Lights complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2018 Jeep Compass has 35 NHTSA lights complaints and 0 lights-related recalls.
35
Complaints
0
Recalls
0
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 8, 2026
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2025 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | My driver's side headlights stops working intermittently. This occurs quite randomly. I have replace... |
| Mar 5, 2025 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | Headlights work intermittently. Driver side comes on but passenger side doesn’t or vise versa. Also... |
| Aug 1, 2024 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | Low and high beams. Come on at intermediate times sometimes the passenger side will be on and there ... |
| Mar 12, 2024 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | Head light problem lights not working took to dealership brought a new headlight assembly that didn’... |
| Oct 19, 2023 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | The headlights do not work reliably. The first time this happened was in June but seemingly resolved... |
| Sep 4, 2023 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | Headlights come on sometimes sometime, other times driver will come and passanger side won't, or pas... |
| Nov 25, 2022 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | A cable going to the driver's side headlamp assembly was intermittently shorting and causing the hea... |
| Nov 5, 2022 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | Recently purchased this 2018 Jeep Compass. Screen display brightness is blinding at night. Asked dea... |
| Oct 15, 2022 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | Failure of headlights turning on puts fellow drivers in danger. The lights work but turn on and off... |
| Sep 1, 2022 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | Vehicle has Bi-Xenon Headlights which have started to intermittently fail while driving. Sometimes ... |
| Jul 31, 2022 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING,SERVICE BRAKES | My head lights go out and will not come on while driving and the parking brakes turns on by itself |
| Jul 28, 2022 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | Headlights not working properly, sometimes one Headlight turns and then the other. Sometimes neither... |
| Jul 21, 2022 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | 2018 Jeep Compass with OEM Bi-Xenon Headlights w/DRL. The right headlamp assembly bulb will frequent... |
| Mar 3, 2022 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | Vehicle headlights work intermittently. Either will go out unexpectedly. Car has been to dealership.... |
| Oct 1, 2021 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | HID headlights only work intermittently. no headlights randomly while driving is extremely dangerous... |
| Oct 1, 2021 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | The contact owns a 2018 Jeep Compass. The contact stated that water was entering the headlight housi... |
| May 27, 2021 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | I bought my vehicle in May of 2019. In May 2021 my car had 34,000 miles on it and the passenger side... |
| Feb 9, 2021 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | The contact owns a 2018 Jeep Compass. The contact stated that the passenger’s side headlamp suddenly... |
| Oct 3, 2018 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | TURN SIGNAL FAILURE. SIGNAL LIGHTS DO NOT BLINK WHEN THE DRIVER SEATBELT IS UNBUCKLED. UNRESTRAINED... |
| Oct 1, 2018 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | THE DASH LIGHTS DO NOT DIM WHEN TRANSITIONING FROM DAY TO NIGHT DRIVING. I HAVE TO PULL THE VEHICLE ... |