2009 DODGE JOURNEY Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE JOURNEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENGINE FAILED TO START AND THE 'BAD KEY' WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO WIGGLE THE KEY SEVERAL TIMES IN ORDER TO START THE ENGINE. THE FAILURE PROGRESSED UNTIL THE CONTACT WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE PERMANENTLY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V373000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) IN SEPTEMBER 2014 PRIOR TO THE FAILURE HOWEVER, THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR HAD NOT YET BECOME AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE JOURNEY. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V373000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PART WAS ORDERED, BUT NOT RECEIVED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000.

DROVE VEHICLE TO WORK CAME HOME IT WOULDN'T START. HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER THEY DID A VOLTAGE TEST AND SAID IT WAS THE BATTERY. REPLACED THE BATTERY A WEEK LATER IT WOULDN'T START. HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER AGAIN THIS TIME THEY KEPT THE VEHICLE FOR TWO WEEKS AND THEY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT WAS THE TIPM MODULE FOR A COST OF 1,500.00 AND THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER. SINCE THIS PART WAS NOT A RECALLED ITEM I WOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET SINCE I DIDN'T PURCHASE A WARRANTY FROM THEM WHEN I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN JUNE 2014. HAD THE VEHICLE FOR ONLY 3 MONTHS AND IT BROKE DOWN. *TR

ON SEVERAL OCCASION MY CAR WOULD NOT START - I WOULD SIT SOMETIMES FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES BEFORE MY CAR WOULD START. TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC SEVERAL TIMES (NO FINDINGS). JUST ONE DAY, MY CAR WOULD NOT START - CALLED ROADSIDE SERVICE - WOULD NOT START - CAR JUST COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED ($138.00) & HAD TO HAVE A WIRELESS CONTROL MODULE INSTALLED $830.59 - DODGE/CHRYSLER NEED TO STOP PLAYING GAMES - JUST RECEIVED A RECALL FOR "WIRELESS IGNITION NODE MODULE DETENTS" - BUT DODGE CLAIMED THAT THE WORK THAT I JUST HAD DONE IS NOT THE SAME - IT'S STILL WIRELESS, IT'S STILL A KEY ISSUE, IT'S STILL A MODULE, IT'S STILL REGARDING THE IGNITION, MY MECHANIC SAID IT'S THE SAME - WHO DO YOU BELIEVE - NOT DODGE/CHRYSLER - THEY NEED TO MAN UP AND ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY AT ALL COST! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE JOURNEY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V373000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REMEDY THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T START WAS JUST MAKING A CLICKING SOUND. HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE BATTERY . REPLACED THE BATTERY DROVE HOME A WEEK LATER SAME THING HAPPENED VEHICLE WOULDN'T START HAD IT TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IS RESIDES NOW THEY STATED ITS THE TIPM MODULE THEY WANTED $1,500 FOR THE PARTS AND LABOR I JUST BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FROM THEM IN JULY 2014. THEY ALSO STATED THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHEN THE PART WOULD COME IN SINCE ITS ON BACK ORDER. *TR

MY CAR HAS BEEN HAVING TROUBLE STARTING FOR SOME TIME NOW, WHICH GOOD THING I CALLED THE MANUFACTURERS AND WAS INFORMED OF THE RECALL. WAS NOT INFORMED ANY OTHER WAY THOUGH.? A LITTLE CONCERNING? I CALLED THEM BECAUSE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO MY BACK PASSENGER SIDE DOOR JUST STOPPED LOCKING AND UNLOCKING. THEN SO DID THE BACK HATCH DOOR. IT ONLY UNLOCKS AFTER I SIT THERE AND EITHER MANUALLY UNLOCK IT OR EVENTUALLY GET IT TO GO BY PUSHING THE BUTTON A DOZEN TIMES. I'M WORRIED MY DAUGHTER IS GOING TO GET LOCKED IN OR OPEN THE DOOR WHILE THE CAR IS MOVING. OR MUCH WORSE THE AIRBAGS ARE NOT GOING TO GO OFF IF AN ACCIDENT HAPPENS BECAUSE SOMETHING IS OBVIOUSLY WRONG WITH THEIR WIRING. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS BEFORE CHILDREN ARE THE ONES GETTING HURT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE JOURNEY. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THERE WAS A STRONG VIBRATION AND THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVING ROUGHLY. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED SMOKE UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE WHERE AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE AND/OR THE DRIVESHAFT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,912. UPDATED 11/12/14*LJ UPDATED 11/12/114

WE BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE IN APRIL OF 2014 WITH APPROXIMATELY 116,000 MILES ON IT. THE DAY AFTER WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE IT BEGAN NOT STARTING AND LEAVING US STRANDED FOR MINUTES TO HOURS AT A TIME. I HAVE SIX CHILDREN THAT REGULARLY RIDE IN THIS VEHICLE WITH ME, AND IT HAS LEFT US STRANDED AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK (OFTEN MUCH MORE) SINCE WE BOUGHT IT. IT HAS A BRAND NEW KEY FOB (BOUGHT AND PROGRAMMED BY A DODGE DEALERSHIP WHEN WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE). IT HAS HAD TWO STARTERS REPLACED (ONE BEFORE AND ONE JUST AFTER WE BOUGHT IT, ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THEY HAD RECEIVED A BAD STARTER). I HAVE BEEN IN A DODGE DEALERSHIP GETTING MY OIL CHANGED, WHEN IT WOULDN'T START FOR THEM, AND THEY WOULDN'T PUT IT ON THE COMPUTER TO ISOLATE THE ISSUE, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE TIME. WHEN WE ATTEMPT TO START THE CAR, ALL WE WILL GET IS A CLICK. ALL OF THE LIGHTS, RADIO, ETC WORK JUST FINE, BUT IT WILL NOT START. SOMETIMES IT TAKES TWO OR THREE ATTEMPTS TO START. SOMETIMES IT IS WELL OVER AN HOUR. WE ARE AWARE THAT OUR VEHICLE IS UNDER RECALL FOR A WIN DETENT RING, HOWEVER, ALL OF THE DEALERSHIPS WE'VE SPOKEN WITH SAY THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE PART AND CAN'T GIVE US AN ESTIMATED TIME ON WHEN IT WILL BE AVAILABLE. THIS IS EXTREMELY CONCERNING TO ME, GIVEN THAT THE ISSUE COULD CAUSE MY VEHICLE TO SHUT DOWN WHILE I AM DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY CHILDREN. WE ALSO HAD NEW BRAKES PUT ON WHEN WE PURCHASED IT (LESS THAN 10,000 MILES AGO), AND IT ALREADY NEEDS NEW BRAKES. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE. WE CAN'T GET A STRAIGHT ANSWER FROM DODGE AS TO WHAT COULD BE THE ISSUE. I AM CONCERNED OVER THE FACT THAT NUMEROUS TIMES WE'VE BEEN STRANDED IN EXTREME HEAT, AND NOW WE ARE GOING INTO WINTER WHERE WE GET EXTREME COLD. IT IS UNSAFE. THANK YOU *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE JOURNEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR CONTROLS FAILED TO UNLOCK ALL OF THE DOORS. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT HAD TO MANUALLY UNLOCK THE DOORS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND THE HARNESS WAS ADJUSTED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V658000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM), BUT THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000.