MODELYEARINDEX

Jeep Compass

3,225 complaints across 12 scored model years and 22 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Jeep Compass Full report
F
Grade 2010–2021
2018 vs model median 8.3×
Model median3× median
Engine 326
Electrical 184
Drivetrain 103
Avoid

2018 · 2019

Best

2010 · 2013

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2010
0.16× 22 A
2011
0.66× 79 B
2012
0.42× 62 B
2013
0.47× 60 B
2014
1.82× 265 D
2015
0.53× 54 B
2016
1.72× 199 D
2017
1.99× 266 D
2018
8.34× 988 F
2019
3.01× 333 F
2020
1.25× 172 C
2021
0.75× 106 B
2022 P
2.56× 390 F
2023 P
0.50× 76 B
2024 P
0.77× 110 B
2025 P
0.32× 43 A

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG27
City / Highway24 / 32
Engine2L, 4 cyl
DriveAll-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,300

Recalls

22 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
16V668000 SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER 2010–2014 1,435,625
24V436000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2022, 2023 1,033,433
20V208000 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES 2019, 2020 425,599
13V233000 AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW 2010–2012 254,396
23V576000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL 2022, 2023 181,999
18V523000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER 2018, 2019 154,335
17V824000 EQUIPMENT 2017 61,791
15V878000 STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS 2015 60,140

+ 14 further campaigns

Others in Compact SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura RDX
20192020
C
Audi Q5
20182021
C
Audi SQ5
none flagged
C
BMW X3
20132019
C
Buick Envision
2017
C
Cadillac SRX
2013
C
Cadillac XT5
2017
C
Chevrolet Blazer
none flagged
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2018 Compass
Complaints in window
988
Severity-weighted
1,865
Model median (weighted)
224
vs model median
8.34×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
6
Open investigations
0
Score 10 F