2010 DODGE JOURNEY AWD Complaints

THE CAR RANDOMLY HONKS ON IT'S OWN DURING DRIVING AND PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET.

POWER STEERING MAKES A WHINNING SOUND WHEN STARTING THE SUV. THE AIRBAG LIGHT WILL NOT TURN OFF AND THE ENGINE LIGHT IS ON DUE TO ELECTRICAL ISSUES. MY IGNITION ALSO SLIPS WHILE DRIVING.

LEFT AND RIGHT HORN ACTIVATED AT RANDOM WHILE DRIVING AND PARKED, NIGHT AND/OR DAY. DEALERSHIP CAN NOT PIN POINT THE PROBLEM. SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM ALL OVER THE INTERNET.

LOW PRESSURE POWER STEERING HOSE RUPTURED AND BEGAN LEAKING UPON START UP IN COLD WEATHER

FOR THE FOURTH TIME NOW I HAVE HAD TO HAVE MY VEHICLE IN TO HAVE THE POWER STEERING HOSE REPLACED!!!! AND OF COURSE, I AM AM BEING TOLD THIS VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE A FACTORY BLOCK HEATER INSTALLED SO IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO DISAPPOINTED BY A COMPANY IN ALL MY LIFE!!!! EACH TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED IT HAS CAUSED A HUGE INCONVENIENCE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. THE FIRST TIME THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT A SCHOOL FUNSTION. STARTED IT, LET IT RUN FOR ABOUT 5 MIN AND WHEN I ACCELERATED TO LEAVE MY POWER STEERING WAS GONE. SECOND TIME, I WAS PARKED, WENT TO START IT AND WENT TO LEAVE. AGAIN, NO POWER STEERING. THIRD TIME I WAS PARKED IN A LOT FOR SHOPPING. I STARTED IT, WENT TO LEAVE AND NO POWER STEERING. THE FOURTH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN MY GARAGE. I STARTED IT REMOTELY. WHEN I WENT TO BACK OUT OF THE GARAGE THERE WAS NO POWER STEERING. IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER NO LESS!!!! I WAS LEFT ONTHE SIDE OF ROAD WITH MY TWO KIDS LAST FRIDAY WHEN THE TEMPERATURE HERE IN MN WAS -20. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?! ALL OF THESE OCCURRENCES HAVE HAPPENED INT HE DEAD OF WINTER. NOT TO MENTION THE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS I HAVE TO KEEP ON PAYING TO HAVE THIS FIXED. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS YEAR MAKE AND MODEL, BUT I CAN'T BE COMPENSATED UNDER THE RECALL BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE A BLOCK HEATER?. A BLOCK HEATER HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH POWER STEERING HOSES BLOWING OFF ON START UP IN WINTER. I REALLY NEED HELP AS I AM SINGLE MOM WITH TWO KIDS AND CONNOT AFFORD TO CONTINUE TAKING TIME OFF FROM WORK TO TAKE MY VEHICLE IN FOR THIS PROBLEM. ANY HELP OR INFORMATION YOU MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE IS GREATYL APPRECIATED!!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE JOURNEY. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OR WHILE DRIVING, THE HORN INADVERTENTLY HONKED ON AND OFF WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, BUT DID NOT OFFER ANY FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

INTERMITTENT ISSUE WITH VEHICLE NOT STARTING. HAVE RESEARCHED AND FOUND THIS ISSUE DOCUMENTED MANY TIMES ON THE INTERNET. SOMETIMES IT WILL START IF YOU PRESS THE BRAKE, PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND THEN TURN THE IGNITION, SOMETIMES IT WILL WORK IF YOU JIGGLE THE SHIFTER, SOMETIMES IT WILL WORK IF YOU TAKE THE KEY OUT AND TURN IT OVER. TODAY! NONE OF THIS HAS WORKED. WE ALSO TRIED JUMP STARTING AND THAT DIDN'THE WORK EITHER. HOPING THAT IF I LET IT SIT FOR AWHILE, I CAN GET IT STARTED SO I CAN GO TO WORK TOMORROW. I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE BECAUSE I GAD 2 PREVIOUS DODGE VEHICLES THAT I HAD GOOD LUCK WITH, BUT THIS VEHICLE IS MAKING ME RETHINK EVER BUYING ANOTHER DODGE.

DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHTS. THE JOURNEY HAS DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS INSTALLED BUT NOT ACTIVATED. I CONTACTED MY LOCAL DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY ARE ONLY ACTIVATED IF THE CAR WAS SOLD NEW IN A STATE THAT REQUIRED THEM. THE DEALER SAID THEY CAN ACTIVATE BY HOOKING UP THEIR FACTORY SCANNER BUT IT WOULD COST ME SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY I NEED TO PAY TO HAVE A SAFETY FEATURE THAT WAS INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY ACTIVATED. THERE IS RESEARCH THAT SHOWS DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS SAVE LIVES AND SOME OF THE STATES I TRAVEL TO REQUIRE THAT I TURN ON MY HEADLIGHTS IF I DON'T HAVE DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS. I DISCOVERED THIS RIGHT AFTER WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED.

MY VEHICLE WILL NOT START. I TURN THE KEY AND I HEAR ONE CLICK. IT HAS A NEW BATTERY INSTALLED. THE ENGINE ALSO DIED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AFTER BEING PUT IN REVERSE. I CAN'T JUMP START MY CAR OR ANYTHING. IT REFUSES TO START.

CAR HORN GOING OFF WITHOUT PRESSING THE HORN, STATIONARY IN DRIVEWAY, STORE, ECT. CAR IS ALSO TURNED OFF, KEY REMOVED.