2010 DODGE JOURNEY Complaints

MY 2010 DODGE JOURNEY STARTED RECENTLY ITS NOT STARTING WHEN I TURN THE KEY IT JUST GOES CLICK. AFTER A WHILE IT MIGHT START OR IF I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL IT MIGHT START. THE HORN ALSO GOES OFF ON IT'S ON FROM TIME TO TIME . THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY THE TIMES IT WOULDN'T START BUT IT WAS BOTH STATIONARY AND MOVING IN TRAFFIC WHEN HORN WENT OFF.

THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD MULTIPLE ISSUES. STARTER SOUNDS LIKE IT'S STICKING AT START OF ENGINE THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE WE GOT THE VEHICLE. IN 2018 I HAD TO REPLACE THE BATTERY AND THE ALTERNATOR BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING, AT ONE POINT WITH MY 5YR OLD DAUGHTER EXITING THE FREEWAY(A VERY SCARY AND EXTREMELY UNSAFE EXPERIENCE) REPLACED WATER PUMP AND TOP FRONT HOSE AFTER I FOUND PUDDLE OF FLUID FROM COOLANT TANK. OTHER WORK DONE ,REPLACED CV JOINTS, LOUD CLICKING WHEN SHARP TURNS WERE MADE AND SHOCKS AND STRUTS REPLACED. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING AS IT DID BEFORE ALTERNATOR WAS FIXED. NOW I'M EXPERIENCING MORE ELECTRICAL ISSUES LIGHTS TURNING ON AND OFF ON THEIR OWN, AC WILL BLOW AIR SOME TIMES AND OTHER TIMES NO AIR AT ALL. THE TRACTION LIGHT COMES ON AND CAR WILL NOT GO OVER 20-30 MPH. GAS WILL NOT REV UP. GOING TO GET CAR TOWED TO THE MECHANIC TODAY TO DIAGNOSE . SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR ISSUES WITH THIS VEHICLE MODEL. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE, WILL BE CALLING CHRYSLER AND DODGE DEALERSHIP.

I HAVE HAD INTERMITTENT STARTING PROBLEMS, I PUT THE FOB IN , TURN THE KEY , THE DASH LIGHTS COME ON , THERE IS A CLICK , BUT IT WILL NOT TURN OVER. I CAN WAIT FROM A FEW MINUTES TO A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE IT WORKS AGAIN. THERE IS NO SET PATTERN AND WE HAVE HAD EVERYTHING CHECKED. IT LEFT US IN PARKING LOTS AT WORK BEFORE WHILE IT WONT START, CAUSING US TO BE LATE PICKING KIDS UP FROM SCHOOL AND EVEN AT THE STORE. LOOKING ONLINE MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. IF THERE IS THIS MANY OUT THERE WHY IS THERE NOT SOMETHING BEING DONE ABOUT IT?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE JOURNEY. WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN AND WAS RESTARTED. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH. THERE WAS NO WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED AL SERRA CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM AT 810-202-0890 (LOCATED AT 6185 S SAGINAW ST, GRAND BLANC, MI 48439) AND WAS INFORMED TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED A CASE NUMBER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 112,000.

MY WIFE CAR KEEP STARTING ON ITS OWN. SHE WAS AT WORK A FEW TIMES AND HER COWORKER INFORMED HER HER CAR WAS RUNNING. THERE'S NO LIGHT ON THE DASH THAT WOULD SAY WHAT CAUSES IT.

FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS MY CAR HORN HONKS WHENEVER IT WANTS TO, IN TRAFFIC OR PARKED IN GARAGE. OTHER DRIVERS THINK I AM HONKING AT THEM (SO FAR NEITHER MY WIFE NOR I HAVEN'T ENCOUNTERED A DISGRUNTLED DRIVER). DODGE DEALERSHIP DOESN'T RECOGNIZE THIS AS AN SAFETY ISSUE.

I HAVE REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR TWICE SINCE WE BOUGHT IT. BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON , THE AND LIGHT COMES ON AND THE TRACTION LIGHT COMES ON. SOMETIMES THE JUST FLASH OFF AND ON. THEN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE DAYS THESE LIGHTS ARE PERSISTENTLY ON AND THE CAR DOES NOT WANT TO GO OVER 20 TO 30 MILES PER HOUR. TWO OF THE FOUR CYLINDERS SEEMS TO BE "MISFIRING" OR NOT FIRING AT ALL. ALL THESE THINGS ARE OBVIOUSLY HAPPENING WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. AND SOMETIMES WHEN YOU ARE COMING TO A STOP SIGN OF TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE VEHICLE WILL JUST SHUTDOWN. THEN YOU HAVE TO TRY AND JUMP IT OFF FOR IT TO CRANK AGAIN....IF IT WILL CRANK AT ALL. HAD TO TOW IT TO A GARAGE FOR REPAIR ON MARCH 24, 2019. REPLACED THE BATTERY, ALTERNATOR(FOR THE SECOND TIME), AND SPARK PLUGS.

MY JOURNEY WAS WORKING FINE UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO, WHEN THE BATTERY SEEMINGLY DIED. I REPLACED IT (NO SMALL FEAT) AND ALL WAS GOOD FOR A BIT. NOW, EVERY THIRD DAY, I GO OUT AND THE CAR IS DEAD. THE BATTERY IS BRAND NEW, BUT THE CAR ACTS AS IF IT IS DEAD. I DISCONNECT THE NEGATIVE LEAD, [PUT IT BACK ON, AND VOILA, IT STARTS AGAIN. THE BATTERY IS FINE. AT LEAST FOR A DAY, AND THE REPEATS...OVER AND OVER. I TOOK IT IN FOR THE RECALL ON THE STEERING COLUMN ELECTRICAL ISSUE AND IT LASTED FOR A WEEK AFTER THAT, AND THEN DEAD AGAIN. I SEE THE FORUMS THAT SAY LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM...HAS ANYONE ACTUALLY GOT IT FIXED IN WHICH IT HAS STAYED FIXED? SINCE DODGE REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM, WE ARE IN A BAD CATCH-22 IN WHICH THE DEALER CAN'T/WON'T FIX IT BECAUSE IF THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE, THEN THEY FEEL RESPONSIBLE FOR IT, WHICH THEY CAN'T /WON'T DO. SO I AM IN THE ENDLESS BACK-AND-FORTH WITH REPAIR PLACES, WHO I SUSPECT JUST DISCONNECT THE NEGATIVE TERMINAL, RECONNECT IT, CALL VICTORY AND CHANGE ME $200. I HAVE REPLACED STARTER, ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY 3 TIMES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE JOURNEY. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE ENGINE SEIZED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. CHARLES CAPPER FORD INC (409 N HIGHLAND ST, WILLIAMSBURG, IA 52361, (319) 668-1910) DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE, BUT COULD NOT LOCATE A FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

WHEN INSERTING THE KEY FOB IN THE IGNITION SOMETIMES, THE CAR MAKES A CLICKING SOUND & WON'T START. TO GET THE CAR TO START WHEN THIS OCCURS, YOU HAVE TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL, PUT YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE & TURN THE KEY FOB & IT FINALLY STARTS - RIDICULOUS. THE KEY FOB WAS REPLACED WHEN WE RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE.AWHILE AGO. RECALL NOTICE #11V-139. THIS ISSUE IS VERY ANNOYING & NEEDS TO BE RECTIFIED. *JS