Steering complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2016 Jeep Compass has 15 NHTSA steering complaints and 0 steering-related recalls.
15
Complaints
0
Recalls
0
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 10, 2026
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2025 | STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE | Car starts fine. After the car gets up to operating team the car will just stop running, very dange... |
| Jun 5, 2024 | STEERING,SUSPENSION,SERVICE BRAKES | I bought my 2016 Jeep Compass Latitude in September of 2021 with a warranty which because of some ro... |
| Mar 8, 2023 | STEERING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE | While driving, our jeep suddenly turned off. We had to immediately pull over to get out of traffic. ... |
| Feb 13, 2023 | STEERING,ENGINE | The contact's wife owns a 2016 Jeep Compass. The contact stated that while driving at 45 MPH, the ve... |
| Dec 29, 2022 | STEERING,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE | Yesterday I had the Crankshaft Position Sensor replaced because of the ongoing stalling while idle a... |
| Dec 27, 2022 | STEERING,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE | While driving the vehicle shut down, I lost all steering. It has a history of stalling while driving... |
| Jan 8, 2021 | STEERING,STRUCTURE,ENGINE | I WAS GOING WEST ON FAIR VIEW AVENUE IN TUCSON, ARIZONA WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY SHIFTED OUT OF DRIVE IN... |
| Jul 31, 2020 | STEERING,ENGINE | THE CAR HAS BEEN TO MULTIPLE JEEP DEALERSHIPS AND IT KEEP STALLING AND SHUTTING DOWN BUT NO PROBLEMS... |
| Jul 25, 2020 | STEERING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 JEEP COMPASS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, T... |
| Jan 20, 2020 | STEERING | 2016 JEEP COMPASS WITH 51K MILES. I TOOK IT IN FOR A TIRE ROTATION AND MY DRIVERS SIDE TIE ROD WAS W... |
| Jul 30, 2019 | STEERING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE | WHILE GETTING ONTO A HIGHWAY, MY RPMS DROPPED AND I TEMPORARILY LOST POWER STEERING AND STARTED SLOW... |
| Jul 14, 2019 | STEERING,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO MY CAR STARTED STALLING OUT ON ME OUT OF NOWHERE, I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC SO THEY ... |
| Mar 20, 2019 | STEERING,ENGINE | MY CAR SUDDENLY STALLED AND CAUSED MY WHEEL TO LOCK UP. MY CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE UNTIL I SHUT THE... |
| May 26, 2016 | STEERING | SEVERE TIRE WEAR ON JEEP COMPASS ON 05/12/16 I TOOK A RENTAL CAR (JEEP COMPASS, MILEAGE: 10417) IN ... |
| Jan 13, 2016 | STEERING | WHILE AT MILOSCH PALACE CHRYSLER JEEP DEALERSHIP IN LAKE ORION I NOTICED THE POWER STEERING RETURN H... |