2014 DODGE JOURNEY Complaints

WHILE CLEANING MY VEHICLE IN MY DRIVE WAY I NOTICED A COMPARTMENT UNDER MY STEERING WHEEL SHOWING. I THEN TOOK IT TOO A DODGE DEALERSHIP FOR A RECALL THAT I RECEIVED IN THE MAIL AND I ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE CLOTH LIKE MATERIAL SHOWING UNDER MY STEERING WHEEL. THE YOUNG MAN NOTIFIED ME THAT IT WAS THE AIRBAG COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE STEERING WHEEL AS WELL AS A SENSOR/ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. I AM A NEW MOM TO BE AND HAVING A NEWBORN IN THIS VEHICLE IS UNEXCEPTIONABLE. THIS VEHICLE IS ONLY A FEW YEARS OLD WITH SO MANY RECALLS. IM SO DISAPPOINTED

I HAVE HAD MY CRUISE CONTROL SENSOR REPLACED MULTIPLE TIMES WITHIN THE LAST TWO YEARS DUE TO IT NOT ACTIVATING. AFTER THE LAST REPAIR WITHIN 3 MONTHS IT AGAIN STOPPED ACTING ATING. THIS WAS ABOUT 8 MONTHS AGO. 3 WEEKS AGO I WENT TO RELEASE MY PARKING BRAKE AND HEARD A LOUD THUD SOUND. THE FOOT PEDAL WOULD NO LONGER CATCH AND SIMPLY MADE A CLICKING SOUND. I HAD ALREADY SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT FOR DECEMBER 16, 2019 TO REPAIR MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER DUE TO A RECALL THAT HAD BEEN ISSUED AND LET THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT KNOW I HAD CONCERNS WITH WHAT POSSIBLY COULD BE MY EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE. THEY TOLD ME I COULD PAY TO GAVE IT DIAGNOSED BUT I LET THEM KNOW I WOULD HAVE TO RESCHEDULE. WITHIN THIS LAST WEEK MY TRUCK HAS BEEN FLASHING THE TRACTION WARNING LIGHT AS WELL AS THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL SENSOR LIGHT WHICH SEEMS TO COME ON SPORADICALLY. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE LINE COULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT THROUGH A RECALL FOR APPROXIMATELY 276,000 MODEL-YEAR 2012-15 DODGE JOURNEY SUVS MANUFACTURED BETWEEN APRIL 21, 2012, AND APRIL 14, 2015. THIS SEAL OF THE WIRING HARNESS MAY HAVE PREVENT WATER FROM GETTING INTO THE SYSTEM ON MY TRUCK. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH THE PROBLEM MAY BE MY SPEED SENSOR, WHICH IS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THE ABS SYSTEM. THE CONSTANT REPLACING OF THE CRUISE CONTROL MAY HAVE BEEN A SIGN THAT THIS SYSTEM WAS BEING AFFECTED.

PROBLEM STARTED WITH 2014 DIDGE JOURNEY SXT GOING INTO LIMP MODE. CODE THAT APPEARED WERE THROTTLE BODY SENSOR, CHANGED THAT. IT WENT INTO LIMP MODE IMMEDIATELY AFTER AND CODE WAS THROTTLE BODY, CHANGED THAT. IT WENT INTO LIMP MODE IMMEDIATELY AGAIN. SAME CODES. SENT TO SHOP THEY SAID IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION, $220 FOR AN OVERHAUL OF THAT. 2 TO 3 WEEKS AFTER, LIMP MODE AGAIN. SAME CODES. BROUGHT IT TO DODGE DEALERSHIP AND THE DIAGNOSIS IT SAYING I NEED A NEW PCM AND WIRE HARNESS. THOSE ITEMS WERE REPLACED. 2 TO 3 WEEKS AFTER THAT WORK. CAR GOES INTO LIMP MODE AGAIN WHILE ON THE HWY. CAR IS CURRENTLY AT DODGE DEALERSHIP AGAIN, NOW THEY'RE SAYING IT'S THE STARTER CAUSING THE PROBLEM. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN SINCE JULY 2019 AND IS STILL ONGOING, LAST LIMP MODE WAS SUNDAY DECEMBER 15, 2019. I HAVE TONS OF DOCUMENTATION OF THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE PLEASE ADVISE IF YOU SHOULD NEED ANY

EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY CARS HEADRESTS RATTLE AND MOVE LOOSELY IN POSITION. THERE ARE ALSO NO RUBBER SUPPORT PIECES AROUND THE INCERT/ADJUSTMENT BEAMS TO SECURE THE HEADREST IN PLACE PROPERLY.

