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Vehicle speed controlPart report

2011 Jeep Compass Vehicle speed control Problems

Complaints
14about this part
Share
7%of 188 total for the year
Median mileage
73,000miles
Trend
Not enough dataFewer than 15 complaints, too few for a reliable trend.

NHTSA recorded 14 complaints about the vehicle speed control of the 2011 Jeep Compass, 7% of the 188 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 73,000 miles.

Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“I was driving the car in the freeway about 70mph . Out of no where car can not be accelerated and lost all power. I was lucky that traffic was not bad otherwise I would have got other and myself hurt. Call Jeep customer service and they advised me to pull over and put the car in neutral for 15-20 minutes to let the transmission cool off and to try it again. To my surprised it work. However about an hour later same thing happen. …”

NHTSA complaint #11121017, filed 2018-08, 105 miles

“I left work from downtown pittsburgh at 4:15 pm, and while crossing outbound on the vetrans bridge, my Jeep turned itself off. The steering became extremely tough, and I was barely able to get to the side of the road. I turned off the Jeep, turned it back on, and thankfully it started again. If traffic was moving faster, like it usually does, I would have caused a wreck.”

NHTSA complaint #10485803, filed 2012-11, 16,080 miles

“When driving vehicle would lose power and could not accelerate. While on rt 90, massachusetts turnpike I had to get across traffic to crawl off highway to garage. They looked at it and said weren't sure, perhaps transmission. After a while when I restarted was able to crawl home on local roads. It seemed better until another time on rt 91 I was in dangerous situation when auto started slowing down and would not accelerate and I was almost his by tractor trailer truck. Luckily I crawled back home again. It was very dangerous situation. …”

NHTSA complaint #11179782, filed 2019-02, 140,000 miles

“When I drive the car down the road the eic emblem comes on and than I start loosing speed from the accelerator. It starts slowing down and than it won't go after that. Have to pull over off the road and turn car off.”

NHTSA complaint #10790171, filed 2015-11, 1 miles

“My car is going into limp mode while driving, going down really quickly basically. While driving on interstate car decided to go into low speed twice no almost causing a rear-ended collision thankfully driver behind was paying attention and I only received road rage from driver. It shook my wife up so much she was home for two days with xtra anxiety medication. Since that incident car comes and goes in limp mode, so now the car sits my wife is terrified to drive it. I know recall on other Jeep models, I feel this too should be recalled.”

NHTSA complaint #11140996, filed 2018-10, 149,000 miles

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Vehicle speed control: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2026120%
202527%
202435%
202336%
202252%
202167%
202075%
2019155%
2018333%
2017104%
20163010%
20151513%
20143511%
201356%
2012105%
2011147%
201068%
200925%
200822%
2007135%

Other parts of the 2011 Jeep Compass

Transmission and drivetrain
37 complaints
Engine
30 complaints
Other or unknown
27 complaints
Suspension
27 complaints
Body and structure
23 complaints
Electrical system
20 complaints
Steering
19 complaints
Air bags
17 complaints
Fuel system
14 complaints
Engine cooling
10 complaints
Brakes
8 complaints
Electronic stability control
8 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2011 Jeep Compass

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 29, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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