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Every model year 2016–2026: recalls, owner complaints, NHTSA crash ratings and EPA efficiency side by side, each value traced to the file it came from.

11 Model years 2016–2026

21 Recalls NHTSA campaigns, all years

2,383 Complaints owner reports, all years

A Newest grade 2026 Safety Signal

2021 Best on record cleanest filed year

The 2026 Compass →Which years to avoid Compare it

Jeep Compass — photograph via Wikimedia Commons — Jeep Compass · Photo: Alexander Migl · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Every Jeep Compass model year

Source: NHTSA · EPA · one row per year

Year	Powertrains	Safety	Recalls	Complaints	Crash	Best efficiency
2026	Gas	A	1	5	★★★★☆	26 mpg
2025	Gas	A	0	29	★★★★☆	27 mpg
2024	Gas	A	0	53	★★★★☆	27 mpg
2023	Gas	A	2	49	—	27 mpg
2022	Gas	B	4	225	★★★★☆	25 mpg
2021	Gas	A	0	81	★★★★☆	25 mpg
2020	Gas	A	1	143	★★★★☆	26 mpg
2019	Gas	B	2	330	★★★★☆	26 mpg
2018	Gas	D	6	946	★★★★☆	26 mpg
2017	Gas	B	4	229	★★★★☆	26 mpg
2016	Gas	A	1	293	—	25 mpg

Which model year the record favours

Source: recalls and complaints per year on the road

Years to avoid, with the reasons →Best on the record 2021

On the filed record so far, the 2021 is the cleanest Compass year we hold, and the 2022 the one to check hardest.

Both figures are divided by the number of years the car has been on sale, because otherwise the oldest year on the page loses every time simply for having been around longer. The current model year and any year under three on the road are left out: their records are not finished.

Year	Safety Signal	Recalls /yr	Complaints /yr
2021	A	0	16
2016	A	0.1	29
2020	A	0.2	24
2019	B	0.3	47
2017	B	0.4	25
2023	A	0.7	16
2018	D	0.8	118
2022	B	1	56

Which Jeep Compass years reported which system early

Source: NHTSA complaints, odometer at report

Earliest on the record: 2019 engine complaints at 0.38× the mileage of same-age vehicles (median 16,000 miles). Latest: 2019 electrical system at 1.96× (30,000 miles).

Year	Engine	Electrical System	Power Train	Service Brakes	Electronic Stability Control
2022	—	0.48×	—	—	—
2020	0.68×	—	—	—	—
2019	0.38×	1.96×	0.81×	1.2×	—
2018	0.4×	0.98×	0.69×	0.7×	0.99×
2017	0.52×	0.63×	0.98×	0.91×	—
2016	0.95×	1.27×	1.12×	—	1.27×

Each cell is that model year’s median odometer when owners reported the system, divided by the median for the same system across every make’s complaints on the same model year. under 0.67× reported early; 1.5× or more late; a dash means too few readings. When problems get reported, not how often — complaint counts are in the table above. Across the whole fleet: which systems go first.

What owners filed about the Jeep Compass, by system

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communicationsEvery system, every year →

The systems the federal record is deep on for this nameplate: the complaints per model year, the mileage owners reported them at, and every recall, investigation and manufacturer bulletin filed under the heading — each one linked, none a failure rate.

engine problems 1,041 complaints, every model year electrical problems 923 complaints, every model year transmission and drivetrain problems 343 complaints, every model year brake problems 153 complaints, every model year exterior lighting problems 122 complaints, every model year

What changed year to year

Source: computed from the filed record

2026: best combined mpg 27 → 26
2023: best combined mpg 25 → 27; 2 → 1 EPA configurations
2021: best combined mpg 26 → 25; 4 → 2 EPA configurations
2018: 11 → 4 EPA configurations
2017: best combined mpg 25 → 26; 7 → 11 EPA configurations

In the studies

Source: computed from the same record, method on each page

Odometer at first complaint · rank 30 of 79 0.77× the mileage of same-age vehicles Jeep Compass owners reported problems to NHTSA at a median 19,000 miles across 2018–2022 (fleet 23,512), earlier than vehicles of the same model year. 616 readings.

Common questions about the Jeep Compass

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Which Jeep Compass year is the best used buy?

On the recall record, the 2021 Compass comes out top of the years before the current one: Safety Signal grade A (100/100), 0 recalls and 81 owner complaints on file. That ranks paperwork, not condition — a specific car's history and service record still decide it.

What Jeep Compass years should I avoid?

2018 has the weakest recall record in this range. The year pages list every campaign, its severity and whether a repair exists yet. Every Compass model year ranked, with the reasons.

How many recalls does the Jeep Compass have?

Across model years 2016–2026, NHTSA has posted 21 recall campaigns for the Jeep Compass. They are counted per model year in the table above, because a campaign almost never covers the whole run — it covers a build range.