2017 DODGE JOURNEY Complaints

WE WERE DRIVING MY CAR LAST NIGHT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS A BIG POP SOUND AND MY HUSBAND GOT HIT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD WITH THE HEADREST. I GUESS WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS THE HEADREST DEPLOYED OUT OF THE BLUE FOR NO REASON.

VEHICLE RANDOMLY STARTED JERKING AND LOSING POWER AS I DROVE HOME ON THE HIGHWAY. GOT IT CHECKED AND SAID IT WAS CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSOR BANK 1. GOT BOTH SENSORS CHANGED AND DID A RELEARN. AFTER 24 HOURS IT DID IT AGAIN. DONT KNOW IF IT IS WIRING OR COMPUTER PROBLEM...STILL GIVING SAME CODE WHEN CHECKED.

AFTER 65,500 MILES, MY TWO YEAR OLD DODGE JOURNEY HAS A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. THE HYDRAULIC PUMP BLEW AND CAUSED COMPLETE DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION COSTING ME $3500 TO GET THE COMPLETE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. IT'S RIDICULOUS THIS IS HAPPENING TO A 2 YEAR OLD CAR WITH ONLY 65K MILES ON IT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 DODGE JOURNEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START AND THE TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE GAUGE INDICATED THAT IT WAS TOO HOT TO START. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT COULD TAKE TEN TO THIRTY MINUTES FOR THE VEHICLE TO COOL DOWN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED FIVE TIMES INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SMOKY MOUNTAIN CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (556 HIGHLANDS RD, FRANKLIN, NC 28734, (828) 369-5003), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS TAKEN TO THE SAME DEALER; HOWEVER, A FAILURE CODE COULD NOT BE LOCATED. THE DEALER PERFORMED A FLASH TO THE SYSTEM, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE STALLING FAILURE OCCURRED ONCE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO HAYES CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM OF GAINSVILLE (3115 FRONTAGE RD, GAINESVILLE, FL 30504 (770) 766-4758) WHERE IT WAS AWITING DIAGNOSES AND REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: [XXX]. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 47,800. *LN CONSUMER STATED AGAIN ON 6/11/20 CAR STARTED THEN DIED AND TOWED TO DEALER. MECHANIC STATED FUEL PUMP IS NO LONGER FUNCTIONING. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).'*JB

THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHERE MY HEADLIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS HAVE WENT OUT WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND I GOT PULLED OVER THE OTHER NIGHT FOR NO HEADLIGHTS OR TAIL LIGHTS FOR IT BEING A HAZARD. I WORK NIGHT SHIFTS AND I NEED MY HEADLIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS UNLESS I AM IN A DIMLY LIGHT AREA AND I DONT KNOW OF THEY ARE ON OR NOT AND I DONT GET NO WARNING OF WHEN THEY ARE OFF. THAT IS WHY IM FILING THIS COMPLAINT.

I JUST BECAME AWARE THAT A RECALL WAS MADE FOR MY VEHICLE, A 2017 DODGE JOURNEY. LAST YEAR I HAD AN ACCIDENT IN NORRISTOWN, PA AFTER MY CAR FAILED TO STOP OR SLOW DOWN WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN LEFT WITH CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED ON A CITY STREET. MY VEHICLE WENT UP A HILL, OVER A COUPLE OF FENCES, BEFORE STOPPING AGAINST A TREE. A FEW INCHES FURTHER RIGHT AND MY 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER MIGHT HAVE BEEN BADLY HURT OR KILLED. MY CAR HAD BODY DAMAGE, THE BUMPER TORN OFF, THE PASSENGER DOORS DAMAGED, THE RADIATOR AND AC DAMAGED (AC STILL DOESN'T WORK), AND I NEEDED TO HAVE THE CONDENSER REPLACED. I KNEW THE CAR HAD MALFUNCTIONED, BUT NEVER RECEIVED ANY CALLS OR LETTERS ABOUT ANY RECALLS DESPITE BUYING THE CAR BRAND NEW.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2017 DODGE JOURNEY. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS HEARD AND SMOKE APPEARED FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT COASTED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE OCCUPANTS EXITED THE VEHICLE. AFTERWARDS, THE VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES AND BURNED TO THE GROUND. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO A TOW LOT. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 DODGE JOURNEY. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT CRANK; HOWEVER, THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS WERE OPERABLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START UNLESS IT WAS JUMPSTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ATLANTA WEST CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (1251 THORNTON RD, LITHIA SPRINGS, GA 30122, (770) 942-1102), BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SAME DEALER. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE BATTERY FAILED TWO OUT OF THE THREE TIMES IT WAS TESTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,000.

MY WIFE WENT TO START THE JOURNEY, CAR WON'T START BRAKES WON'T PRESS DOWN ALL I HEAR IS CLICKING SOUND LIKE THE CAR WANTS TO START BUT WON'T, LOOK FOR HELP ONLINE WHAT I GET IS THAT IT'S A SECURITY ISSUE THAT HAS THE CAR LOCKED TRIED TO OVER RIDE BY DISCONNECTING THE POSITIVE CABLE TO RESET BUT NOTHING, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH DODGE VEHICLES

WE HAVE REPLACED ALL THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE AND IT IS ONLY THREE YEARS OLD WITH 45K MILES ON IT. AND WE ARE GETTING READY TO REPLACE ANOTHER TIRE THAT IS NOT EVEN A YEAR OLD YET.