2010 DODGE JOURNEY AWD Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE JOURNEY AWD. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS, INCLUDING THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING, FAILED BUT THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN. THE CONTACT MANEUVERED INTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND THE ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS RESUMED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THEY REFUSED TO DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V373000 (AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM); HOWEVER, THE PART TO REPAIR THE RECALL WAS UNAVAILABLE AND THE DEALER STATED THAT IT WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THE WAIT PERIOD WAS UNREASONABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,000.

I HAVE HAD MY INTEGRATED MODULE REPLACED TWICE BUT STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM OF ALL THE ACCESSORY LIGHTS COMING ON IN THE CAR. NOTHING WORKS WHEN THIS HAPPEN. ALSO I AM NOW HAVING A PROBLEM WHEN I INSERT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION IT'S LIKE IT WANT TURN OVER UNLESS IT IS IN A CERTAIN SPOT. PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS MATTER I JUST PURCHASED THIS CAR IN MARCH OF 2013. DON'T WANT TO GET IN A BAD ACCIDENT WHEN THIS HAPPENS SINCE IT SHUTS DOWN THINGS IN THE CAR. *TR

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2010 DODGE JOURNEY SXT AWD. I FINANCED THE VEHICLE IN NOV 2011. AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE, THE VEHICLE HAD A LITTLE MORE THAN 19,000 MILES. ALMOST 4 YEARS LATER, I NOW HAVE 96,000 MILES DUE TO MY CONSTANT TRAVEL IN MY CITY OF RESIDENCE AND OUT OF STATE. THE FIRST INCIDENTS WITH THE VEHICLE STARTED IN LATE 2012 WITH THE VEHICLE NOT STARTING WHEN ATTEMPTING TO TURN IT ON. YOU WOULD HEAR A CLICK BUT IT WOULD NOT START HOWEVER THE DASH WOULD LIGHT UP. THIS CONTINUED TO HAPPEN FOR SEVERAL MONTHS ON AND OFF UNTIL MY HUSBAND CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND WE WERE TOLD ABOUT THE RECALL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN AND RECALL ISSUE FIXED OR SO WE THOUGHT. VEHICLE STARTED SAME ISSUE OF NOT STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD NO FURTHER RECALLS WERE ON THIS VEHICLE. JUMP FORWARD TO OCT 2014. I MOVE TO VA AND I'M OUT ONE DAY SHOPPING AND THE VEHICLE AGAIN DOES NOT START. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE THAT TIME OFF AND ON. AND NOW AS OF FEB 2015 I STARTED HAVING A BAD KEY MESSAGE COME UP WHEN I ATTEMPT TO TURN ON MY CAR. HAPPENED TWICE WHILE OUT ON FEB 4TH AND AGAIN TODAY ON FEB 5TH. ATTEMPTED TO TURN ON CAR 4 TIMES BEFORE IT WOULD START, EACH TIME GIVING ME THE MESSAGE BAD KEY. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. THIS VEHICLE IS A PIECE OF CRAP AND DODGE/CHRYSLER REFUSES TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. I HAVE READ SEVERAL STORIES ON LINE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING THESE SAME ISSUES AND MORE IN ADDITION TO THIS. I AM AFRAID THAT THIS VEHICLE WHEN START SHUTTING DOWN WHILE I AM DRIVING NEXT. IT IS THE MOST UNRELIABLE VEHICLE I HAVE EVER OWNED. I CANNOT TRADE IT IN BECAUSE I OWE MORE MONEY THAT THIS VEHICLE IS WORTH. I TRULY REGRET EVER BUYING IT. SO NOW INSTEAD OF THE CAR NOT TURNING ON AT ALL ONE WAY, IT NOW DOES THE SAME THING BY WAY OF THE KEY. THE OTHER KEY I HAVE STOPPED WORKING IN EARLY 2013 SO I ONLY HAVE ONE KEY AND CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY $300 FOR A NEW KEY. *TR

