NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Jeep Compass Recalls
The 2013 Jeep Compass has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on September 15, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 Jeep Compass. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 80
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 Jeep Compass, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2013 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
2013 Jeep Compass complaints by year
NHTSA has received 80 owner complaints about the 2013 Jeep Compass, the newest on April 9, 2025. Of these, 7 describe a crash (9%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2013 Jeep Compass, the component group named most often is the power train (34%), followed by the air bags (20%) and the electrical system (16%).
The 2013 Jeep Compass's only recall does not concern the power train.
Where 2013 Jeep Compass owners gave the mileage (56 complaints), the median was 50,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train27
- Air Bags16
- Electrical System13
- Unknown Or Other11
- Engine10
- Seat Belts9
Complaints received, by year
| 2013 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 11 | |
| 2017 | 16 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 12 | |
| 2020 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2013 Jeep Compass peaked in 2017, when NHTSA received 16. 33% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Jeep Compass drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Jeep Compass year in the same window: 13th highest of the 13 ranked years.
That makes 2013 one of the three best-measured Jeep Compass years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★☆☆
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 4/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 80 complaints about the 2013 Jeep Compass are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Jeep Compass by model year
Other 2013 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: April 9, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted