2014 Jeep Compass

Typical pattern

7.4% of complaints about the 2014 Jeep Compass came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2014 vehicle — around the middle of the 195 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 4.6 yr in service. The most-reported system is engine (91 complaints), typically at 5.7 yr or about 68,000 miles.

Complaints: 517
Median age at failure: 4.6 yr
Median mileage: 60,000 n=308
Crash / fire / tow: 10.3% of reports
Safety recalls: 2

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

System

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Engine

91 reports · 68,000 mi

5.7 yr

7.7%

Air bags

91 reports · 42,656 mi

3.2 yr

14.3%

Seat belts

53 reports · 41,000 mi

3.2 yr

1.9%

Other

36 reports · 49,000 mi

6.1 yr

11.1%

Power train

35 reports · 69,000 mi

5.7 yr

17.1%

Electrical system

35 reports · 75,000 mi

4.9 yr

8.6%

Speed control

34 reports · 77,000 mi

5.6 yr

8.8%

Seats

26 reports · 52,687 mi

7.8 yr

15.4%

Fuel / propulsion

25 reports · 75,000 mi

5.8 yr

Electronic stability control (esc)

19 reports · 74,000 mi

5.7 yr

Service brakes

18 reports · 18,000 mi

2.7 yr

11.1%

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

16V668000 2016-09-15

Seat belts:pretensioner

Chrysler (FCA US LLC) is recalling certain model year 2011-2014 Chrysler 200, 2010 Chrysler Sebring, 2010-2012 Dodge Caliber and 2010-2014 Jeep Patriot, Compass and Dodge Avenger vehicles. The Occupant Restraint Control (OCR) module may short circuit, preventing the frontal air bags, seat belt pretensioners, and side air bags from deploying in the event of a crash.

If the frontal air bags, seat belt pretensioners, and side air bags are disabled, there is an increased risk of injury to the vehicle occupants in the event of a vehicle crash that necessitates deployment of these safety systems.

13V552000 2013-11-06

Engine

Chrysler Group LLC (Chrysler) is recalling certain model year 2013 Dodge Avenger and Chrysler 200, and model year 2014 Jeep Compass and Patriot vehicles equipped with 2.4L engines. Due to abrasive debris in the balance shaft bearings, these engines may have a loss of engine oil pressure, possibly resulting in an engine stall or engine failure.

If the engine stalls while driving it may increase the risk of a crash.

In owners’ own words

Engine 130 mi 3 mo in service

VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AT 60 MPH ON INTERSTATE. VEHICLE'S ENGINE STALLED CAUSING SUDDEN DROP IN SPEED TO 25 MILES MPH. VEHICLE WAS THEN PULLED TO A COMPLETE STOP, PLACED IN PARK, THEN TURNED OFF. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED ENGINE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. VEHICLE WAS THEN DRIVEN OFF OF INTERSTATE WHERE IT STALLED AN ADDITIONAL 4 TIMES WITHIN 10 MINUTES OF OPERATION. *TR

Engine 12,500 mi 9 mo in service

HAVE INITIATION SWITCH PROBLEMS. THE ENGINE WILL NEED CATCH WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL ISN'T PERFECTLY STRAIGHT WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN PARK. I CAN SHIFT TO OTHER GEARS FROM , PARK BUT THE ENGINE WILL NOT START. IF THE STEERING WHEEL IS STRAIGHT, I HAVE NO PROBLEMS. *TR

Engine 6,495 mi 1.5 yr in service crash / fire / tow

I WAS SLOWLY PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF LOCAL PHARMACY. AS I WAS ABOUT TO PUT THE SUV INTO PARK THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND THEN JUMPED TWO CURBSTONES AND WENT ACROSS THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE STORE AND THEN HIT A PARKED TOYOTA SUV AND PUSHED THE VEHICLE BACK FOUR FEET AND THEN FINALLY CAME TO A STOP. *TR

Power train mileage not reported 5 mo in service

2014 JEEP COMPASS. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED 3 WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, IT BROKE DOWN WHILE DRIVING. HE WAS ABLE TO COAST DOWN A HILL AND GET OFF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE FLAT BEDDED TO THE DEALER. THE TOW TRUCK OPERATOR INFORMED HIM, THE TRANSMISSION HAD FAILED, AS EVIDENCED SHOWED FLUID HAD LEAKED ALL OVER HIS TRUCK, AS IT WAS BEING PUT ONTO THE FLATBED. THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER FOR 3 WEEKS. *JB

Other Compass model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.