2009 DODGE JOURNEY Complaints

JUST REPLACED BATTERY. WAS WORKING AND STARTING FINE AFTER REPLACING FOR A FEW WEEKS. WENT TO WORK YESTERDAY MORNING AND LEFT FOR LUNCH WITH NO ISSUES. WENT TO START CAR TO RETURN TO WORK AFTER LUNCH AND WOULDN'T TURN OVER AT ALL. I WOULD TURN THE KEY AND GET ONE CLICK BUT NOT TURNING OVER. MY RADIO, LIGHTS AND WINDOWS ALL WORK WHEN KEY IS IN THE ON POSITION. CHARGED THE BATTERY FOR NEARLY 40 MINUTES AND STILL NO START ONLY A CLICK. HAVE ALSO HAD ON-GOING ISSUES WITH WIRING HARNESSES THROUGHOUT VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE JOURNEY. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE ABS, EBS, AND TRACTION CONTROL INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. AFTER TURNING THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTING IT, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 179,000.

DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG CONECTOR BURNED OUT CAUSING AIRBAG TO ERROR AND NOT DEPLOY. AIRBAG LIGHT ACTIVATED WHILE PARKED.

THE CAR SOMETIME DOES NOT START AFTER TURNING OFF ENGINE. IN ORDER TO RESTART I HAVE TO PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, TURN KEY TO RUN WITH OUT STARTING, THEN SHIFT LEVER TO NEUTRAL, THEN TURN KEY TO CRANK MOTOR TO START. MOST OF THE TIMES THE CAR STARTS AS NORMAL, BUT SOMETIMES I HAVE TO PUT CAR IN NEUTRAL TO START MOTOR. MOVING THE SHIFT LEVER AROUND SEEMS TO DO THE TRICK.

DO SOMETHING THIS HAS BEEN A SAFETY AND INCONVENIENCE PROBLEM FOR YEARS IT IS ALL OVER THE INTERNET AND YOU HAVE RECEIVED MANY COMPLAINTS

VEHICLE WILL NOT START. REPLACED BATTERY, REPLACED STARTER, REPLACED RELAYS AND FUSES, CLEANED CONNECTIONS. 100'S OF REPORTS WITH THIS PROBLEM ALL OVER THE INTERNET. PUTTING THE CAR IN NEUTRAL DOES NOT HELP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE JOURNEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EPS WARNING INDICATOR FLASHED AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME EXTREMELY TIGHT AND THERE WAS AN INTERNAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE, WHICH CAUSED THE RADIO AND BRAKES NOT TO WORK. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER (TRANSITOWNE JEEP CHRYSLER DODGE RAM OF WEST SENECA, 2989 TRANSIT RD, ELMA, NY 14059, (716) 674-6400) DIAGNOSED THAT THE RETURN POWER STEERING HOSE, COOLER, AND ABS UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE UNKNOWN ABS AND BRAKE SYSTEM RECALLS AND HAD NOT PROVIDED AN ELECTRICAL SOLUTION TO THE DEALER. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE NOT AVAILABLE.

MY AIR BAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR2 PLUS YEARS MY CAR MISSED THE RECALL NUMBER BY A FEW THOUSAND CARS FOR THE PREVIOUS ONES AND I AM WORRIED MY AIR BAGS WON'T DEPLOY IF THERE IS A ACCIDENT IT'S ALWAYS ON THE LIGHT DOES NOT GO OFF

OVER THE LAST 3 YEARS I HAVE HAD AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF WORK DONE ON MY BRAKES. ON THE FRONT WHEELS, BOTH HAVE HAD 3 NEW SETS OF ROTORS, 2 OF WHICH HAD TO BE RESURFACED, 3 SETS OF BRAKE PADS, 2 NEW CALIPERS FOR THE LEFT AND 1 FOR THE RIGHT, 1 BRAKE HOSE AND 1 HUB BEARING FOR THE LEFT. THE REAR TIRES HAVE HAD A NEW SET OF ROTORS, WHICH WERE RESURFACED TODAY, AND A NEW HUB BEARING ON THE REAR LEFT. THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN WRECKED, AND I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY MY DRIVING IS NOT THE CAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. WHEN THE BRAKES HAVE GONE BAD, I HEAR A SQUEAL, THERE IS VIBRATION IN THE WHEEL AND THE BRAKE PEDAL, AND THE CAR WOULD PULL TO THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT, DEPENDING ON WHICH CALIPER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED ON A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL THAN ON THE CONSUMER'S DIME.

MASTER WINDOW SWITCH QUIT WORKING, BOUGHT A NEW SWITCH THAT DIDNT FIX IT AND SO I DID SOME RESEARCH AND SEE THERE WAS A RECALL ON THESE VEHICLES FOR THE COPYRIGHT 2011, CHRYSLER GROUP LLC, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FEBRUARY 2011 DEALER SERVICE INSTRUCTIONS FOR: SAFETY RECALL K07 FRONT DOOR WIRING HARNESSES 2009 (JC) DODGE JOURNEY NOTE: THIS RECALL APPLIES ONLY TO THE ABOVE VEHICLES BUILT FROM NOVEMBER 01, 2007 THROUGH NOVEMBER 07, 2008 (MDH 110122 THROUGH 110723) WHICH ALSO EFFECTS MY LIGHTING AND POSSIBLY AIRBAGS . I HAVE CHILDREN THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE .