NHTSA Complaint #10637697 — 2010 JEEP COMPASS

MANUAL TRANSMISSION CAR WAS REVVING HIGH AFTER SHIFTING GEARS. RPMS WERE APPROXIMATELY 4000 ONCE SHIFTED INTO SECOND GEAR GOING 20 MPH. CALLED DEALERSHIP TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING WEEK. THE NEXT DAY IN THE HIGHWAY THE CAR HAD NO POWER. WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO GO 40MPH IN A 65 IN 5TH GEAR. IT WAS A 20 MINUTE DRIVE TO WORK. ON THE WAY HOME ON THE HIGHWAY, THE SAME ISSUE WITH LACK OF POWER. 5 MINUTES INTO THE RIDE I HEARD A POP AND LOST ALL POWER TO THE CAR. WAS ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. GOT MY INSURANCE PAPER OUT OF THE CAR TO CALL A TOW TRUCK AND GOT OUT OF THE CAR. HAD MY BACK TO THE CAR AND TURNED AROUND AND THE CAR WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO CAME TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. THE CAR IS TOTALED. *TR