I RECEIVE A NOTICE ABOUT 6 MONTHS FOR A RECALL #L25/NHTSA 14V-373 TO REPLACE THE IGNITION SWITCH I CALL ONTARIO DODGE DEALER AND THEIR SAY THAT DON'T HAVE THAT PART AND MAY BE TAKE A LONG TIME TO BE FIXED MY CAR I START HAVING PROBLEMS MANY TIMES TO START I CALL CHRYSLER GROUP RECALL ASSISTANCE CENTER AND STILL NO ANSWER THEIR DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PARTS AND MY CART ALREADY DIE COMPLETE AT ENTRANCE OF FREEWAY PLEASE HELP ME TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SOMETHING HAPPEN THANK VERY MUCH !!! *TR

FIRST HAD A PROBLEM WITH CAR SHUTTING DOWN AND WOULD NOT START SO I BOUGHT A BATTERY,BECAUSE IT KEPT DRAINING THEN STARTER MADE NOISE HAD TO REPLACE IT , THEN MY CAR STARTED OVER HEATING SO I WAS TOLD IT WAS THE RESERVOIR SO I BOUGHT ONE , NOW MY TRANSMISSION SLIPS IN REVERSE. I'M STILL HAVING PROBLEMS WITH SHUT DOWNS NO STARTING, EVERYTHING IS ACTING UP ALL OVER AGAIN. *TR

VEHICLE HAS FAILED TO START MULTIPLE TIMES. STARTED OCCURRING AROUND 20,000 MILES. TURN THE KEY AND ONLY HEAR A CLICK. SOMETIMES AFTER WAITING A FEW HOURS THE VEHICLE STARTS. HAVE REPLACED THE VEHICLE BATTERY BUT THAT DIDN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. TYPICALLY, AFTER MOVING/WIGGLING THE SHIFTER AND RETURNING TO PARK, THE CAR STARTS. THIS NO LONGER WORKS. TRIED LOCKING/UNLOCKING DOORS WITH MULTIPLE KEY FOBS, TRIED USING A DIFFERENT KEY IN THE IGNITION BUT CAR WILL NO LONGER START. CURRENT MILEAGE AROUND 58,000. *TR

THE 2010 DODGE JOURNEY WE OWN HAS JUST BEEN ONE PROBLEM AFTER ANOTHER. WE DID NOT PURCHASE IT NEW, WE PURCHASED IT PRE-OWNED FROM THE DODGE DEALERSHIP. BUT WE HAVE PAID TO KEEP IT UP AND STAY AHEAD OF MOST PROBLEMS BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT ARE REOCCURING AND NOTHING SEEMS TO MAKE THEM ANY BETTER. THE LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD WILL LIGHT UP AND WHEN YOU TAKE IT IN TO BE LOOKED AT THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN BE FOUND WRONG WITH IT. THE BRAKES SEEM TO GO BAD PRETTY FREQUENTLY. WE ARE CONSTANTLY GETTING THE LIGHT THAT TELLS US THAT THE ESC IS DISABLED AND WHEN YOU TAKE IT TO GET SOMEONE TO LOOK AT IT THEY CANNOT FIND WHAT IS CAUSING THIS. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE WE ARE PUTTING MORE AND MORE MONEY INTO THE 2010 DODGE JOURNEY WE OWN. CONSTANTLY PAYING A MECHANIC TO LOOK AT IT AND FIX THE MOST RECENT ISSUE THAT ARISES FROM THE WARNING LIGHTS ON THE DASH. WE CANNOT TRADE IT IN BECAUSE WE STILL OWE ON THE VEHICLE AND WE CANNOT AFFORD AN INCREASE IN THE PAYMENT. DODGE DOES NOT ADMIT THAT IT IS A DEFECTIVE MODEL OR THAT THERE IS ANYTHING THAT IS CAUSING THIS. I AM HOPING THAT SOMEONE WILL LOOK INTO THE 2010 DODGE JOURNEY AND ALL IT'S PROBLEMS AND GIVE SOME SORT OF RELIEF TO THOSE OF US WHO PURCHACED ONE OF THESE PROBLEM CARS WITHOUT KNOWING THAT THE BRAKES WOULD CONSTANTLY GO BAD AND THERE WILL BE A LITTLE "DEMON" IN THE CAR THAT FLIPS THE LIGHTS ON AND OFF ON THE DASHBOARD WHENEVER HE FEELS LIKE IT. I KNOW I CANNOT BE THE ONLY PERSON THAT HAS HAD NOTHING BUT TROUBLE WITH A 2010 DODGE JOURNEY. BUT MAYBE DODGE CAN TAKE THIS DEMON INFESTED CAR BACK AND GIVE MY FAMILY SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE SAFE IN. *TR

