SIRIUS TRAVEL LINK/UCONNECT SYSTEM INSTALLED IN FCA'S 8.4" NAV INFORTAINMENT SCREEN COMES WITH A 5 YEAR TRIAL OF SIRIUS TRAVEL LINK WHICH ACCESS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALERT SYSTEM, AND AS A RESULT THE DRIVER IS BOMBARDED WITH NUMEROUS WEATHER ALERTS FOR THE REGION - THEY ARE VERY DISTRACTING POP-UP WINDOWS WHICH MUST BE MANUALLY DISMISSED, REQUIRING DRIVER TO LOOK AWAY FROM THE ROAD AND TAKE A HAND OFF THE WHEEL TO "X" OUT OF EACH ONE ON THE TOUCH SCREEN. THESE ALERTS POP UP MANY TIMES DURING A SINGLE SHORT TRIP DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER, SOMETIMES AS MANY AS 15 IN A SHORT 10 MINUTE DRIVE, AND INCLUDES COUNTIES OVER A HUNDRED MILES AWAY. THERE IS NO WAY TO DISABLE THEM IN THE RADIO. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET RID OF THE SERVICE - WE TRIED CANCELLING OUR SIRIUS SUBSCRIPTION ENTIRELY BUT THE WEATHER ALERTS HAVE CONTINUED. WE HAVE EXPERIENCED A NUMBER OF INSTANCES WHERE THE RADIO HAS CAUSED US TO NOT SEE THINGS WHILE DRIVING BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING AT THE SCREEN TO TURN OFF THE ALERTS. THESE ALERTS ARE NUMEROUS, FREQUENT, AND HORRIBLY ANNOYING, AND VERY DISTRACTING. THERE HAS TO BE A WAY FOR THE USER TO DISABLE THESE NOTIFICATIONS.
2017 Jeep Compass complaints
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SIRIUS/XM GUARDIAN WEATHER ALERTS ON RADIO FOR AREAS THAT ARE NOT IN YOUR LOCAL AREA ARE A CONSTANT DISTRACTION AND CANNOT BE DISABLED. ALERTS OCCURS FOR WEATHER THAT IS 100S OF MILES AWAY FROM HOME LOCATION. ALERTS DO NOT GO AWAY BY THEMSELVES, THEY HAVE TO BE MANUALLY CANCELLED ON THE RADIO DISPLAY.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 JEEP COMPASS. WHILE EXITING THE HIGHWAY AT 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST ELECTRICAL POWER AND THE HEADLIGHTS DIMMED. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND THE ELECTRICITY AUTOMATICALLY RETURNED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (SUBURBAN CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP, 32850 FORD RD, GARDEN CITY, MI 48135), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND CONFIRMED WHAT THE DEALER STATED. THERE WERE NO RECALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000.
AS MANY OTHER OWNERS OF VEHICLES WITH THE UCONNECT INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM WILL ATTEST, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH SIRIUSXM AND WEATHER ALERTS HAS BECOME AN ACTUAL ISSUE. SAD THAT IS THE CASE SINCE A SIMPLE FIX COULD BE PRESENTED BUT HERE WE ARE AS CUSTOMERS WITH AN UNSAFE AND SOMETIMES NEVER ENDING SUPPLY OF FULL SCREEN POPUPS OF WEATHER ALERTS ON OUR INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM. FCA, UCONNECT, AND SIRIUSXM ALL SEEM UNWILLING TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION TO THE NWS' GEOGRAPHIC WEATHER ALERTS. THESE ALERTS CAN AND HAVE HAPPENED AT A STEADY INTERVAL OF EVERY 30 SECONDS AND THEY NEVER LEAVE THE SCREEN UNLESS YOU CLOSE IT. NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE DOING, TO INCLUDE GETTING NAVIGATED TO A POI, THE POPUPS OVERRIDE EVERYTHING. A SIMPLE FIX FROM CONNECT AND FCA WOULD BE TO PROVIDE A SETTING TO DISABLE ALERTS; ANOTHER OPTION WOULD BE TO HAVE THE ALERT "TIME OUT" AFTER 20 SECONDS. I AM AWARE THE ALERTS COME FROM NWS SO NO FIX TO THE CRAZY GEOGRAPHIC ALERTS TO THINGS 200 MILES AWAY. PLEASE PRESS FCA AND UCONNECT TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION TO THIS ISSUE THAT MANY MANY OWNERS ARE HAVING SIGNIFICANT COMPLAINTS ABOUT.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 JEEP COMPASS. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 25-30 MPH, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATORS ILLUMINATED AND SHE WAS INSTRUCTED TO PARK AND RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SANSONE CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE (90-100 US-1, AVENEL, NJ 07001), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 10,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.
