Road Test: 2017 Jeep Compass - New Direction

The reborn 2017 Jeep Compass finds a place in the Jeep lineup.

[@milasmom11]

I love my 2015 Jeep Compass ❤️

[@decarloswilliams6099]

Big improvement overall from the outgoing version. The 9 speed auto is still a big problem for Chrysler/Jeep. The interior is very nice.

[@Trendyflute]

They make very appealing cars, I wouldn't touch most of their drivetrains with a ten foot clown pole though.

[@4dscdriver]

DeCarlos Williams I agree. The 9 speed is the slowest shifting trans. I have ever seen. They really need to fix the shift logic on them. The only way I would get one of these jeeps is with the 6 speed manual.

[@2003BMW325i]

Matt Clark it's because the 9 speed is a fiat transmission and a new renegade is nothing but a fiat 500x with the base engine a fiat engine and a fiat transmission, unless you get the manual. My aunt had a brand new Cherokee and by the time is had 30k he transmission was REALLY fuckin up. The trail hawk renegade has the 2.4 tiger shark so that's at least a dodge engine. The service guy at the dealer working on he Cherokee convinced her to buy a used grand Cherokee with the 6 speed auto because both engine and trans are Chrysler and he said "you wouldn't believe all the problems the transmission are having". At least the new compass has a Chrysler 2.4 tiger shark engine and maybe they will improve the 9, but somehow I doubt it being an Italian car part. I feel bad all these people buying renegades thinking they're getting an American car and it's a damn fiat.

[@2003BMW325i]

My husband and I are looking into leasing a new compass. He wants a trail hawk, I think the Altitude trim is the best value. It's the lowest one with the black two tone roof and comes standard with a ton of stuff for like 24k where the limited is 30k and the trail hawk even more. We want the bright blue metallic with the black roof. Might not be a trailhawk but it'll do plenty fine off road with some all terrains. From the side they kinda look like a Range Rover Evoque. They both have the same sloping roofline. In fact I see more white ones wi a black roof than any other color so the first time I saw a new compass and just glanced at it I thought it was an evoque, and I'm VERY good with cars. The new compass looks just like a baby grand Cherokee. Since my husband commutes almost two hours each way to work every day we need the four cylinder jeep, some kind of hybrid SUV, or a diesel SUV. He wants the jeep tho, I'm more into wagons (room of SUV, gas mileage and handling of a car). He likes to lease so he can get a new car every three years, i like to buy. Been looking at 2008-2010 Volvo v50s with the 2.4l 5 cyl. With under 60k miles for under 10k. Found one for $6900 a 2009 with 40k and one owner. It gets 26city/31hwy which is a lot better than the 2000 mercury sable wagon I have now, it weighs more than a four door Nissan Titan and with a 3.0 24v and a 4 speed it gets about 15-16 city and about 22-23 hwy. plus I could slam the Volvo on coilover and put some nice wheels on it and they look sick.

[@dontelindsey5846]

@@2003BMW325i it's a ZF transmission not a Fiat transmission

[@Solidus106]

gonna buy this one in a few years when I trade in my Grand Cherokee... hopefully it'll have a more powerful engine option

[@aayonce4]

Solidus106 it wont

[@ATRichard]

Wait for the plug-in hybrid. It actually will have more power. I have a 2018 and the power is my main complaint, but I really like the vehicle otherwise.

[@scrambler69-xk3kv]

That one lift arm for the power tailgate has proven to be a problem over time as it seems the tailgate sort of twists and gets out of alignment.

[@paulgiannamore3274]

Kahmp-iss or Kump-ass? Its like Eekoh or EchoSport, eh.

[@michaelmixon2479]

Sorry but I still prefer the more boxy look of the earlier Cherokees. I own a 2001 Cherokee Sport and love it!

[@Daniel28021991]

Really cool

[@hyperlogos]

That lizard on the cowl looked an awful lot like Audi's gecko

[@ianalexander2017]

Looks good

[@BarcelonaBlitzer]

Needs more power.