DRIVING ON THE I95 SOUTH GOING 55 MPH A RED LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN CAR STARTING DOWN. THE ELECTRICAL LIGHTS ON THE DASH BOARD CAME ON AND THE CAR STARTED MOVING OVER TO THE SIDE AND I FINALLY STOPPED THE CAR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE OFF RAMP AT EXIT 15. *TR

OUR VEHICLE WORKED FINE AFTER PURCHASE UP UNTIL SOMETIME IN APRIL. THEN OUR HORN STARTED HONKING UNCONTROLLABLY FOR NO REASON. NOTHING I DID WOULD SHUT IT OFF SO I ENDED UP TAKING OUT THE FUSES UNTIL WE COULD GET IT FIXED. EVENTUALLY OUR BATTERY DIED FOR SEEMINGLY NO REASON AND WE HAD TO HAVE IT REPLACED AS WELL AS TRY AND GET THE HORN FIXED. ORIGINALLY THE DEALERSHIP THOUGHT IT WAS ALL THE CAUSE OF THE BATTERY DYING BUT EVENTUALLY CONCEDED THAT IT WAS A WIRING PROBLEM. WE TOOK IT TO GET THAT FIXED AND WERE WITHOUT A VEHICLE FOR A MONTH. WHEN THEY FINALLY FIXED AND RETURNED IT WAS FINE FOR ABOUT A WEEK BUT THEN THE HORN STARTED HONKING FOR NO REASON AGAIN. BY THE TIME THE TOW TRUCK GOT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP IT HAD STOPPED AND THE MECHANICS COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE ISSUE, HOWEVER NOW IT HAS STARTED AGAIN. I THEN HEARD ABOUT THE TIPM ISSUE WITH THE CHRYSLER MODELS AND IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH MY VEHICLE MAY BE SHOWING SIGNS OF THE SAME ISSUE. I WAS ADVISED TO MAKE A REPORT HERE. ANY INFORMATION ON HOW AND WHEN THIS WILL BE RECTIFIED WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. *TR

MY HUSBAND STOPPED BY THE HOUSE DURING HIS BREAK, AT THIS TIME THE CAR WAS FINE. WHEN HE WENT TO GO BACK TO WORK THE WINDOWS WERE ALL DOWN AND THE DOORS WERE UNLOCKED. THIS HAPPENED LAST WEEK AS WELL. ON FIVE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING THE CAR WOULD SHUT OFF. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED I ALMOST RAN INTO THE SIGN AND POSTAL BOX ON THE SIDE WALK. TWO TIMES IT WAS AT A STOP LIGHT. THE OTHER TWO TIMES IT WAS WHILE DRIVING, DURING THESE TWO TIMES WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE CAR IN THE TURNING LANE. WHEN WE TOOK THE CAR IN THE MECHANICS TOLD US THAT THE CHIP IN THE KEY WAS BAD AND THAT IS WHY THE CAR STOPPED. BUT RECENTLY AFTER TAKING IT TO A DIFFERENT MECHANIC WE LEARNED ABOUT THE RECALLS. TO BE HONEST I AM VERY SCARED TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE ESPECIALLY WITH MY KIDS. IS THERE A PROGRAM FOR THESE VEHICLES TO BE PURCHASED BACK SO THAT I CAN GET A SAFER CAR? *TR