Ride & Handling
Before this review starts sounding like a bash fest, there is some good news. For an entry-level product, the Compass handles a lot better than it should. Steering feel is light without giving up any accuracy. You can zip through traffic and around corners just like you can in any sporty compact car.
There was a fair amount of road noise on the highway, which can be expected in the compact segment, but it wasn't as noticeable as in the Dodge Caliber. Wind noise was light, and the ride over a torn-up highway of grooved pavement was much better than I imagined. An above-average driving feel like this is much harder to attain than a quality interior, so it's a good thing Jeep got this right.
See also:
Enabling And Disabling Parksense
ParkSense can be enabled and disabled with a switch
located in the switch bank of the instrument panel or
through the Customer-Programmable Features section of
the EVIC. The available choices ar ...
Daytime Running Lights — If Equipped
The headlights will turn on as Daytime Running Lights
(DRL) and operate at lower intensity whenever the
ignition is ON, the engine is running, the headlight
switch is off, the parking brake is r ...
Supplemental Seat-Mounted Side Air Bag (SAB) Inflator Units
The Supplemental Seat-Mounted Side Air Bags are designed
to activate only in certain side collisions.
The ORC determines if a side collision requires the side
air bags to inflate, based on the se ...


