2007 Jeep Compass Suspension Problems

Your 2007 Jeep Compass caught fire while sitting parked in the yard, even though the engine wasn't running and the lights were off. The fire department responded and extinguished the fire, with the fire chief determining the fire was caused by an electrical problem related to the vehicle's lighting system. This issue will require a thorough electrical system inspection and likely replacement of faulty wiring or lighting components.

Your Jeep's suspension, brakes, and forward collision avoidance system may be experiencing issues. Unfortunately, the specific problem wasn't clearly described in the complaint. A mechanic will need to inspect these systems to identify what needs repair or replacement.

Your front subframe rusted and cracked while driving at low speed (3 mph), causing your vehicle to need towing. The repair shop diagnosed that your entire front subframe needed to be replaced due to the rust and fracture damage. This happened at 152,000 miles. Fixing this problem requires removing and replacing the front subframe assembly.

Your Jeep Compass sways unexpectedly while driving at various speeds. An independent mechanic found that both the front and rear cross members are rusted and need replacement, which is likely causing the swaying. The dealer was unable to diagnose or repair the issue. Fixing this will require replacing the rusted cross member components that support your vehicle's structure.

Your Jeep's frame has extensive rust damage and structural deterioration in the front end. You may hear popping noises from the ball joints and sway bars, though they're not completely failed yet. The frame rust is the main concern and will likely require professional inspection and potentially frame repair or replacement.

You're hearing an abnormal clanking sound coming from the rear of your vehicle while driving. A mechanic diagnosed a damaged rear strut assembly and replaced it, but the noise continued even after the repair. The issue started around 95,000 miles on your odometer.

PURCHASED A 2007 JEEP COMPASS 2ND HAND AND FOUND REAR SUBFRAME AND SUSPENSION PARTS IS SEVERELY RUSTED . THE VEHICLE CLUNKS AND HOPPS WITH EVERY BUMP IN THE ROAD. IF YOU RUN OVER THE REFLECTORS WHILE CHANGING LANES VEHICLE WILL ABRUPTLY JERK IN THE DIRECTION YOU ARE GOING. TOOK IT TO JEEP THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM THAT EXPIRED IN 2017 I DON'T THINK THERE SHOULD BE AN EXPIRATION DATE FOR A SAFETY HAZARD THAT THOUSANDS OF JEEPS AND OR DODGES HAVE THEY TOLD ME THEY CANT HELP ME. *TR

THE SUSPENSION ON THE 2007 JEEP COMPASS FEELS DANGEROUS. REPLACED STRUTS AND HAD OTHER SUSPENSION WORK DONE, YET VEHICLE WOBBLES LEFT TO RIGHT WHEN HITTING BUMPS. FEELS LIKE IT IS SKIDDING ACROSS THE ROAD. NOTICABLE AT LOW SPEEDS FEELS UNSAFE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.

CLICKING NOISE FROM SUSPENSION AREA WHEN DRIVING. VEHICLE ONLY DRIVEN AT SLOWER SPEEDS AS IT'S VEHICLE MY DAUGHTER DRIVES TO SCHOOL. I TOOK TO MECHANIC AND HE SAID THE FRAME IS BADLY RUSTED AND JUST TOUCHING IT TO SHOW ME THE FRAME WAS BREAKING. VEHICLE HAS TO HAVE THE FRAME REPLACED TO SAFELY DRIVE VEHICLE AGAIN. THIS SHOULDN'T HAPPEN TO A CAR OF THIS AGE.

INSPECTION AFTER CLUNKING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE REVEALED SEVERE ROT AND CORROSION OF THE SUBFRAME WITH THE MOUNTING FOR THE ANTI-ROLL BAR COMPLETED BROKEN AWAY FROM THE SUBFRAME. ALSO SEVERE CORROSION AROUND THE LOWER CONTROL ARM MOUNTING APPEARED TO BE CLOSE TO THE FAILURE POINT. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE JEEP DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE 10 YEAR EXTENDED WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED AND THAT I SHOULD NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS. FOUND FCA INTERNAL WARRANTY DOCUMENT ID-14-02 FOR THE SUBFRAME CORROSION ISSUE DATED 5/19/14 WHICH REFERS TO FCA SERVICE BULLETIN 23-012-14 AND STATES THAT ALL DEALER PERSONNEL ARE TO BE MADE AWARE OF THIS BULLETIN. I HAVE A RECEIPT FOR OTHER REPAIRS FROM AN FCA DEALER DATED 7/28/14, 2 MONTHS AFTER THE WARRANTY BULLETIN DATE AND THERE WAS NO NOTIFICATION GIVEN ABOUT THE INSPECTION MANDATED UNDER THE WARRANTY AND NOTHING NOTED ON THE RECEIPT. THUS THERE WAS NO WAY FOR ME TO KNOW ABOUT THIS WARANTY AND SAFETY ISSUE WHICH I AM NOW TOLD HAS EXPIRED FOR MY VEHICLE. PER DEALER INSTRUCTION, I CALLED FCA CUSTOMER CARE AND WAS ALSO TOLD THE WARRANTY FOR MY VEHICLE HAD EXPIRED AND MY ONLY CHOICE WAS TO PAY FOR REPAIRS MYSELF. IN SCROLLING THROUGH THE COMPLAINTS ALREADY NOTED IN THE NHTSA SITE, I SEE NUMEROUS MENTIONS OF THIS PROBLEM WITH MANY INDICATING COMPLETE SUBFRAME AND SUSPENSION FAILURE WITH INJURY ONLY BEING PREVENTED BY THE SLOW OPERATING SPEED AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. THIS PROBLEM IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT WHERE IMPROPER MATERIALS AND/OR COATINGS WERE USED BY FCA ON THESE COMPONENTS. FOR REFERENCE MY 1998 DODGE NEON HAS NO SUCH PROBLEM AFTER 21 YEARS AS IT USED GALVANIZED COATING ON THIS CRITICAL COMPONENT. FCA NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL AND PAY ALL ASSOCIATED COSTS FOR THIS SAFETY RELATED ISSUE AND BE LIABLE FOR ANY INJURIES RESULTING FROM THESE FAILURES.

THIS JEEP COMPASS WAS PURCHASED FOR OUR COLLEGE AGE DAUGHTER IN MARCH 2019, TODAY WHILE DRIVING, HER REAR DRIVER SIDE WHEEL MADE A LOUD NOISE THEN FELT LIKE IT 'DROPPED' AND UPON GETTING STOPPED, SHE DIDN'T WRECK THANK GOD, AS SHE WAS PULLING INTO OUR DRIVE. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT HER REAR CROSSMEMBER HAD RUSTED INTO. I SEARCHED AND FOUND THAT THERE HAD AT ONE TIME BEEN A RECALL ON THIS PARTICULAR PART DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUST FROM THE SALT BELT STATES. WE ARE IN KY BUT WHEN WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IT WAS TITLED IN MICHIGAN, WHICH IS MOST DEFINITELY IN THAT SALT BELT. I AM NOT SURE WHY THIS RECALL WAS NOT COMPLETED BY THE FORMER OWNER BUT I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE CORRECTED NO MATTER THE AGE OF THE VEHICLE. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED MY DAUGHTER TO BE IN A VERY SERIOUS ACCIDENT. WE HAD NO INFORMATION ABOUT ANY RECALL THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ISSUED.

BADLY RUSTED ENGINE CRADLE AND OIL PAN PREMATURELY! FIAT CHRYSLER WOULD NOT HELP REPLACE EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW THE PROBLEM EXISTS. NO ACCIDENTS YET BUT REMAINS UNSAFE TO DRIVE.

WHEN DRIVING OVER BUMPS YOU CAN CLEARLY HEAR THE SUSPENSION OR STRUTS. YOU CAN HEAR THEM ALSO WHILE JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. SOMETIMES IT SOUNDS LIKE THE BOLTS ARE GONNA COME OUT. IT ALSO HAVE SOME KIND OF CREAKY NOISE SOMETIMES AS WELL

THE UNDERNEATHETH IS ROTTED AND THERE WAS A SECRET RECALL! BECAUSE AS A OWNER OF A JEEP I EVER GOT A LETTER AND IF YOU LOOK ONLINE ALMOST EVERYONE WITH THIS YEAR JEEP HAS THE SAME PROBLEM

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4. WHILE ACCELERATING UP TO 60 MPH, THERE WAS A RATTLING NOISE DETECTED FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR CONTROL ARMS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 187,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM ALERTED HIM TO CHECK THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE. THE CONTACT PLACED AIR IN THE TIRE. WHILE DRIVING FROM THE FUEL STATION AND MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE CROSS MEMBER FRACTURED INTO THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN. THE VEHICLE WAS NEAR A REPAIR FACILITY AND THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE CROSS MEMBER HAD EXTENSIVE RUST TO THE POINT THAT IT FRACTURED INTO THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO A SECOND FACILITY FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE CONTACT WAS UNCERTAIN IF THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN MANUFACTURER EXTENDED WARRANTY CAMPAIGN NUMBER: X69 (FRONT AND REAR CROSS MEMBER CORROSION) AND TSB NUMBER: 23012-14. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVER SIDE REAR WHEEL SUDDENLY TILTED INWARD SO WHEN WAS RUBBING WHEEL WELL. GOT VEHICLE HOME LESS THAN 1 MILE AWAY AND SAW CROSS MEMBER RUSTED COMPLETELY ALLOWING UPPER CONTROL ARM TO MOVE.

