NHTSA Safety Recalls
2011 Jeep Compass Recalls
The 2011 Jeep Compass has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 15, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2011 Jeep Compass. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 188
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
On a 2011 Jeep Compass, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2011 Jeep Compass
Seat belts: pretensioner
- Campaign
- 16V668000
- Reported
- September 15, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,435,625
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2010, 2012–2014 Compass, 5 other models
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 13V233000
- Reported
- June 4, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 254,396
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2010, 2012 Compass, 1 other model
Steering: column
- Campaign
- 11V315000
- Reported
- June 8, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 11,096
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 10 other models
2011 Jeep Compass complaints by year
NHTSA has received 188 owner complaints about the 2011 Jeep Compass, the newest on October 7, 2026. Of these, 7 describe a crash (4%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2011 Jeep Compass, the component group named most often is the power train (20%), followed by the engine (16%) and the suspension (14%).
None of the 2011 Jeep Compass's 3 recalls concerns the power train.
Where 2011 Jeep Compass owners gave the mileage (131 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train37
- Engine30
- Suspension27
- Unknown Or Other27
- Structure23
- Electrical System20
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 12 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 10 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 15 | |
| 2015 | 17 | |
| 2016 | 10 | |
| 2017 | 19 | |
| 2018 | 16 | |
| 2019 | 34 | |
| 2020 | 12 | |
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 8 | |
| 2023 | 10 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2011 Jeep Compass peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 34. 23% arrived between 2010 and 2014, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2011 vehicles, the 2011 Jeep Compass drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Jeep Compass year in the same window: 9th highest of the 13 ranked years.
The 188 complaints about the 2011 Jeep Compass are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Jeep Compass by model year
Other 2011 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: October 7, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted