2010 DODGE JOURNEY Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE JOURNEY. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OR WHILE DRIVING, THE HORN INADVERTENTLY HONKED ON AND OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

INTERMITTENT ISSUE WITH VEHICLE NOT STARTING. HAVE RESEARCHED AND FOUND THIS ISSUE DOCUMENTED MANY TIMES ON THE INTERNET. SOMETIMES IT WILL START IF YOU PRESS THE BRAKE, PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND THEN TURN THE IGNITION, SOMETIMES IT WILL WORK IF YOU JIGGLE THE SHIFTER, SOMETIMES IT WILL WORK IF YOU TAKE THE KEY OUT AND TURN IT OVER. TODAY! NONE OF THIS HAS WORKED. WE ALSO TRIED JUMP STARTING AND THAT DIDN'THE WORK EITHER. HOPING THAT IF I LET IT SIT FOR AWHILE, I CAN GET IT STARTED SO I CAN GO TO WORK TOMORROW. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE I GAD 2 PREVIOUS DODGE VEHICLES THAT I HAD GOOD LUCK WITH, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS MAKING ME RETHINK EVER BUYING ANOTHER DODGE.

THE HORN WILL SOUND WITHOUT ANY NOTICE AND AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY. YOU CAN BE IN THE CAR OR OUT OF IT. IT CAN HAPPEN AT MULTIPLE TIMES OF THE DAY AND CAN WAKE YOU UP DURING THE NIGHT. I CONTACTED A DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THEY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROBLEM. ALTHOUGH YOU CAN GO ON THE INTERNET AND THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS AND THEY SAY THEY HAVE HAD THEIR VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP WITH NO SOLUTION. IT CAN BE UNSAFE IF YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE HORN STARTS HONKING, BUT AS I SAY IT CAN HAPPEN IN YOUR GARAGE AT NIGHT. AS FAR AS I KNOW THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS, BUT THERE SHOULD BE. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR AT LEAST THE LAST 12 MONTHS.

HORN CONSTANTLY GOING OFF DRAINING BATTERY. SO FAR I HAVE REPLACED MY BATTERY TWICE. THIS HAS HAPPENED A FEW TIMES, WHILE DRIVING, PARKED, ON AND OFF. DOESN'T MATTER JUST KEEPS GOING OFF. WE TOOK THE HOT FUSES OUT BUT THE BATTERY IS STILL BEING DRAINED BY IT.

DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHTS. THE JOURNEY HAS DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS INSTALLED BUT NOT ACTIVATED. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY ARE ONLY ACTIVATED IF THE CAR WAS SOLD NEW IN A STATE THAT REQUIRED THEM. THE DEALER SAID THEY CAN ACTIVATE BY HOOKING UP THEIR FACTORY SCANNER BUT IT WOULD COST ME SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY I NEED TO PAY TO HAVE A SAFETY FEATURE THAT WAS INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY ACTIVATED. THERE IS RESEARCH THAT SHOWS DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS SAVE LIVES AND SOME OF THE STATES I TRAVEL TO REQUIRE THAT I TURN ON MY HEADLIGHTS IF I DON'T HAVE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS. I DISCOVERED THIS RIGHT AFTER WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED.

WHEN CAR IS PARKED AND HAS SECURITY ALARM SET THE HORN WILL HONK ON AND OFF ON ITS OWN AND DEALERSHIP BLAMES THE PCM BRAIN OF VEHICLE AND KNOW OF A FEW OTHERS WHO HAVE TAKEN IN THEIR OWN DODGE JOURNEYS FOR THE SAME ISSUES AND THEY SAY IS A RECALL IN EFFECT ON THIS.

OUR ACCELERATOR PEDAL SNAPPED OFF WHILE ACCELERATING. THIS WAS DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON I-55 IN ILLINOIS BY MILE MARKER 261. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ALREADY, THE BROKEN GAS PEDAL HAPPENED WHEN I WENT TO ACCELERATE FURTHER. I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT. THERE WAS NO SHOULDER ON THE LEFT WHERE I WAS TRAVELING AND I HAD TO CROSS MULTIPLE LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GET TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER. IF I HAD TO STOP, I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET OUT OF DRIVING LANES AS THE PEDAL SNAPPED ALL THE WAY UP WHERE THE SHAFT MEETS THE FIREWALL. ILLINOIS STATE POLICE CAME TO ASSIST AFTER DODGE REFUSED TO SEND A TOW TRUCK BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, WHEN I COMMUNICATED THAT THIS WAS FAR MORE THAN A WARRANTY ISSUE, THEY RESPONDED BY STATING THAT THE SUPERVISOR WAS "TOO BUSY" TO SPEAK WITH ME DESPITE OUR CHILDREN AND US BEING STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF I-55 DURING RUSH HOUR. THE PEDAL IS MADE OUT OF A PLASTIC AND THIS PLASTIC SNAPPED EASILY UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 97,000-98,000 MILES ON OUR VEHICLE.

MY VEHICLE WILL NOT START. I TURN THE KEY AND I HEAR ONE CLICK. IT HAS A NEW BATTERY INSTALLED. THE ENGINE ALSO DIED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AFTER BEING PUT IN REVERSE. I CAN'T JUMP START MY CAR OR ANYTHING. IT REFUSES TO START.

I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE BRAND NEW IN 2010 AND DID NOT HAVE TO CHANGE THE BRAKES ON IT UNTIL 2014 - NOW, I HAVE TO CHANGE ALL 4 OF THE BRAKES RIGHT DOWN TO THE ROTORS EVERY YEAR (ALL 4 PADS AND ROTORS CHANGED 2014, 2015, 2016 AND NOW 2017, WITH CALIBERS CHANGED IN 2016 AS WELL)! THERE IS NEVER ANY SQUEAK FROM THE BRAKES OR OTHER NOISES OR FAILURE TO STOP UNTIL ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE BRAKES GRIND LOUDLY WHEN USED AND THE VEHICLE REQUIRES A GREAT DISTANCE TO STOP.

I HAVE BEEN HAVING IGNITION SWITCH ISSUES WITH MY 2010 DODGE JOURNEY--CURIOUSLY SIMILAR TO THE ISSUES THAT SPURRED A RECALL (RO3) WITH THE SAME MODEL/YEAR JOURNEYS--BUT MY VIN DIDN'T SHOW UP IN THE AFFECTED LIST. I TOOK THE JOURNEY IN TO MY CHRYSLER DEALER TO REPAIR AN IGNITION SWITCH GETTING STUCK, AND THE ESTIMATE WAS AROUND $800 TO REPAIR THE SWITCH AND REPROGRAM THE KEYS! *TR