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2018 JEEP COMPASS — ENGINE

fire · 1724425 · 2021-02-03

Vehicle

Make
JEEP
Model
COMPASS
Year
2018
Manufacturer
Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Component
ENGINE
Miles at failure
16,638

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
Yes
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

MULTIPLE TIMES I WOULD TRY TO START THE VEHICLE AND THE BATTERY WOULD BE DEAD. AFTER JUMPING THE CAR OFF IT WOULD OPERATE WITHOUT A PROBLEM. I TOOK THE CAR TO A REPAIR SHOP AND HAD IT CHECKED BUT NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. ON 02/01/2021 THE CAR AGAIN WOULD NOT START. I HAD A MECHANIC JUMP THE CAR OFF AND I LET IT IDLE TO BUILD UP THE BATTERY. AFTER A FEW MINUTES THERE WAS A NOISE AND THEN SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THEN FIRE!

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11394389
Machine
JSON-LD · Markdown