NHTSA Complaint #11183227 — 2018 JEEP COMPASS

I BOUGHT THE COMPASS WITH 136 MILES ON IT. AROUND THE 4500 MILE MARK MY JEEP DIED AS I WAS ACCELERATING ON A STRAIGHT, 25 MPH STREET SEGMENT AFTER MAKING A TURN 30 FEET PRIOR. AFTER BRINGING THE JEEP IN IMMEDIATELY FOR SERVICE, THE TECHNICIANS FOUND NOTHING WRONG. TWO DAYS LATER I WAS PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT ONTO A BUSY ROAD. A LOG TRUCK WAS COMING BUT I HAD ENOUGH TIME TO PULL OUT AND ACCELERATE WITHOUT CREATING A NEED FOR THE LOG TRUCK TO BRAKE. AS I BEGAN TO PULL OUT, MY JEEP DIED WITH THE NOSE SLIGHTLY INTO THE LANE OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. FORTUNATELY NO ACCIDENT FOLLOWED. I WAS ABLE TO GET THE JEEP STARTED AFTER A MINUTE AND DROVE STRAIGHT TO THE SERVICE CENTER. THEY SAID IT WAS DUE TO LOW OIL AND THAT IT WAS AN ENGINE PROTECTION FEATURE. HEY JEEP/CHRYLSER...HOW IS AN ENGINE PROTECTION FEATURE THAT PROVIDES NO WARNING A BETTER OPTION THAN THE VEHICLE STALLING IN THE PATH OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC? SINCE THOSE INCIDENTS, I NOTICE I BURN OIL FAST AND SPEND MORE MONEY CONSTANTLY POURING OIL INTO MY JEEP THAN I DO ON MY 2005 SILVERADO WITH OVER 115,000 MILES. EITHER INSTALL A SENSOR THAT ALERTS THE DRIVER OF A LOW OIL CONDITION PRIOR TO THE JEEP STALLING IN TRAFFIC OR RETHINK YOUR DESIGN! WHAT IF IT WAS YOUR FAMILY IN THE VEHICLE? NOW MY JEEP HESITATES WHEN I NEED TO ACCELERATE, BUT DOES NOT STALL SINCE I ADD A QUART FREQUENTLY.