THE FRONT SUB-FRAME (DRIVERS SIDE) OF MY DAUGHTERS CAR BROKE. THANKFULLY SHE WAS JUST PULLING UP TO A STOP LIGHT LEAVING A COLLEGE CAMPUS WHEN IT BROKE AND NOT ON THE HIGHWAY OR MOVING FAST. THE PIECE JUST SNAPPED. I SEE THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH SOME OF THE 2007 COMPASS WHERE THEY EXTENDED THE WARRANTY BUT IT DOES NOT APPLY TO OUR VIN NUMBER FOR SOME REASON. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS. WHEN THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AUTONATION TOYOTA FORT MYERS (2555 COLONIAL BLVD, FORT MYERS, FL 33907, (239) 321-5413) FOR ENGINE REPAIRS, HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR SUSPENSION CROSSMEMBER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION. THE CROSSMEMBER WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. *TR

PARKING BRAKE DOESN'T WORK AND THE STABILITY OF THE VEHICLE IS NOT GOOD IT WOBBLES AROUND TURNS AND I'M AFRAID THE VEHICLE WILL ROLL ONE DAY. THIS UNSTABLE CONDITION WILL HAPPEN ON THE CITY HIGHWAY AND CITY STREETS WHILE IN MOTION DRIVING. I PUT ON THE PARKING BRAKE AND IT DOES NOT STOP THE VEHICLE BECAUSE I CAN DRIVE IF I FORGOT I PUT IT ON WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS AND I'LL HEAR THE BEEPING GO OFF AND PUT MY PARKING BRAKE ON. I FEEL AS IF ONE DAY TO SCHOOL MY VEHICLE WILL ROCK UNSTABLE AND CAUSE ME TO WRECK EVEN THOUGH I AM VERY CAREFUL.

DURING VEHICLE INSPECTION THE REAR CROSS MEMBER WAS FOUND TO HAVE RUSTED THROUGH. THE FRONT CROSS MEMBER HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND WAS REPLACED IN 2016 UNDER A CAMPAIGN THROUGH JEEP. NOT A RECALL THOUGH. NOW TWO YEARS LATER THE REAR HAS THE SAME PROBLEM BUT IT IS NOT COVERED BECAUSE IT HAD A TEN YEAR EXPIRATION FROM DATE OF MANUFACTURE. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT FROM JEEP AND SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD A TIME LIMIT PLACED ON IT. THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED AND REPLACED. JEEP KNOWS THEY ARE DEFECTIVE ITS JUST A MATTER OF TIME.

I RECENTLY TOOK MY VEHICLE TO A LOCAL SHOP BECAUSE OF LOUD CLUNKING NOISES. THEY STATED THAT THE REAR SUSPENSION IS TOTALLY ROTTED OUT AND THE CLUNKING WAS BASICALLY THINGS SHIFTING AROUND UNDERNEATH. HE TOLD ME IT WAS A REAL SAFETY ISSUE AND SAID IT IS NOT SAFE TO BE ON THE ROAD. HE ALSO STATED THE FRONT IS ROTTED AS WELL.

REAR DRIVER SIDE SUSPENSION RUSTED AWAY FROM FRAME. SUB FRAME EXTREMELY RUSTED NEEDS REPLACED PER JEEP DEALER CAR WANDERS NOW AND ROLLOVER FEAR. CONTACTED FIAT CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE. DENY ISSUE IS THERE'S SINCE OUT OF WARRANTY. INTERNAL MEMO ALLOWED FIXING OF ISSUE UNTIL FEB 21, 2017. BUT SINCE I WAS UNAWARE THERE WAS A SAFETY ISSUE UNTIL FAILURE HAPPENED APPRX MID AUGUST 2018.

I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE AND PUT $423 INTO THE FRONT END REPLACING ROTORS, BRAKES, WHEEL BEARINGS, HUB ASSEMBLY AND CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS ONLY TO TAKE IT TO A GARAGE TO FIND OUT WHY IT WAS STILL IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE SAFELY. I WAS TOLD BY TWO DIFFERENT GARAGES THAT IT ISN'T SAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE THE STRUTS AND WHOLE FRONT END IS DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR THAT WOULD COST MORE THAN THE VEHICLE IS WORTH. ALSO THE CAR DEALERSHIP HAS REMOVED THE AIRBAGS AND NOW MADE IT NONSTICKERABLE. YOU CAN'T DRIVE IT WITHOUT THE VEHICLE FEELING LIKE THE FRONT END IS GONNA FALL OUT AND IS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE STEERING.

RE:FRONT FRAME CROSSMEMBER. THESE PARTS WERE INSPECTED AS OK IN 2014 BY DEALER PER THE CHRYSLER WARRANTY EXTENSION LETTER ABOUT FRAME ROT. IN JULY 2018 ROT AND DETERIORATION DISCOVERED BY OWNER THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE PRIOR TO THE WARRANTY EXTENSION EXPIRATION IN JULY 2017. THE WARRANTY EXTENSION PERIOD WAS TOO SHORT AND CHRYSLER SHOULD HAVE HAD THE VEHICLES RE-INSPECTED FOR DETERIORATION THROUGHOUT THE WARRANTY PERIOD. I AM WANTING A FAIR RESOLUTION TO A NOW DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH MY VEHICLE.

RUSTED OUR SUBFRAME AND SPRING

MY 17 YEAR OLD SON WAS DRIVING HOME FROM SCHOOL. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE FRONT END OF HIS JEEP COMPASS PULLED LEFT AND WAS VERY HARD TO STEER AND GRINDING VERY LOUD. THE FRONT LEFT TIRE WAS POINTING OUT AND THE STEERING WHEEL WAS OFF CENTER. I TOOK IT TO THE GARAGE AND THE MAIN CROSS MEMBER RUSTED THROUGH AND BROKE. I CONTACTED JEEP AND THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS AN EXTENDED 10 YEAR WARRANTY ON THIS PARTS DUE TO THE SAME ISSUES. HOWEVER, THE 10 YEAR WARRANTY RAN OUT IN JULY 2016. IF THEY KNOW THAT THERE ARE ISSUES AND ALREADY EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR 10 YEARS; WHY DON'T THEY MAKE IT RIGHT ON ALL THE VEHICLES.

REAR CROSS BAR AXLE IS DEFECTIVE. THE WHEEL SUSPENSION IS DETERIATED TO THE POINT THAT THE WHEELS PROTRUDE OUWARD FROM THE VEHICLE CAUSING EXTREME WEAR ON THE INSIDE PART OF THE REAR TIRES TO THE POINT OF WIRES ON RADIAL TIRES ARE EXPOSED. THE OUTSIDE PART OF THE TIRES SHOW MINIMUM WEAR. MECHANICS SAY THIS CROSS BAR AXLE IS POOR QUALITY STEEL OR STEEL THAT WASN'T CURED AND FINISHED PROPERLY. THE CROSS BAR AXLE IS LITERALLY ERODING WITH HOLES OCCURRING RIGHT THROUGH THE AXLE ITSELF. FEAR IS THE CAR IS BECOMING TOO DANGEROUS TO DRIVE WITHOUT FEAR THAT UPON HITTING A BUMP THE REAR WHEELS WILL SPREAD APART AND THE CAR FALL TO THE GROUND.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE MADE A LOUD GRINDING NOISE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND HAD IT TOWED TO WESTBORN CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (23300 MICHIGAN AVE, DEARBORN, MI 48124, (877) 295-7806). THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE AND THERE WAS A DEALER BULLETIN FOR THE SWAY BAR AND THE CROSSPINS, WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

TOOK VEHICLE TO BE SAFETY INSPECTED, AND IT FAILED BECAUSE THE REAR SUBFRAME OR CROSSMEMBER WAS ROTTED OUT..... THIS IS A PROBLEM KNOWN TO JEEP .... BUT THEY SAID THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY.

I HAVE HAD THIS JEEP FOR LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP, THE DRIVE CHAIN, FRONT CONTROL ARMS AND NOW I AM TOLD THAT THE SUBFRAME IS RUSTED AND APPARENTLY CRACKED AS IT MAKES AWFULLY LOAD NOISES IN THE BACK. I HAVE CONTACTED A JEEP DEALER TO CK ON THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SUBFRAME. I AGREE, DO NOT BUY A JEEP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL CLUNKING NOISE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE SUBFRAME AND CROSS MEMBER WERE RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE CONTACT CALLED A LOCAL DEALER (HILLVIEW MOTORS, 5309 US 30, GREENSBURG, PA 15501), BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED A MANUFACTURER AND WAS ADVISED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALER TO BE INSPECTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 160,000.

