2010 DODGE JOURNEY Complaints

CAR INTERMITTENTLY DOES NOT START. IT HAPPENS ON A DAILY BASIS. REPLACED STARTER, BATTERY, ALTERNATOR, FUSES, CLEANED ALL CONNECTORS, SOLENOID , NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCH.. STILL HAS ISSUES. YOU HAVE TO PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL TO GET IT STARTED. KEY FOB WON'T START CAR, IT JUST CLICKS. PUTTING THE KEY IN THE IGNITION WONT START THE CAR. I'VE HAD THE CAR FOR 3 MONTHS AND IT SPENT 1 MONTH WITH THE MECHANIC. NOTHING SEEMS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AND DODGE WON'T HELP US.

WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES AN HOUR ON A TURNING ROAD ONTO A HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE SHUT OFF. LOST ALL POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WERE HARD. HAD TO IMMEDIATELY GET OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO AVOID TRAFFIC COMING FROM THE REAR AS I LOST LIGHTS AS WELL AND MAY NOT HAVE BEEN SEEN AS IT WAS DARK AND THE VEHICLE IS BLACK. WHEN PULLED OVER I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND ATTEMPTED TO RESTART. AFTER THE 2ND TIME TURNING THE KEY IT STARTED. NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS ARE PRESENT ON THE CAR OTHER THAN A TPMS SENSOR.

TWO TIMES I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. I WAS PARKED THEN TRIED TO START AN WOULD NOT START. IT HAS A REMOTE START AN STARTS ON ITS OWN AN WINDOWS ROLL DOWN ON THEIR OWN. WHEN I GET NEAR THE VEHICLE WITH THE KEY FAB THE LIGHTS COME ON AN SOMETIMES WITHOUT PUSHING THE BUTTON ON KEY FAB IT STARTS ON ITS OWN. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING AN WENT TO TURN IN DRIVEWAY AN IT SHUT DOWN. STOPPED AT STOPLIGHT AN IT SHUT DOWN. IT HAS ALWAYS STARTED BACK UP EXCEPT FOR ONE TIME I HAD TO MANEUVER THE KEY A CERTAIN WAY IN IGNITION BEFORE IT WOULD START.

2010 JOURNEY SXT FOUND WITH ACTIVE HEADREST DEPLOYED ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. NO ACCIDENTS - NO BUMPING. THE STEEL PIN WAS STILL IN THE CATCH AND PLASTIC CASING THAT IS SUPPOSED TO HOLD THE STEEL PIN BROKE AWAY.

THE STARTER WAS REPLACED. IT WILL START SEVERAL TIMES. THEN I TRY TO START IT AND IT JUST CLICKS OVER & OVER. I HAVE TO KEEP TURNING THE KEY FOB SOMETIMES 20 TIMES BEFORE IT CRANKS ON. IT'S WHEN CAR IS OFF & PARKED AND I GO TO START IT.

MY CAR RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF WHEN I GO FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. I CAN BE PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY OR A PARKING SPOT AT A STORE AND WOULD HAVE TO TURN KEY TO OFF AND RESTART CAR AND WAIT A FEW MINUTES BEFORE I PUT IT IN DRIVE. PLUS THE HORN GOES OFF OCCASIONALLY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE JOURNEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED RANDOM AND ERRONEOUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WHICH INCLUDED THE DOORS UNLOCKING, THE WINDOWS ROLLING DOWN, THE HORN ACTIVATING, THE WIPERS RANDOMLY ACTIVATING, AND THE ABS RANDOMLY ACTIVATING INDEPENDENTLY. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO LOCKED INSIDE THE VEHICLE AFTER THE LOCKING MECHANISM MALFUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN UNKNOWN DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE TIPM WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES HOWEVER, NO ASSISTANCE WAS OFFERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE JOURNEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE HORN RANDOMLY STARTED HONKING INDEPENDENTLY. THE AIR BAG AND TPMS WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED FOR HER SAFETY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 171,000.

THE HORN BEGINS TO SOUND ON ITS OWN AND AT SHORT AND/OR LONG BURTS AND A COMBINATION OF BOTH WHILE DRIVING OR PARKED ALL HOURS OF THE DAY. THERE IS NO WAY TO STOP THIS. THIS CAN CAUSE SEVERE ACCIDENTS!

THE VEHICLE WILL ONLY START WHILE PUT INTO NEUTRAL, WHEN IT DESIRES, THIS DOES NOT WORK ALL THE TIME. HAVE BEEN TOLD BY SEVERAL MECHANICS AND THE DEALER THAT IT IS A ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THE NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCH IN 2009 AND 2010 DODGE JOURNEYS, BECAUSE THE SWITCH BECOMES LOOSE AND NEEDS ADJUSTMENTS EVERY FEW MONTHS. THIS HAS RESULTED IN MYSELF BEING STRANDED SEVERAL MILES FROM HOME IN A HEAT ADVISORY, THAT RESULTED IN HEAT STROKE, FROM NOT BEING ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO A COOL PLACE WITH FLUIDS AS THE VEHICLE LEFT ME STRANDED FOR SEVERAL HOURS AWAITING HELP. TOW TRUCK DRIVER TOOK NOTE OF THE VEHICLE MAKE AND MODEL AN KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AN PLACED IT IN NEUTRAL AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP, WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT AND REPORT A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE.