2010 DODGE JOURNEY Complaints

THE HORN BLOWS INTERMITTENTLY BOTH WHILE DRIVING & SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY. THIS CAUSES A DANGEROUS SITUATION WHILE DRIVING & WAKING UP MY NEIGHBORS AT NIGHT. *TR

IGNITION KEY TURNS OFF ACCIDENTALLY WHILE DRIVING - UNSAFE AND CAN CAUSE A FATAL ACCIDENT. *TR

PARKED VEHICLE TO ATTEND A 2 HOUR SCHOOL FUNCTION. IT WAS APPROX. -20 DEGREES OUTSIDE IN THE EVENING. WHEN I WENT TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME THE POWER STEERING WAS GONE. IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE TO GET THE 3 MILES HOME. ONCE WE WERE HOME WE COULD SMELL POWER STEERING FLUID BURNING FROM THE ENGINE. WE PARKED THE VEHICLE, OPENED THE HOOD AND THERE WAS POWER STEERING FLUID ON TOP THE ENGINE AS WELL AS SPRAYED UNDERNEETH THE HOOD. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE ON THE DODGE JOURNEY STARTING IN MAY 2016. CHRYSLER RECALL # S08. I CHECKED MY VEHICLE'S VIN WITH YOUR WEBSITE. IT CAME BACK AS NOT BEING INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BEING LOOKED INTO AS MY VEHICLE DISPLAYED THE EXACT ISSUES ON THE RECALL.

MY CAR WILL RANDOMLY NOT START THE LIGHTS ON DASH ALL COME ON ALONG WITH THE RADIO. IT HAS BEEN LOOKED AT NUMEROUS TIMES AND NOTHING HS HAPPENED A DOZEN PLUS TIMES SOMETIMES NOT FOR A MONTH SONETIMES A WEEK OR DAY LATTER.

I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN JANUARY 2014. IN ROUGHLY JUNE 2014 I STARTED MY CAR AND THE WIPERS IMMEDIATELY TURNED ON HIGH AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO TURN THEM OFF OR SLOW THEM DOWN. I ALSO WAS UNABLE TO USE MY TURN SIGNALS, AND WHILE DRIVING FOR A WHILE WITH THE WIPERS ON AND NO TURN SIGNALS (HAD TO GET HOME AND GET TO THE DEALERSHIP), THE TURN SIGNAL ARM ON THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD BECOME QUITE WARM. THE TIPM WAS REPLACED FOR ROUGHLY $750+LABOR. IT IS NOW JANUARY 2017 AND I AM HAVING THE EXACT SAME ISSUES WITH THE WIPERS BEING STUCK ON AND NO USE OF TURN SIGNALS. THE CAR WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE, I TURNED IT ON, AND HELLO WIPERS. THE TIPM WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THREE YEARS. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS ANY OTHER NUMBER OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS CONTROLLED BY THE TIPM (SO BASICALLY EVERYTHING) COULD BE AFFECTED WITH NO WARNING. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TIPM IN THIS MODEL VEHICLE (AND OTHER CHRYSLER VEHICLES). WHY IS NOTHING BEING DONE?! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE JOURNEY AWD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER EXPOSURE TO COLD TEMPERATURES, THE POWER STEERING HOSE RUPTURED WHILE THE ENGINE WAS STARTED. THE FAILURE CAUSED A LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSIST. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER STEERING FLUID, HOSES, STEEL TUBES, AND POWER STEERING OIL COOLER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V273000 (STEERING). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000.