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING AND THE LEFT FRONT CROSS MEMBER THAT HAD RUSTED AND WAS COMPLETELY CORRODED FAILED AND FELL ON TO THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE.LUCKILY SHE WAS GOING SLOW ENOUGH AND WAS ABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE TO SAFE STOP. IF SHE WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND THIS HAPPENED IT COULD HAVE KILLED HER AS WELL AS OTHERS.I HAD JUST PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE ON NOVEMBER 2016 FROM A AUTO SALES COMPANY. AFTER THE FAIL I LEARNED THAT THERE WAS A EXTENDED (10) WARRANTY (IE X58) THAT WARNED OF THIS PROBLEM AND A FIX PROVIDED BY COMPANY. I WAS NEVER TOLD THIS INFORMATION WHEN I PURCHASED THIS CAR THAT IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND SHOULD HAS BEEN REPAIR BEFORE BEING SOLD TO ANYONE OR AT LEAST INSPECTED. I WAS TOLD BY CHRYSLER REP THAT THE VEHICLE IS STILL REGISTERED IN CANADA AND THEY HAD NO IDEA THIS CAR WAS IN UNITED STATES SO THE INFORMATION NEVER FOLLOWED THE CAR. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THE CAR MAKE WAS IN SEPT OF 2006 EVEN THOUGH IT IS A 2007 ON TITLE AND THE WARRANTY GOES BY MAKE DAY SO MY CAR IS 6 MONTHS OUT OF A WARRANTY THAT I DID NOT KNOW EXISTED BECAUSE THE CAR IS STILL REGISTERED IN CANADA. THE INFORMATION THAT THIS VEHICLE FRONT OR REAR SUSPENSION COULD FAIL SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE UTTER MOST CONCERN FOR SAFE BY THE CHRYSLER COMPANY OF CANADA AND NOT A I HOPE YOU GOT OUR LETTER THAT YOUR CAR MY KILL YOU OR YOU FAMILY AT ANYTIME FROM RUST FAILURE IN AROUND 10 YEARS OR SO AND WE KNOW IT !!! AS OF TODAY CHRYSLER HAS NOT MADE A DECISION ON WEATHER OR NOT THEY INTEND TO FIX THIS VEHICLE BUT THE FACT REMAIN THERE ARE MORE 2007 JEEP COMPASS OUT THERE THAT NEED TO BE WARNED THAT THE CANADA VERSION OF THIS VEHICLE COULD FAIL ANYTIME I`M SURE I`M NOT THE ONLY PERSON WHO PURCHASED A COMPASS FROM CANADA PLANT THAT IS NOW IN THE USA THAT HAS NOT BEEN TOLD OF THIS PROBLEM. THIS WHY I FEEL THERE SHOULD HAVE RECALLED THEM FOR REPAIR IN STEAD OF HOPE YOU GOT OR LETTER. LOOK AT PICTURE!

SUBFAME IS FALLING APART ROTTED FROM A/C DRIP VALVE ! SWAY BAR NO LONGER CONNECTED TO SUBFRAME! BAD DESIGN OF JEEP COMPASS 07 SUBFAME !!!

DRIVING MY JEEP COMPASS AND THE FRONT END STARTED I THOUGHT IT HAD MY ROCKS UP IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM TOOK A MECHANIC AND HE BLEW EVERYTHING OUT THERE ALL THAT STUFF AND THEN IT STILL CAME BACK MAKING THE THUMPING TALKING NOISE LIKE WHEN YOU TURN TURN YOUR WHEEL TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT OR WHEN YOU BACKUP AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S CAUSING IT.

CHRYSLER SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER: 23-012-14 FRONT AND REAR CROSS-MEMBER CORROSION . BY WHAT I READ IT SHOULD BE COVERED, BUT DEALERSHIP TOLD THE GIRLFRIEND THAT IT ISN'T ... THIS MEMBER IS RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH BUT THEY HAVE STATED IT IS NOT COVERED. THIS ISSUE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE DEATH IF FINAL FAILURE CAUSES A CRASH AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.

SUSPENSION SUBFRAME EXTREMELY WORN OUT AT AROUND 100,000MILES AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.

THE FRONT LEFT SIDE HAS COME APART 2 TIMES FROM THE BALL JOINT AND A FRAME. TODAY IT FELT AND SOUNDED THE SAME I TOOK IT IN TO A SHOP IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT THE FRONT TIRE COMING OF AGAIN. THE MECHANIC PUT IT UP ON THE LIFT AND CAME AND GOT ME. THE ENGINE CRADLE IS TOTALLY ROTTEN THIS IS WERE ALL OF YOUR FRONT END PART ARE HELD IN PLACE. THE SAID THING IS I STILL OWE 2 MORE YEARS ON THIS JEEP WHAT CAN I DO!!??.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4. WHILE HAVING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE LOWER CONTROL ARM, SHOCKS, AND STRUTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 144,276.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS. AFTER REFUELING THE VEHICLE AND DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. IN ADDITION, THE PASSENGER SIDE HEAD LAMP FAILED TO ILLUMINATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIPM FOR THE HEAD LAMPS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT BALL JOINTS AND STRUTS WERE CORRODED AND ALSO NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE WHY THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE STRUTS AND BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 57,000.

STARTED HEARING CLUNKING NOISE UNDERNEATH THE FRONT. TOOK TO MECHANIC IMMEDIATELY AND HE SAID MY FRONT CROSSMEMBER WAS RUSTED OUT. HE TOLD ME JEEP COMPASS HAD ISSUED A EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE PROBLEM. T.S.B 23-012-14 IS THE SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER. MY MECHANIC ADVISED ME THAT IT WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND I WAS LUCKY TO EVEN GET IT THERE. I CALLED MY LOCAL CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP DEALER TO GET PROBLEM FIXED. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY AND I ARRANGED A TOW TO GET IT THERE. HOWEVER ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER THE DEALER SAID IT WOULD NOT BE COVERED BECAUSE IT WAS NOT PURCHASED IN ONE OF THE SALT BELT STATES BUT WAS BUILT IN THE TIME FRAME UNDER WARRANTY. IT WAS BOUGHT IN V.A. AND WAS NOT COVERED, BUT WEST VIRGINIA IS COVERED AND THAT IS ONLY 62 MILES OR ABOUT A 50 MINUTES. IN MY OPINION ANY JEEP SHOULD BE COVERED FOR THE DEFECT IF THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM ESPECIALLY IF THEY WAS BUILT AT THE SAME TIME. WHEN I SEEN THAT PART I COULD NOT BELIEVE HOW FAR GONE IT WAS. SCARY REALLY. MY FAMILY LIVING IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS ALL THE OTHER FAMILIES IN THE SALT BELT STATES.

WHEN FILLED UP WITH FUEL, CAR STALLS OUT AND CUTS OFF. I HAVE REPLACED ALL OF THE BEARINGS AND CAR STILL MAKES A ROARING NOISE WITH THE AXLE. UPPER CONTROL ARMS ARE COMPLETELY DAMAGED. BATTERY LIGHT CONTINUES TO COME ON AND HEADLIGHT WAS REPLACED BUT DOES NOT STAY ON. LIGHT STAYS ON INDICATING VACUUM HOSE ISSUE. 4 WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT STAYS ON.

K FRAME BY DRIVER FRONTWHEEL SO RUSTED CRACK COMPLETELY IN HALF. WHEEL ENDED UP FACING 90 DEGREE TO LEFT. WHEEL AND FRAME ALMOST SEPARATED FROM JEEP. STRUT ONLY HOLDING IT ON. GOOD THING I WAS ONLY GOING ABOUT 5MPH IN PARKING LOT.

FRONT ENGINE CRADLE/SUB FRAME BROKE IN HALF WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND DAMAGE TO ADDITIONAL PARTS INCLUDING RACK AND PINION, CONTROL ARMS, ETC. AFTER EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE CRADLE/SUB FRAME BY A MECHANIC AND MYSELF IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ENGINE CRADLE/SUB FRAME HAD RUSTED SO SEVERELY THAT BROKE IN HALF UNDER THE NORMAL WEIGHT AND DRIVING STRESSES OF THE VEHICLE. EXAMINATION OF THE REAR SUB FRAME SHOWS THE SAME SIGNS OF RUST WHICH INCLUDE NUMEROUS HOLES APPROXIMATELY 1/2" +/- IN DIAMETER. THE UNI-BODY OF THE VEHICLE HAS NO SURFACE RUST OR MORE SEVERE RUST LOCATED ON ANY AREA ON THE VEHICLE. THE RUST IS SOLELY ISOLATED ON THE FRONT ENGINE CRADLE/SUB FRAME AND REAR SUB FRAME. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND PREMATURE FAILURE OF A VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE FOLLOWED BY THE SOUND OF METAL SCRAPING THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR CONTROL ARM AND CROSS MEMBER FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000.

