jeep having a hard time accelerating

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Asked by Guru9FZ6 Mar 20, 2017 at 08:38 PM about the 2011 Jeep Compass

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My 2011 jeep compass just started having a hard
time accelerating and is making a whirring noise
like its trying to tow something.When I was at a
stop sign it would not move,even when pressing
gas

9 Answers

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You should get that into a shop to be looked at. Could be bad wheel bearings, or locked up brake calipers. You could jack the front end up and see if you can spin the wheels.

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I did take it to a car dealership servuce center and they couldnt find anything on why its not accelerating,but they did find a bad ball joint.I dont know if that has anything to do with it not accelerating thiugh.

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Is the check engine light on? Should have the vehicle scanned for any trouble codes. An auto parts store can do this. Write the codes down. This would help.

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I have the same issue did you find any solution

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I’m here at a dealer now. Same issue. Won’t accelerate like no matter how much gas is given. No check engine light appearing.

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I have a 2016 compass. So I did find out that I had a bad bearing. They no longer make the O ring and had to replace the knuckle ‍♀️ I had to drive 4 hours to the dealer I purchased the Jeep to find this out. They all kept saying I wasn’t covered. I have the extended warranty. It took driving fours to find out they spelt my last name wrong. All I know is something still isn’t right and this car is the devil . That said I noticed the acceleration issue when I was low on gas. I don’t let it go past a half tank if I can help it. PS: My mechanic didn’t understand why the stabilizer bar and control arms needed to be replaced on a car that’s a 2016 and had 27,000 miles on it.

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Might need the master computer thing updated. I have a 2018 and it did the same thing to me in Virginia while I was visiting my son who was in AIT for the military. Unfortunately I have had nothing but issues with mine and I bought it new.

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Electric throttle control. Need to reset the electrical. I don't use my automatic start. I suspect it throws the etc for a loop

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