WE PURCHASED OUR 2010 DODGE JOURNEY SXT BRAND NEW IN OCTOBER 2010 FOR 30K (A RIP OF FOR SURE) - BEING YOUNG, NAIVE AND OUR FIRST BRAND NEW VEHICLE PURCHASE. WITHIN 3000 MILES, WE HAD TO HAVE ALL OF THE ROTORS RESURFACED. THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE. A FULL SET OF TIRES TWICE. THE CAR SHUT OFF WHILE RUNNING THREE TIMES, ALMOST RESULTING IN HORRIBLE ACCIDENTS (THIS WAS DUE TO THE IGNITION ISSUE THAT *EVENTUALLY* RECALLED). THE ALARM WOULD GO OFF RANDOMLY AND OFTEN WITHOUT REASON. THE DEALER OF COURSE, WAS UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE ERROR. SO WE WERE LEFT WITH NO OTHER RECOURSE THAN THE REMOVE THE FUSE, WHICH IS TOTALLY UNSAFE BUT WAS THE ONLY OPTION WE HAD. NOW, WITHIN THE PAST 8 MONTHS OR SO, THE BATTERY HAS BEEN GOING DEAD AFTER BEING LEFT WITHOUT RUNNING FOR AT LEAST TWO DAYS. THE BATTERY HAS BEEN COMPLETELY REPLACED WITH A BRAND NEW BATTERY TWICE, AND A FULL DIAGNOSTIC SCAN WAS RAN ON DECEMBER 22ND WHEN THE LATEST NEW BATTERY WAS INSTALLED. THEY FOUND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG AS TO WHY THE BATTERY WAS DRAINING. NOW, TODAY, ITS DEAD AGAIN AFTER TWO DAYS BEING LEFT SITTING - ANOTHER FULL SET OF BRAKES WAS REPLACED A MONTH AGO - AND YET ANOTHER ROTOR NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, AS THERE IS NO SALVAGING THIS ONE. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 60K MILES ON IT. WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY ZERO CHANCE WITH THE VIRGINIA (WHERE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE) 'LEMON LAW', AS ANY ISSUES NEED TO BE REPORTED WITHIN 18 MONTHS OF THE DELIVERY OF THE VEHICLE. THIS VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE COMPLETELY RECALLED AND ALL THE ISSUES NEED TO BE FIXED BY DODGE. WE'RE UNDERWATER FOR SURE ON OUR LOAN AND AT BEST, WE'LL ONLY BE ABLE TO GET 3K FOR A TRADE IN. ITS A RUNNING WHEN IT WANTS TO DEATH TRAP AND DODGE NEEDS TO MAKE THIS RIGHT WITH THEIR CUSTOMERS. WE LOVED IT WHEN WE FIRST PURCHASED IT, BUT NOW WE'RE APPREHENSIVE ABOUT WHAT ELSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE GO WRONG WITH IT.

I WAS OUT OF TOWN PARKED AT A STORE WOULD NOT START. AS I WAS WAITING ON SOMEONE TO COME HELP ME THEN 30 MINS OR SO LATER MY CAR STARTED UP. MY BOYS AND I CUT OUR VACATION SHORT BECAUSE ITS VERY UNSAFE HAVING YOUR CAR NOT START IN A PLACE YOU KNOW NO ONE. WE'VE CHANGED THE BATTERY. THE NEXT MONTH I WAS GETTING GAS AND IT WOULDN'T START AGAIN. I HAD A PERSON JUMP ME AND TOOK IT TO GET CHECKED OUT AND THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. SO A MONTH AND A HALF THE CAR DID IT AGAIN I WAS AT THE MALL AND IT WOULDN'T START. THIS IS A HORRIBLE FEELING NOT KNOWING WHEN OR IF YOUR CAR IS GOING TO START OR NOT. WE CAN'T DRIVE OUT OF TOWN IN IT BECAUSE THE UNCERTAINTY IF IT'S GOING TO START OR NOT. WHICH IT IS UNFAIR TO MY BOYS WHEN WE AT LEAST DO SOMETHING ON SUMMER BREAK OR FALL BREAK OR EVEN WINTER BREAK AND WE CAN'T EVEN GO OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY. *TR

I HAVE READ THAT SEVERAL OTHERS ONLINE HAVE HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS AND DEALER CAN NOT FIX IT. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR 3 MONTHS AND AT RANDOM TIMES WHEN YOU TRY TO START THE CAR IT WILL NOT TURN OVER, WILL NOT START. IT IS NOT THE BATTERY, IT HAS BEEN TESTED. IT WILL NOT START WHEN JUMPED, IT AT TIMES WILL START IN NEUTRAL, BUT THE OTHERS YOU JUST HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL IT DECIDES TO START, HOURS, SOMETIMES DAYS. IT IS ELECTRICAL, POSSIBLY ANIT THEFT. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE JOURNEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL HIT THE FLOORBOARD WHEN IT WAS DEPRESSED. IN ADDITION, THE HEADLIGHTS INTERMITTENTLY INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000. UPDATED 02/16/17*LJ *CN