2016 DODGE JOURNEY Complaints

VEHICLE NOT USED 4 DAYS, TRIED TO START, THE BATTERY TOTALLY DISCHARGED, ZERO VOLTS MEASURED WITH A VOLTMETER. NO APPARENT REASON, NOTHING WAS LEFT CONNECTED OR POWERED ON (I.E COMPUTER, PHONE, ETC.) STARTED WITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER VEHICLE, THE BATTERY CHARGED AND WORKS OK, THE SYMPTOM DID NOT RECURRED. I READ SEVERAL COMMENTS ONLINE. IS THERE A KNOWN REASON? DURING THE NO POWER ORDEAL, I NOTICED A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN: THE DRIVER'S DOOR LOCK CAN BE OPENED WITH THE KEY, WHILE THE OTHER DOORS LOCKS ARE ELECTRICALLY ACTIVATED AND IF THE CAR BATTERY IS DEAD CAN NOT BE OPENED, NEITHER FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE . THE CAR BATTERY IS PHYSICALLY LOCATED BEHIND THE LEFT FENDER, IN FRONT OF THE LEFT WHEEL AND WILL BE DAMAGED EVEN IN CASE OF A MINOR FENDER-BENDER. IF THIS WILL HAPPEN, ALL THE OCCUPANTS (EXCEPT THE DRIVER WILL BE LOCKED INSIDE). WHAT IF A FIRE WILL OCCUR? THE CAR HAS 7 SEATS! THERE MIGHT BE 7 OCCUPANTS TO BE EVACUATED THROUGH ONE DOOR ONLY! I HOPE MY CONCERN WILL REACH THE RIGHT PERSON (OR DEPARTMENT), AND I HOPE A CURE OR REMEDY WILL BE FIND. THIS WILL POSSIBLE SAVE LIVES! SINCERELY, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *CC *TR

SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER HAVING NEW TIRES PUT ON MY SUV, I NOTICED THE SERVICE AWD, TRACTION CONTROL, AND ABS LIGHTS WERE ON CONTINUOUSLY ON MY PANEL WHEN IN MOTION AND UPON LEARNING THE IGNITION BUTTON. SOMETIMES THEY'D GO OFF EITHER MOVING OR STATIONARY BUT THEN AS 2 MONTHS PASSED, THEY'D REMAIN ON AT ALL TIMES. I WASN'T ABLE TO ENGAGE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THOSE LIGHTS WERE ON. I HAD 2 NEAR ACCIDENTS FROM NEARLY HITTING 2 LARGE DEER. I HIT MY BRAKES AND MY TIRES DID BUT WASN'T TO GRIP THE ROAD AND JUST FELT LIKE THEY WERE ON ICE (IN SUMMER) . WHEN THEY WOULD GRIP THEY MADE A LOUD NOISE AND THEN I WAS ABLE TO STOP BUT NOT WITHOUT SMELLING BURNT RUBBER. I HAVE HEARD FROM A FRIEND OF MINE THAT IS A MECHANIC THAT HE HAD A FEELING IT WAS MY ABS SENSOR BUT DIDNT HAVE ACCESS TO A DODGE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AS HE WORKS FOR A DIFFERENT DEALERSHIP. IVE HEARD FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT THIS HAS BEEN A "COMMON" PROBLEM RECENTLY WITH JOURNEYS. I PAID 97 DOLLARS FOR A DIAGNOSTIC FORMA NON-DEALER GARAGE AND THEY CONFIRMED IT WAS MY RIGHT FRONT ABS SENSOR AND IT WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. I CALLED THE DODGE DEALERSHIP AND I WAS NOT INFORMED WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN THERE FOR THE RECALL THAT IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. I BROUGHT MY SUV IN AND THE ADVISOR DIDN'T BELIEVE IT WAS MY SENSOR UNTIL IT WAS REPLACED. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE JOURNEYS HAVE BEEN COMING IN BY THE DOZEN OVER THIS ISSUE AND ALL OVER THE U.S. THAT WAS THE ONLY SENSOR CHECKED AND REPLACED AND MY WARRANTY IS ABOUT DONE. PLEASE INVESTIGATE HAVE 3 KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND I DON'T WANT ACCIDENTS FOR ANYONE OVER THIS ISSUE. MY KIDS NEARLY LOST ME LAST YEAR IN A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. MY VEHICLE WAS SERVICED OCT. 2018

I HAVE A 2016 DODGE JOURNEY ABOUT A MONTH AGO RAN OVER A LARGE RAIN PUDDLE WHILE TURNING IN TO GET SOME GAS. FILLED UP AND AS I'M DRIVING OFF ABS, BRAKE, AND THE SWERVING CAR SIGNAL KEPT COMING ON. MY FUEL GAUGE READER WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO EMPTY AND THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD GO UP AND DOWN RANDOM TIMES WHILE DRIVING. COUPLE DAYS LATER WE HAD TOOK IT IN TO GET CHECKED OUT WAS TOLD MY FUEL SENSOR WENT OUT AND NEEDED TO GET A NEW FUEL PUMP BECAUSE THE SENSOR WAS INSIDE OF IT. HAD IT FIXED AFTER WAITING TWO DAYS FROM OUR CAR GUY DROVE IT OFF THE REPAIR SHOP AND NOT EVEN HOURS LATER THE SAME ISSUE. WAS TOLD I HAD WARRANTY ON FUEL PUMP PURCHASED FROM DEALERSHIP AND THEY WOULD REPLACE IT AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD NEEDED A NEW FUEL PUMP AND THEY WERE GOING TO CHARGE ME 135 PER ERROR CODE AND THEN WOULD TELL ME WHAT ADDITIONALLY NEEDED TO BE FIXED AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE THE CAR FOR UP TO A WEEK. THE CAR WAS JUST PURCHASED IN AUG 2018 AND IT HAS UNDER 54K MILES ON IT. WHILE DRIVING THE CAR AT ANY GIVEN TIME ALL THE LIGHTS CONTINUE TO COME ON. THE CAR STOPPED ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY. IT GAVE OUT ON ME IN THE CENTER HIGHWAY AND I HAD TO WAIT FOR EMERGENCY SERVECES TO ASSIST ME IT TOOK 2 HOURS AND THIS WAS AT 7 AM IN THE MORNING ON 610/10 FREEWAY IN HOUSTON, TX THE CAR HAS GIVEN OUT ON ME TWICE NOW AND IVE REPLACED THE BATTERY TWICE. WHATEVER IS THE ISSUE CONTINUES TO KILL THE BATTERY POWER AND I CAN'T FIND ANY MECHANIC INCLUDING THE DEALERSHIP TO FIX WHAT THE PROBLEM IS, BUT THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME FOR RANDOMN WORK THAT DOES NOTHING TO FIX THE ISSUE.

DRIVING UP LOMBARD STREET IN SAN FRANCISCO, WHEN I STEP ON BRAKES ON STOPS WHILE UPHILL, THEN STEP ON GAS TO DRIVE AGAIN, THE VEHICLE'S TIRES SPINS (NOT CATCHING) THEN VEHICLE WOULD DROP BACKWARDS 2 TO 5 FEET. THIS IS A VERY BUSY STREET BECAUSE IT IS A TOURIST ATTRACTION, BUT OTHER CARS ARE STAYING AWAY FROM THE JOURNEY BECAUSE IT KEEPS FALLING BACK. THIS HAPPENED IN MARCH 2017. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP, THEY CANT FIND ANY PROBLEM, SAID THAT IT IS JOURNEY'S DESIGN TO SAVE FUEL. DIDN'T USE JOURNEY IN SF AGAIN, FOR MY SAFETY AND OTHERS. JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THIS IS REALLY TRUE, THAT THIS IS THEIR DESIGN AND YOU ARE AWARE OF THIS HAPPENING. (NOT SURE OF SPECIFIC DATE BUT MARCH, 2017)