[@DrKirstie]

This is nice but did they fix the crossmember, tie rods, ball bearings, differential rust, transfer case rust, poor acceleration and rocker arms?

[@rahulk1203]

DrKirstie No Pun intended it was raised by the power of will! 🤣😂

[@nicoledavis8032]

for a 2017 jeep compass

[@kellyvtec]

If you're going to get a lemon, get the nice lemon, the grand cherokee

[@dchawk81]

kellyvtec Yeah if you're gonna pucker, pucker hard.

[@jannis2072]

kellyvtec the nice lemon costs way more than the lemon

[@ATRichard]

I had someone tell me this when I leased my Compass back in 2018. It’s been a nice and reliable SUV, my lease ends soon now. Getting a Grand Cherokee V8 Trailhawk with premium leather, air suspension and everything else like some people suggested would’ve literally cost me double what I paid for my Compass, and I was perfectly fine with driving what I had.

[@tennisace12345]

I actually love these with a manual transmission. Surprisingly agile with that option and gets rid of the terrible Auto gearbox.

[@SoundgardenMan]

What the fuck is a Cawmpas?!

[@Delorean217]

SoundgardenMan A rolling modern turd.

[@minivanmaster]

a cute 4-wheel-drive

[@porscheguy09]

SoundgardenMan that's what I was wondering. It sounds like he's saying "cawm-pass" when even in the dictionary it's pronounced "kum-pus". I've never heard anyone say it the way he does.

[@TheJ602]

SoundgardenMan it's how you say it in New England.

[@matt4398]

it's cum-piss

[@SniperStorm7]

the only good jeeps rn are the renegade and the wrangler

[@scrambler69-xk3kv]

JEEP just empty every pocket.

[@9unslin9er]

They should have made THIS the "Cherokee" and just retained "Grand Cherokee" for it's bigger brother. OBVIOUSLY. But we're all about making sense in America.

[@MotownRockinroller]

Coming out of a 16 Cherokee Limited lease and drove one of these today. What a piece of junk: Way more plastic than I've seen in newer vehicles, an anemic, noisy engine, decreased vision looking out the rear sides, cheap.....cheap......cheap. FCA really has a wiener here. Maybe a step up for the Renegade buyers but for anyone else you're better off elsewhere.

[@illumination357]

Idk why fca won't discontinue that crappy 9 speed?

[@brycmtthw]

illumination357 because it's not "crappy". It's actually a damn good. The only issue was tuning in the early runs in the Cherokee. And certain rags said it without merit and now it continues. lmao. Honda and LR use the same transmission and they gush over them.

[@tmntchad]

brycmtthw Right! I used to sell for Jeep and later Honda, and everyone was gushing over the 9 speed in the current Honda Pilot Elite trim that retails for around 40K, and I was educating everyone that the exact same transmission is made by a German company and it's also used in a 20K Jeep Renegade.

[@itzmando]

Yeah, Honda needs to eliminate the 9 speed too front their lineup. I had a 15 Acura MDX Loaner with the 9-speed and the programming needed some work, the first 3-4 gears were very jerky and not refined no matter the programming updated done. Acura's 8 DCT on the 4 cylinder TLX was much better drive, the ZF transmission has impacted Acura's overall reliability from what I've been reading. I'm sure that's why Honda has developed their in house 10 speed auto, which I'm sure will make it's way throughout their vehicle line-up.

[@lookitsrain9552]

In every model the zf 9 speed is put in, it is shit.

[@illumination357]

Look ItsRain My wife had the 200 with the 9 speed and it had to be replaced at 10k miles!

[@TheMEXICANBEEF]

Jeep has been putting out some real junk in the past decade.

[@dobbins2550]

You dumb AF bro. Do you have extra chromosomes downy boy?

[@Delorean217]

dobbins2550 Stop acting like a wanna be thug around here. And yes Jeep has been putting out crap for the last 10 years.

[@wiibaron]

That is how they got their sales to over a million a year the past 3 years. This Compass should add another 100-200k to that...

