2010 DODGE JOURNEY Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE JOURNEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE EGR VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000.

TWICE TODAY, MY 2010 DODGE JOURNEY SHUT OFF AFTER MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN. THE VEHICLE STOPPED ACCELERATING AND BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. LUCKILY, I WASN'T IN BUSY TRAFFIC AND NO ONE WAS TURNING BEHIND ME. OTHERWISE, MY KIDS AND MYSELF COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED FROM AN ACCIDENT. I CHECKED ON-LINE TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AND FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT SIMILAR ISSUES. I CALLED CHRYSLER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT MY VEHICLE DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR ANY RECALLS OF THAT NATURE. WHAT IF I WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH A SEMI-TRUCK BEHIND ME? *TR

STARTED IN FEB OF 2012 HAD PROBLEMS STARTING THE CAR DODGE DEAL CHECK IT SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM FOUND SAID OK SUMMER CAME CAR WORK NOW FEB AGAIN CAR TAKING 2 HOURS TO START TOOK IT BACK FOUND NOTHING HAD TO SIT IN COLD WITH KIDS FOR 2 HOUR WAITING ON CAR TO START IT STARTED GOT HOME TURNED CAR OFF WENT BACK TO START CAR WOULD NOT START HAD TO WAIT 2 MORE HOUR THEN CAR STARTED. IM A YOUNG WOMAN WORK AT NIGHT AND BOUGHT A NEWER CAR TO DEPEND ON AND GOT TRASH. *TR

WHILE DRIVING ALONG, NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEMS WENT BLANK, RADIO/PHONE/ETC WENT DEAD, AND TURN SIGNALS BECAME INOPERABLE (WAS ABLE TO USE EMERGENCY FLASHERS TO WARN OTHER DRIVERS WHILE CHANGING LANES). BROUGHT TO DEALER, WAS FOUND TO BE IGNITION MODULE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY SO KEY ENDS UP IN INVALID POSITION - CAUSING SYSTEM FUNCTIONS TO NOT OPERATE. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS IGNITION SWITCH, IN WHICH THEY P,LACED SPACERS TO KEEP THE SWITCH FROM ACTUALLY TURNING THE CAR OFF, BUT APPARENTLY, IT DOES NOT ACTUALLY FIX THE PROBLEM OF THE KEY GOING INTO THE WRONG POSITION, JUST REDUCES IT'S RANGE. THE MANUFACTURER CHARGED TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE IGNITION MODULE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE JOURNEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE WHEELS VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT HE REPLACED THE TIRES AND ROTORS HIMSELF IN ORDER TO REMEDY THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 61,605.

THE TRANSMISSION WILL SHIFT FROM PARK INTO DRIVE WITH A LOUD CLANG AND JERK. THIS OCCURS WHEN YOU PULL UP AND STOP, TURN MOTOR OFF, RESTART AND PUT INTO DRIVE. THEN AT OTHER TIMES HESITATES TO SHIFT. BRAKES WILL PUSH THEMSELVES DOWN WITH NO PRESSURE GIVEN BY DRIVER. FRONT END ON UNEVEN PATCHES OF ROADWAY WILL THUMP AS THOUGHT IT IS LOOSE AND WOBBLE. *TR

BRAKES WOULD SHIMMY, TOOK TO DEALER ON MAY 30, 2012, REPLACED PADS ON FRONT AND RESURFACED ALL FOUR ROTORS, ONLY TO HAVE SAME PROBLEM ON DEC. 11, 2012, BRAKES WOULD SHIMMY. TOOK TO ANOTHER DEALER AND HAD ALL FOUR ROTORS RESURFACED ONCE AGAIN. *TR

