2010 DODGE JOURNEY Complaints

MY 2010 DODGE JOURNEY SXT IS EXPERIENCING MAJOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS DUE TO THE HORN HONKING ON IT'S OWN AS IF IT WERE POSSESSED! IT OCCURS WHILE DRIVING AS WELL AS WHEN PARKED OVERNIGHT. I HAD IT SERVICED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WHEN PROBLEM STARTED AND DEALER CHANGED CLOCK SPRING STATING IT WAS FIXED. WELL THE PROBLEM REOCCURED AND NOW IT HAS DRAINED THE BATTERY COMPLETELY DEAD SEVERAL TIME TO THE POINT OF NEEDING A NEW BATTERY. AFTER JUMP STARTING CAR AND LEAVING IT IDLE FOR 30 MIN. TO CHARGE SYSTEM I TRIED TO DRIVE IT IN FOR SERVICE BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T SHIFT CORRECTLY, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE TO SERVICE STATION. THIS IS A DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED WITH ANY OTHER VEHICLE I'VE OWNED. THIS IS ALSO A COMMON OCCURRENCE AMONG THOUSANDS OF DODGE JOURNEY OWNERS FOUND ON INTERNET TECH ASSIST SIGHTS. THE DODGE MANUFACTURER SERVICE REP. ADVISED ME TO FILE A COMPLAINT DUE TO EXTENDED COVERAGE BEING OUT OF DATE. PLEASE ADVISE ON WHAT MY LEGAL OPTIONS ARE HERE IN NEW YORK.

MY 2010 DODGE JORUNEYS HORN GOES OFF ALL ON ITS OWN. WHEN ITS PARKED, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND ALSO WHEN I AM DRIVING. SOMETIMES IT WILL GO ON FOR A FEW MINUTES TO WHERE I HAVE TO PULL THE FUSES TO GET IT TO STOP. ALSO THE CAR WONT ALWAYS START, I HAVE TO PUSH THE BRAKE AND PUT IT IN N IN ORDER TO GET IT TO START. THERE ARE TIMES JM AT A REDLIGHT OR IN TRAFFIC AND IT WILL JUST SHUT OFF AND NOT TURN BACK ON. IT CLICKS BUT WILL NOT START. SOMETIMES IT TAKES MULTIPLE TIMES TO GET IT TO START. IVE TAKEN IT TO THE SHOP TO TRY TO GET ALL THIS FIXED AND THEY CANT SEEM TO FIND THE CAUSE OF EAITHER PROBLEM. ITS EMBARASSING WHEN YOUR DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND YOUR HORN STARTS BEEPING AND PEOPLE IN FRONT OF YOU START GETTING MAD. ALSO DANGEROUS WHEN IT JUST SHUTS OFF AND WONT START BACK UP.

RANDOM CRANKING ISSUE. HAS LEFT ME STRANDED SEVERAL TIMES. IT WILL CRANK AND MOVE AND AFTER I PARK SOMEWHERE AND SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF THE NEXT TIME I GET READY TO GO SOMEWHERE IT WILL NOT CRANK. STARTER, IGNITION, BATTERY, BATTERY CABLES, ALTERNATOR HAVE BEEN REPLACED. I HAVE ALSO TAKEN THE KEY TO LOCKSMITH TO MAKE SURE IT HASN'T LOST PROGRAMMING. DEALERSHIP SAYS IT CANNOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. IT HAS LEFT ME STRANDED 18 TIMES THIS MONTH ALONE. IT RANDOMLY WILL NOT CRANK WHEN YOU TURN THE KEY. WHETHER IN MY GARAGE OR AT THE GROCERY STORE. IT WON'T RESTART UNTIL THE NEXT DAY. THIS HAS HAPPENED FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS NOW. I HAVE READ SEVERAL POSTS ON REPAIR FORUMS WHERE PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH NO REMEDY FROM THE MANUFACTURE. PLEASE HELP!

HORN GOES OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHEN DRIVING. ALSO HAVE ISSUE WITH KEY/REMOTE IF THE UNLOCK DOOR BUTTON IS HIT TO MANY TIME THE WINDOWS WILL ROLL DOWN.