I HAVE REPLACED THE FRONT AND BACK SUSPENSION. I BOUGHT THIS USED, AND I THINK I WAS NOT GIVEN THE PROPER INFORMATION REGARDING THE CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ACCELERATION FAILURE. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. IT WAS ALSO DIFFICULT TO VIEW THE ODOMETER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS WAS A RECURRING FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO FIND A FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 146,000. IN ADDITION, ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2013, THE POWER STEERING FAILED AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE STALLED, BUT WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS WAS A RECURRING FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE CONTROL ARM AND BUSHING FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 153,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AND MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE BALL JOINT AXLE DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE BALL JOINT AXLE AND THE CONTROL ARM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN 2008, IT IS A 2007 JEEP ( 2014 OR AROUND). WE HAD TIRES WEARING OUT, AND TOOK IT IN FOR ALIGNMENT AND SPENT AROUND $200 TO FIX TIE RODS AND ALIGNMENT. ABOUT A YEAR LATER WENT IN FOR OIL CHANGE TO DEALER AND THEY SAID MY ARM CONTROL IN FRONT OF CAR ( 2) NEEDED REPLACEMENT. I GET FROM READING ON LINE AND JUST THAT THEY KNEW THAT THIS WAS A POSSIBLE PROBLEM, THAT THIS WAS A COMMON THING. SINCE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE, I AM WRITING THIS TO TRY AND GET THIS AS A RECALL, I PAID THE ALMOST $1.000 TO FIX ( MY DAUGHTER, WE SHARE CAR) BUT COULD YOU LOOK INTO THIS AND SEE IF IT IS OCCURRING MORE THEN NORMAL ( ODDS ARE IT IS) AND WHAT THE WEAKNESS IS IN THE CONTROL ARMS, AND BECAUSE IT CAN SO AFFECT ONES ABILITY TO CONTROL CAR, HAS TO BE PUT ON A RECALL. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *JB

I DROVE FOR SEVERAL HOURS WHEN MY CAR STARTED SLIDING TO THE SIDE. I STOPPED TO CHECK AND BOTH MY BACK TIRES WERE ANGLED INWARD AND COMPLETELY RUINED. I TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC FOR ALIGNMENT, BUT HE COULD NOT MOVE THE PARTS DUE TO AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF RUST. HE MENTIONED THAT THE WHOLE SUBFRAME AND ARMS HAD HEAVY CORROSION AND WHOLE AND THE PIECES COULD BREAK ANYTIME SOON AND I SHOULD NOT BE DRIVING THE CAR. AN EXTENDED WARRANTY IS APPLICABLE TO THE K FRAME FOR THE MODEL OF MY CAR BUT JEEP WILL NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY ON MY PARTICULAR VEHICLE. I HAVEN'T DROVE THE CAR SINCE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO MAINTAIN POSITION WHEN DRIVING. THE CONTACT HAD TO CONTINUOUSLY MANEUVER THE STEERING WHEEL TO KEEP THE VEHICLE FROM VEERING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT BOTH FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARMS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT BOTH FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARMS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

AT FIRST MY CAR WAS WEARING OUT TIRES OFTEN ( 83, 068 MILES) THAN IT ALSO STARTED HAVING A ROUGH RIDE...THUMPS, CLUMPS AND CLICKS WHEN YOU DROVE OR TURNED THE WHEEL, THAN THE RIDE GOT ROUGHER, IT HONESTLY GAVE ME HEADACHES FROM THE NOISE AS THE WHEELS ROLLED ON, ( I GOT TIRE RODS , CONTROL ARM AND BALL JOINT REPLACED IN JUNE 2014, SEVEN MONTHS LATER CONTROL ARM, BALL JOINT AND TIE ROD BROKE, (MY WHEEL WAS DANGLING APART FROM MY CAR) AS I WAS TRANSPORTING MY SON TO HIS BUS STOP, 'LUCKILY NO ONE WAS INJURED" MY CAR WAS TOWED TO A MECHANIC($600.00), I HAD MY CAR REPAIRED AND WAS INFORMED THE RIGHT SIDE WAS IN DIRE NEED FOR ($465.00). THIS CAR REQUIRES A LOT OF SUSPENSION WORK, I CURRENTLY HAVE 87,000 MILES ON MY CAR NOW , (FAIRLY LOW) MY CAR NOW STALLS OUT WHEN I STOP FOR A RED LIGHT,IT HAS EVEN PUTTED AS IF THE GAS ISN'T CIRCULATING TO THE ENGINE, 'MAJOR ISSUES". *TR

I HAD A REAR LEFT WHEEL BEARING AND HUB ASSEMBLY REMOVED AND REPLACED BECAUSE OF THE VERY LOUD NOISES IT PRODUCED. THEN HE ALSO TOLD ME AT THAT TIME, I WOULD ALSO NEED A RIGHT REAR WHEEL BEARING DONE, AND REAR BRAKES. I ALREADY HAD MY FRONT BRAKES REPLACED. IN ADDITION A TIE ROD REPLACED AS WELL AND ALSO LOWER LEFT AND LOWER RIGHT CONTROL ARMS REPLACED. NOT TO MENTION A WHEEL ALIGNMENT TO BOOT BECAUSE I JUST PUT ON 4 NEW TIRES. NOW WITH EVERYTHING I HAVE HEARD I'M WORRIED ABOUT MY BALL JOINTS, WILL THEY BE NEXT? I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE DUMB CAR, I DON'T GO FOR ANY TRIPS OR ANYTHING, I AM A SENIOR WHO HASN'T MUCH MONEY BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BE SAFE. WHY AREN'T THEY MAKING JEEP DO A RECALL ON THESE CARS? I ALSO RECEIVED IN THE MAIL A SILENT RECALL FOR CORROSION ON THE CROSS MEMBERS, NOW THEY ARE GIVING ME A HARD TIME ABOUT THAT AS WELL. PLEASE, SOMEONE HELP US OUT! *JS

MY VEHICLE, HAS A ROUGH RIDE, TRACTION LIGHT FLASHES OFTEN. I HAD SEVERAL REPAIRS DONE ON MY FRONT IN JUNE 2014, (UPPER,LOWER CONTROL ARMS, LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES, ROTORS ,BRAKES AND TIRES ARE ALWAYS NEEDED). ON FEBRUARY 2,2015 MY LEFT FRONT BALL JOINTS AND CONTROL ARMS BROKE AND MY WHEEL BROKE OFF, I AM CURRENTLY IN NEED OF MORE CONTROL ARM AND STRUT REPAIR ON MY RIGHT SIDE AGAIN! MY VEHICLE CLUMPS AND HAS A ROUGH RIDE, I AM IN CONSTANT FEAR DRIVING THIS VEHICLE,BECAUSE OF THE CONSTANT ISSUES WITH MY FRONT END, EVEN AFTER ITS REPAIRED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE INSPECTED, IT WAS ADVISED THAT THE LOWER PASSENGER SIDE BALL JOINT AND CONTROL ARM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT END SUSPENSION NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT PREVIOUSLY HAD THE RIGHT CONTROL ARM REPAIRED UNDER A MANUFACTURER RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000. DJR

BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW IN 2007. REPLACED LEFT AND RIGHT CONTROL ARMS IN 2010 AND AGAIN IN 2014. THE CAR ONLY HAS 60,603 MILES AND ITS ON ITS 3RD SET OF CONTROL ARMS. I SHOULD NOT BE GOING THROUGH CONTROL ARMS THAT FAST. I DRIVE LESS THAN 2 MILES TO WORK EVERYDAY. FILED A COMPLAINT WITH JEEP IN 2010 AND THEY PAID AS "GOOD WILL REPAIR". THE CAR WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THEY REFUSED TO PAY FOR THE 2014 EVEN THOUGH ITS ONLY 30,000 MILES LATER. CONTROL ARMS SHOULD BE LASTING LONGER THAN 30,000 MILES! THE CAR HAS HAD NUMEROUS REPAIRS INCLUDING A GAS TANK PROBLEM WHERE GAS POURED BACK OUT AT YOU WHILE YOU PUMP. CLEARLY THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN RHODE ISLAND HAS REFERRED ME TO THIS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY. COULD YOU PLEASE HELP? *TR

HAD VEHICLE IN SHOP TO DO A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION, WAS TOLD THAT BOTH LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE BAD AND THEY WOULD NOT RECOMMEND DRIVING VEHICLE WAS 40 MILES FROM HOME WITH NO WAY TO GET THERE HAD TO DRIVE THEY SAY IT WAS UNUSUAL FOR BOTH TO GO AT THAT LOW MILEAGE BUT THE COULD NOT FIND A RECALL SO I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM THERE IS NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THIS. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD THEY NEED TO RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE IS HURT OR KILLED. *TR