SAFETY HAZARD POOR VISIBILTY HEADLIGHTS- HALOGEN BULBS H11LL. POOR VISIABLILTY LOW LUMENS TERRIBLE ROAD LIGHT DISTANCE. DEALER CHECKED STATED LIGHTS WERE FINE.
FRONT END CROSSMEMBER OR ALSO CALLED SUBFRAME HAS ROTTED AND RUSTED CLEAR THROUGH AT JUST OVER 10 YEARS OLD I WAS INFORMED BY CAR MECHANIC. JEEP ACKNOWLEDGED THE ISSUE WITH THE BAD SUBFRAMES AND PUT AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON IT. THAT ONLY LASTED 10 YEARS. SO CAR IS NOW UNSAFE FOR THE ROAD AND REPAIRS ARE MORE THEN CARS WORTH. HAVE READ 1,000S OF OTHER COMPLAINTS ONLINE FOR SAME ISSUE WITH 2007 AND 2008 COMPASSES.
MY NEW CAR COMES WITH A FREE TRIAL PERIOD OF SIRIUSXM TRAVEL LINK. PART OF THIS FEATURE IS TRAVEL ALERTS WHICH APPEAR ON THE CENTER CONSOLE TOUCH SCREEN. THERE IS NO METHOD FOR DISABLING THESE ALERTS, AND DEPENDING UPON WHERE YOU ARE, YOU CAN RECEIVE MULTIPLE ALERTS PER HOUR. THESE CAN SOMETIMES BE FOR WEATHER OVER 200 MILES AWAY FROM YOUR CURRENT POSITION. THE ONLY WAY TO CLEAR THE MESSAGE IS TO PHYSICALLY REACH OVER AND TOUCH THE SCREEN. THIS FEATURE NEEDS TO HAVE A SETTING TO DISABLE. ON A RECENT TRIP DRIVING IN THE SNOW NEAR MULTIPLE WEATHER PATTERNS, I WAS REACHING FOR THE SCREEN EVERY 5 MINUTES BECAUSE IT BLOCKS THE MAP WHICH I NEEDED TO FOLLOW. IT'S LIKE MY CAR IS FORCING ME TO BE A DISTRACTED DRIVER. HOW CAN THIS POSSIBLY BE CONSIDERED A 'SAFETY FEATURE' BY SIRIUS XM?
THE UCONNECT 8.4 RADIO/HEAD UNIT WILL DISPLAY WEATHER ALERT POPUPS WHILE DRIVING, RESULTING IN DISTRACTION DUE TO BOTH THE AUDIO AND VISUAL ALERT AND REQUIRING PHYSICAL INTERACTION WITH THE TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE. THERE IS NO WAY TO DISABLE THE ALERTS, EVEN AFTER UNSUBSCRIBING FROM THE "FEATURE." JUST AS SCROLLING AND SETTINGS MENUS ARE DISABLED WHILE IN MOTION FOR SAFETY, THERE SHOULD BE NO POPUPS AND REQUIRED INTERACTION WHILE IN MOTION. ATTACHED PHOTO IS FROM LAST SUMMER, BUT ISSUE IS ONGOING ANYTIME ANY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALERT IS ACTIVE WITHIN A ~400 MILE RADIUS.
