[yosbert]

Congratulations to all the new Compass owners on the forum. Saw quite a few delivery messages of late.
I am myself considering the Compass. In this regard, recent buyers from Bangalore, would you be ok with answering a few questions regarding the dealers and some general queries? Thanks in anticipation.

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[redballons]

Originally Posted by yosbert

Congratulations to all the new Compass owners on the forum. Saw quite a few delivery messages of late.
I am myself considering the Compass. In this regard, recent buyers from Bangalore, would you be ok with answering a few questions regarding the dealers and some general queries? Thanks in anticipation.

Happy to address your queries, if i know the answer to them

[bullitt1]

Originally Posted by redballons

Congratulations !, wishing you many happy miles , happy jeeping

Thanks, redballons.

Originally Posted by yosbert

Congratulations to all the new Compass owners on the forum. Saw quite a few delivery messages of late.
I am myself considering the Compass. In this regard, recent buyers from Bangalore, would you be ok with answering a few questions regarding the dealers and some general queries? Thanks in anticipation.

Sure, happy to share my experience.

[enj0y_ride]

Hi all, I purchased my compass 1.4 DCT limited in the last week of Nov 2021. I had opted for extended warranty on purchase, but I haven't received any documents on that. Is there a way to check the warranty status and expiry date somewhere online? When I spoke to the SA, he said I will get an email with the warranty details. So far no emails came regarding that. What's your experience?

[Pancham]

Originally Posted by enj0y_ride

Hi all, I purchased my compass 1.4 DCT limited in the last week of Nov 2021. I had opted for extended warranty on purchase, but I haven't received any documents on that. Is there a way to check the warranty status and expiry date somewhere online? When I spoke to the SA, he said I will get an email with the warranty details. So far no emails came regarding that. What's your experience?

I got the warranty document on email and whatsapp from my service advisor. You can also call up a Jeep service center and verify if you have extended warranty.

[niki9009]

Originally Posted by niki9009

Has anyone faced this kind of issue? Will there be any effect on engine if I use the lower priced one? Will my warranty really get void as the SA says?

To continue my ongoing issues for the above incident, future genarali (horrible insurer never take them) is denying to replace my tire which has a sidewall tear as they do not correlate with the accident!. I have the Bridgestone 225/55 R18 as stock. Anyone from Bangalore knows of a good tire shop selling a replacement?

Can i repair and reuse the tires? is this even a possibility?


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[yosbert]

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I wanted to take this offline as I thought this might involve a lot of Bangalore specific questions which may not interest the general audience. Mods, please move this to someplace else if you think this is not the right thread to discuss this.

Nevertheless, I was considering buying Jeep Compass and had the following queries regarding the same.
1. Which dealer between KHT Prime and MPS/PPS Motors did you buy the car from? Did you consider both the Jeep dealers in Bangalore (KHT and PPS)? Any specific reasons for choosing one over the other?
2. How was your overall dealership experience? If you had to do this all over again, will you still buy from the same dealer? Any specific salesperson you would recommend?
3. Coming to the pricing, did you get any discounts at all for the car? How hard did you need to negotiate for this?
4. Did the dealer match external insurance quote and what about the handling charges?
5. Was the dealer accommodative of any special requests you had? How was the PDI process?
6. Anything else to keep in mind while approaching the dealer?
7. Finally, what were the alternatives you considered before zeroing in on Compass?

Thanks in anticipation of your answers.

[bullitt1]

Originally Posted by niki9009

Anyone from Bangalore knows of a good tire shop selling a replacement?

Can i repair and reuse the tires? is this even a possibility?

Sorry about your ordeal. I had a similar situation of side wall cut with Michelin XM2 on Fiesta. I was advised against any repair and had to shell out more for only 1 tyre. Michelin did not provide any discounts even on pro rata usage of tyre.

You can contact Madhu's Tyres, Wilson garden/Tyre professionals,Basavangudi/Sai Iyengar, Indiranagar. I regularly get balancing/alignment done from them

Originally Posted by yosbert

Nevertheless, I was considering buying Jeep Compass and had the following queries regarding the same.
1. Which dealer between KHT Prime and MPS/PPS Motors did you buy the car from? Did you consider both the Jeep dealers in Bangalore (KHT and PPS)? Any specific reasons for choosing one over the other?

I bought from PPS JP nagar. I had approached both KHT/PPS previously and everytime PPS was always responsive than KHT. KHT didnt even bother for follow ups or test drives.

2. How was your overall dealership experience? If you had to do this all over again, will you still buy from the same dealer? Any specific salesperson you would recommend?

The SA and his manager were very accommodative of any queries/requests. I would anyday buy from PPS again. You can contact Mr. Kiran/Mr.Saleem.

3. Coming to the pricing, did you get any discounts at all for the car? How hard did you need to negotiate for this?

I was offered the standard discounts, did not had to haggle.

4. Did the dealer match external insurance quote and what about the handling charges?

I was given choice to buy insurance from outside from beginning. In the end they gave better quote for same coverage.

5. Was the dealer accommodative of any special requests you had? How was the PDI process?

I was pushing for delivery on 31st Dec but finally went to 5th Jan. I had requested for atleast pooja on 31st to which they readily agreed. Went to their yard in Electronics city, they had cleaned the car, did pooja and also took a short drive within the yard. If you request for PDI, they will allow. I spent little shy of 2hours and SA was present whole time to clear my queries.

