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2017 Jeep Compass electronic stability control (esc) problems

12 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electronic stability control (esc) on the 2017 Jeep Compass5% of all complaints for this model year.

12
Electronic Stability Control (esc) complaints
5%
share of all complaints
22,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
1 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • 2nd time this happened within a month. Dealer changed batteries 1st time. Computer system runs through a number of messages stating various settings are not working. Example: engine light, air bag, oil, with every warning light there is. Vehicle just shut down on a busy road. Very dangerous. 15 min…

    filed Oct 11, 2020

  • My jeep dashboard lights come on car starts to stall not picking up speed then after a 30-40 seconds it pick back up with engine and lighting vault light wont go off. I first time it occurred I was in motion on city streets doing speed limit of 50 mph an I instantly had to pull over when it was…

    filed Apr 16, 2020

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.