NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Jeep Compass Recalls
The 2017 Jeep Compass has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 21, 2017.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 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
- 229
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 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 2017 Jeep Compass
Equipment
- Campaign
- 17V824000
- Reported
- December 21, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 61,791
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 18 other models
Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel
- Campaign
- 17V740000
- Reported
- November 21, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 25,823
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 101, controls and displays
- Same campaign
- also 2018 Compass
Equipment: other: owners/service/other manual
- Campaign
- 17V433000
- Reported
- July 7, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 12,989
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2017 Jeep Compass
Power train: axle assembly: axle shaft
- Campaign
- 17V301000
- Reported
- May 9, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,705
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2017 Jeep Compass
2017 Jeep Compass complaints by year
NHTSA has received 229 owner complaints about the 2017 Jeep Compass, the newest on September 19, 2026. Of these, 10 describe a crash (4%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2017 Jeep Compass, the component group named most often is the electrical system (38%), followed by the engine (31%) and the power train (18%).
1 of the 2017 Jeep Compass's 4 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2017 Jeep Compass owners gave the mileage (159 complaints), the median was 28,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System86
- Engine71
- Unknown Or Other64
- Power Train42
- Service Brakes24
- Steering16
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 13 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 31 | |
| 2019 | 52 | |
| 2020 | 53 | |
| 2021 | 13 | |
| 2022 | 13 | |
| 2023 | 22 | |
| 2024 | 12 | |
| 2025 | 11 | |
| 2026 | 9 |
Complaints about the 2017 Jeep Compass peaked in 2020, when NHTSA received 53. 65% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Jeep Compass drew 1.6× the complaints of the median Jeep Compass year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 13 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 229 complaints about the 2017 Jeep Compass are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Jeep Compass by model year
Other 2017 Jeep models
Newest record on this page: September 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted