16V668000
AIR BAGS
If the frontal air bags, seat belt pretensioners, and side air bags are disabled, there is an increased risk of injury to the vehicle occupants in the event of a vehicle crash that necessitates deployment of these safety systems.
2012 JEEP COMPASS
4 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations (1 open), 263 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations21 open
Owner complaints263
Complaints citing a crash4
Complaints citing a fire8
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 4 of 4
13V233000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
In the event of a rollover necessitating airbag deployment, the software error can lead to a delayed deployment or non-deployment of the side curtain airbag and/or seatbelt pre-tensioners. As a result, vehicle occupants have an increased risk of injury in a crash.
13V120000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
If the engine stalls while driving it may increase the risk of a crash.
12V142000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
IN THE EVENT OF AN IMPACT OR ROLL-OVER, FUEL LEAKAGE COULD OCCUR, INCREASING THE RISK OF A FIRE.
What owners report most
- 36ENGINE
- 34FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 28AIR BAGS
- 26POWER TRAIN
- 24UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 23ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 22SEAT BELTS
- 10FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2012 JEEP COMPASSs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.