Vehicle profile
2009 Jeep Compass
SUV · Sport Utility Vehicle - 2WD
Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Horsepower
- 158 hp
- Cylinders
- 4-cyl
- Displacement
- 2L
- Fuel
- Gasoline
- Transmission
- CVT
- Drive
- FWD
- Body class
- Sport Utility Vehicle - 2WD
- Doors
- 4
Federal recall campaigns
1 federal recall campaign.
How this compares
- vs 2009 Sport Utility Vehicle - 2WD
- 0.24× the 4.23 campaigns averaged across that group (fewer than typical)
- Most-affected system
- POWER TRAIN — 1 of 1 (100%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 2009 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.
08V528000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)CHRYSLER IS RECALLING 712 MY 2009 SEBRING, DODGE CALIBER, AVENGER, JOURNEY, JEEP PATRIOT, AND COMPASS VEHICLES. A NEW ADHESIVE USED IN THE POWER TRAIN CONTROL MODULE (PCM) MANUFACTURING PROCESS CAN CAUSE THE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD TO BREAK.
Consequence: THIS CAN CAUSE THE ENGINE TO STALL AND CAUSE A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE PCM FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 10, 2008. OWNERS MAY CONTACT CHRYSLER AT 1-800-853-1403.
2008-10-09
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