Used 2018 Jeep Compass Consumer Reviews
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Mason, 02/02/2020
2018 Jeep Compass Latitude 4dr SUV (2.4L 4cyl 6A)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Bought a 2018 compass latitude new, at 28k miles started burning oil. Didn’t know until I checked the dipstick and there was nothing on it. The dealership tried saying I was responsible if it needed a motor because I was doing the oil changes. Come to find out it’s a common issue with the 2.4 motors and then had them do an oil consumption test. They said it didn’t consume enough to put a new motor in even though it was burning 2qts a week. Got corporate involved and finally after three months they scoped the motor and all the cylinder walls were scored. It was a candidate for a new motor but they were on back order. Finally had enough and got a new car and terminated the lease, there problem now. On top of that problem the car also had shifting problems were it would shift very hard randomly and it shut off on the highway once. Save yourself and stay away from these cars. Nothing but problems and many reports to back it up
Amazing gas mileage and performance
Glenn Barclay, 08/12/2018
updated 02/19/2020
2018 Jeep Compass Sport 4dr SUV (2.4L 4cyl 6M)
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
I love my new Jeep Compass. 35 hwy and about 26 around town. Feels very solid and safe on road and off. 6 speed stick is easy and fun. Engine is why I went Jeep, amazing engine, Tigershark rocks, very smooth and quiet, shines down low, pull itself up mountains in Montana with ease. Seats are great.
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Car Turned off on Exit Ramp
Adrienne, 02/25/2019
2018 Jeep Compass Sport 4dr SUV 4WD (2.4L 4cyl 6M)
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
2018 Jeep Compass with 6,000 miles. One month after purchasing battery died. This past weekend the car completely turned off as I was headed down an exit ramp coming off of an interstate with my 95 year old Aunt in vehicle. We are lucky we weren't killed. Dealership seems to think nothing is wrong.
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A few problems but overall OK
Jasmine, 08/08/2019
updated 02/22/2024
2018 Jeep Compass Latitude 4dr SUV (2.4L 4cyl 6A)
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
I had a 2018 Compass for about a year. I chose it for highway comfort and cargo space. It was comfortable on the highways, and handled potholes and frost heaves with ease, and delivered great fuel economy. I was getting about 31.5 overall MPG and on long easy trips it got into the high 30s MPG. Since I drive a lot (35,000/year) I really appreciated the fuel economy. I had two problems: 1) It consumed a lot of motor oil. It improved from 1000/qt to 3000/qt over the course of the 30,000 miles I owned it, but I still consider that excessive. While I expected a new engine to use some oil at first, I also expected it to drop to zero oil consumption after a few thousand miles; that never happened. In the eternal scheme this wasn't a crisis, but it meant I had to add a quart between oil changes because it couldn't make it that far. UPDATE: Jeep came out with a software update that solved the oil consumption problem. Apparently valve timing was sucking oil into places it shouldn't go and the update solved the problem. It was a recall on the earlier years of the 2nd generation Compass and became part of the initial programming since. 2) The other was a grinding noise from the drive train between 30-45MPH. My dealer did a software update that moved the sound up to about 45-55MPH where road noise pretty well drowned it out. I never experienced any performance problems. The OEM tires weren't very good in snow, but LRR tires probably can't be. I chose studded snow tires for winter which provided much better snow traction but also lowered my fuel economy by about 2-3MPG overall -- that's a significant drop. Regardless, I appreciated the better traction and I consider the MPG loss was an acceptable trade-off. You may have noticed this review is written in the past tense. That's because this car only lasted a year due to a car accident. Sadly it wasn't a really hard hit and the vehicle wasn't hurt that bad, but all those airbags deploying turned a minor accident into a total loss. While the side airbag may have saved my Wife a headache, the under-dash airbags bruised my legs pretty bad, took about a month for the pain to subside. Would I buy another? I did -- a 2019 -- mostly because I have a good relationship with my dealer. The good news is that my 2019 does not seem to use as much oil as the 2018. I'm at 2500 miles and the oil level has barely dropped on the dipstick. The 2019 still makes a grinding noise, but only at speeds less than 30MPH where its hardly heard at all. Best of all the 2019 seems to be delivering even better fuel economy--about 1MPG better overall. Conclusion: Its a good vehicle, but if you buy one, keep an eye on the dipstick! UPDATE: I'm now at 30,000 miles on my replacement Compass (2019 )and so far it's not using any oil. UPDATE: Although I no longer own my 2018 Compass, I was notified of a recall to fix the oil consumption problem. In conversation with other Compass owners, the recall seems to have solved their oil consumption problem. UPDATE (2/17/22): I'm now at 80,000 miles. Still no problems. UPDATE (2/17/23) I'm now at 110,000 miles. Had to do a brake job. Otherwise no problems. UPDATE (2/20/24) As noted above, my 2018 Compass was wrecked and replaced with my 2019 Compass. See my review there. I won't update this thread again since the vehicle no longer exists.
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Great vehicle to drive fun!!
SRJ, 01/28/2018
2018 Jeep Compass Trailhawk 4dr SUV 4WD (2.4L 4cyl 9A)
4 of 6 people found this review helpful
Have been driving my 2018 Jeep Compass Trailhawk a month now no problems at all so far. I love the way this Compass drives and gets through heavy snow excellent. I have a 70mile drive round trip to work and home and I am very comfortable in this Jeep sit up high and straight and seats curve your body just right. So far mpg is ok not great so far avg around 26 to 30 on highway I'm not easy on the accel and most of time cruise is set at 71 to 76. Some have complained of 9 speed but I have not experienced any concerns at all when driving a round town or hwy., mine may be later model build with proper software updates new vehicles in last 3 -4 years seem to have updates all the time just ask your dealer if any can be performed when bring in for oil change. Love the looks to have not really went off roading per say but that is not why I bought the Trailhawk model I bought it because it looks cool. Look I test drove other makes of this size SUVS and they all just seemed a little boring look all cars have there problems some a bit more than others but they are all fairly equal to each other so I do expect to bring any car I own into the shop once in awhile I have owned many different manufacture vehicles and they all had to have some repairs and or maintenance, after all they are name by imperfect human beings. Love my Jeep! its a Jeep thing ya know
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