Model-year matrix

Jeep Compass
which year?

Compare every Jeep Compass model year the EPA recorded, 2007 to 2026. See complaint patterns, fuel economy and configurations side by side, then open any year for recall campaigns and the full dossier. Confirm against the official NHTSA recall search.

Evidence-led answer

Looking for the best Jeep Compass year—or years to avoid?

The official records cannot honestly name a best, worst or most reliable year. Complaint totals have no sales, mileage or age denominator. They can show where more reports were filed and which components were named, giving you years to investigate more closely before checking the exact car and its VIN.

What is the best year for the Jeep Compass?

No official dataset can support one universal best year. Use the table to compare complaint patterns and EPA figures, then open the shortlisted years for recall campaigns and exact specifications.

Which Jeep Compass years should you avoid?

The records cannot justify a blanket avoid label. Years with more reports are surfaced below as research priorities, not predictions about every car from that year.

01 · More reports to inspect2018

933 indexed complaint reports; engine is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2018 dossier →02 · More reports to inspect2019

326 indexed complaint reports; engine is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2019 dossier →03 · More reports to inspect2014

306 indexed complaint reports; air bags is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2014 dossier →

Do not read this as an avoid list. Older and higher-selling model years usually accumulate more reports. A low count can also mean a newer, rarer or poorly matched vehicle—not a safer one.

Read this as evidence, not a ranking.

Complaint totals are counts of owner-submitted allegations, not confirmed defects, and they carry no denominator: they are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, how old they are, how far they are driven, or how much publicity a fault received. A high-volume or older year will usually show more reports than a rare or recent one. The site does not convert these into a reliability score, because the data needed to do that honestly is not in the public record.

Direct comparison

Compare two Jeep Compass model years.

Choose any two years. The URL keeps the pair so you can return to the same comparison. Every figure below is an observed official record or EPA estimate—not a reliability score.

First model year

2025 Jeep Compass

NHTSA complaint allegations: 21
Combined EPA economy: 27 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 1
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $2,300
Fuel labels: Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelsforward collision avoidance 11electrical system 9lane departure 4

Open the 2025 evidence dossier →

Second model year

2026 Jeep Compass

NHTSA complaint allegations: 2
Combined EPA economy: 26 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 1
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $2,350
Fuel labels: Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelsforward collision avoidance 2electrical system 1service brakes 1

Open the 2026 evidence dossier →

Observed complaint-record difference

2026 has 19 fewer indexed complaint allegations than 2025.

This is not a rate or reliability finding. The counts have no sales, mileage, age or exposure denominator, and newer years have had less time to accumulate reports.

Side by side

Jeep Compass by year.

Complaint bars are scaled against this model’s own highest year, so they compare years with each other and with nothing else.

Jeep Compass model years with NHTSA complaint totals, most-reported components, EPA fuel economy and configuration counts
Year	Complaints	Most-reported components	Combined MPG	EPA configs	Annual fuel cost	Dossier
2026	2	forward collision avoidance 2electrical system 1service brakes 1	26	1	$2,350	Dossier →
2025	21	forward collision avoidance 11electrical system 9lane departure 4	27	1	$2,300	Dossier →
2024	52	forward collision avoidance 39electrical system 18lane departure 11	27	1	$2,300	Dossier →
2023	45	electrical system 13forward collision avoidance 10engine 7	27	1	$2,300	Dossier →
2022	219	electrical system 101forward collision avoidance 63exterior lighting 50	25	2	$2,450	Dossier →
2021	76	electrical system 31unknown or other 27engine 16	25	2	$2,450	Dossier →
2020	137	engine 79electrical system 63unknown or other 29	25–26	4	$2,350–2,450	Dossier →
2019	326	engine 160electrical system 143unknown or other 82	25–26	4	$2,350–2,450	Dossier →
2018	933	engine 468electrical system 373unknown or other 192	25–26	4	$2,350–2,450	Dossier →
2017	228	electrical system 86engine 71unknown or other 64	21–25	7	$2,450–2,950	Dossier →
2016	292	engine 135electrical system 62unknown or other 47	21–25	7	$2,450–2,950	Dossier →
2015	113	engine 30unknown or other 29electrical system 22	21–25	7	$2,450–2,950	Dossier →
2014	306	air bags 91engine 91seat belts 53	21–25	8	$2,450–2,950	Dossier →
2013	80	power train 27air bags 16electrical system 13	21–25	7	$2,450–2,950	Dossier →
2012	184	engine 36fuel/propulsion system 34air bags 28	21–25	7	$2,450–2,950	Dossier →
2011	187	power train 38engine 30unknown or other 27	21–25	7	$2,450–2,950	Dossier →
2010	71	air bags 18structure 13seat belts 11	22–25	6	$2,450–2,800	Dossier →
2009	44	suspension 15structure 7electrical system 5	22–25	6	$2,450–2,800	Dossier →
2008	93	structure 31suspension 27engine 13	22–25	5	$2,450–2,800	Dossier →
2007	259	suspension 84fuel/propulsion system 48engine 37	22–24	4	$2,550–2,800	Dossier →

Evidence snapshot generated August 25, 2026. “Not indexed” means NHTSA holds no complaint record matching this exact year, make and model — not that no fault occurred. Recall campaigns are not summarised here: NHTSA publishes no bulk recall dataset, and fetching them per year would take longer than the page should. Each year’s dossier shows its recalls in full, live from NHTSA.