2016 Jeep Compass

The Car Connection (opens in a new tab) reports that the Limited trim is dropped, leaving Sport and Latitude, that the Sport now has standard Bluetooth and satellite radio, that the Latitude gets standard automatic headlights, and that a Sport SE appearance package replaces the Altitude package and a new High Altitude Package brings back most of the Limited's features plus a sunroof and chrome-clad alloy wheels. Stellantis Media (opens in a new tab) describes the 75th Anniversary Edition, with unique 18-inch bronze-colored wheels and bronze trim.

Kelley Blue Book (opens in a new tab) lists the High Altitude Package with leather seating, a power sunroof and 18-inch chrome-clad wheels, and used 2016 Compasses at $7,300 for the Sport up to $8,500 for the Sport SE at a dealer.

NHTSA lists one recall campaign for the 2016 Compass. 16V907000, from December 2016, covers 2016 Dodge Journeys, Jeep Compasses and Jeep Patriots built from May 9 to July 15, 2016, whose crankshaft or camshaft seals may be defective.

Owners have filed 293 complaints: engine with 135, electrical system with 62, unknown or other with 47, power train with 44, vehicle speed control with 30 and engine cooling with 26. CarProbs (opens in a new tab) puts that at 1.44 times the model average and flags the engine pattern, and CarComplaints (opens in a new tab) breaks the filings down.

EPA rates the 2016 Compass at 21 to 25 mpg combined and $2,500 to $2,950 a year in fuel. The Subaru Crosstrek lists 26 to 31 at $2,000 to $2,400, the Mazda CX-5 26 to 29 at $2,150 to $2,400, and the Honda CR-V 27 to 29 at $2,150 to $2,300. The Compass trails all three.