I'M JUST GOING TO LIST THE PROBLEMS WITH DATES TO MAKE IT EASIER TO GET A VISUAL OF THE PROBLEM! 2009 4X4 INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON - OIL LEAKING OUT OF SOME 4X4 BOX/BEARINGS MISSING WENT BAD 50,000 MILES CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NAME OF THE PART, BUT COULD CALL THE DEALER AND FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS, 3/7/12 - CV NUT LOCK COVERS NEEDED REPLACED - RUSTED OUT, LEFT OUTER TIE ROD REPLACED, 3/17/13 - BOTH CONTROL ARMS REPLACED, 4/3/13 - RIGHT TIE ROD (INNER AND OUTER) REPLACED, 1/17/14, FRONT ENGINE CRADLE REPLACED, 3/28/14 - RIGHT WHEEL BEARING REPLACED, BOTH CONTROLS ARMS REPLACED AGAIN, AXLE REPLACED, 5/16/14 - NOTIFIED THAT RIGHT TIE ROD NEEDED REPLACED AGAIN. THIS IS BY FAR ONE OF THE MOST POORLY DESIGNED VEHICLES THAT I HAVE OWNED. IT CURRENTLY HAS 80,000 MILES ON IT AND ALL OF THE THINGS REPLACED SHOULD NOT HAVE NEEDED REPLACED AND NOT HAVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED TWICE TO BOOT! I WOULD NEVER AGAIN PURCHASE OR RECOMMEND PURCHASE TO ANYONE. PARTS GOING BAD THIS QUICKLY IS A DANGER TO ANY OTHER PARTS THAT MAY GO UNNOTICED UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE! *TR

UPON AN INSPECTION OF THE UNDERNEATH OF MY 2007 JEEP COMPASS, IT WAS FOUND THAT MY FRONT SUB FRAME (ALSO KNOWN AS THE K FRAME) HAS SERIOUS RUST ISSUES. THERE IS ACTUALLY A SECTION ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SUB FRAME THAT HAS RUSTED OUT (APPROX. 1/2 INCH BY 4 INCH IN SIZE). AFTER SOME INVESTIGATING ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE ON THE INTERNET, I FOUND THAT THIS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE AND THAT JEEP HAS NOT RECALLED THIS ISSUE. I WILL BE REPLACING THE PART BECAUSE THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS A CLICKING NOISE WAS PRESENT IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAILURE WAS DIAGNOSED AND REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THE RIGHT BALL JOINT WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER OF THE DEFECT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,000. *TR

THE ALTERNATOR STOPS WORKING AFTER 90000 MILES. YOU HEAR A BIG THUMPING SOUND LIKE A TANK. YOU DO FEEL IT BUT, IS LOUD WHEN ACCELERATING AND ACCELERATING. *TR

MY 2007 JEEP COMPASS HAD BEEN MAKING CLUNKING AND SQUEAKING NOISES WHEN DRIVING OVER SMALL BUMPS AT LOW SPEEDS. THERE WAS ALSO A LOUD GRINDING NOISE WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO EITHER SIDE, ALSO HAPPENING AT LOW SPEEDS. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC WHO STATED I NEEDED TO REPLACE BOTH LOWER CONTROL ARMS AND BALL JOINT ASSEMBLIES AND BOTH OUTER TIE RODS ENDS. IT WAS ALSO STATED I NEEDED A NEW RIGHT STRUT. I WAS ADVISED THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND I WAS MADE TO SIGN A PAPER STATING THEY HAD TOLD ME THIS. AT LESS THAN 42,000 MILES THESE ARE PARTS THAT SHOULD NOT BE MALFUNCTIONING AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY NOT ENDANGERING MY LIFE. *TR

I HEARD SOME NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF MY CAR AT LOW SPEEDS. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE MECHANIC WHO DISCOVERED A GIANT CRACK IN THE A-FRAME, APPARENTLY DUE TO CORROSION. IT LOOKS LIKE THE METAL JUST RUSTED ALL THE WAY THROUGH. THIS FRAME HOLDS THE SUSPENSION TOGETHER, SO THE WHEEL COULD FALL OFF NOW THAT THE FRAME IS CRACKED. THIS COULD BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF IT HAPPENS AT HIGH SPEEDS. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECTIVE PART THAT SHOULD NOT BE FAILING AT 68,000 MILES OF A WELL-MAINTAINED CAR. THE REALLY BAD PART IS THAT THE PART PROBABLY ISN'T COVERED BY WARRANTY. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE AND THE PART SHOULD BE RECALLED AND REPAIRED BY JEEP. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS. *TR

2007 JEEP COMPASS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DISSATISFACTION WITH VEHICLE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE AT 39,106. AT 43,060, THE REAR BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NOW, WITH 48,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE, THE FRONT AND REAR BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FOR A THIRD TIME. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE TIRE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WITH ONLY 34,406 MILES ON THE VEHICLE.

ON JUNE 13 2011 MY COMPASS WITH ONLY 17085 MILES ON IT, HAD CRACKED A FRONT SPRING THAT HAD GRINDED A RING AROUND MY PASS SIDE TIRE. I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT I NOTICED SOME NOISE IN THE FRONT END SO I BROUGHT IT TO A DEALER FOR SERVICE. I WAS TOLD WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND HOW SURPRISED THE SERVICE DEPT. WAS WITH THIS INCIDENT. THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT BELIEVE IT. IT TOOK A WHILE BUT AFTER SOME COMPLAINTS AND DISGUST WITH THE DEALERSHIP, BUT MORE SO WITH CHRYSLER, EVERYTHING DID GET COVERED BUY THE 2 PARTIES. NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT MY VEHICLE WAS AND STILL IS UNDER WARRANTY. TODAY IS JANUARY 3 2013 AND GUESS WHAT? I NOW HAVE TO CONTACT THE DEALER AND PROBABLY CHRYSLER AGAIN. MY COMPASS IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY WITH ONLY 27450 MILES AND NOW THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT SPRING IS CRACKED AND IS BEGINNING TO DO THE EXACT SAME THING TO MY OTHER TIRE AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DEALER WILL SAY OR DO BUT I WILL CONTACT THEM FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, THEY ARE CLOSED AT THIS TIME. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM OR JUST A FLUKE? TO ME THIS SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD BE A POSSIBLE DEFECT AND PUT UNDER A RECALL. IF ANYONE OF THESE TIRES WOULD HAVE BEEN WARN DOWN ENOUGH AND A TIRE WOULD HAVE BLOWN OUT, THERE COULD HAVE BEEN A VERY SERIOUS AND OR DEADLY ACCIDENT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HAVING AN OIL CHANGE PERFORMED AT THE DEALER, IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT BOTH LOWER CONTROL ARMS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,725 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 155,000.

PURCHASED JEEP COMPASS NEW, NOV. 2007, IT'S DRIVEN 99% OF THE TIME BY WIFE TO/FROM WORK AT HOSP. DRIVEN LESS THAN 6,000 MILES PER YEAR. WIFE STATED HEARING A CREAKING/ SQUEEKING NOISE FROM FRONT OF CAR. I TOOK THE COMPASS TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT, THEY STATED IT WAS THE FRONT LEFT LOWER BALL JOINT. THEY REPLACED THE LEFT LOWER CONTROL ARM/BALL JOINT ASSEMBLY AND A FRONT END ALIGNMENT. I FEEL THERE IS A DEFECT WITH THIS PART FAILING AFTER ONLY 25,000 MILES ( MAYBE WHOLE FRONT SUSPENSION). THIS VEHICLE IS WELL TAKEN CARE OF, THE JEEP DEALER DOES ALL OIL CHANGES, TIRE ROTATION, FILTERS ON SCHEDULE. THIS JEEP IS KEPT IN A GARAGE AT HOME 100% OF THE TIME AND GARAGED AT WORK EXCEPT FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS. JEEP HAS NEVER BEEN OFF ROAD. PURCHASED 4X4 SO WIFE COULD SAFELY DRIVE TO WORK IN SNOW AS SHE WORKS AT A HOSPITAL AND NEEDS TO BE THERE DURING ALL TYPES OF WEATHER. I KNOW HOW THIS JEEP IS CARED FOR AND TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF MAJOR PART FAILURE IS UNACCEPTABLE, WITH AN UNDUE COST OF OVER $ 500.00 NOT TO MENTION THE SAFETY ISSUES INVOLVED. NOT A HAPPY PERSON WITH THIS JEEP COMPASS WITH ONLY 25,777 MILES ON IT. *TT

TODAY WAS TOLD MY 2007 COMPASS NEEDS BALL JOINT/TIE ROD/STRUTS THIS IS THE THIRD BALL JOINT PUT ON FIRST FAILURE 42,000 MILES, SECOND AT 63,000 THIRD NOW.....WAS TOLD BUILT WRONG AND SPENT OVER 3000.00 REPAIRING. NEVER AGAIN FOR A JEEP AND NO CLASS ACTION YET???? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD MAKE EXHIBIT A LOUD NOISE WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. A LOCAL MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE BALL JOINTS WERE DEFECTIVE AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, BUT DENIED ANY ASSISTANCE WITH REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 7,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STRUTS, BALL JOINTS AND WHEEL HUBS HAD TO BE REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE THREE TIMES. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE DESIGNED TO WEAR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION ALSO FAILED. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE CVT PART WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE AND THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN, BUT THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 128,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS. WHILE HAVING THE TIRES REPLACED AT A TIRE SHOP, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY THE TECHNICIAN THAT THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE BALL JOINT WOULD HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO ABNORMAL WEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT DURING A STATE INSPECTION, THE PRIVATE MECHANIC STATED THAT BOTH LOWER FRONT CONTROL ARMS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 43,000.

