2017 DODGE JOURNEY Complaints

THE MAIN SCREEN FOR UCONNECT WENT DARK AFTER TURNING ON THE CAR (PARKED). NO RADIO, NO A/C CONTROL, NOTHING IN THE CENTER CONSOLE WOULD WORK. WE LIVE IN FL AND NO A/C IS A BIG PROBLEM, SPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A TODDLER AND A BABY. I WENT TO MY DESTINATION WITH THE DEAD CONSOLE. I WENT BACK IN THE CAR, THIS TIME EVERYTHING WAS OK. I CALLED FCA AND THEIR ANSWER WAS "GO TO A DEALER AND PAY FOR A DIAGNOSTIC, IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WE'LL REFUND YOU" I DON'T THINK THAT IS CORRECT WHEN WE ARE ON WARRANTY AND WHEN THEY KNOW THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED ISSUE. I FOUND SEVERAL CASES OF PEOPLE GOING THRU THE SAME, THEY SUGGEST REBOOT, FACTORY RESET AND OTHER NON-SENSE. CHECK THIS VIDEO (LINK) AND YOU HAVE EVIDENCE OF SEVERAL PROBLEM WITH THIS SYSTEM. THIS ALSO IS BEING GOING ON SINCE AT LEAST 2012. TIME FOR A RECALL ON UCONNECT SYSTEMS!!! HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=RWHPSFIQV1W

JUST LEFT MY DRIVE WAY NOT FROM FROM IT ABOUT TO TURN ON ANOTHER ROAD WHEN MY CAR STEERING WENT OUT THE DASH WAS FROZE AND WHEN I WENT TO USE THE BRAKES I COULDN'T. I WAS GLAD I WAS ONLY GOING 13MPH AND DIDN'T HAVE TO TURN AND NO ONE WAS AROUND ME. MY KIDS WERE IN THE CAR WITH ME WE ROLLED TO A SLOW STOP. I THEN TURNED THE PUSH BUTTON OFF THEN I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON AND IT ACTED FINE. THAT'S IS DANGEROUS. IT COULD HAVE ENDED BADLY. I JUST BOUGHT THIS CAR AND NOW I DON'T EVEN WANT IT ANYMORE. TO SCARED TO DRIVE IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 DODGE JOURNEY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED, THE VEHICLE SPONTANEOUSLY ACCELERATED TO APPROXIMATELY 100 MPH. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO DEACTIVATE THE CRUISE CONTROL AND DROVE HOME. THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO YAKIMA CHRYSLER/JEEP/DODGE/RAM (2300 GOODMAN ROAD, UNION GAP, WA 98903) WHERE THEY DETERMINED THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. TWO DAYS LATER, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE INCORRECT CODE WAS ENTERED WHEN THE VEHICLE'S COMPUTER WAS REPROGRAMMED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,063.

MY DODGE JOURNEY 2017 HAS A STEERING PROBLEM. I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM THE MARKET WHEN MY STEERING WHEEL STIFFED UP WHEN I WAS TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT. IT WAS VERY HARD TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AND THEN I TRY TO MAKE IT GO STRAIGHT AND IT WAS HARD TO EVEN IT OUT, AS WELL AS TRYING TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN.

WHILE DRIVING AT APROX 25 MPH ON A SLIGHT BEND IN THE ROAD AND SLIGHTLY ACCELERATING, I REALIZED MY ENGINE HAD DIED WHEN IT STOPPED ACCELERATING. ELECTRICAL WAS STILL WORKING, BUT THE ENGINE HAD SHUT OFF. I WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURN ON MY HAZARDS, AND PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK. I WAITED ABOUT 20 SECONDS, THEN ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE ENGINE BACK ON. THE ENGINE STARTED WITH NO TROUBLE AND WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENCE.

