NHTSA Complaint #10935383 — 2011 JEEP COMPASS

ON THE REPORTED DATE MY 2011 JEEP COMPASS 2.4L 4X4 WAS REMOTE STARTED AND RAN FOR APPROXIMATELY 15-20 MINUTES BEFORE GETTING IN AND DRIVING OFF. THE ENGINE HAD WARMED UP ABOUT HALF WAY TO OPERATING TEMPERATURE. THE TEMPERATURE WAS 13 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT OUTSIDE. ONCE I LEFT AND PULLED OUT ONTO THE STREET THE TRANSMISSION THREW OUT 3 SMALL AND QUICK JERKS. THIS HAPPENED 3 MORE TIMES BEFORE GETTING ONTO THE INTERSTATE. THIS IS A BRAND NEW CVT LESS THAN A YEAR OLD. THE LAST CVT DID THE SAME SHUDDER IN THE COLD BEFORE IT BLEW OUT A MONTH LATER WITH 115,000 MILES ON IT (BARELY OUT OF WARRANTY). THE JEEP CVT SEEMS TO BE UNDER BUILT FOR COLD TEMPERATURES BECAUSE THE NEW TRANSMISSION ONLY HAS ABOUT 15,000 MILES ON IT AND IS DOING THE EXACT SAME THING. NOTE: I WAS BABYING THE THROTTLE TO GET UP TO OPERATING TEMPS WHEN THIS OCCURRED. *TR