[@LakeHowellDigitalVideo]

Meanwhile, Jeep inhabits the basement of the JD Power Vehicle Dependability Study. The only brand worse is Fiat (their parent). They are indeed junk and only Wrangler gets repeat buyers.

[@vs8580]

Wan't real Junk....Go buy a "knock off" mediocre Subaru with a CVT. PEZv junk.

[@DevPack]

I dont understand that garbage 9spd gearbox they keep putting in their cars. They have a great 8sp ZF transmission why not just make that their go to transmission.

[@jsponson]

Unfortunately, the ZF 8-speed is for longitudinal applications only. The Aisin 8-speed for transverse applications seems to be a good candidate though.

[@directorjustin]

Please give us an electric Jeep, Jeep!

[@HodsBroo]

jeep need to relax man. quality over quantity. keep it to off road vehicles and that's it. dodge should take over the suv game.

[@brycmtthw]

HodsBroo 😂 okayyyyy. You realize that not all Jeeps have to be rock crawlers? They never have and never will be... they have always offered best in class capability. So pull your delusions out and bounce on out.

[@directorjustin]

The on-road Jeeps sell too much to justify getting rid of them.

[@Roshake77]

Why have a black roof option but not a white one?

[@Story_Teller_Everyone]

Black envy host

[@DoseofDi]

i have this car now. stalled out on me in the middle of the road and the dealership can't give a clear answer to when it will be ready. go jeep 🖕🏾

[@penguinworldorder3545]

Adia Stephens seems to be a normal with jeep. I had a Cherokee would always stall on me bought brand new. Took to dealership they said they repaired week later stalls again

[@billgateskilledmyuncle23]

My 2014 patriot is a stripped down manual stick shift with crank windows and a car key, not a fob...that's the way God intended it to be.

[@PrincessTS01]

2023 2.0L turbo engine 8 spd 4x4

[@scrambler69-xk3kv]

Turbo will be very problimatic over time I promise. Look for a video Should you buy a 2023 Jeep Compass? By a channel Savage Geese. It is very eye opening. He really goes into detail with this vehicle up on a lift for a good look underneath.

[@scrambler69-xk3kv]

Watch this video. Should you buy a 2023 Jeep Compass. By savage geese.

[@Fifthcell]

Definitely doesn't look like a Range Rover Evoque or anything...

[@yanni2737]

Thank god for that!

[@mavricxx]

The sound of air even with the Windows up mixes with Fiat's engine which looks cheap is a def hell no!

[@BryanW916]

COMP-PUS

[@lyndon8488]

ok mini van guy puss

[@BryanW916]

@@lyndon8488 lmao :)

[@sebastianstevens2563]

Behavior football recording sound furthermore plead off mandate live position storm retired typically.

[@9unslin9er]

Dear Jeep 3 models okay? 2017 Compass Grand Cherokee Wrangler Just do that. Stop making ugly designs (Renegade, Cherokee, Patriot) STOP!

[@billgateskilledmyuncle23]

Go back to a 5 speed auto and manual so this nightmare of reliability issues will go away. What good is innovation if it repulses your customers?

[@zaferhatt]

Stay away from this shit. I have a 2017 and been to the service 11 times. There is a loud grinding noise coming from the differential since we bought it for 26000$. It had various promlems since. Some were fixed, some are still there. The 7 th time for the grinding noise , chrysler keeps saying that they will come up with an software update. Come on, for 7 months you havent come up with any shit. It will take years for you to come up with a solution which I still believe that it will not solve the mechanical grinding noise.. who are you trying to trick?? Stay away from this guys.. go buy a second hand Japanese or a German car. Chrysler/Jeep is too amateur. All those brands are dead for me amd for all people around me.

[@sheridanbucket]

Sooo close to being a decent looking vehicle... and then they go and screw it all up with that dopey damn D-pillar. Like a kid with a wedgy, the designers have pulled its underpants up past its waistline.

[@ObamaTookMyCat]

needs the V6... BAD... or atleast a 2+ L I4 turbo...but i guess they are never gonna do that because then it would make the regular Cherokee pointless.