Electrical complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2017 Jeep Compass has 66 NHTSA electrical complaints and 1 electrical-related recall.
66
Complaints
1
Recalls
1
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 9, 2026
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ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain model year 2017-2018 Jeep Compass vehicles. The brightness of the backlighting for the Instrument Panel Cl...
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2026 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 2017 Jeep Compass. The contact had traded a prior vehicle fo... |
| Mar 3, 2026 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | Car just cuts off. Batteries are good, alternator good no codes! Rpm goes to o cuts off parking brea... |
| Feb 2, 2026 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,AIR BAGS,ENGINE | I was approaching a stoplight and every light on the dash lit up, the car wouldn’t go after stopping... |
| Dec 24, 2025 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | My lights keep blinking on dashboard saying 4 wheeldrive isn't available and my vehicle keeps shutti... |
| Sep 10, 2025 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE | While attempting to do a U-turn on two different occiasions once the U-turn has been completed the c... |
| Mar 24, 2025 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE | When driving the vehicle it has shut off the engine and stalled, it also shut off and a few millisec... |
| Feb 1, 2025 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,AIR BAGS,ENGINE | Wiring compartment under the front wheel well is completely eroded away which caused my vehicle to c... |
| Sep 3, 2024 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | The contact owns a 2017 Jeep Compass. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the ... |
| Jun 2, 2024 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | While driving Jeep losses power and stops. At garage now and they can’t find reasonable explanation.... |
| Feb 5, 2024 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | The defrost system built into the front windsheild shorted out. This issue resulted in sparking and ... |
| Jan 19, 2024 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | Two times while driving the car shuts completely down, No acceleration, no warning lights, hard to s... |
| Jan 17, 2024 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE | Auto stop/start will malfunction and show a message saying to cut the car off and start it again. Th... |
| Nov 2, 2023 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING | Let me start by saying I am an electrician. I have had several electrical problems with this car, mo... |
| Nov 1, 2023 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | UNKNOWN the screen on my JEEP COMPASS has gone dark i can't see anything to let me know what functio... |
| Oct 9, 2023 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES | 2017 Jeep Compass has been having an issue with either the start-stop mechanism or the brakes. I w... |
| Aug 7, 2023 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES | While driving down the road, all doors closed, and with the lift gate closed the Jeep Compass' Emerg... |
| Jul 3, 2023 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE | My Jeep was manufactured August 2016 directly after a recall for camshaft position sensory and crank... |
| Jun 30, 2023 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE | the auto start/stop function shuts vehicle off and unable to start gain my safety and of others was ... |
| Jun 29, 2023 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,AIR BAGS | This car is having tons of electrical issues. From wire malfunctions in the radio to the ORC module ... |
| May 28, 2023 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | Delamination of touch screen to radio/electronic control panel. This causes the system to touch rand... |