2016 DODGE JOURNEY. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE THAT CAUSES THE BATTERY TO MALFUNCTION QUICKLY. *AS THE CONSUMER STATED THE BATTERY IN THE VEHICLE FAILED FOUR TIMES AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WOULD SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING WHEN THE BATTERY FAILED. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO THE VEHICLE ONLY BEING DRIVEN 4000 MILES A YEAR. THE ELECTRONICS ON THE VEHICLE REQUIRE IT TO BE DRIVEN MORE OFTEN OR, INSTALL A BATTERY TRICKLER. *JS

WE BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 2016 JOURNEY. AFTER TWO YEARS OF OWNING (WITH NO ACCIDENTS OR ISSUES) WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE WE HAD TO SLAM ON THE BRAKES DUE TO THE CAR IN FRONT OF US RANDOMLY SLAMMING ON THEIR BRAKES. MY CHILD WAS IN THE BACK SEAT IN A SEAT BELT AND THE SEAT BELT CAME UNLATCHED, HE ENDED UP HITTING HIS HEAD ON THE BACK OF THE FRONT SEAT. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT, IT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. THIS IS THE SECOND SEAT BELT WE HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH IN THIS CAR. WE CAN CONTINUE TO GET THEM FIXED BUT WHAT IF SOMETHING WORSE HAPPENS AND ANOTHER BELT GOES BAD? THIS IS OUR FAMILIES SAFETY AND THE BELTS CONTINUE TO PROVE TO BE FAULTY ON A CAR WE BROUGHT BRAND NEW.

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION SWITCH SOME TIME I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING HIT MY CAR FROM THE BOTTOM (THIS IS A VERY TIGHT SWITCH). THIS IS A FAMILY CAR WE DRIVE VERY SAFETY. I HOPE THIS IS THE WARRANTY ISSUE.

TIPM RELAY, SOLENOID CIRCUIT, AND TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH PRESSURE CONTROL CIRCUIT HAD AND HAS TO BE REPLACED WHICH ON SEVERAL AUTOMOTIVE FORUMS IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT AND A TECHNICIAN AT A REPAIR SHOP AS STATED AS MUCH. WITH IT BEING A CAR A YEAR OLD I FIND THIS TO BE DISTURBING AND THAT CHRYSLER IS NOT STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE AND ORDER RECALLS AS THIS ALSO RESULTS IN POOR GAS MILEAGE. I HAVE HAD TO SPEND $1000 NOT TO MENTION IF WANT ALL RESOLVED ANOTHER $600 ON A PRACTICALLY NEW VEHICLE. TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERRORS IN MANUFACTURING OF VEHICLE.

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR IT WOULD SHAKE/JOLT WHEN GOING DOWN HILL AND PRESSING THE BRAKES. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER WHO SAID THAT THE ROTORS WERE WARPED AND NEEDED REPLACED, SAYING THAT THIS WAS DUE TO THE WAY I DROVE THE CAR THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS/DOWN HILL. AT THIS POINT I HAD ONLY HAD THE CAR SHORT OF TWO MONTHS. THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE BRAKES WOULD NEED REPLACED DUE TO THIS WEAR. THIS IS A FAIRLY NEW VEHICLE ONLY A YEAR OLD AT THE TIME. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? I AM TOLD THAT THIS IS "NORMAL WEAR" AND NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I HAD A DODGE DURANGO PREVIOUSLY, WENT OVER THE MOUNTAIN 20+ TIMES OVER ONE YEAR AND DID NOT HAVE TO REPLACE BRAKES OR ROTORS AND IN THE 10 YEARS I HAD THE DURANGO NEVER NEEDED ROTORS REPLACED.... FAULTY MANUFACTURING IN THE DODGE JOURNEY 2016 IF YOU ASK ME

AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON DUE TO CLOCK SPRING NOT WORKING. TURNS ON AN OFF RANDOMLY AND BEEPS