2010 DODGE JOURNEY Complaints

WITHOUT WARNING, THE HORN STARTS BLARING, WHETHER WE ARE IN THE CAR OR NOT. THIS HAPPENS DAILY! HAD TO TAKE THE FUSE OUT THAT CONTROLS THE HORN! THE ALARM WOULD START BLARING AT NIGHT AND WILL NOT GO OFF, WEARING THE BATTERY DOWN IF WE DO NOT HEAR IT IN THE GARAGE, WHICH IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE HOUSE. I HAVE READ COUNTLESS OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM! NOT HAVING A HORN IS DANGEROUS, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THE AIR BAG IS AFFECTED! DODGE WANTS $105 TO CHECK THE PROBLEMS, AND APPROXIMATELY $400 TO REPAIR, PER THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP. NO HELP FROM MANUFACTURER!

THIS CAR IS SIX YEARS OLD AND I HAVE NOW HAD TO REPLACE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS THREE TIMES. EACH TIME THE TECHNICIAN INDICATES THAT THERE IS MINIMAL BRAKE PAD LEFT AND THE ROTORS ARE RUSTED, PITTED AND OVERHEATED. THEY RECOMMEND IN EACH CASE THAT THE THE REPAIR IS A SAFETY CONCERN. WHAT I HAVE READ ONLINE FROM OTHER JOURNEY OWNERS IS THAT THE BRAKES ARE WOEFULLY INADEQUATE FOR THE VEHICLE SIZE AND WEIGHT. IT IS TIME THAT CHRYSLER REPAIR THIS ONCE AND FOR ALL.

SEVERAL TIMES LAST WEEK WHILE PARKED AND LOCKED (USING THE KEY FOB) THE HORN HAS RANDOMLY HONKED. JUST THIS WEEK ONCE WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET THE HORN HONKED. THIS HAS HAPPENED 6 OTHER TIMES THIS WEEK WHILE PARKED EITHER AT MY HOUSE OR AT MY WORK. ANY IDEAS WHAT IS CAUSING THIS MALFUNCTION?

WE'VE BEEN STRANDED SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE THE CAR WILL INTERMITTENTLY DECIDE NOT TO START . THE BATTERY AND STARTER ARE BOTH FINE BUT SOMETIMES THE CAR WILL CRANK AND THEN WON'T FOR A DAY OR SO. RESEARCH HAS LED ME TO BELIEVE THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCH IN 2010 DODGE JOURNEY'S. THERE ARE MANY FORUMS AND BLOGS OUT THERE DESCRIBING THIS SAME ISSUE AND THERE IS A TRICK THAT SOMETIMES WHEN THE CAR WON'T CRANK WHILE IN PARK, YOU CAN PUT THE GEAR IN NEUTRAL AND IT WILL CRANK UP. THAT WORKED FOR US SEVERAL TIMES BUT RECENTLY, EVEN THAT TRICK STOPPED WORKING. OUR CAR HAS CURRENTLY BEEN AT A DODGE DEALERSHIP FOR 2 WEEKS AND EVEN THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS.

PURCHASED MY 2010 JOURNEY MARCH 2017. A WEEK AFTER PURCHASE CONSTANT SHAKE IN STEERING WHEEL, BRAKES AND ROTORS CHANGED ALREADY, CONSTANT BATTLE WITH GETTING IT STARTED, WILL CLICK AND RADIO, LIGHTS , AND ALL WORK. SOMETIMES 5 MINUTES SOMETIMES AN HOUR BEFORE IT WILL START. BATTERY TESTER, ALT, AND STARTER CHECKED. ALL CLEAR, THEN TO ADD TO ASK IF THAT IT ALL OF THE SUDDEN STARTS OVER HEATING ABOUT 10 MINUTES UP THE ROAD. REPLACE THE THERMOSTAT, FLUSH THE LINES AND IT STOP OVER HEATS. I CAN NOT AFFORD TO FIX ANY OF THIS AT THE SAME TIME! I HAVE 4 KIDS I NEED MY VEHICLE FIXED AND SAFE FOR THE ROAD ASAP.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE JOURNEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESTART. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL OTHER TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE ROCHESTER HILLS CHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM DEALER LOCATED AT 1301 S ROCHESTER RD, ROCHESTER, MI 48307 WHERE THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER A RECALL AND REPAIRS WOULD BE AT THE CONTACTS EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AND WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. APPROXIMATELY THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000.

FRONT SEATS HEAD RESTS RETAINING PIN PLASTIC C CUP HOLDERS FAILING AND LETTING HEAD REST SNAP FORWARD WITH TREMENDOUS FORCE TOWARD HEAD OF DRIVER OR PASSENGER. BASICALLY A PLASTIC PART HOLDING A STEEL PIN THAT HINGES FAILING. IF WHILE DRIVING COULD CREATE CONCUSION TO EITHER DRIVER OR PASSENGER. SOUNDS LIKE CHERRY BOMB GOING OFF. THE VEHICLE IN MY CASE WAS IN GARAGE NOT MOVING, JUST BY CHANCE. IT BLEW UP.

THE AUTOS HORN WILL ACTIVATE UNINTENTIONALLY CAUSING SAFETY CONCERN OF TROUBLING OTHER DRIVERS THE CAR CAN BE IN MOTION OR STATIONARY AT THE TIME

I HAD A RECALL ON MY KEYS BACK IN 2015 BUT EVERY SINCE THEM AT WILL MY TRUCK WILL NOT START. I HAVE TAKEN TO SEVERAL PLACES FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING TO SEE IF IT IS MY BATTERY, STARTER, ALTENATER OR LOOSE WIRING AND THEY HAVE ALL COME BACK NEGATIVE. EVERY TIME I TAKE IT TO THE SHOP OR THE DEALER THEY TELL ME THE SAME THING IF IT IS NOT DOING IT WHEN I GET IT TO THEM THEY CANNOT FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. I AM TIRED OF BEING STRANDED AND PAYING TO HAVE MY TRUCK TOWED AND THEN IT STARTS AS SOON AS I GET IT HOME. I NEED HELP PLEASE!!

MY CAR PICKS WHEN IT WANTS TO CRANK. SOMETIMES IT CRANKS BY KEY MANUALLY AND OTHER TIMES I WALK OUTSIDE TO TAKE THE TRASH OUT, KEY NO WHERE NEAR ME, THE TRUCK IS RUNNING. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WOULD JUST LOSE POWER. THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH WOULD FLICKER ON AND OFF. THE CARS ALARM WOULD JUST RANDOMLY GO OFF ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT AND DAY. FOR A FULL YEAR NO ONE COULD TELL ME WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. THE POWER KEPT DRAINING FROM THE BATTERY EVEN AFTER I PURCHASED AN ALMOST $200 BATTERY. I TOOK IT TO PRECISION TUNE FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST, AFTER TWO DAYS THEY STILL COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM AND FINALLY ON DAY THREE I CALL TO FIND OUT IT WAS THE TIPM, A PART THAT'S OVER $1000. WELL THIS PART IS ON BACK ORDER AND HAS BEEN SINCE JANUARY WITH DODGE. THERE IS NO ESTIMATED DATE OF WHEN THEY'LL RESTOCK AND THERE IS ALMOST 400 PEOPLE IN FRONT OF ME. WITH THIS MANY PROBLEMS THIS PART SHOULD BE RECALLED.