2018 JEEP COMPASS — Complaint #1861530
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NHTSA Complaint about ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE filed December 27, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1861530 (ODI reference 11498951) concerns a 2018 JEEP COMPASS and was filed on December 27, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on December 11, 2022. The vehicle had 52,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Pennsylvania based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as engine and engine cooling:engine, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same JEEP COMPASS cohort independently describe similar engine and engine cooling:engine failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2018 JEEP COMPASS shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2018 Jeep Compass. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed and approaching a stop light, the vehicle lost motive power. The contact stated that the oil pressure warning light was illuminated. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. The contact later noticed that the oil and coolant levels were low. The contact stated that he topped off the oil and refilled the coolant reservoir; however, the failure reoccurred. The contact topped off the oil and the coolant reservoir for a second time. The dealer and the manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 52,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1861530 |
| ODI Number | 11498951 |
| Date Filed | December 27, 2022 |
| Failure Date | December 11, 2022 |
| VIN | 3C4NJDBB9JT |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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