I recently test drove a Compass, a Loaded Sport model. Unless I'm missing something, the transmission only had "D" and "L" for the forward gear selection. I'm aware the tranny is not true gear, but CVT. I thought it was very smooth, albeit somewhat gutless going up a pretty good hill on the freeway here in WA State. When I returned to the dealership and voiced my concerns, the salesman said that my concerns were a "common" complaint with the Sport....but, if I bought the "Limited", the transmission shift gate was totally different than that of the Sport. He said the Limited had the capability to be manually downshifted at high speeds where the Sport did not. I didn't want leather which all their Limited's had, so I walked.
I can't find much info on the transmission differences in Jeep's brochure, or on their website, so I jumped over here from the TJ forum.
Compass owners please shed some light on the gear selection issue. If I could get a loadad sport, with cloth and a transmission that I could "kick down" at high speeds like an overdrive, I'd buy it!
Thanks.
I can't find much info on the transmission differences in Jeep's brochure, or on their website, so I jumped over here from the TJ forum.
Compass owners please shed some light on the gear selection issue. If I could get a loadad sport, with cloth and a transmission that I could "kick down" at high speeds like an overdrive, I'd buy it!
Thanks.