PURCHASED MY 2014 DODGE JOURNEY IN FEBURARY 2019. BEFORE HAVING COUPLE RECALLS DONE ON MY I HAD NO LIGHTS ON MY DASH BOARD EVER SINCE PURCHASED MY CAR. THEN I HAD RECALL T47 DONE ON MY CAR IN APRIL 2019 THERE BEGINS TO START RANDOMLY FLASHING THE AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT LIGHT ON MY DASHBOARD. COULD BE IN PARK OR IN GEAR THE LIGHT WILL APPEAR AND STAY ALL AT RANDOM. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP TO SCHEDULE AN ADDITIONAL RECALL AND INFORMED THEM OF THIS AIRBAG LIGHTING ISSUE. WAS TOLD THAT IT CAUSED FROM MY SEATBELT WIRING. IF THAT WAS THE CASE THEN THE LIGHT WOULD HAVE CAME ON BEFORE EVER HAVING ANY RECALLS DONE MORE SPECIFICALLY THE T47 RECALL FOR EXACTLY THAT ISSUE WITH THE AIRBAG WIRING. THEN THE GUY ATTEMPTS TO PROVIDE ME WITH A QUOTE ON HOW MUCH THEY WERE GOING TO TRY AND CHARGE ME TO HAVE IT FIXED !! I DONT KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD CALL THIS BUT I KNOW IT CAN NOT BE LEGAL !! PLEASE INVESTIGATE AND HELP STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING TO ANYONE ELSE WHO USES THIS DEALERSHIP !!!

MY VEHICLE HAS SHUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING THREE TIMES IN THE LAST MONTH. ALL THREE TIMES WERE AT LOW SPEEDS WHILE PULLING INTO A DRIVEWAY. I THEN PUT IT IN PARK, PRESSED MY IGNITION BUTTON TO OFF, THEN PUSHED THE IGNITION BUTTON WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND IT STARTED ALL THREE TIMES ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT. WHEN IT SHUT OFF, I LOST POWER STEERING ALL THREE TIMES, SO THANKFULLY I WAS AT LOW SPEED. I DO CURRENTLY HAVE CODE P0016 WHEN I SCAN IT WITH MY READER. I HAD A LOCAL MECHANIC CHANGE 1 OF MY CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSORS BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT AUTOZONE RECOMMENDED. THAT DIDN'T SOLVE ANYTHING. THEN I MADE AN APPOINTMENT AT DODGE OF BLOOMINGTON, MN TO HAVE A LUGNUT REPAIRED AND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FURTHER DIAGNOSED. THEY REPLACED THE LUGNUT BUT TOLD ME THEY DIDN'T HAVE TIME LEFT IN THE DAY TO LOOK AT LIGHT, AND SAID NO RENTAL VEHICLES WERE AVAILABLE, WHICH IS ODD CONSIDERING THE 500 VEHICLES IN THEIR LOT. SO I MADE AN APPOINTMENT AT COON RAPIDS CHRYSLER AND THEY DUG AROUND FOR THREE HOURS, TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING BUT CHARGED ME $500. AGAIN NO RENTALS HERE EITHER. HOW FAR DO WE DIG, I HAVE 297,000 MILES BUT OTHER THAN THIS RECENT ISSUE, VEHICLE HAS BEEN GOOD. HAPPY TO INCLUDE ANYTHING EXTRA YOU WOULD LIKE. I DID HAVE COON RAPIDS CHRYSLER REPLACE A CAMSHAFT IN SPRING OF 2019 WHEN ENGINE WAS TICKING. THAT SOLVED THE TICKING. I DID NOTICE MY TICK IS BACK TO ABOUT 75% OF THE SOUND IT WAS IN THE SPRING AFTER MY NOVEMBER 29TH ATTEMPTED DIAGNOSIS AT COON RAPIDS. TYPING ON MY PHONE, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR A FEW MISSED CAPITALIZATIONS. FIRST SHUTOFF WAS NOVEMBER 15TH, RECENT ONE WAS DECEMBER 15TH AND THEN ONE IN BETWEEN.

THE RADIO WILL RANDOMLY TURN STATIONS AND JUST COMPLETELY GO BLACK. THE A/C TURNS ITSELF ON AND OFF. THE AIRBAG LIGHTS KEEP RANDOMLY COMING UP AND THEN GO AWAY.THIS ALL HAPPENS RATHER I'M DRIVING FAST, SLOW, OR STOPPED AT A LIGHT AND HAS HAPPENED SINCE PURCHASING THE CAR A YEAR AGO. I'M ALSO HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON WITH IT BEING THE P0420. I ONLY USE MID GRADE GAS AND ONLY FROM EXXON OR CHEVRON. I ALSO MAKE SURE THE GAS CAP IS ON TIGHTLY. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL BE ON ONE DAY AND NOT THE NEXT.

MY 2014 DODGE JOURNEY WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVE WAY, I TRIED TO START UP THE CAR AND IT DID NOT WANT TO TURN ON. ON THE DASH THE FOLLOWING APPEARED AND FLASHED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE TURNING OFF: A RED LIGHTNING BOLT AND AIRBAG. THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT ALSO FLASHED IN YELLOW HOWEVER IT DID STAY ON. I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT NEEDED A BATTERY REPLACEMENT SO WITH BATTERY JUMPER CABLES WE ATTEMPTED TO GET THE JOURNEY TO START AND IT REFUSED TO START EVEN AFTER LEAVING THE CARS CONNECTED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. I READ SOME FORUMS ONLINE AS MORE PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE WITH THEIR DODGE JOURNEY'S (RANGING FROM 2009-2016 MODELS) TWO GENTLEMEN STATED IF YOU PLACE THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND THEN START THE VEHICLE IT WOULD CRANK UP HOWEVER MY CAR DID NOT. THE BRAKE PEDAL SEEMS STUCK AND EXTREMELY HARD TO PRESS DOWN AS WELL BUT THAT'S USUALLY LIKE THAT FOR ME ON ANY GIVEN DAY TO START MY CAR. I ATTEMPTED TO START UP THE VEHICLE AGAIN WITHOUT USING JUMPER CABLES AND THE DASH THEN STATED IT DID NOT DETECT THE KEY BUT THE KEY WAS INSIDE THE CAR WITH ME, AGAIN ALL LIGHTS TURNING ON, FLASHING AND THEN TURNING OFF ONLY FOR TRANSMISSION LIGHT TO STAY ON. I AM AWARE THERE ARE SOME PREVIOUS AND MORE RECENT RECALLS WITH THIS VEHICLE AND I'VE HAD TWO REPAIRED HOWEVER THE DEALER DOES NOT MAKE IT EASY FOR THE JOB TO BE DONE, EITHER PARTS NEED TO BE ORDERED AND ARE NOT IN TO SOMEONE NOT REACHING OUT WHEN THEY'RE READY AS WELL AS BEING TOLD MY CAR WOULD NEED TO STAY THERE OVERNIGHT TO SEVERAL DAYS AS THEY WERE EXTREMELY BUSY WHICH DOES NOT WORK FOR ME. I AM NOT SURE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS BUT IT SEEMS TO BE ELECTRICAL (UNKNOWN). 12/07/2019 I TRIED TO START UP THE VEHICLE ONCE AGAIN AND STILL DOES NOT TURN ON, TRANSMISSION LIGHT AND AIRBAG LIGHT BOTH STAY ON.

DODGE STATES THERE IS A RECALL ON THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THE DEALER WILL REPLACE THE PART BUT STATES THAT IT IS A BOLT IN BOLT OUT PART AND THE LABOR TO GET TO THE PART WILL BE $1100. THE LABOR IS NOT COVERED. I ALSO CONTACTED CORPORATE DODGE AND I WOULD NEED TO PAY AND BE REIMBURSED. DODGE CONTACTED US FOR THE RECALL, WE DID NOT INITIATE THE ISSUE.

THE BACK UP CAMERA IS INTERMITTENT AND DOES NOT WORK. THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE GAUGE IS OFF BY 20 DEGREES THE TIRE PRESSURE GAUGE DOES NOT WORK. THIS ALL HAPPENS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS STARTED. THE BACK UP CAMERA DOES NOT WORK WHEN I PUT IT IN REVERSE.