2024 Jeep Compass: owner complaints and recalls

47% of everything owners report about the 2024 Jeep Compass points at a single system: forward collision avoidance. That is 24 of 51 complaints on file.

51
Complaints
0
Recalls
6
Crash reports
1
Fire reports
3
Injuries
105.9
Severity index

Severity index 105.9 - High. It weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints, so a vehicle attracting serious reports scores above one attracting many trivial ones (how this is calculated).

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 105.9p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2024 Jeep Compass sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

Among the 67 2024 vehicles we track with at least 40 complaints on file, the 2024 Jeep Compass ranks 15 of 67 by severity, where 1 is the worst. Its severity is higher than 78% of its model-year peers. See the full 2024 ranking.

What actually fails

Forward Collision Avoid…Forward Collision Avoidance: 24 complaints (47.1%)24 47%Electrical SystemElectrical System: 18 complaints (35.3%)18 35%Lane DepartureLane Departure: 9 complaints (17.6%)9 18%Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 8 complaints (15.7%)8 16%EngineEngine: 7 complaints (13.7%)7 14%Power TrainPower Train: 6 complaints (11.8%)6 12%Service BrakesService Brakes: 5 complaints (9.8%)5 10%Air BagsAir Bags: 4 complaints (7.8%)4 8%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE2447.1%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1835.3%
LANE DEPARTURE917.6%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER815.7%
ENGINE713.7%
POWER TRAIN611.8%
SERVICE BRAKES59.8%
AIR BAGS47.8%

Complaints filed per year

012242024: 42025: 232026: 24 (partial year)24252624
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
20244
202523
2026 (year to date)24
Source. US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-25. Complaints are unverified consumer reports; volume is influenced by how many units were sold and how long the vehicle has been on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.