2009 DODGE JOURNEY Complaints

CAR WILL NOT START AT TIMES, HAVE TO LET SIT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE IT WILL START. HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUE FOR MONTHS. CHANGED BATTERY BUT THAT HAS NOT HELPED. I HAVE POWER TO THE CAR BUT THE ENGINE WILL NOT TURN OVER. SENSOR IN STEERING WHEEL FOR AIRBAG IS ALSO LOOSE, LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF

CAR WILL NOT START, ONLY CLICKS. SOUNDS COME FROM THE STEREO. THIS HAS BEEN AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM FOR ABOUT 5 YEARS (I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW IN DECEMBER 2009). I HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY TWICE. THIS PROBLEM HAS GOTTEN WORSE, AS IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AND AGAIN TODAY. IT JUMPS EASILY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE JOURNEY. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS LOW SPEEDS, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED, WHICH WAS A SAFETY CONCERN. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. A DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 143,000.

HORN HAS STARTED HONKING INTERMITTENTLY, USUALLY WHILE STATIONARY AND USUALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT (THIS STARTED MID JUNE OF 2018). LAST NIGHT, STARTING AT 12:30AM, THE HORN HAS SOUNDED AT LEAST ONCE OR SEVERAL TIMES EVERY HOUR. CHANGING BATTERY IN REPLACEMENT KEY FOB HAS DONE NOTHING. (KEY FOB WAS RECALLED AND REPLACED SEVERAL YEARS AGO). CAN'T GET AN APPOINTMENT WITH A LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP FOR A WEEK SO HAVE NO IDEA WHY THIS IS HAPPENING.

REAR PARKING, BACKUP AND LICENSED PLATE LIGHTS STOP WORKING DUE TO WIRES BROKEN INSIDE THE HARNESS COMING FROM VEHICLE TO REAR DOOR, ALL THE WIRES WERE BROKEN INSIDE THE WIRE LOOM AT TOP OF THE REAR DOOR TO THE VEHICLE, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE, THE WIRES BREAK DEPENDING HOW MANY TIMES THE REAR DOOR IS OPEN/CLOSE. STRANDED CABLE WIRES USE IN THIS PLACE ARE BAD QUALITY, LIKE 7 WIRES INSIDE THE CABLE.

WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, THE HORN BLOWS LIKE YOU ARE HOLDING THE HORRN DOWN. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES N TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY. IT ALSO HAS HAPPENED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. WHILE WE WERE SLEEPING. WE THOUGHT SOMEONE WAS STEALING IT. AT LEAST 4 TIMES IT WENT OFF. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP IN OCT. 2017 THEY TOOK OUT THE HORN FUSES. BECAUSE IT BLOWED ALL NIGHT AND IT KILLED THE BATTERY. THEY CALLED IT THE GHOST HORN. SO I'M DRIVING AROUND NOW IN THIS VEHICLE WITHOUT A HORN.

UPON FULLING UP TO A STOP SIGN AND APPLYING THE BRAKE, MY CAR SHUT OFF COMPLETELY. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT A DRIVE A BLOCK OR TWO BEFORE IT DID THE SAME THING. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND AFTER LOOKING FOR A PROBLEM FOR SEVERAL DAYS THEY WERE UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR AND IT STARTED AND DROVE FINE. SEVERAL TIMES WITHIN THE PAST 6 MONTHS (JAN-JUNE 2018) I HAVE TRIED TO START MY CAR AND IT WILL NOT START. SOMETIMES MOMENTS LATER IT WILL START, SOMETIMES HOURS LATER IT WILL START. UPON SEARCHING ONLINE FOR POSSIBLE PROBLEMS, I FOUND MANY WHO HAD THE SAME ISSUES (CAR SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING, AND CAR NOT STARTING). IT SEEMS THERE WAS A RECALL TO FIX THESE VERY PROBLEMS. THE RECALL WAS REGARDING THE IGNITION MODULE. I RECENTLY PURCHASED MY CAR FROM ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL AND I DO NOT KNOW IF THE RECALL WAS ADDRESS INITIALLY. HOW CAN I FIND OUT. IF MY CAR WAS NOT FIXED, HOW CAN I GET THE RECALL FIXED NOW? IF IT WAS FIXED, THEN THE VEHICLE IS STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND THE "RECALL FIX" DID NOT ACTUALLY FIX THE PROBLEM. I HAVE BEEN CAUTIOUS DRIVING IT AS I DO NOT WANT THE VEHICLE TO TURN OFF WHILE I AM DRIVING, AGAIN NOR DO I WANT TO BE STRANDED AGAIN BECAUSE IT WON'T START.

MY CAR RANDOMLY DOESN'T START. I WILL BE PARKED, TURN OFF CAR TO RUN IN STORE WHEN I COME BACK OUT CAR WONT START. BATTERY HAS BEEN CHANGED. STILL SAME ISSUE.

TAKATA RECALL POWER TRAIN SYSTEM IS NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY. THE CAR WILL NOT START EVEN AFTER GETTING A NEW BATTERY AND REPLACING FUSES. THE CAR WAS STATIONARY PARKED IN A PARKING LOT.

CAR EXPERIENCES INTERMITTENT IGNITION FAILURE. WHILE STATIONARY WITH KEY IN IGNITION, IT WILL CLICK BUT NOT START. WE HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY, ALTERNATOR, AND STARTER BUT IT CONTINUES TO HAVE ISSUES STARTING OVER THE PAST 3 MONTHS. SOMETIMES IT WILL START FINE, BUT OTHER TIMES IT TAKES SEVERAL TRIES OVER A PERIOD OF 30 MINUTES. THE MECHANICS CANNOT FIND THE SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM EVEN WHEN ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ISSUE.