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Nice Jeep
D.Carr, 01/25/2018
2016 Jeep Compass Latitude 4dr SUV 4WD (2.4L 4cyl 6A)
7 of 9 people found this review helpful
This is a nice Jeep to drive. I bought a used 2016 Jeep Compass Latitude with 40k miles. Not sure why others feel the way they do. It gets me to work and back home safely. No complaints about fuel efficiency, uConnect(Bluetooth) or drive handling. I like the remote start, heated seats and heated mirrors. Navigation would have been nice but I have Waze on my phone.
Good vehicle until a week ago
Pa tall guy, 08/09/2019
2016 Jeep Compass High Altitude 4dr SUV 4WD (2.4L 4cyl 6A)
5 of 6 people found this review helpful
We bought this Compass High Altitude in September 2018 with 18,000 miles on it. We loved it good vehicle for its size. The power isn’t great but it’s not a street racer it’s a small suv so it is what it is. Interior comfort is good and the options are great. Everything was god until this past Monday when out of the blue with a little over 27,000 miles the ABS light, 4x4 light and traction control light came on and periodically it doesn’t want to shift and with accelerator pressed it won’t go unless you put it in park and then in drive then it’s good again. No one can tell us what’s wrong exactly and we even called Jeep directly and they were no help at all. We have had this Jeep for 11 months have taken excellent care of it. We are not happy with this problem at all, there is no reason for a vehicle with less than 28,000 miles to have these issues. And of course the warranty just ran out! We have always liked Jeeps and they are good vehicles so we are giving Jeep another chance and trading this Compass in on a new 2019 Cherokee
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Driving the 9-speed in the mountains
roger hill, 07/07/2017
2016 Jeep Compass Latitude 4dr SUV 4WD (2.4L 4cyl 6A)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
I rented the 9-speed automatic compass this week, to drive in the Colorado Mountains, and off road though Moab Utah. Coming from a 2004 Tracker, it was a big change (mostly positive). I really like the layout, fit and finish and features of the car, but like everyone else I found it under powered, most notably on steep mountain roads. However, I learned to drive it anyway. One thing I did was to get it up to 75 or 80 mph in automatic mode, then switch to manual mode and put it in 6th gear. It only dropped the gas millage a little, but gave much better throttle response and made it easier to keep a steady speed as the road changed in elevation. Down mountain driving?, well it took some thinking ahead as engine braking meant dropping 4 or 6 gears, which can't be done in a hurry. placing the car in 3 or 4 gear allowed me normal acceleration and engine braking at speeds from 20- to 50 mph, with good torque available, just the thing for tight twisty mountain roads. Off road in Utah, no problem. Good ground clearance and lots of go go in 2nd gear. Ride was good too and never got close to getting stuck in super soft sand. Note: Most of it's under powered issues are with hills in automatic transmission mode, and trying to drive highway speeds without lots of gear changes and wide variations in cruise, but as I mentioned above, switching to manual helps this. A V-6 engine and a 6 speed transmission would be just the fix for the car.....maybe next year.
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Inferior Vehicle to Others in Same Class
Bill R., 04/08/2016
2016 Jeep Compass Sport 4dr SUV (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
8 of 11 people found this review helpful
While our Honda CRV was in the shop a couple of weeks after a collision we had the opportunity to drive a 2016 Compass. This comparison is being made to the CRV and the RAV4 that we previously owned. Overall the three vehicles can't really be compared because although they are in the same price range they seem to be in totally different classes of quality. The materials, technology, drive and overall feel of the Jeep Compass is far inferior to either the CRV or RAV4. What bothered me most about the Compass was the seemingly lack of logic when it comes to the design of the vehicle, such as extremely poor layout of gauge instruments, poor lighting and control buttons for audio that just don't flow well. The acceleration of the 4 cylinder lacks a lot as it seemed to really strain to gain speed getting on the interstate. In addition the air noise coming through the windows seemed to indicate that there was some problem with the seals around the windows. The vehicle we drove had 12,500 miles on it so it was fairly new but it seemed to drive like a very old vehicle.
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2016 compass at 40,000 miles
Dodson, 03/31/2019
2016 Jeep Compass Sport 4dr SUV (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
You will have a decent amount of maintenance after 40k. Or at least we did. Sensors galore, crank/cam sensor, Electronic throttle sensor, module under wheelwell, wire corrosion, poor placement of electrical systems. After 30k-40k miles expect a few 1000 in it.
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