2026 Jeep Compass Brakes Problems
- Complaints
- 2about this part
- Share
- 40%of 5 total for the year
- Median mileage
- —not reported
- Trend
- Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.
NHTSA recorded 2 complaints about the brakes of the 2026 Jeep Compass, 40% of the 5 complaints for this model year.
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.
“While cruising at 36mph, we decided to initiate the cruise control. Upon reaching a slow-down traffic ahead, the brakes were applied to slow the vehicle, however the cruise control did not disengage and the brakes did not stop the vehicle. The brakes were pressed three times and still the car could not stop. We were in a two-lane road with an opposite direction lane on the other side of the grassy median. …”
NHTSA complaint #11737303, filed 2026-05“The automatic park brake will not always release when going in drive or reverse. When not paying attention to the situation an in a parking space give it gas then releases a shoots back or forward almost hitting the cars Devin’s or front. Have to always check if it releases. At times it will not release This has happened many times”
NHTSA complaint #11767087, filed 2026-09Related service bulletins
- 11038307Sep 29, 2026Not applicable to vehicles built for US market. Flash: Anti-Lock Brakes (ABS) Updates Customers must experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illumination and the vehicle…
- 11037472Sep 17, 2026Customer Can Not Make Changes to Pedestrian Emergency Braking (PEB) Setting in Radio.
- 11024590Oct 18, 2025Not applicable to vehicles built for US market. Brake Warning Lamp On Customers must experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illumination and the vehicle must exhibit/set…
- 11024302Oct 11, 2025Not applicable to vehicles built for US market. Brake Warning Lamp On Customers may experience a Malfunction Indicator Lamp (MIL) illumination and the vehicle may exhibit/set the…
Brakes: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 40% |
| 2025 | 3 | 10% |
| 2024 | 7 | 13% |
| 2023 | 4 | 8% |
| 2022 | 12 | 5% |
| 2021 | 6 | 7% |
| 2020 | 7 | 5% |
| 2019 | 41 | 12% |
| 2018 | 67 | 7% |
| 2017 | 29 | 13% |
| 2016 | 9 | 3% |
| 2015 | 6 | 5% |
| 2014 | 20 | 6% |
| 2013 | 2 | 3% |
| 2012 | 1 | 1% |
| 2011 | 8 | 4% |
| 2010 | 4 | 6% |
| 2009 | 2 | 5% |
| 2008 | 2 | 2% |
| 2007 | 15 | 6% |
Other parts of the 2026 Jeep Compass
2 complaintsForward collision avoidance
2 complaintsFuel system
1 complaintsOther or unknown
1 complaintsVehicle speed control
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2026 Jeep Compass
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 30, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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