TOOK VEHICLE FOR YEARLY INSPECTION WHERE THE CAR WAS PURCHASED, NEW. THEY WERE AT THAT TIME A CHRYSLER JEEP DEALER. IT DIDN'T PASS THE INSPECTION DUE TO THE POOR CONDITION OF THE BALL JOINTS - MILEAGE AT THAT TIME WAS ONLY 14,258. IT WAS SUGGESTED I CONTACT CHRYSLER TO NOTIFY THEM. THEY ADVISED ME TO TAKE IT TO A LOCAL QUALIFIED DEALERSHIP. IT WAS TAKEN FOR THEM TO CHECK THE BALL JOINTS. AFTER 2 WEEKS OF NOT DRIVING THE CAR DUE TO ITS DANGEROUS CONDITION, THE BALL JOINTS AND BOTH LOWER CONTROL ARMS WERE REPLACED AT A COST TO ME OF $214.00. THE TREATMENT I RECEIVED AND THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TOOK THEM TO DECIDE TO DO THE JOB AT THE "QUALIFIED DEALER" WAS INEXCUSABLE. I FEEL CHRYSLER SHOULD OF TAKEN CARE OF THE COST OF THE REPAIR, SINCE IT WAS NOT DUE TO ANYTHING I DID BUT THE QUALITY OF THE PARTS INSTALLED ORIGINALLY. THIS COMPLAINT WOULD OF BEEN SUBMITTED EARLIER BUT I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE NHTSA. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS FWD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY DETECTED THAT THE FRONT END SUSPENSION WAS FAULTY. THE TECHNICIAN WAS REPLACING BOTH FRONT TIE RODS AND LOWER CONTROL ARMS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

THE BEARINGS MELTED INTO THE HUB ASSEMBLY AND IT WORE OUT THE BRAKES AND RUIN ALL FOUR TIRES, NOW THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS ARE GOING OUT. I HAVE ONLY 43000 MILES ON THE CAR AND THE WARRANTY HAS RAN OUT AT 36000 MILES. THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPEN WITH SUCH LOW MILEAGE. ALIGNMENT WILL NOT STAY BECAUSE OF THE TIRES AND THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS. THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL BUT THE HUB, BEARINGS ARE NOT ABLE TO GEASED. SO THESE PARTS WEAR OUT SOONER THAN NORMAL. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD DRIFT FROM LANE TO LANE ABNORMALLY WHEN DRIVING 60 MPH IN RAINY WEATHER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HAVE THE TIRES REPLACED WHEN HE WAS ADVISED BY THE MECHANIC THAT THE FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.

I WAS JUST HAD MY TIRES REPLACED AT 60,000 MILES AND WAS TOLD THAT BOTH LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE BAD . THIS IS A VERY LOW MILEAGE FOR THIS TO OCCUR.. I WAS QUOTED OVER $900 USD TO REPLACE BOTH LOWER CONTROL ARMS (WITH NEW BALL JOINTS) PLUS ALIGNMENT. *TR

BALL JOINT FAILURE. SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE JEEP COMPASS. I HAVE 55000 MILES AND HAVE NOTICED THE NOISE SINCE 50000. *TR

NO CRASH OR INJURY, HOWEVER THE INCIDENT INVOLVED WAS THAT THE TIE ROD ON THE LEFT FRONT SIDE ON MY JEEP COMPASS 2007 WAS LOOSE AND THE WHEEL WAS READY TO FALL OFF THE AUTO. THE JEEP 2007 HAD 72,900 MILES ORIGINAL. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY ACCIDENTS OR ABUSIVE DRIVING WITH THE VEHICLE WHICH I PURCHASED FROM THE JEEP DEALER IN MILWAUKEE IN FEBRUARY 2010 WITH 68,000 ORIG. MILES AND IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. *TR

2007 JEEP COMPASS CONTINUOUS (AT LEAST 6 TIMES) WATER LEAKING FROM SUN ROOF ...POOR DRAINING....UNCLOGGED DRAINS LINES(DEALER) NOISY THUMPING (SOME KIND OF ROAD NOISE) MANY COMPLAINTS WAS TOLD TIRES ARE NOISY....RETURNED TODAY (5/25/11) NOISE IS MORE EVIDENT AND HAS TO BE MORE SERIOUS THAN NOISY TIRES. DEALER HAS YET TO CORRECT THESE PROBLEMS PERMANENTLY. *TR

DEVELOPED A NOTICABLE VIBRATION.TOOK TO DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THE BALL JOINTS NEEDED REPLACEMENT AND THE VEHICLE WAS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. WHEN PICKED UP THE VEHICLE, INVOICE STATED 2 LOWER ARMS AND A TIE ROD WERE REPLACED. I HAVE DRIVEN MANY VEHICLES OVER 100,000 MILES AND NEVER HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THESE PARTS. THEREFORE I FEEL THEY WERE EITHER DEFECTIVE OR POORLY DESIGN ED AND THEY SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO RECALL REPLACEMENT OR INSPECTION. VEHICLE WAS ONLY DRIVEN ON LOCAL STREETS.

THE FRONT BALL JOINTS ON MY 2007 JEEP COMPASS HAVE RUSTED. I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR 3.5 YEARS AND HAVE HAD TO REPLACE 6 TIRES BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS. *TR

2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4 WITH APPROX. 48,000 MILES HAS UNDERGONE IT'S 4TH REPLACEMENT OF THE FRONT LOWER BALL JOINT/ARM. THE REPLACEMENT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY WITH JEEP NOR RECALLED AT THIS TIME. EVERY YEAR AT TIME OF INSPECTION, THE JEEP COMPASS FAILS INSPECTION DUE TO BAD LOWER BALL JOINT. REPLACEMENT COSTS THE OWNER APPROX. $500 ANNUALLY. JEEP HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING TO CORRECT THIS DEFECT AT THE TIME. THE DEFECT IN THE BALL JOINT ALSO CAUSES OWNER TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR ALIGNMENT AND REPLACEMENT OF TIRES SINCE DEFECTIVE BALL JOINT CAUSES TIRES TO WEAR UNEVENLY. *TR

2007 JEEP COMPASS WITH APPROXIMATELY 52,300 MILES NEEDED LEFT AND RIGHT BALL JOINTS AND RIGHT OUTER TIE ROD REPLACED AT A COST OF $510. GIVEN THE FAIRLY LOW MILEAGE AND THE FACT THAT THIS AUTO IS DRIVEN ONLY ON PAVED CITY AND HIGHWAY ROADS THESE REPAIRS SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY. OTHERS HAVE REPORTED ON THE WEB SIMILAR REPAIRS WITH BALL JOINTS/TIE RODS FOR THIS JEEP MODEL -- JEEP SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THIS MODEL FOR THIS DEFECT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING IN REVERSE APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH IN A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY. THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED AND THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A LOUD CLUNKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THEY DETECTED THAT THE FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE DEFECTIVE. THE CONTACT SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,702. UPDATED 7/12/12 *CN UPDATED 07/18/12

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR A ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT WAS DEFECTIVE. THE FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARM ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,309.

I WAS TOLD YESTERDAY THAT MY 2007 JEEP COMPASS FRONT SUSPENSION BALL JOINTS NEED TO BE REPLACED. I HAVE 49,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THIS DEFECT COULD RESULT IN WHEEL FAILURE. NO FAILURE HAS OCCURRED YET. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT AN ABNORMAL CLUNKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE COUPLING ARMS, BUSHINGS AND BEARINGS HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

2007 JEEP COMPASS LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE AT 53,654 MILES. COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. TOOK MY JEEP IN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND FOUND MY DRIVERS LOWER BALL JOINT VERY CLOSE TO SEPARATING. NOT ONLY THAT BUT THE VERTICAL LOWER CONTROL ARM BUSHING WAS SEPARATED FROM THE ARM !! ONLY REASON THERE WAS NOT DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE OR MY LIFE WAS I HAD MY COMPASS SERVICED EARLY FOR THE 60K SERVICE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE BEGAN PULLING TO THE RIGHT. THE CONTACT SLOWED DOWN TO KEEP CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 53,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT TIRES WERE WORN IN THE MIDDLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT BOTH THE FRONT END BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 46,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHEN THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE FRONT LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE EXTREMELY LOOSE AND DISLODGING FROM THE SOCKET ABNORMALLY. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,820.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHEN HE WAS INFORMED THAT BOTH FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARMS WOULD NEED REPLACING. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WHEELS WERE ABNORMALLY SLANTED INWARD AS A RESULT OF THE CONTROL ARM FAILURE. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED CONCERN OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED WITH THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 39,422.