THE CAR HAS 35,095 MILES ON IT AND MAKES A GRINDING NOISE WHEN IT'S SLOWING DOWN FROM SPEEDS OF 25 MPH TO 35 MPH AND COMES TO A SHAKY STOP. THEN WHEN AT SPEEDS OF 50 MPH PLUS IT SHAKES AND GRINDES EVEN LOUDER. I SEE THAT IT'S A RESCUE RING ISSUE FOR THIS VEHICLE

WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY THE SPEED OF TRAFFIC WAS INCREASING BUT AFTER STEPPING ON THE ACCELERATOR SEVERAL TIMES I DISCOVERED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RESPONDING. THE ENGINE HAD DIED WITH NO WARNING LIGHTS DISPLAYED. I LOST POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. ONCE I GOT THE VEHICLE STOPPED I PUT IT IN PARK, STEPPED ON THE BRAKE AND PUSHED THE IGNITION BUTTON AND THE VEHICLE STARTED. THE VEHICLE IS ABOUT SIX MONTHS OLD WITH AROUND 10,000 MILES. THE NEXT MORNING WE TOOK IT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT BECAUSE THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS OR CODES DISPLAYED THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO.

WHILE HAVING MY CRUISE CONTROL ON I PASSED A SEMI GOING UPHILL. AS SOON AS I GOT AROUND IT AND BACK INTO THE RIGHT LANE IT LOST SPEED SIGNIFICANTLY. I PULLED ONTO THE SHOULDER AND STOPPED. AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS I PULLED BACK ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND BUILT UP MY SPEED AGAIN. ABOUT 10-20 MINUTES LATER THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. I DID NOT FEEL SAFE PASSING ANYMORE VEHICLES. I CONTINUED ON HOME WHICH WAS 2 1/2 HOURS AWAY. JUST 1 MILE BEFORE GETTING HOME MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ALL THIS HAPPENED ON SUNDAY JULY 22 ABOUT 1 PM. WE HAD JUST PURCHASED THIS DODGE ON JULY 17, 2017. MONDAY I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE WE HAD PURCHASED IT. THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE CRUISE CONTROL. WHEN I LOOKED UP ANY RECALLS IT DOESN'T SHOW ANY. IS MY DEALER LYING TO ME? ARE THEY HIDING SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT?

WE WERE DRIVING DOWN A 55 MILE PER HOUR HIGHWAY AND GETTING READY TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN ONTO A NARROW BRIDGE. WE SLOW DOWN BEFORE MAKING THE TURN AND AS WE PROCEEDED THE CAR SHUT DOWN LOSING CONTROL OF BRAKES AND POWER STEERING. WE WERE ABLE TO PULL WHEEL ENOUGH FROM GOING OFF THE BRIDGE. WE WERE ABLE TO START IT RIGHT BACKUP AFTER WE GOT CONTROL AND CAME TO A STOP, BUT IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST SCARY EXPERIENCES EVER WITH A VEHICLE. IMMEDIATELY MADE APPT TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT BY DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING TO HELP US. THEY STATED THAT DODGE IS AWARE THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE CAR SHUTTING DOWN ON A TURN IN TEMPERATURES ABOVE 105. THAT DAY THE HEIGHT WAS ONLY 99.WE DID HAVE THE NEWEST UPDATED SOFTWARE WHEN THIS OCCURRED. I HAVE CONTACTED DODGE DIRECTLY AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER THEY CAN DO SO NEXT TIME IT HAPPENS TO PRETTY MUCH CALL THEM AND SET UP APPT. WITH DEALER. I AM SO IRRITATED WITH THE WHOLE SITUATION THAT NOW WE JUST HAVE TO HOPE WE DON'T WRECK IT NEXT TIME IT HAPPENS. WE TRY NOT TO DRIVE IT AT ALL AS WE HAVE 3 SMALL CHILDREN. REALLY HOPE DODGE FIGURES SOMETHING OUT BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!

IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME TWICE SINCE I GOT THE CAR THAT I WAS UNABLE TO BUCKLE UP. THE SEAT BELT WAS LOCKED AND I COULD NOT PULL IT SO THAT I COULD BUCKLE MYSELF ... KIND OF SCARY WHEN YOUR DRIVING WITHOUT A SEAT BELT. I TRIED OPENING THE DOOR CLOSING IT TURNING ON AND OFF THE CAR PUTTING IT IN PARK ETC IN DIFFERENT PATTERNS NOTHING WORKED ... I HAD NO CHOICE I HAD TO DRIVE TO PICK UP MY KIDS AFTER LEAVING WORK