ATTACHED PLEASE FIND MY WORK ORDERS AND THE NUMBER OF TIMES I HAVE CALLED TOW TRUCKS. SINCE DECEMBER 31, 2017, I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH CONTINUOUS STARTING ISSUES WITH MY 2017 JEEP COMPASS, I HAVE CALLED (5) TOW TRUCKS SO FAR, THE DEALERSHIP CLAIMS SINCE THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE THE ISSUE AT THE DEALERSHIP, THEY CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH MY VEHICLE AND CONTINUE TO RETURN MY CAR KEYS BACK TO ME. MY ONLY SOLUTION FOR NOW IS TO CONTINUE CALL TOW TRUCKS, MY VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, I HAVE MAILED, RECORDED AND PROVEN EVIDENCE OF MY STARTING ISSUES, NOW IT IS ALMOST MARCH AND MY 2017 JEEP COMPASS STILL HAS STARTING ISSUES. TWO OUT OF THE SIX TOW TRUCK WORKERS INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAVE TOWED NEW JEEP COMPASS'S AND THE REASON FOR THE TOWING IS DUE TO STARTING ISSUES. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST AN INVESTIGATION TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY RECALLS NEEDED FOR THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. I HAVE LOST COUNT ON HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE CALLED FCA, SPOKEN TO MANAGERS, SERVICE MANAGERS AND NOW THE DISTRICT MANAGER AND I HAVE GONE NOWHERE. MY FIRST ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WAS ON JANUARY 1, 2018, THEY TRIED TO JUMPSTART THE BATTERY NO SUCCESS, I WAITED UNTIL JANUARY 2, 2018 TO CALL A TOW TRUCK TO TOW MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP SINCE IT WAS A HOLIDAY, TOOK 4 HOURS FOR THEM TO ARRIVE. SINCE FEBRUARY 18, 2018, MY 2017 JEEP COMPASS IS STILL AT THE DEALERSHIP "UNREPAIRED" THEY PLAN ON RETURNING ME MY VEHICLE THIS WEEK.
I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING STARTING ISSUES WITH MY 2017 JEEP COMPASS SINCE DECEMBER 2017, IT IS NOW ALMOST MARCH 2018. I HAVE CALLED SO FAR 5 TOW TRUCKS AND EACH VISIT AT THE DEALERSHIP THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. I HAVE PLEADED WITH THEM REGARDING MY SAFETY CONCERNS, BUT PURSUANT TO THEIR "POLICY" THEY RETURN ME MY CAR KEYS BACK. THEY WANT ME TO CONTINUE CALLING TOW TRUCKS UNTIL THEY CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT.
DRIVER SIDE IMPACT. SIDE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.
1. MILEAGE 214 - DRIVING CAR ON CITY STREET, SCREEN SYSTEM WENT OUT - HEAT, BACK UP CAMERA, RADIO, ETC. 2. MILEAGE 887 - DRIVING CAR - IN DRIVE, BUT JUST BARELY SO BECAUSE HAD BACKED OUT OF PARKING SPOT AND WAS ONLY A FEW FEET FROM WHERE PUT INTO DRIVE - CAR SUDDENLY LURCHES AND STOPS. TOWED TO DEALER. FOUND "RUBBED THROUGH WIRING" IN TRANSMISSION HARNESS. 3. MILEAGE 1632 - SAME AS PROBLEM 1. FOUND TO BE INTERNAL DEFECT, REPLACED RADIO/TELEMATICS GATEWAY MODULE. 4. MILEAGE 3329 - DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC IN CITY ON A CITY STREET (NOT HIGHWAY), STOP IN LINE OF TRAFFIC. AUTO/START/STOP ENGAGES TO STOP ENGINE. WHEN FOOT LIFTED FROM BRAKE, CAR WON'T START BACK UP. ERROR CODE FOR STOP/START. TURN CAR COMPLETELY OFF AND ON, ENGINE TURNS OVER, BUT ERROR CODE REMAINS. IN SHOP FOR THIS NOW.
ON 1/12/18 MY VEHICLE WOULD NOT START SO I CALLED FOR A TOW TO TAKE TO THE DEALERSHIP AUTO CENTER THEY SAID IT WAS A WIRE THAT WAS BURNT THAT CONNECTS TO THE STEERING. RECEIVED IT A COUPLE DAYS LATER THE NEXT DAY IT WOULD NOT START AFTER 5 HOURS OF WAITING ON A TOW IT STARTED UP AND I DROVE IT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP. WHEN THEY CALLED THE MODULE WAS GOING OUT IT GOT REPLACED AND I WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR BACK. THE NEXT DAY THE CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN I KEPT PLAYING WITH THE IGNITION BACK AND FORTH TO SEE WOULD IT START NOTHING. AGAIN REQUESTED A TOW NONE CAME. BY THE TIME I WAS LEAVING FOR WORK I TRIED AGAIN IT STARTED I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY KEPT IT FOR A FEW DAYS AND NOTHING WAS COMING UP ON THE MACHINE. I DROVE IT FOR A WEEK OR SO AND ON 2/6/18 THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START UP AFTER I HAD JUST GOT OUT OF IT FROM RUNNING ERRANDS AND A FEW OCCASIONS I FELT THE STEERING WHEEL TIGHTEN AND WAS HARD TO TURN. THOSE TIMES I WAS PARKED ON PARKED ON THE STREETS BUT ON FEB 6 I PARKED A FEW INCHES BY THE FIRE HYDRANT RAN INTO THE HOUSE TO TAKE THE GROCERIES AND COME OUT TO MOVE THE VEHICLE IT WOULD NOT START. ON ALL OCCASIONS IT WAS NOT ANY LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD AND EVERYTHING WAS WORK EXCEPT THE IGNITION WOULD NOT START. *BF *TR
02/05/2018......BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NOVEMBER 2017. TWICE ALREADY WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THROUGH RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC THE DASH DISPLAY STARTED FLASHING ERRATICALLY AND THE CAR LOST ALL POWER, A TOTAL SHUT DOWN. NO RADIO, NO DASH, NO BRAKES, NO STEERING. LUCKILY TRAFFIC WAS MOVING EACH TIME. AFTER APPROXIMATELY A CITY BLOCK THE CAR RESTARTS. DEALER TESTED THE CAR AND COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AFTER DRIVING IT 20 MILES WITH A COMPUTER CONNECTED. I FEEL THIS CAN BE LIFE THREATENING AND SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED BEFORE THE INEVITABLE HAPPENS. I HAVE 2 SMALL CHILDREN AND MY WIFE WITH ME MOST OF THE TIME. THEY RECOMMEND DRIVING IT TO SEE IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN. I'M NO LONGER COMFORTABLE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE.
JEEP'S UCONNECT SYSTEM HAS, ON THREE OCCASIONS, NOT RECOGNIZED MY VOICE FOR CALLING AN EXISTING PHONE CONTACT. IN PLACE OF CANCELING, OR ASKING FOR A MANUAL SELECTION ON THE SCREEN, UCONNECT DEFAULTS TO CALLING 9-1-1 EMERGENCY SERVICES. THIS PLACES ME IN AN AWKWARD POSITION, TIES UP ESSENTIAL EMERGENCY SERVICE RESOURCES, AND IS EMBARRASSING. I HAVE EVEN CHANGED THE NAMES IN MY PHONE TO AVOID ANY SORT OF CONFUSION. SINCE SEPTEMBER 2017, THIS HAS OCCURRED THREE TIMES.
ISSUE RELATED TO RECALL T70 CONTINUES AFTER UPDATE AND TESTING. DASH WILL PROPERLY DIM IF THE CAR IS TURNED ON AT NIGHT. HOWEVER, IF THE CAR IS ON AND I OPEN MY DOOR, TEMPORARILY TURN ON CABIN LIGHTS, OR DRIVE TEMPORARILY IN BRIGHT ENVIRONMENT (EG. TUNNEL), MY DASH WILL BECOME BRIGHT AND STAY BRIGHT. THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED AS VIOLATION OF FEDERAL SAFETY REGULATIONS WITH RECALL T70 OR 17V-740
NOZZLE AT FUEL PUMP WAS STUCK INSIDE THE GAS CAP AND TANK. BOTH FUEL STATION STAFF & I ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE THE NOZZLE FROM THE GAS TANK BUT IT WOULD NOT COME OUT. WE HAD TO USE A PIECE OF METAL TO PRY OUT THE NOZZLE. THERE IS A METAL NOTCH ON THE GAS NOZZLE THAT ONCE INSERTED BECOMES LODGED ON THE INNER LIP OF THE GAS CAP AND YOU CANNOT REMOVE IT. THIS IS A SERIOUS DEFECT IN THE GAS TANK DESIGN AND COULD CAUSE SAFETY ISSUE ESPECIALLY IF THE GAS NOZZLE CONTINUES TO PUMP GAS AND THE TANK IS FULL.
MY CAR IS HAVING THE EXACT ISSUE DESCRIBED BY INVESTIGATION/RECALL 17V740000. HOWEVER, I AM NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. POTENTIALLY THE RECALL IS NOT INCLUDING ALL AFFECTED CARS.
PURCHASED FIRST DEFECTIVE VEHICLE ON 9-29-17, RECEIVED REPLACEMENT ON 10-7-17, DISCOVERED THE DASH LIGHTS WOULD NOT DIM AT NIGHT. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN HOLDING THE CAR WAITING FOR A SOLUTION FROM CHRYSLER EVER SINCE. THEY WERE SCHEDULED TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE MODULE ON 11-22-17 BUT ISSUED THE RECALL ON 11-21-17. I STILL HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN A REPAIR DATE ON A NEW VEHICLE THAT I HAVE OWNED FOR 2 MONTHS AND HAD AT HOME BUT FOR 12 DAYS.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 JEEP COMPASS. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 20-25 MPH, THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ERRONEOUSLY SELF ACTIVATED ABRUPTLY AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED AND CAUSED THE INSTRUMENT GAUGES TO STOP OPERATING AND THE INTERIOR LIGHTING REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO PUTNAM JEEP/CHRYSLER IN BURLINGAME, CA WHO INDICATED THAT THE FAILURES WERE DUE TO A COMPUTER SOFTWARE UPDATE ISSUE. THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE WAS UPDATED, BUT THE FAILURES CONTINUED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 400.
DASH AND UCONNECT SCREEN WILL NOT PROPERLY DIM IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS. MOST NOTABLY, IF YOU TURN ON THE CAR DURING THE DAY AND DRIVE INTO THE NIGHT, THE HEADLIGHTS WILL TURN ON, BUT THE DASH AND SCREEN WILL NOT DIM. IF YOU TURN ON THE CAR WHILE IT IS DARK OUT, DASH WILL PROPERLY DIM. THERE SEEM TO BE ADDITIONAL SCENARIOS THAT INTERFERE WITH DASH DIMMING, SUCH AS OPENING A DOOR WHILE CAR IS ON AND TURNING ON OVERHEAD LIGHTING. DIFFICULT TO FOCUS ON ROAD AHEAD WHEN BRIGHT DASH AND SCREEN IS GLARING IN YOUR FACE.
OWNERS MANUAL SHOWS REVERSED POLARITY ON BATTERY TERMINALS IN THE JUMP STARTING PROCEDURE SECTION. CHRYSLER HAS A RECALL (T46) OUT FOR THE CORRECTED MANUAL FOR VEHICLES BUILT THROUGH APRIL 28, 2017, MY CAR WAS BUILT ON APRIL 29, 2017 AND HAS THE INCORRECT MANUAL BUT CHRYSLER REFUSES TO PROVIDE A CORRECT ONE, SAYING I'M NOT PART OF THE RECALL.
THREE TIMES NOW THE AUTO/START STOP FEATURE HAS FAILED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AFTER IT HAS AUTOMATICALLY SHUT OFF. WHEN LIFTING MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE HASN'T RESTARTED. ONCE I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC, WAITING TO TURN LEFT AGAINST ONCOMING TRAFFIC, SO IT WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IT TOOK 15 SECONDS OR SO BEFORE I COULD RESTART IT AFTER PLACING THE VEHICLE IN PARK.
TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE ON THE HIGHWAY, NO STABILITY CONTROL, HVAC, TURN SIGNALS, HAZZARD LIGHTS, 4WD, EVERY ELECTRICAL ITEM MALFUNCTIONS, JUST THE ENGINE RUNS BUT ALL INSTRUMENTATION AND ELECTRICAL ACCESSORY STOP WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING.
JEEP IS BRAND NEW, HAS 1700 MILES ON IT. WITHOUT WARNING, HEAT TURNS ON FULL SPEED OUT THE VENTS, CAN NOT TURN OFF, TURN SIGNALS DO NOT WORK, REAR CAMERA AND PARK ASSIST DISABLED, 4 WHEEL DRIVE INOPERABLE, INSTRUMENT CLUSTER INOPERABLE, RADIO INOPERABLE. OUT DOOR TEMPERATURE READS 3 DASHES. HAZARD LIGHTS INOPERABLE. ODOMETER FLASHING. PROBLEM WILL GO AWAY FOR 30 SECONDS, THAN COMES RIGHT BACK. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, BLOWER FAN AND BLEND DOOR CODES. THIS HAPPENS WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. REGARDLESS OF WHEN AND WHERE. ODOR OF BURNING ELECTRICAL/WIRES CAME OUT OF VENTS.
HAD CAR 3 WEEKS 214 MILES, WHEN STARTING VEHICLE -CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER STATES COMPUTER CONTROL MODULE MALFUNCTION , NOW 31 DAYS LATER NO FIX CHRYSLER HAS DETERMINED CAR TO BE DECLARED A LEMON. DEALER STATES CAN BE 4 WEEKS BEFORE REPLACEMENT VEHICLE. DEALER HAS TREATED US WELL, BEEN IN A LOANER FOR THE 31 DAYS WILL HAVE LOANER UNTIL NEW VEHICLE OBTAINED.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 JEEP COMPASS. THE CONTACT PURCHASED THE VEHICLE BRAND NEW ON MAY 13, 2017. THE CONTACT WAS NOT MADE AWARE THAT THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V301000 (POWER TRAIN) UNTIL THE MONDAY AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE CONTACT INQUIRED AS TO WHY THE NORTHWEST CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE DEALER SOLD HIM A BRAND NEW VEHICLE WITH AN OPEN RECALL, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE RECALL WAS A PRE-NOTICE AND THEY WOULD RECEIVE PARTS FOR A RECALL AT A LATER DATE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE NON-COMPLIANCE AND STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DO ANYTHING REGARDING THE DEALER. THE CONTACT REFERENCED MOTOR VEHICLE ACT 49 U.S CODE 30120, WHICH STATED THAT THE DEALER HAD TO REMEDY THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO DELIVERY THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 08/08/17*LJ *CN
MY WIFE DROVE HOME FROM WORK PARKED CAR IN DRIVEWAY 3 HOURS LATER HAD TO BRING MY DAUGHTER TO WORK AND WINDOW WAS CRACKED FROM BOTTOM UP ABOUT 10 INCHES IN CENTER OF WINDOW WE ALSO FOUND OUT ANOTHER PERSON WHO BOUGHT A 2017 COMPASS HAD WINDOW CRACK HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING DEALER TO FIX WINDOW WE BOUGHT VEHICLE 6 WEEKS AGO IT SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY DEALER SHIP TOOK PICTURES ON APRIL 18 2017.
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