016 Jeep Compass	1	76	109%	42,231
2015 Jeep Compass	1	35	50%	60,140
2014 Jeep Compass	2	182	262%	1,436,146
2013 Jeep Compass	1	52	75%	1,435,625
2012 Jeep Compass	4	114	164%	1,712,509
2011 Jeep Compass	3	117	168%	1,701,117
2010 Jeep Compass	2	51	73%	1,690,021
2009 Jeep Compass	1	34	49%	712
2008 Jeep Compass	0	78	112%
2007 Jeep Compass	3	218	313%	93,735

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

1,829 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Jeep Compass: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	Per 1,000	Mentions
Engine	146.5	268
Electrical System	101.1	185
Air Bags	92.4	169
Power Train	91.3	167
Unknown or Other	75.5	138
Suspension	72.7	133
Seat Belts	61.8	113
Fuel/Propulsion System	57.4	105
Structure	56.3	103
Steering	39.4	72

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Jeep Compass, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2017, with 6 campaigns.

Complaints about the Jeep Compass, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2018, with 260 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Grand Cherokee128 campaigns
Wrangler92 campaigns
Liberty30 campaigns
Cherokee93 campaigns
Commander13 campaigns
Patriot10 campaigns
Wrangler 4-DR 4X41 campaign
Wrangler 2-DR 4X40 campaigns
Renegade13 campaigns
Laredo0 campaigns
Commander 4X40 campaigns
Patriot 4X41 campaign
Compass 4X41 campaign
Patriot FWD0 campaigns
Wrangler Sahara0 campaigns
Commander 4X20 campaigns
Wrangler 4-DR 4X20 campaigns
Wagoneer49 campaigns
Compass FWD0 campaigns
Comanche11 campaigns
Grand Wagoneer25 campaigns
Wrangler 2-DR 4X4 RHD0 campaigns
Wrangler X RHD 4X40 campaigns
CJ710 campaigns
CJ512 campaigns
Gladiator21 campaigns
Grand Cherokee L14 campaigns
Grand Cherokee 4XE13 campaigns
Wrangler 4XE5 campaigns
CJ67 campaigns
Wagoneer S6 campaigns
Grand Wagoneer L5 campaigns
Truck5 campaigns
Wagoneer L3 campaigns

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Official channels

NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.

Cite this page

Recall Register. Jeep Compass: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/jeep/compass/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through 29 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through: 15 May 2019
Manufacturer in the recall file: CHRYSLER GROUP LLC

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Jeep Compass model years have the most recall campaigns?: 2018 with 6, 2022 with 4, 2017 with 4. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Jeep Compass model year has the most complaints?: The 2007 model year, with 218 of the 1,183 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Jeep Compass name?: Engine: 146.5 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 101.1 per 1,000 component mentions. Air Bags: 92.4 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Jeep Compass?: 6 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.