HAVE HAD INTERMITTENT STARTING ISSUES AS I HAVE FOUND DO MANY OTHER OWNERS OF THIS VEHICLE. TURN KEY FOB AND NO START. STARTER AND BATTERY HAVE BEEN CHANGED. MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS ONLINE. I WAS TOLD BY MECHANIC UNTIL IT IS NO START AT ALL, DEALER ABLE TO DUPLICATED OR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATES FOR CODE NOTHING THEY CAN BE DONE. BEEN DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE INTERMITTENTLY FOR 3 YEARS.

HORN STARTS SOUNDING WHEN CAR IS PARKED IN THE GARAGE AND ENGINE IS OFF. THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 OR MORE TIMES OVER THE LAST 2 WEEKS.

EN EL TABLERO SE ENCIENDE LA LUZ DE BOLSA DE AIRE DURANTE LA CONDUCCIN DEL VEHCULO

ON HOT DAYS CAR BEGAN LEAKING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID FROM ASSUMED VENT ON TOP OF CABLE SHIFTER LINKAGE. CAR WAS SITTING AND NOT DRIVEN IN A APPROXIMATELY 3 DAYS AND WAS POSITIONED IN A FORWARD INCLINE. DIP STICK SHOWED HIGH ON THE FILL TUBE ABOVE HASH MARKS. ALSO HORN BLARING WITHOUT TOUCHING. REGARDLESS IF SOMEONE IS IN THE CAR OR NOT. THE HORN WILL GO OFF ALL TIMES OF DAY OR NIGHT. IT IS A HONK. HONK....HOOOOOONK.....HOOOOOOOONK. BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT IS SOMEONE IS ANGRY OR AN EMERGENCY IS TAKING PLACE AND OTHER DRIVERS NEED TO MOVE. IT IS RANDOM ON WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN

CAME OUT FROM THE STORE AND TRIED TO START MY CAR AND IT WOULDN'T START. THE ENGINE WON'T EVEN CRANK. IT IS APPARENTLY A KNOWN ISSUE THAT THE MANUFACTURER REFUSES TO DO A RECALL FOR.

ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, THIS CAR WILL NOT START. WHEN TURNING THE KEY IT WILL CLICK BUT NOT TURN OVER. I HAVE HAD IF INTO THE MECHANICS SEVERAL TIMES, THEY HAVE TESTED THE STARTER, HAD THE SPARK PLUGS CHANGED, INCLUDING THE WIRES. STILL INTERMITTENTLY WILL NOT START. ESPECIALLY IF IT'S HOT OUT OR CAR IS HOT. SOME TIMES IT TAKES MULTIPLE TURNS OF THE FOB TO TURN OVER ENGINE. I HAVE READ CAR GURUS FORUMS AND HUNDREDS COMPLAIN OF THIS SAME ISSUE. IT DOES SOMETIMES START IF YOU DEPRESS BRAKE PEDAL THEN PUT IT IN NEUTRAL POSITION THEN TURN KEY AND IT WILL START. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON NOW FOR ABOUT 2 YRS AND NO MECHANIC CAN SEEM TO FIGURE OUT THE ISSUE. I HAD SHUT MY VEHICLE OFF THE OTHER DAY WHILE WAITING FOR A LONG TRAIN TO PASS AT A CROSSING, AS SOON AS THE TRAIN PASSED AND WAS ABLE TO CROSS OVER TRACKS, THE DODGE JOURNEY WOULD NOT RESTART, WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED FROM CARS BEHIND ME. TOOK MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO START THIS VEHICLE. THERE IS CLEARLY AN OUTSTANDING IGNITION ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. WHEN I CONTACTED DODGE DEALERSHIP THEY ALSO WERE AWARE OF THIS INTERMITTENT ISSUE BUT HAD NO SOLUTION. SOMEONE NEEDS TO LOOK AT THIS ISSUE AS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. A REAR END COLLISION CAN CAUSE AIRBAGS TO DEPLOY AS WELL CAUSING INJURIES, ALL BECAUSE YOUR CAR WON'T RESTART IF YOU TURN IGNITION OFF DUE TO TRAFFIC DELAYS OR TRAIN CROSSINGS.