NHTSA Complaint #11040300 — 2013 JEEP COMPASS

THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION GOING UPHILL 3 SEPARATE TIMES, ONCE IN A 30 MINUTE DRIVE (70 MILE ROUND TRIP), THE OTHER 2 TIMES, BOTH 3.5 HOURS IN( 300 MILE TRIP ONE WAY) AND THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT CAME ON. THE CAR BEGAN TO DECELERATE RAPIDLY AND ON THE 30 MINUTE TRIP, I HAD TO TURN AROUND AND START GOING DOWN HILL AS THE CAR WOULD NO LONGER GO UP HILL. THE 2ND TIME, I HAPPENED TO BE BY A WALMART, AFTER A 3.5 HOUR DRIVE, GOING UPHILL FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES AFTER DECELERATING TO ABOUT 30 MPH IN A 70 (3-5 DEGREE GRADE), AND BOUGHT SOME TRANSMISSION FLUID AND ADDED IT TO THE TRANSMISSION. IT APPEARED TO DO THE JOB ( THE REST OF THE TRIP WAS DOWNHILL), BUT ON THE RETURN TRIP HOME 3 DAYS LATER, 3.5 HOURS IN AND GOING UPHILL 3-5 DEGREE GRADE, THE CAR STARTED TO DECELERATE AND WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 50 MPH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TRIP (5 HOUR TOTAL TRIP ONE WAY). AFTER MAKING IT WITHIN 30 MILES OF BEING HOME, I STARTED RUNNING INTO SURFACE STREET TRAFFIC AND DURING THE STOP AND GO THE CAR WOULD ACCELERATE VERY SLOWLY AND SHOWED VERY LITTLE POWER. THE CAR HAS 76K MILES AND I WOULD NOT EXPECT THIS TO HAPPEN TO A RELATIVELY GENTLY USED CAR STILL UNDER WARRANTY.