Jeep Compass Sudden No Start. Main Relay / Auto Shut Down Corroded Relay Fix.

If your Compass starts fine one day then cranks but does not fire the next, it may be a corroded contact on the relay board below the drivers side headlight. Remove the second relay from the back. Jumper the two large contacts. If the car starts, then you need remove the drivers front tire and the inner fender liner. remove the relay board and cobble a wiring repair. This video will show what I did to get it going.

[mustangkeith]

Wife's rig started doing this last week on her 2015 compass, I ended up repairing and then after a 6 pack of beer had an epiphany and decided to extend the harness and moved the relays up to behind the battery to be sheltered from road salt and hopefully moisture lol

[frankdelucey]

I like your jumper wire idea.
I have new female pins coming in to replace the corroded one but your idea will get me going till the pins come in.

[dominicsalerno]

Thank you for posting this video it was very helpful I had a hard time but once I seen this and tried it out it worked wonderfully

[zebulanstewart]

That White cover on that relay box comes off and you can clean that corrosion out really simple

[riciacampbell]

Question for you about this amazing video. My 2011 Jeep Compass shuts down when driving. WHY? Crankshaft senor replaced battery replaced. Throttle fine alternator fine. Would it still be the Relay? Mechanic cant find the issue and its been a while now that he has had the Jeep I need it fixed like 2 weeks ago. I'm hoping its not the PCM. Also is this an easy fix? Thanks again for the fantastic video..

[Test_---ih]

Doing this same surgery. OEM part # from Jeep is: 68053218AA for $62. Any part store can cross reference the part number. Got the same relay from O’Reilys for $38 as of May ‘24.

[legioner]

Any idea if the Compass with the 2.2 turbodiesel engine has the same placement of the ASD? It just dies on me on junctions and it struggles to start after the engine is warm. When cold, it starts right up ...

[mykomodoc]

Hello! Just wondering how did you extract those pins out of the female slot? Mines had the same issue and i cant figure out how to get the pins out of the slot cause it snap pretty deep inside! Thanks.

[ruckus]

Just wondering if those relays are interchangeable? Meaning can you use the fan relay for the auto shutdown relay and vice versa.

[nailbags]

You never showed how you connected that yellow wire to the switch

[unadillariveroutdoors]

Worse place to put a relay block. Wife’s 2016 had the same issue. I put new relays in and soldered new jumper wires in and ran them back to the good wire. Ended up doing all the relays and wires because the whole block was shot. Notorious issue with the compass model

[darcyd]

How did you get the relay box to detach? I’m not seeing any bolts?

[jeffromero]

Mine will start off we jump it... Is that the save issue?

[rigobertosalgado]

Where do u buy the relays auto parts or dealer

[kellzMG]

does this go for the jeep patriot im having stalling issues

[floridaguy]

I have a 2016. Different issue the guy swap my relay to see if cooling fan would work. Due to I been through whole cooling system in like 2 yrs. When he swap it cooling fan worked now air bag lite was on. He actually split. .. where did u find the diagram for the relay??? We both couldn't find at the time of.

[trinitro]

Right on Brother same issue here, what a horribly design.

[tonycastro]

WOW, THAT RELAY HAS A PURPOSE, , AND THAT IS TO KEEP YOU VEHICLE FROM CATASTROPHIC FAILURE, , , , WHAT YOU CAN DO IS ADD AN EXTERNAL RELAY TO TAKE OVER FOR THE DEFECTIVE ONE, , BUT BYPASSING LIKE THIS SHOULD BE A DEFINITELY NONO, , FIND A VIDEO FROM SOUTH MAIN AUTO REPAIR, ,HE SHOWS HOW TO GO ABOUT DOING IT, , , ,

[ozzmann]

Green goblin strikes again man oh man that whole block is prob trash