6. Anything else to keep in mind while approaching the dealer?

Guess the points are well covered here.

7. Finally, what were the alternatives you considered before zeroing in on Compass?

It was always one and only Compass.

Hope this helps.

[Cresterk]

Originally Posted by niki9009

To continue my ongoing issues for the above incident, future genarali (horrible insurer never take them) is denying to replace my tire which has a sidewall tear as they do not correlate with the accident!. I have the Bridgestone 225/55 R18 as stock. Anyone from Bangalore knows of a good tire shop selling a replacement?

Can i repair and reuse the tires? is this even a possibility?


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Just get a good tyreshop to repair the tyre by putting a tube in it. I had it done on mine as I didnt want to throw it away since it had only run 5k kms. It worked just like usual even with me doing multiple interstate trips and hitting insane triple digit speeds that I cringe at now. Mine lasted for about 48k kms after the repair before going bald with no issues and I then splurged on some expensive michelins.

[Pancham]

This Jeep Life app is still a mystery. Contrary to what my SA told me it seems the car does come with SIM car with an active connection.

My society car cleaner Mintu ji called me just now to let me know that painting work has started in my building and the car needs to be moved. Unless I want some fancy artwork in my car. (Its a brand new black Limited Option btw).
So what is the problem? - The problem is that I am not in town and I will not be back till mid-Feb. And I did not leave the keys with anyone there. I took 10 milliseconds to imagine me flying down to move me car 100 feet to save it from the art work. Doable.

But then, I had a car cover in the boot which I had purchased before leaving but I did not put it on before leaving for reasons 'known' to me (that story is for another post).

Seeing no option here, I swiftly opened the Jeep Life app and pressed the unlock button and guess what? the car sitting 1500 kms away unlocked in exactly 2 seconds. Well, coming from a 2011 Hyundai, this was really fascinating.

Mintu ji took the cover out. Closed the boot. I pressed lock. He confirmed. Work done. Good job Jeep.

[bangaloreguy]

Originally Posted by redballons

Happy to address your queries, if i know the answer to them

Please let me know if we can expect any discounts in the March-Apr time frame for Longitude version. I recently checked out the sport petrol automatic at KHT. Any feedback regarding the service by this dealer will be appreciated. I live in Indiranagar and hence this dealer is pretty near to my place.

[Acelerar]

It's time to replace my Ford Endeavour 3.2 (unfortunately a very hard car to replace but as per Company car policy time to go for new Car) and one of the alternatives I am considering is the new model S launched in 2021.

I went through the thread and I am fairly clear about all the pros of this Car but wanted to get expert's opinion on the following:
1) 2021 model does seem to have rattling issues . Is there any update on this and is it fixed for the unfortunate owners who had to face this issue?
2) One main con is Car is compact width wise and would be more pronounced for someone like me coming from Ford Endeavour. But would 3 medium built adults (5.3 height and lean build) be able to sit comfortably in rear seat over long trips?
3) Does the rear seat recline in 2021 model?

[solaris007]

Originally Posted by Acelerar

I went through the thread and I am fairly clear about all the pros of this Car but wanted to get expert's opinion on the following:
1) 2021 model does seem to have rattling issues . Is there any update on this and is it fixed for the unfortunate owners who had to face this issue?

I am also very interested in this particular rattling issue especially since I have recently seen a few horror stories on Youtube involving the Model S variant. It seems that even the Jeep Club forum on Facebook has a lot of these complaints - I have not verified as the group is private.

Jeep Compass had all the bells and whistles to be the complete compact SUV but rattling issues on a 30L+ car is unforgivable. What makes this worse is that there has not been any news about permanent fixes from Jeep.

[redballons]

Originally Posted by bangaloreguy

Please let me know if we can expect any discounts in the March-Apr time frame for Longitude version.

Hard to predict, but depends on how well you can negotiate. In Dec '21 , for Longitude version there were decent discounts around 1.5L i think. Best to wait till last week of the month and then try hard to negotiate.

I recently checked out the sport petrol automatic at KHT. Any feedback regarding the service by this dealer will be appreciated. I live in Indiranagar and hence this dealer is pretty near to my place.

i have not interacted with KHT, infact i expressed my interest for a test drive back in Oct '21, till date i have not get a response. May be other Jeepers who are dealing with KHT on a regular basis can share their experience

[redballons]

1) 2021 model does seem to have rattling issues . Is there any update on this and is it fixed for the unfortunate owners who had to face this issue?

From what i have heard from other long term owners, it does exist ( for those who don't , they are lucky ). On smooth roads, i don't think there are any rattling issues, but on not so good roads, yes minor rattling issues exist. I don't have it yet, but looking at many reviews, am prepared to accept it. With music on, you won't notice it

2) One main con is Car is compact width wise and would be more pronounced for someone like me coming from Ford Endeavour. But would 3 medium built adults (5.3 height and lean build) be able to sit comfortably in rear seat over long trips?

I don't think so it would be an issue for not so tall and lean occupants. The middle portion of the portion is a wee bit curved, but good thing is back floor does not have a big hump like Skoda. Take a long test drive 1hr + and then decide.

3) Does the rear seat recline in 2021 model?

No, it does not.