REAR TRAILING ARM BUSHINGS ARE WORN AND NEED REPLACING. VEHICLE HAD BEEN AT DEALERS FOR FLUIDS CHANGE AND INSPECTION. THEN WENT TO REPLACE REAR TIRES WHICH I THOUGHT HAD DELAMINATED BUT FOUND UNEVEN TIRE TREAD WEAR ON THE INSIDE. TIRE DEALER FOUND UPPER BUSHINGS WORN BEYOND TOLERANCES. *TR

2007 JEEP COMPASS= WENT TO GET OIL CHANGE AND WAS TOLD LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE SHOT AND UNSAFE TO DRIVE. HOW LONG BEFORE YOU MAKE JEEP RECALL THIS JUNK? DO PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE FIRST? *TR

THUMPING IN FRONT TIRES TOOK TO HALLS TIRES AND THEY TOLD ME BOTH FRONT LOWER BALLJOINTS WERE COMPLETELY WORN OUT. 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4, $1000.00 TO REPLACE WITH ONLY 48,000 MILES ON THEM. WILL KEEP OLD PARTS. *TR

I RECENTLY HAD MY 2007 JEEP COMPASS IN TO DEALER TO CHECK OUT WHY VEHICLE WAS HANDLING IMPROPERLY . FOUND OUT I NEEDED $3000 OF FRONT AND REAR SUSPENSION PRTS INCLUDING CONTROL ARMS FRONT AND BACK WHEEL BEARINGS X 4 ,BALL JOINTS THE WHOLE BIT IN RESEARCHING THIS I FIND I AM ONE OF POSSIBLY THOUSANDS WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS ON THE SAME YEAR JEEP COMPASS. I HAVE BEEN LOYAL TO CHRYSLER EVEN AFTER OWNING A NEON WITH MANY PROBLEMS BUT THIS IS DEFINATELY THE LAST CHRYSLER DODGE OR JEEP PRODUCT I WILL EVER PURCHASE. THIS VEHICLE IS SIMPLY A LEMON AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR

METALLIC NOISES EMITTED FROM JEEP COMPASS 2007 MODEL FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE. IT WOULD CREAK WHEN TURNING AND WOULD FREQUENTLY LOSE CONTROL OF RIGHT SIDE TIRES IN ADVERSE WEATHER. HAVE FIXED BALL JOINT TWICE NOW AND SEEMINGLY WEARS DOWN OVER AND OVER. REVIEWING OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR THIS MODEL, THIS APPEARS TO BE THE NORM. A BROKEN DOWN BALL JOINT AND CONSEQUENT CRACKED AXIS WOULD MEAN A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION: FLIPPING OFF THE ROAD, LOSING CONTROL AT HIGHER SPEEDS, ETC. THUS FAR WE HAVE AVOIDED SERIOUS INJURY BUT AT LESS THAN 30K MILES THIS SHOULD NOT BE A RECURRING ISSUE. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE LOWER FRONT BALL JOINT,(FRONT WAS SHAKING WHILE DRIVING AND HAD TO BE REPLACED) DRIVER SIDE FRONT OUTER TIE ROD,(STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING WHILE DRIVING) BOTH REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS. ( WAS NOT DIAGNOSED UNTIL I WAS HAVING WHEEL ALIGNMENT DONE.) BUT REAR TIRES WERE DAMAGED FROM THESE PARTS BEING WORN.. HAD TO REPLACE ALL THESE PARTS. ONLY HAVE REAR UPPER CONTROL ARMS AND TIE ROD. OWNERS OPINION IS THAT FACTORY WHEELS ARE TO BIG FOR THIS VEHICLE AND CAUSING TO MUCH PRESSURE ON THESE PARTS. *TR

I TOOK MY 2007 JEEP COMPASS 2X4 TO HAVE THE DRIVERS FRONT TIRE REPAIRED. THE REPAIR MAN FOUND THAT THE BALL JOINTS WERE BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. I CHECKED IT OUT ONLINE TO FIND THAT MANY JEEP COMPASS OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND ONLY HAS 41,375 ORIGINAL MILES. THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM. MY JEEP WAS PURCHASED FROM A DODGE CHRYSLER DEALER. I ASK THAT YOU FORCE JEEP CHRYSLER TO RECALL THIS VEHICLE FOR THIS DEFECT. *TR

BROUGHT MY 2007 JEEP COMPASS IN TO HAVE THE ALIGNMENT CHECKED. I WAS TOLD BY OUR JEEP DEALERSHIP THAT BOTH OF MY BALL JOINTS ARE FAULTY AND THE CAR IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO BE DRIVING. I JUST BOUGHT THE CAR 10 MONTHS AGO FROM THE SAME JEEP DEALERSHIP. WE DRIVE ONLY HIGHWAY AND THE CAR ONLY HAS 44,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

TOOK MY 2007 JEEP COMPASS IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION AND WAS TOLD THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINT ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WAS BAD AND THAT I SHOULD GET IT REPAIRED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE; THAT IT WAS VERY DANGEROUS TO LEAVE IT AS IS. I FOUND THIS WEBSITE AND FOUND THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. MY CAR HAS 36,600 MILES ON IT. THE WARRANTY WAS UP AT THE END OF JULY. HOW CONVENIENT. I PLAN ON CALLING THE DODGE CHRYSLER DEALERSHIP IN THE MORNING AND SEEING IF THEY WILL BE ABLE TO HELP ME OUT WITHOUT THIS COSTING ME A FORTUNE. SEEMS TO ME LIKE THIS IS A PARTS PROBLEM AND THAT A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO PULL TO THE LEFT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FRONT BALL JOINTS AND FRONT THE WHEEL BEARINGS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, THE TECHNICIAN DETECTED THAT ADDITIONAL REPAIRS COULD POSSIBLY BE REQUIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 112,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

2007 JEEP COMPASS RALLYE EDITION WITH 37,000 MILES. THERE WAS A METALLIC CREAKING / CLUNK FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, AND HAD IT INSPECTED BY A LOCAL MECHANIC . BOTH LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE FOUND TO BE BAD WITH EXCESSIVE PLAY...BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED W/ NEW. ENGINE OIL PUMP ALSO FAILED @ APPROX 15,000 MILES AND CAUSED ENGINE FAILURE WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AFTER A MONTH OF WAITING.. *TR

2007 JEEP COMPASS WITH 38,200 MILES ON IT. HEARD CLUNKING NOISE IN FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL AREA. TOOK TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD TIE RODS WERE BLOWN OUT AND VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE. SO FAR JEEP HAS NOT RESPONDED TO A RECALL INQUIRY YET. I ONLY DO LIGHT DRIVING TO WORK, APPROX 4 MILES A DAY, NEVER HAVE TAKEN IT OFF ROADING. $615 REPAIR COSTS. *TR

WHAT DO YA KNOW....CONTROL ARM AND BALL JOINTS GOING OUT AT 50,000 MILES....PROBLEM IS YOUR WARRANTY WONT COVER AND YOU CAN GREASE SOMETHING NOW A DAYS. SO IM OUT 500 BUCKS. ONE DAY WOMAN IS GOING TO CRASH BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE AND THEN WILL SEE WHAT CHRYSLER DOES...HORRIBLE! JUST WRONG I SAY! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS. THE CONTACT WAS REVERSING WHEN AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR FACILITY WHERE HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE LOOSE AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO SERVICE THE VEHICLE STATING THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUTSIDE OF FACTORY WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 36,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 37,000.

