2015 Jeep Compass fuel/propulsion system problems

What owners report

• “I'm not sure if these are related incidents or not, but at the end of Nov. 2025 I was driving in heavy traffic when all of a sudden I noticed a warning light on the dash came on. Then as I kept going another light, and another, each one about a minute apart until all of the warning lights were on. Then the car started cutting out and then it just died. I had been making my way over out of traffic because of the warning lights all coming on, but the car died before I could get all the way over. I…”

  NHTSA complaint · filed 01/02/2026

• “I have had my vehicle for 5 years and the issue is getting worse as the years go by. When my “Low Oil/Change Engine Oil” light comes on, my vehicle stalls out and the lightening bolt indicator light flashes while driving.The indicator light comes on as I push the gas pedal. When I release the pedal, it goes out. Each time I attempt to accelerate/press the gas pedal, the vehicle stalls as if it’s not getting the gas it needs to accelerate. I had my fuel line and fuel pump checked and it is perfec…”

  NHTSA complaint · filed 05/20/2021

• “WHILE IN MOTION OR IDLING VEHICLE INTERMITTENTLY JERKS, SHAKES, OR STALLS. RPMS FLUCTUATE, THROTTLE SENSOR WARNING AND MIL ILLUMINATE, DTC OF P0121 AND P2135 ARE STORED. VEHICLE HAS SUDDENLY LOST POWER ON INTERSTATE WHILE IN MOTION AT 70 MPH THROTTLE POSITION WARNING AND MIL ILLUMINATED. VEHICLE STALLED WHILE IN MOTION AT 55 MPH ON HIGHWAY, THROTTLE POSITION WARNING AND MIL ILLUMINATED. BOTH INSTANCES HAVE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES AND ARE INTERMITTENT AND WITHOUT WARNING. ALL INSTANCES HAVE …”

  NHTSA complaint · filed 05/16/2021

• “2015 JEEP COMPASS STALLS AND LOSES POWER STEERING WITH NO WARNING. IT HAS HAPPENED AT LOW SPEEDS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL AS ON THE HIGHWAY. THE RPMS WILL SUDDENLY DROP AND THEN SHOOT BACK UP AND THE ENGINE WILL DIE. THE POWER STEERING GOES OUT WHEN THE ENGINE DIES. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. NO CODES GIVEN. SOMETIMES WILL START IMMEDIATELY OTHERS YOU HAVE TO WAIT A WHILE TO RESTART.”

  NHTSA complaint · filed 04/13/2021

• “MY ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY FAILED WHILE DRIVING. I NOTICED THE FLASHING LIGHTNING SYMBOL. THIS MADE MY VEHICLE RAPIDLY LOSE POWER SO I HAD TO STOP VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY. I HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO RICK HENDRICK JEEP DEALERSHIP WHICH DIAGNOSED AND FIXED ISSUE. THIS WAS A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR. *TR”

  NHTSA complaint · filed 05/28/2020

• “OCT. 2019, DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, ACCELERATION AND SPEED EFFECTED, LOSE OF POWER. AFTER EXITING HIGHWAY, STOPPED AT RED LIGHT. CAR TOOK TWO MINUTES TO ACCELERATE FROM 0 TO 30, CHUGGING, ROUGH RUNNING. STOPPED, TURNED OFF IGNITION. RESTARTED AND RAN NORMAL FROM 10 MINUTES, THEN PROBLEM REPEATED THREE OTHER TIMES. IN SHOP, THEY REPLACED AND INTAKE SENSOR AND OUTPUT SPEED SHAFT SENSOR. COST ME $300+ AND THE OUTPUT SENSORY INSTALLED DID NOT WORK, HAD TO REPLACE IT WITH ANOTHER BEFORE CAR RAN RIGHT. CAR…”

  NHTSA complaint · filed 01/22/2020

• “VEHICLE NOT STARTING, UNABLE TO ACCELERATE OVER 20MPH, IDLING, SHAKING, RADIO UNEXPECTEDLY STOPPED WORKING, VEHICLE NOT COMMUNICATING WITH THE 'COMPUTER' ECM”

  NHTSA complaint · filed 10/15/2019

• “I WAS DRIVING ON THE SERVICE ROAD ABOUT TO ENTER ONTO A MAJOR HIGHWAY AND MY JEEP HAD THREE CAUTION LIGHTS POP UP ON THE DASHBOARD. NEXT THING I KNOW MY RPMS WERE ALL OVER (LIMP MODE) AND MY CARS POWER STARTED TO STALL. I HAD TO PULL OVER AND WAS IN A REALLY BAD SPOT THAT HAD NO SHOULDER. I RESTARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS LIT. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT INTO A PARKING LOT. THIS WAS QUITE A SCARY SITUATION AND HAD ME FEARING FOR MY SAFETY. I LOOKED UP THIS PROBLEM AND SEEMS LIKE …”

  NHTSA complaint · filed 03/25/2019

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