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2017 Jeep Compass

For every car sold, owners filed 2.1 times as many complaints about the 2017 Compass as about the typical Compass year. Among the 11 Compass years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about the 2021 (0.32 per 1,000 sold) and the most about the 2018 (2.46).

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

1.21 per 1,000

2.1 times this nameplate’s own median

Counted from 96 complaints filed in the first three years, of 229 ever. 95% lower bound 0.96.

Every Compass model yearComplaints per 1,000 sold, first three years
This yearOther yearsToo few complaints to rankTypical year, 0.59

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters. The bar is how many complaints each rate rests on.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20080.123
20090.326
20100.659
20110.5928
20120.7734
20130.3215
20141.1063
20150.2516
20160.6552
20171.2196
20182.46421
20190.5892
20200.3544
20210.3229
20222.20178
20230.4339

Issues owners of the 2017 Compass report

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Engine 71 complaints

low oil1318%

When it breaks

52% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 28,000 miles, from 159 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

3 investigations covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

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Questions buyers ask about the 2017 Jeep Compass

Is 2017 a good year or a bad year for the Compass?

For every car sold, owners filed 2.1 times as many complaints about the 2017 Compass as about the typical Compass year. Among the 11 Compass years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about the 2021 (0.32 per 1,000 sold) and the most about the 2018 (2.46). The typical year is the median across its model years.

What problems does the 2017 Compass have?

The parts owners named most often in complaints filed to date: Electrical System (86), Engine (71), Unknown Or Other (64). The phrases they used are listed above.

Is the 2017 Compass reliable?

Complaint records cannot settle that on their own. They count safety problems owners chose to report to the federal government, not every repair. What they do show is how this year compares with the other Compass years: for every car sold, owners filed 2.1 times as many complaints about the 2017 Compass as about the typical Compass year.

Which Compass year has the fewest complaints?

Among years with enough complaints to compare, the 2021, at 0.32 per 1,000 sold. Every Compass year, ranked.

What the used-car guides say

No guide we read covers the Compass.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page, each on NHTSA’s own site:

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is checked by hand against its source table, not against an outside figure.