2009 DODGE JOURNEY AWD Complaints

THERE WAS A EXHAUST SMELL IN THE CABIN THAT WAS REPEATEDLY CHECKED BY THE DEALER AND COULDN'T FIND THE SOURCE. THEN ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE TRAVELING OUT OF TOWN, I HEARD A LOUD BANG. PULLED OVER AND THE CAR WOULDN'T START. GOT IT TOWED, AND THE MECHANIC SAID THE TRANSFER CASE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FOR $3000 WITH ONLY 75,000 MILES ON IT

SAFETY RECALL S08/NHTSA 16V-273 POWER STEERING RETURN HOSE AND FLUID COOLER .... THIS RECALL DESCRIBES EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO MY VEHICLE .... UPON A VERY COLD WEATHER START UP MY POWER STEERING RETURN HOSE RUPTURED AND FAILED. I'M WONDERING WHY MY VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED UNDER THIS RECALL ..... I STARTED VEHICLE IN DRIVEWAY AT 7 IN THE MORNING AND THE OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE WAS -18F. AS SOON AS THE VEHICLE STARTED THE RETURN LINE SPLIT SEVERAL INCHES ON THE TOP OF THE HOSE LINE AND LEFT A PUDDLE OF POWER STEERING FLUID IN MY DRIVEWAY

MY 2009 DODGE JOURNEY AWD SXT LOCKING MECHANISM STOPPED WORKING. IT WORKED ALL DAY THEN ALL THE SUDDEN THE KEY FOBS STOPPED WORKING. IT WILL TURN THE ALARM ON AND OFF BUT WILL NOT LOCK AND UNLOCK MY DOORS. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE LOCKS WON'T WORK EITHER. I CAN NOT USE MY HATCH BECAUSE IT WILL NOT UNLOCK. I NOW HAVE TO MANUALLY LOCK MY DOORS FROM THE INSIDE AND LEAN MY SEAT BACK AND CRAWL TO THE BACK TO UNLOCK MY BACK DOORS. I USE THE MANUAL DOOR KEY TO GET IN MY CAR NOW. ALL ELECTRICAL BUTTONS ON MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR WILL NOT WORK. I CAN NOT CONTROL MY LOCKS, WINDOWS OR SIDE MIRRORS. ON TOP OF THAT MY CAR WILL NOT START ALL THE TIME ONLY WHEN IT CHOOSES TO. I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE BATTERY TWICE SINCE I'VE OWNED THE VEHICLE. ALSO HAD KEY FOBS REPLACED LAST YEAR. I HOPE SOMEONE CAN HELP WITH THESE ISSUES. IT IS BEYOND FRUSTRATING THAT THERE ARE SO MANY ISSUES WITH THIS MODEL.

WIFE WAS DRIVING CAR 1/2 MILE FROM HOME, STARTED SMOKING, STALLED ON BUSY STREET, COASTED INTO SHOPPING CENTER HAD CAR TOWED TO A GARAGE-FOUND FREEZE PLUG BETWEEN ENGINE AND TRANS FAILED, ENGINE OVERHEATED , CLY HEAD GASKETS FAILED,ENGINE HAD TO BE REMOVED AND REBUILT.

I BOUGHT 9/2015 HAS HAD 3 TRANSFER CASES AT 3,000.00 EACH AND NOW NEEDS ANOTHER, CRACKED AND LEAKING AND NEED SEALS AND A PART. . AT THIS POINT IT NOW NEEDS THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT THAT GOES INTO THE TRANSFER CASE AND IS NOT AVAILABLE ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES, ACCORDING TO DODGE. I HAVE A LOAN ON THIS VEHICLE AND UNABLE TO DRIVE SINCE SEPT 20TH, 2017. I WROTE TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN MASSACHUSETTS. RECEIVED A LETTER ON OCT 12, 2017 FROM THEM , TELLING ME TO CONTACT YOUR DEPT RIGHT AWAY. I DRIVE MY VEHICLE ON CITY STREETS. I SAW LEAKING WHILE I WAS IN PARKING LOT AT WORK ON SEPT 15,2017 . I BROUGHT BACK TO AAMCO ON SEPT 16,2017 . BROUGHT IT TO AAMCO IN TURN THEY CALLED DODGE BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE NUMBER 4 TRANSFER CASE. I WAS TOLD, I HAD TO BRING TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP, WHICH I DID. AAMCO PUT IN 3 TRANSFER CASES. HARR DODGE IN WORCESTER, MA DIAGNOSED MY VEHICLE ON SEPT 20, 2017 AND THAT IS WHEN I FOUND OUT WHAT IT NEEDS. WITH NO PART AVAILABLE IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES. THEY NEED TO RECALL THIS CAR NOW, NOT YEARS FROM NOW . THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION IT IS PART OF THE DRIVESHAFT CONNECTION. THERE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINTS SINCE 2013 ABOUT THESE TRANSFER CASES LEAKING, CRACKED , SEALS LEAKING DRIVESHAFT PROBLEMS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS TAKING SO LONG FOR SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. I WANT CHRSYSLER DODGE TO RECALL THIS VEHICLE AND PURCHASE MY VEHICLE BACK. ALSO BRAKES IN THIS VEHICLE WEAR AT 5, 000 MILES AND EVERY 5,000 MILES WHICH AGAIN IS A PROBLEM. HUNDRED OF COMPLAINTS SINCE 2012 AND THIS HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED EITHER BY THIS SAFETY COMMISSION.

MY CAR I BOUGHT 9/2015 HAS HAD 3 TRANSFER CASES AT 3,000.00 EACH AND NOW NEEDS ANOTHER, CRACKED AND LEAKING. AT THIS POINT IT NOW NEEDS THE ALSO NEED INTERMEDIATE SHAFT THAT GOES INTO THE TRANSFER CASE AND IS NOT AVAILABLE ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES, ACCORDING TO DODGE. I HAVE A LOAN ON THIS VEHICLE AND UNABLE TO DRIVE SINCE SEPT 20TH, 2017. I WROTE TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN MASACHUSETTS. RECEIVED A LETTER ON OCT 12, 2017 FROM THEM , TELLING ME TO CONTACT YOUR DEPT RIGHT AWAY. I DRIVE MY VEHICLE ON CITY STREETS. I SAW LEAKING WHILE I WAS IN PARKING LOT AT WORK ON SEPT 15,2017 . I BROUGHT BACK TO AAMCO ON SEPT 16, THEY CALLED DODGE BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE NUMBER 4 TRANSFER CASE. THEY TOLD THEM I HAD TO BRING TO A DODGE DEALERSHIP, WHICH I DID. AAMCO PUT IN 3 TRANSFER CASES.HARR DODGE IN WORCESTER, MA DIAGNOSED ON SEPT 20, 2017 AND THAT IS WHEN I FOUND OUT WHAT IT NEEDS. WITH NO PART AVAILABLE IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES. THEY NEED TO RECALL THIS CAR NOW, NOT YEARS. 2009 DODGE JOURNEYS

2009 DODGE JOURNEY FAILS TO START AT TIMES. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN MORE FREQUENT. I'VE OWNED THIS VEHICLE FOR 4 YEARS AND HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE FOR 3. THE BATTERY HAS BEEN REPLACED ALONG WITH MANY OTHER COSTLY REPAIRS. THE FAILURE TO START HAS LEFT ME STRANDED ON MANY OCCASIONS AND THE SUGGESTION TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL FIRST WOULD BE HELPFUL IF I COULD DEPRESS THE BRAKE, BUT I CAN'T...IT'S AS THOUGH THEY'RE LOCKED. AS A SINGLE MOM, THIS IS VERY DISCONCERTING AS I AM ALWAYS ON THE GO BETWEEN WORK, SCHOOL AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS.

RECIEVED A PETTER IN MAIL ABOUT A RECALL FOR MY CAR. THERE WAS AN ERROR IN THE POWER SUPPLY UNIT THAT COULD EITHER MAKE THE AIRBAG DEPLOY RANDOMLY WOTHOUT WARNING OR PREVENT IT FROM OPENING AT ALL IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT CALLED DEALERSHIP IN REFERENCE TO RECALL, WAS TOLD THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PART NESSESARY AND DID NOT KNOW WHEN THEY WOULD HAVE THE PART AND TO CALL BACK NEXT WEEK CALLED BACK NEXT WEEK AND WAS TOLD TO LEAVE A MESSSAGE THAT WOULD BE RETURNED, IT NEVER WAS. WENT IN PERSON AND WAS TOLD THEY HAD NO RECORD OF ME CALLING AND THEY STILL DID NOT HAVE THE PART.

TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM PROBLEMS. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED TPMS WAS CORRODED. UPDATED 09/26/2017*JS

I HAD TO HAVE TRANSMISSION REPLACED WHICH I FILED A COMPLAINT ALREADY AND SINCE THAT THE ESP , ALL WHEEL DRIVE, SKIDDING AND ANOTHER LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND OFF AND MY BRAKES ONLY WORK HALF THE TIME AND NOW MY DRIVER WINDOW WONT GO UP OR DOWN OR MIRROR WORK AND TODAY MY CAR WONT START. MY HUSBAND CHECKED FUSES THEY ARE GOOD BUT HAVE NO POWER TO OVER HALF OF THEM. I CALLED TATE DODGE THEY WANT ANOTHER 1102.00 JUST FOR ME TO BUT THE TIPM PART AND DO THE WORK MYSELF. I CANT BREAK A FUSE BOX AND DO NOT FEEL THIS IS FAIR AND UNLESS I REPLACE THEN MY CAR DONT WORK NOW.