PURCHASED 2007 JEEP COMPASS IN 4/2010. IT IS NOW JULY AND I HEAR CLICKING IN BACK WHEN I BRAKE AND THE FRONT CLICKS ALSO. I BROUGHT IT IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND THEY TOLD ME I ALSO HAVE BALL JOINT ISSUES. I BROUGHT IT TO MY MECHANIC AND HE TOLD ME THE SAME THING. WHAT'S GOING ON. MY CAR ONLY HAS 46,000 MILES. *TR

I HAVE A 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4. STARTED OUT WITH BANGING NOISES COMING FROM THE FRONT. I HAVE REPLACED BOTH STRUTS (38000 MILES). NOISE WAS STILL THERE, FOUND OUT THAT I NEEDED A RIGHT FRONT TIE ROD AND LOWER CONTROL ARM (45000 MILES) REPLACED. A FEW MONTHS LATER I AM NOW HEARING SQUEAKING NOISES AND RATTLING. JUST FOUND OUT THAT I NOW HAVE TO HAVE THE LEFT LOWER CONTROL ARM REPLACED. LIKE ALL THE OTHER COMPLAINTS THAT I HAVE SEEN, THE PROBLEMS THAT I AM HAVING ARE THE EXACT SAME. THIS IS NOT RIGHT!! THE CAR IS UNDER 50,000 MILES (ALL HIGHWAY) AND SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THESE KINDS OF ISSUES. I HAVE NEVER RUN INTO THIS WITH ANY OTHER TYPE OF VEHICLE THAT I HAVE OWNED. I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED BEFORE SOMETHING AWFUL HAPPENS. MY MECHANIC TELLS ME THAT HE SEES ALOT OF THIS WITH THE COMPASS AND PATRIOT MODELS. JEEP USED CHEAPER PARTS TO MAKE THE VEHICLE AFFORDABLE. GREAT, EXCEPT THE CONSUMER WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER JEEP PRODUCT AFTER THIS. I KNOW THAT I WON'T. THEY NEED TO OWN UP TO THIS AND HELP IT'S CUSTOMERS WITH THE REPAIR ISSUES. THERE ARE TOO MANY OF THEM AND THEY ARE ALL IDENTICAL. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE. SEVERE SAFETY ISSUES GOING ON HERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW PEOPLE CAN DO BUSINESS LIKE THIS. THANK YOU. *TR

STARTED HEARING A TIRE NOISE AND CLUNKING WHEN TURNING OR GOING OVER BUMP. TOOK IT TO MY SERVICE MAN. CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE. DANGEROUSLY BAD LOWER BALL JOINTS. HAD TO REPLACE BRAKES DUE TO THIS AND TIRE HAS STARTED TO SEPARATE DUE TO THE LOOSENESS OF THE TIRE. I HAVE THE DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS. MY 2007 JEEP COMPASS HAS 41,000 MILES ON IT AND THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. MULTIPLE VEHICLES HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM YET NO RECALL. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS 2003 THROUGH 2006. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS STILL A PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM COULD BE LIFE THREATENING IF THE WHEEL COMES OFF. I WAS LUCKY. *TR

TOOK 2007 JEEP COMPASS IN FOR OIL CHANGE. MECHANIC SAID THAT CAR WAS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AS BALL JOINTS AND CONTROL ARMS NEEDED REPLACED AND WERE SO LOOSE THAT THEY MAY CAUSE ACCIDENT. BECAUSE OF COST OF REPAIR, TOOK CAR TO JEEP DEALER FOR SERVICING TO GET A SECOND OPINION. THEY CONFIRMED THAT THE BALL JOINTS AND CONTROL ARMS DO NEED REPLACED AND THAT THEY ARE DANGEROUSLY LOOSE. CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. REPAIR ESTIMATE IS $935 ALTHOUGH I'M TRYING TO NEGOTIATE SINCE THIS SEEMS TO BE A DEFECT WITH THE CAR. *TR

BALL JOINTS. *TR

I WENT TO GET A STATE INSPECTION FOR MY 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4, IT HAS 48,000 MILES ON IT AND I WAS TOLD THAT BOTH LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE WORN OUT, UPON FUTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE WAS LITTLE OR NO GREASE IN THE BALL JOINTS. AFTER SEARCHING FOR REPLACEMENT BALL JOINTS I FOUND MY ONLY OPTION AT THE TIME WAS TO BUY TWO USED CONTROL ARMS FROM A JUNK YARD, THE BALL JOINTS ON THESE CONTROL ARMS WERE ALSO VOID OF GREASE.. AFTER TALKING WITH OTHER OWNERS OF JEEP COMPASS 4X4 I HAVE FOUND THAT ALL 5 OF THE OTHER OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES IN THIS AREA HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE BALL JOINTS, ALL OF THEM WERE ALSO UNDER 5,0000 MILES. THIS IS UNACEPTABLE, BALL JOINTS SHOULD LAST A LOT LONGER THAN THIS AND WOULD IF THEY HAD ADEQUATE GREASE AND GREASE FITTING WHERE GREASE COULD BE ADDED TO THE BALL JOINTS. JUST SO WE ARE CLEAR, THE BOOTS COVERING THE BALL JOINTS WHERE THE GREASE SHOULD BE WERE IN PERFECT CONDITIONSO THIS WAS NOT A PROBLEM WITH SOMETHINGS BE TORN OF MISUSED. *TR

I TOOK MY CAR TO MY MECHANIC TO HAVE THE FRONT END CHECKED BECAUSE OF CLUNKING NOISES ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE MECHANIC FOUND THE FRONT LEFT LOWER BALL JOINT/CONTROL ARM IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. I'VE ALREADY REPLACED BOTH OUTER TIE ROD ARMS (AT 75,000 MI). THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT BOTH PROBLEMS ARE A COMMON OCCURRENCE ON ALL JEEP MODELS. THE REPAIR WILL COST $509.00 . AS THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE, I WOULD REQUEST THAT NHTSA PLEASE INVESTIGATE THE SUSPENSION PROBLEMS ON JEEP COMPASSES. *TR

MY WIFE'S 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4X4 LTD WAS TAKEN TO OUR LOCAL JEEP DEALERSHIP IN EDGEWOOD, MD FOR A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE. A MECHANIC ON DUTY NOTIFIED US THAT IN ADDITION TO THE OIL CHANGE, WE WOULD NEED TO HAVE THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE BALL JOINT (LOWER) REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS "LOOSE". THE MECHANIC DESCRIBED THE PROBLEM AS SOMETHING SERIOUS THAT NEEDED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF IMMEDIATELY SINCE THE WHEEL COULD FALL OFF IN EXTREME CONDITIONS. LESS EXTREME CONDITIONS WERE DESCRIBED TO US AS LEADING TO A POSSIBLE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. THE MECHANIC ALSO MENTIONED TO US THAT THIS WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THE JEEP COMPASSES HE HAS WORKED ON. WE TOOK IMMEDIATE ACTION TO FIX THE CAR TO KEEP IT DRIVABLE BY HAVING THE DEALERSHIP REPLACE THE BALL JOINT THE FOLLOWING DAY - SAFETY WAS OUR PRIMARY CONCERN. WE TOOK STEPS TO CONTACT CHRYSLER'S CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS TO SEE IF THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING THEY WOULD CONSIDER REPLACING SINCE OUR CAR WAS BEYOND WARRANTY (61,000 MILES) - THEY DISMISSED OUR CLAIM AND WOULD NOT REIMBURSE US FOR THE WORK DONE OR THE REPLACEMENT PARTS. HAVING DONE SOME RESEARCH, IT SEEMS MOST JEEP MODELS FROM 2007 THROUGH 2009 HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING BALL JOINT PROBLEMS LEADING TO RECALLS - THE COMPASS IS NOT YET ON THE RECALL LIST. A BALL JOINT FAILING AFTER 2 YEARS OF OWNING THE CAR AND ALL HIGHWAY MILES (NO OFF-ROADING, NO CITY DRIVING, NO BUMPY ROADS, ETC.) JUST SEEMS VERY ABSURD TO US. THIS SEEMS TO ME LIKE IT?S MORE OF AN ISSUE WITH DEFECTIVE PARTS PLACED IN THE COMPASS THAN AN ISSUE OF WEAR AND TEAR. THE CONSEQUENCES OF A FAILURE SUCH AS THIS WHILE MY PREGNANT WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS. IF THE MECHANIC ON DUTY IS SEEING THIS PART FAILURE IN MORE THAN ONE COMPASS, IT COULD MEAN A BIGGER PROBLEM EXISTS, PRESENTING A DANGER TO MANY COMPASS OWNERS. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS! *TR

I WENT IN TO GET MY OIL CHANGED AND MY TIRES ROTATED AND WAS TOLD MY CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND HERE IS WHAT THEY PUT ON MY INVOICE (VERBATIM) "NEEDS BOTH LOWER CONTROL ARMS PASSENGER SIDE FRONT HAS A REALLY BAD BALL JOINT AND LEFT OUTER TIE ROD END IS BAD ALSO PRICE TO REPLACE BOTH OUTER TIE ROD ENDS AND BOTH LOWER BALL JOINTS $1083 PLUS TAX AND THAT INCLUDES THE ALIGNMENT!!!!!!!!! VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE WITH BALL JOINT IS THIS CONDITION!!!!!!!!!" (LITERALLY WITH ALL THE EXCLAMATION MARKS.) I TOOK THE CAR SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GET REPAIRED (FOR HALF THE COST) HOWEVER I BELIEVE THIS IS A PART FAILURE AS I HAVE LESS THAN 50K MILES. *TR

WENT IN FOR NEW TIRES AND THE STORE REPORTED TO ME THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE LOSE AND IT PRESENT A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. THIS WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BECAUSE THE JEEP COMPASS HAD ONLY 27,740 MILES ON IT. *TR

EXCESSIVE PLAY IN FRONT END. TIERODS WERE REPLACED AT 50,000 KM THEY WERE SEVERELY WORN. *TR