I AM VERY CONCERN ABOUT THE BRAKING SYSTEM ON THIS VEHICLE. I HAD THE ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS REPLACED WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR. IN THE SECOND YEAR PADS AND ROTORS TURNED, THREE MONTHS LATER ONE OF THE PADS NEED REPLACED. I HAVE FILED TWO COMPLAINTS WITH DODGE AND AM WAITING BACK FROM THEIR CASE MANAGER. I AM ABOUT TO TAKE A TRIP FROM GEORGIA TO IOWA AND LUCKILY THE PLACE I DO OIL CHANGES, ALWAYS WILL DO A COURTESY CHECK OF THE ENTIRE VEHICLE INCLUDING BRAKES. IT IS IN WITH THE DEALER NOW, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY WANT TO BAND AID FIX IT AGAIN. I AM LEARY WHEN DRIVING AND SEEING OTHER DODGE JOURNEYS ON THE ROAD NOW AS IF THEY ARE A SAFETY HAZARD TO EVERYONE ON THE ROAD. THE LAST TIME THE BRAKES HAD HEATED UP SO BAD NEAR CHATTANOOGA THAT IT WARPED THE ROTORS AND THE ENTIRE CAR SHOOK SO BAD COMING OFF THE MOUNTAIN. SCARED ME TO DEATH, ALONG WITH MY PASSENGERS. *TR

I STOPPED AT MCDONALD'S ON MY WAY TO WORK, CAME OUT OF MCDONALD'S WENT TO START MY CAR, HAD NO POWER AT ALL. MY HUSBAND CAME AND HE TRIED TO JUMP START IT, AND THAT DID NOT WORK, HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A DEALER, THEY TRIED TO JUMP START IT AND IT WOULD NOT START. THEY PUSHED THE CAR INTO THE BUILDING AND COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG, AND FOR SOME REASON THEY LEFT THE KEY IN THE ON POSITION, AND ABOUT 4 HOURS LATER WITH NO ONE AROUND THE CAR, THE CAR STARTED ALL BY ITSELF. THAT PROBLEM WAS NEVER FIXED. THREE DIFFERENT TIMES AFTER THAT, MY CAR WOULD NOT SHUT OFF WHEN YOU TURN THE CAR OFF. NOW 3 TIMES THIS WEEK MY CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN, AND IT IS IN THE DEALERSHIP, AND I AM 487 MILE OUT OF WARRANTY AND DON'T KNOW IF CHRYSLER IS GOING TO PAY FOR IT. HAD TO AGREE TO PAY $100.00 FEE FOR THEM TO CHECK IT OUT. WE HAVE 3 2010 JOURNEY'S IN OUR FAMILY, AND ALL ARE HAVING PROBLEMS. I FEEL THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS. AFTER GREAT RESEARCH, WE FOUND THOUSANDS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. HOW COME THERE IS NO RECALL? LOBBYIST IN WASHINGTON? WIN MODULE!!!! *TR

SINCE PURCHASING THIS VEHICLE JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO WE HAVE EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS INCIDENTS WHERE IT WOULDN'T CRANK ON THE FIRST TRY BUT ALWAYS ON THE SECOND TRY. THIS TIME WE WERE OUT TO DINNER AND IT WOULDN'T CRANK AFTER NUMEROUS TRIES SO WE TRIED JUMPING IT OFF BUT ALL THE ELECTRICAL WAS WORKING SO IT WASN'T THE BATTERY, AFTER WAITING ABOUT 30 MINUTES WE TRIED IT AND IT CRANKED SO WE ASSUMED IT WAS THE STARTER. HOWEVER AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM ONLINE I GLAD I DIDN'T GO PUTTING A STARTER AND BATTERY ON IT AS IT APPEARS TO BE A RAMP-ID PROBLEM THAT THE DEALERS AREN'T ACKNOWLEDGING AND CAN LEAVE FAMILIES STRANDED WITH NO IDEA WHAT TO DO. THERE ARE CHRYSLER MECHANICS ON THESE FORUM SITES THAT ADMIT THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND SAY THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUED WITH THE AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS BUT CHRYSLER WON'T DO IT. *TR