2007 JEEP COMPASS FWD Electrical System Problems

MY 2007 JEEP COMPASS HORN WOULD NOT STOP BLOWING. THE DEALER DISABLED IT AND THE CAR WOULD GO IN THE NEXT DAY. OVER 5 DAYS IT HAD TO BE JUMPED 4X AS THE JEEP WAS DEAD TRYING TO GET IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. IT WAS NOT THE BATTERY AND AFTER 5 HOURS THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS A FIXABLE BECAUSE IT NEEDED A HORN SWITCH. THE PROBLEM IS THAT NO ONE HAS A HORN SWITCH FOR IT. THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER..THERE ARE 527 ORDERS FOR IT WITH NO DELIVERY DATE IN SIGHT. YOU CANNOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE WITH THE HORN BLOWING OR WITH IT DISABLED OR RUN THE SAFETY RISK OF NEEDING THE HORN OR THE JEEP DYING ON YOU MID ROUTE. IT HAS BEEN AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR 20 PLUS DAYS. JEEP NOT HAVING THIS PART OR DEALERS GETTING ACCESS TO IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. PEOPLE...

WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 25 MPH WITH MY 6 MONTH OLD CHILD IN THE VEHICLE, MY CAR LOST ALL POWER. THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON (FLASHING) AND SO DID THE SLIDE PROTECTION LIGHT. I WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE BEYOND 20MPH AND WHEN I CAME TO A STOP, THE VEHICLE RAN VERY ROUGH LIKE IT WAS GOING TO DIE. LUCKILY I PUTTERED HOME AND MY CHILD WAS SAFE. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO MY LOCAL JEEP DEALERSHIP AND AFTER ALMOST 5 DAYS OF TRYING TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE PCM NEEDED REPLACED. THEY STATED THAT THEY WERE "VERY CONFIDENT" THAT THIS WOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. WELL TODAY, THEY PCM WAS REPLACED AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. THE CHRYSLER/JEEP DEALERSHIP STILL CANNOT PINPOINT THE PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR THE 2007 JEEP COMPASS. AT THE TIME OF...

THERE WERE NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO FAILURE. THE FAILURE WAS OF THE TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM). AS A RESULT POWER WAS LOST THE DRIVERS SIDE HEADLIGHT. CAR WAS TAKEN TO JEEP DEALERSHIP BUT THEY REFUSED TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE PART. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 JEEP COMPASS FWD. ON JUNE 19, 2007, AFTER COMING TO A STOP, THE CONTACT ACCELERATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CHECK OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. SHE WAS ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY RESTART THE VEHICLE. SHE WENT TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE VEHICLE CHECKED, BUT THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS FINE. THE VEHICLE'S COMPUTER LOST ITS PROGRAMMING WHEN SHE STOPPED TO PUT GAS IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AS IF THE AIR BAG WAS NOT WORKING. THE MECHANIC ADVISED HER NOT TO PUT HER PURSE ON THE SEAT BECAUSE IT MAY CAUSE THE AIR BAG SENSOR TO DEPROGRAM ITSELF. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 17,200 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,150.