2009 DODGE JOURNEY AWD Complaints

MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL ISSUES: DASH LIGHTS GO OUT WHEN TURNING WIPERS ON/OFF. DASH LIGHTS REAPPEAR AFTER ON/OFF ACTION COMPLETE. KEY WOULD NOT START CAR, BUT WOULD LOCK/UNLOCK DOORS. WIPERS MOVE UPWARDS ABOUT 2-3 INCHES WHEN USING UNLOCK BUTTON ON KEY. *TR

I BOUGHT MY JOURNEY LESS THAN A YEAR AGO. SINCE I AM NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER I GET THE SHAFT WITH A CAR W/LESS THAN 60,000. WELL, I HAD JUST GOTTEN NEW TIRES WHEN ON MY WAY HOME I APPLY THE BRAKES TO PULL INTO THE DRIVE AND HEAR A HORRIFIC METALLIC NOISE. UPON MY HUSBANDS INSPECTION THERE IS NOTHING FOUND WRONG WITH THE BRAKES OR THE FRONT OF THE CAR, AFTER NOT BEING ABLE TO STAND THE NOISE ANYMORE I HAVE HIM CHANGE THE FRONT BRAKES THE NEXT DAY, THINKING MAYBE THE TIRE GUY HAD KNOCKED SOMETHING LOOSE AND WE COULDN'T FIND IT.BRAKES STILL LOOKED GOOD, CHANGED ANYWAY. NOISE STILL HORRIBLE. NEXT DAY TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC WHO INFORMED ME OF MAJOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I HAD THE CAR TRANSPORTED TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP. DIAGNOSES, TRANSFER CASE HAS GONE OUT, BAD NEWS OVER 600!!!!!!! ON BACKORDER, LET ME KNOW IT MIGHT BE UP TO 2 MONTHS BEFORE THEY COULD GET ONE TO FIX IT. I TALKED TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP, THEY INFORMED ME THEY COULD GET ONE SOONER. I HAD THE CAR TRANSPORTED ONCE AGAIN. AFTER BEING AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR 2 WEEKS NOW THEY ARE TELLING ME IT MAYBE ATLEAST ANOTHER MONTH. REALLY? I AM STILL WAITING. JUST WONDERING WHAT THE MAGIC NUMBER OF PROBLEMS TO ONE PART DOES IT TAKE BEFORE CHRYSLER/DODGE ADMITS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THEM AND THEY DO A RECALL ON THESE TRANSFERCASES THAT ARE NOT LASTING AS LONG AS AN AMERICAN PART SHOULD? IF I HAD KNOWN ABOUT THIS COMMON TRANSFER BOX PROBLEM I WOULD HAVE ATLEAST BEEN THE FIRST OWNER OF A NEW VEHICLE WITH A WARRENTY NOT THE SECOND WHO GETS THE SHAFT. SO $2000.00 LATER I AM STILL WAITING. *TR

DEALER SAID FRONT BRAKES NEEDED REPLACED DUE TO WEAR ON 3-15-12. I HAD THE WORK DONE. THEREAFTER A LOUD CHATTER NOISE COMES WHEN BRAKES ARE LIGHTLY APPLIED, SUCH AS SLOWING FOR A RED LIGHT, APPROACHING A STOP SIGN, PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY GARAGE, ETC. THE LONGER THE DISTANCE DRIVEN, THE LOUDER THE NOISE GETS. TODAY (4-3-13) I HAVE RETURNED THE CAR TO THE DEALER FOR THE 6TH TIME FOR THE SAME ISSUE. THE PROBLEM HAS NEVER BEEN RESOLVED. I MUST DRIVE FROM FLORIDA TO OHIO ON MAY 4TH, 2013, AND AM QUITE CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF BRAKE FAILURE ON SUCH A LONG DISTANCE. I AM A 68 YEAR WIDOW ON A FIXED INCOME. THIS HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE SITUATION FOR ME. *TR

BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2009. ASSUMED THAT THE UNLIMITED POWERTRAIN WARRANTY APPLIED TO THIS VEHICLE. NOTICED A FOUL, PUNGENT ODOR 2-3 DAYS PRIOR TO FOLLOWING INCIDENT. ON THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT, I MADE A SLOW LEFT HAND TURN WHEN I HEARD A LOUD METALLIC SOUND FROM UNDERNEATH THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I EXITED THE VEHICLE, LOOKED UNDERNEATH AND FOUND THICK, DARK FLUID POURING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE, AS WELL AS A SMALL FIRE. FIRE SELF EXTINGUISHED. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE SLOWLY HOME (APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE) AND PARK IT. 2 DAYS LATER, I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED A FAILED TRANSFER CASE. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REMOVED FROM MY DRIVEWAY, I FOUND A PIECE OF METAL APPROXIMATELY THE SIZE OF A SILVER DOLLAR WHERE THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN. DODGE IS NOW DENYING RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS INSTANCE EVERY THOUGH THERE APPEARS TO BE (AND MY MECHANIC VERIFIED) A PARTS/MANUFACTURING ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. PREPARING LEGAL ACTION AT THIS TIME. *TR

CAR WON'T START AT RANDOM INTERVALS. WILL NOT MAKE ANY NOISE, JUST A CLICK. STARTED ROUGHLY A YEAR AGO, AFTER A FEW MINUTES IT WOULD START AGAIN. NOW I WAIT MORE THAN A HALF HOUR. NEVER SURE IF IT WILL START. THIS CAR IS STRANDING ME. IT HAS A LIST OF PROBLEMS SUCH AS BAD BRAKES THAT HAVE BEEN FIXED MULTIPLE TIMES AND OTHER ELECTRICAL ISSUES. *TR

I HAVE A 2009 JOURNEY SXT, AND THE TRANSFER CASE BLEW AT 12,000 MILES DUE TO BAD OIL AT FACTORY, I THOUGHT "ODD BUT OKAY". AT THAT TIME I WAS INFORMED I NEEDED BRAKES AND ROTORS. AGAIN I THOUGHT ODD AND QUESTIONED WHY I NEEDED BOTH, IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THE ROTORS ARE SO THIN THAT THEY HAVE TO BE REPLACED WHEN REPLACING BRAKES. UNDER WARRANTY BUT NOT FOR BRAKES ABOUT 2 MONTHS KATERINA GOT THE RECALL AFTER THEY PUT THE SAME [XXX] BRAKES AND ROTORS ON THERE THAT WAS RECALLED SO IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN I HAD TO GET THEM DONE AGAIN AT 35/40K TO WHICH I HAD MY DAD DO THEM AND PICKED OUT THE BRAKE SHOES MYSELF. SO I DRIVE IT FOR A WHILE ANOTHER 20K AND AGAIN I NEED NEW TIRES AND BRAKES AND AN ALIGNMENT. SO 2000 LATER CUS HAVING "SIZE 225/55/R19" THERE IS ONLY ONE MANUFACTURE AND TIRES ARE 250 EACH. NOW I AM USED TO HAVING NEW TIRES AND YOU ROTATE THEM EVERY OTHER OIL CHANGE AND THAT'S IT UNTILYOU GET UP THERE IN MILEAGE AGAIN. NOT SO - 3 WEEKS LATER I WAS BACK IN THERE BECAUSE I KEPT LOOSING TIRE PRESSURE WELL ON TIRE HAD A NAIL IN IT - WHICH THEY DIDN'T TELL ME THEY JUST SAID THE TIRES LOOK GREAT THEY CHECKED THEM FOR LEAKS AND FOUND NONE. ONE WEEK LATER I WAS BACK IN THERE AS TIRES ARE LOOSING AIR ONCE AGAIN. TO WHICH THEY TELL ME THEY WILL REVEAL THEM JUST THIS ONCE FREE OF CHARGE AND I NEED A NEW TIRE AS THE PATCH (THAT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT) ON SIDEWALL BLEW OUT. OKAY NOW I AM THINKING GOOD SHOULD BE ALL SET BUT THEN THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME I HAD A CRACKED VALVE STEM AND FOR THEM TO FIX IT WILL BE ANOTHER 200. NOW WHEN I PAY 250 PER TIRE I EXPECT THAT THE VALVE STEM WOULD BE REPLACED AND A NEW ONE PUT ON. AGAIN NOPE!!!,!,!!! SO VERY OTHER DAY WE HAVE TO PUT AIR IN MY TIRES. EXCEPT ONE DAY THE VALVE STEM COVER CAME RIGHT OFF AND NOW MY CAR SITS. WHEN BUYING VEHICLE I WAS TOLD FULL SIR SPARE NOPE AGAIN JUST A DONUT SO IF ANYONE KNOWS WHY A VALVE STEM WOULD NOT BE REPLACED WHEN TIRES ARE I WOULD SURE APPRECIATE SOME ANSWERS.... THANKS JOURNEY RUNNING ME OVER INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM

THE BRAKES/ROTORS GOING OUT FASTER THAN THEY SHOULD. CANT REALLY EVEN GET 3000 MILES OUT OF THEM. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING IT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN SOME SMOKE AND THERE IS A BAD SMELL. BUT THEN SHE HEARD A CLICKING SOUND. SO I WHEN OVER AND DROVE IT AROUND AND THE CLICKING/GRINDING SOUND COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. *TR

OWNER OF A 2009 DODGE JOURNEY SXT AWD WITH KUMHO SOLUS KH16 TIRE 225/55R19 SIZE STOCK TIRES. AFTER EXPERIENCING COMPLETE RIGHT FRONT TIRE FAILURE WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ON A PAVED TWO-LANE HIGHWAY, OWNER INSTALLED THE TEMPORARY SPARE TIRE. THE VEHICLE'S AWD LIGHT IMMEDIATELY ILLUMINATED. OWNER CEASED OPERATING THE VEHICLE AND OBTAINED THE SERVICES OF A TOW COMPANY. APPARENTLY, THIS VEHICLE CANNOT BE DRIVEN WITH THE SPARE TIRE SUPPLIED BY THE MANUFACTURER AS THE AWD! LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE OWNER'S MANUAL STATES THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE SERVICED RIGHT AWAY WHEN THE AWD! LIGHT ILLUMINATES. THERE IS NO CAVEAT STATEMENT REGARDING DRIVING TO A CLOSE LOCATION FOR LIMITED MILEAGE. MOREOVER, THE MANUAL STATES THE PTO UNIT (AKA AWD! UNIT) WILL BE DAMAGED IF THE CAR IS DRIVEN WITH THE AWD! LIGHT ILLUMINATED. DRIVING WITH THE SUPPLIED TEMPORARY SPARE CAUSED THE AWD! LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. ADDITIONALLY, IF THE CAR IS DRIVEN WITH THE TEMPORARY SPARE INSTALLED AND THE AWD! LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND DAMAGE TO THE PTO OCCURS, IS THIS DAMAGE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY? IF THE SPARE IS TOO SMALL, AS IS THE CASE VIA VISUAL INSPECTION, WHY IS THAT SPARE TIRE SUPPLIED WITH THE VEHICLE? SHOULDN'T AN ACCEPTABLE SPARE BE MADE AVAILABLE, OR A CAVEAT STATEMENT REGARDING DRIVING ON THE TEMPORARY SPARE FOR LIMITED MILEAGE BE SUPPLIED, SO THE DRIVER/OWNER IS NOT STRANDED? ADDITIONALLY, CULPABILITY FOR DAMAGE AND THE INCURRED EXPENSES SHOULD BE BORN BY THE MANUFACTURER IN THIS CASE, AND A STATEMENT REGARDING SUCH SHOULD BE EVIDENT AND CLEAR IN THE OWNER'S MANUAL. *TR

TOOK MY DODGE JOURNEY 2009 SXT- AWD ON 09/16/2011 TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THE ENGINE WOULD NOT CRANK, THEY MADE THE REPAIRS. AT CHECK-OUT I WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE NEEDED 4 NEW TIRES. AT THE TIME THE VEHICLE HAD 31,328 MILES. *TR