NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Jeep Compass Recalls
The 2012 Jeep Compass has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 15, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Jeep Compass. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 184
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
On a 2012 Jeep Compass, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2012 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 2010–2011, 2013–2014 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 2010–2011 Compass, 1 other model
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 13V120000
- Reported
- April 3, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 20,799
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 12V142000
- Reported
- April 3, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,689
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2012 Jeep Compass complaints by year
NHTSA has received 184 owner complaints about the 2012 Jeep Compass, the newest on July 9, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a crash (2%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2012 Jeep Compass, the component group named most often is the engine (20%), followed by the fuel/propulsion system (18%) and the air bags (15%).
1 of the 2012 Jeep Compass's 4 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2012 Jeep Compass owners gave the mileage (129 complaints), the median was 59,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine36
- Fuel/Propulsion System34
- Air Bags28
- Power Train26
- Electrical System24
- Unknown Or Other24
Complaints received, by year
| 2012 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 16 | |
| 2014 | 12 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 17 | |
| 2017 | 29 | |
| 2018 | 14 | |
| 2019 | 28 | |
| 2020 | 20 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 8 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 8 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2012 Jeep Compass peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 29. 25% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Jeep Compass drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Jeep Compass year in the same window: 10th highest of the 13 ranked years.
The 184 complaints about the 2012 Jeep Compass are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Jeep Compass by model year
Other 2012 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: July 9, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted