# NHTSA recall 17V433000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 17V433000
- Manufacturer's number: T46
- Manufacturer: Chrysler \(FCA US LLC\)
- Reported: 2017\-07\-07
- Owners notified: 2017\-08\-22
- Component: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL
- Units potentially affected: 12989

## What is wrong

Chrysler \(FCA US LLC\) is recalling certain 2017 Jeep Compass vehicles.  The affected vehicles have User's Guides that contain incorrect information regarding the jump start procedure, specifically, the polarity of the battery terminals are reversed in the battery terminal graphic.


## What can happen

If a customer follows the User's Guide, they may hook up the battery jumper cables incorrectly, increasing their risk of injury.


## The remedy

Chrysler will notify owners and will replace the User's Guides with a corrected version, free of charge.  The recall began August 22, 2017.  Owners may contact Chrysler customer service at 1\-800\-853\-1403.  Chrysler's number for this recall is T46.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2018 quarter 4
- Filed with NHTSA: 2019\-01\-16
- Vehicles in the campaign: 12989
- Reported remedied: 12968 \(99%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 14

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2018 quarter 4, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2017 JEEP COMPASS](/makes/jeep/compass/2017/recalls.md). Built 2016\-10\-17 to 2017\-04\-28.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [93120](/bulletins/10243209.md), 2023-10-02, Service bulletin
- [93023](/bulletins/10243208.md), 2023-10-02, Service bulletin
- [9100196](/bulletins/10242717.md), 2023-09-25, Service bulletin
- [0813423](/bulletins/10239986.md), 2023-07-31, Service bulletin
- [9100166](/bulletins/10239857.md), 2023-07-31, Service bulletin
- [9100165](/bulletins/10239856.md), 2023-07-31, Service bulletin
- [1804823](/bulletins/10236933.md), 2023-05-30, Service bulletin
- [88806](/bulletins/10231750.md), 2023-02-13, Service bulletin
- [S2108000130](/bulletins/10230077.md), 2023-01-17, Service bulletin
- [08\-235\-22](/bulletins/10229820.md), 2023-01-17, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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