2010 DODGE JOURNEY AWD Complaints

PURCHASED VEHICLE NEW FROM DEALER. THE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON WHEN OUTSIDE TEMP GETS BELOW 40 DEGREES. AFTER OWNING THE JOURNEY FOR A YEAR, WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE TIRES, BRAKES, AND ROTORS AFTER ONLY 10,000 MILES; REPLACE A FAULTY BATTERY AND COMPLAINED TO DEALER ABOUT THE AIR NOISE AT DRIVER DOOR, WINDOWS ROLLING DOWN AND DOORS UNLOCKING BY THEMSELVES, HARD SHIFTING IN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ALL WITHIN THE ODOMETER READING 15,000 MILES. *TR

PURCHASED NEW DODGE JOURNEY 2010 IN APRIL 2011. BASIC TYPE TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BY SEPTEMBER 2011 DUE TO WEAR. ATTEMPTED TO REPLACE WITH SNOW TIRES, NEEDED FOR SAFE WINTER DRIVING IN RURAL AREA WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL. ONLY TIRES THAT FIT WHEELS WERE ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER. USED SIZE/BRAND RECOMMENDED BY DEALERSHIP THAT ALMOST FIT IN OCTOBER 2011. SINCE THEN, I HAVE HAD TO HAVE ALL FOUR BRAKE ROTORS MACHINED, FRONT BRAKE PADS REPLACED FOR THIRD TIME NOW, NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. CAR PULSATES/STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES VIOLENTLY WHEN BRAKING STARTING AT ABOUT 40 MPH. PULSATION/VIBRATION DOES NOT COMPLETELY GO AWAY EVEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER BRAKES WORKED ON/PADS REPLACED. I HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED EVERY 6 MONTHS, THIS DOES NOT HELP DECREASE PULSATION. AS OF JULY 2013, NO WINTER TIRES CAN BE FOUND THAT FIT THE CAR EXACTLY PER THE DEALERSHIP. CAR SLOWS DOWN TOO MUCH WHEN COASTING. GAS MILEAGE AVERAGES 17 MPG, CURRENT MILEAGE IS APPROX 43000. I HAVE FREQUENT PROBLEMS WITH THE LOCKS AND ALARM WHEN TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW 40 F, WHICH IS FROM OCTOBER TO MAY. CAR DOES NOT ALWAYS LOCK OR UNLOCK USING EITHER KEY FOB OR BY PRESSING BUTTON IN CAR, MUST PRESS IT MULTIPLE TIMES. CAR ALARM DOES NOT WORK CONSISTENTLY. IF CAR IS LOCKED WITH THE FOB, THE CAR DOES NOT ALWAYS LOCK BUT IS SOMETIMES "ARMED" AND THE ALARM FREQUENTLY GOES OFF WHEN THE DOOR IS OPENED. MUST PLACE KEY FOB IN IGNITION AND TURN CAR ON TO STOP ALARM. DRIVER SIDE DOOR FREQUENTLY WOULD NOT UNLOCK DURING WINTER, LOCK MECHANISM COULD BE HEARD ATTEMPTING TO TURN, LOCK NEXT TO WINDOW APPEARED TO BE JUMPING SLIGHTLY. DOOR HAD TO BE UNLOCKED FROM INSIDE AFTER ENTERING CAR THROUGH OTHER DOORS. DEALERSHIP STATED THEY COULD NOT GET PROBLEMS TO REPLICATE (WITH LOCKS, ALARM). *TR

I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR NOT STARTING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THE FOB KEY OUT, TURN IT AROUND, AND INSERT IT AGAIN. AFTER DOING THIS IT WOULD FINALLY START. ON JUNE 17, 2013, I STOPPED AT AN AUTO PARTS STORE TO GET SOMETHING AND THEN COULDN'T LEAVE. WHEN I PUT THE KEY IN, THE INDICATOR ON THE DASHBOARD READ BAD KEY. A COUPLE DAYS LATER I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP TO GET A NEW KEY PROGRAMMED. THE ASSISTANT SERVICE MANAGER INFORMED ME HE RAN A DIAGNOSTIC AND IT CAME BACK THAT MY WIN MODULE WAS BAD AND I HAD TO REPLACE IT ALONG WITH 2 KEYS, A $968.00 BILL. I CHECKED ONLINE AND IT SEEMS THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS MODULE BUT ONLY FOR THE "RING." MY CAR SUPPOSEDLY HAS HAD THIS PART REPLACED. I CONTACTED THE CHRYSLER AND AFTER TWO WEEKS OF GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM AND THE DEALERSHIP, THEY INFORMED ME THEY WOULD NOT HELP DUE TO HIGH MILEAGE AND OUT OF WARRANTY. MY CAR STILL IS NOT FIXED BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL REASONS. WE ARE TOLD ONLY DEALERSHIPS CAN GET THIS PART, INSTALL IT, AND PROGRAM IT. MY GOOGLE SEARCHES ON THIS ISSUE SHOWS WAY TOO MANY RESULTS FOR THIS NOT TO BE A SERIOUS ISSUE THAT CHRYSLER REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR. I RECALL NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THIS PART. *TR

OWN A 2010 DODGE JOURNEY, FRONT BRAKES SHIMMYED AT 20,000 MILES, CALLED DEALER NOT A COVERED PART. OWNER REPLACED FRONT BRAKES AND ROTORS, NO FURTHER PROBLEM THERE. ON FUEL MILEAGE HAS REDUCED FROM APPROX. 22 MILES TO GALLON TO 17 MILES TO GALLON. ALSO VEHICLE SLOWS DOWN TOO FAST UPON COASTING, FEELS LIKE DRAGGING. TIRES FROM KUMHO ARE GARBAGE, REPLACED ALL WITH DIFFERENT BRAND, WAS TOLD NO RECALL ON THOSE EITHER. TIRES WORE OUT AT 20,000 MILES, WAS TOLD BY TIRE DEALER THAT THOSE TIRES ARE FAULTY DUE TO WEAR OUT AT 15 TO 25,000 MILES. SAYS CHLYSLER KNOS ABOUT KUMHO BUT WONT RECALL THEM. OVERALL GETTING DISCOURAGED WITH CHYSLER PRODUCT, AND GETTING NO HELP ON PROBLEMS. DURING WINTER MONTH VEHICLE WENT INTO AWD DUE TO TIRES SLIPPING, MADE UGLY GRINDING NOISES AND SHAKE WHEN ACTIVATED, ALSO STUCK IN AWD. HAD TO BACK UP 500 OR MORE FEET TO GET IT TO UNLOCK OR DEACTIVATE. HAS NOT BEEN RIGHT SINCE, AND AGAIN TOLD NOT A COVERED PROBLEM. EVERYTIME I CALL ABOUT THESE PROBLEMS THEY SAY BRING IT IN BUT WARRENTY WILL NOT COVER, IM DISABILED AND I CANT AFFORD TO BRING IN AND PAY SHOP RATES JUST TO SAY ON PAPER NOT A WARRENTY PROBLEM, I HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS. *TR

WHEN I LOCK AUTO SITS FOR AWHILE THEN UNLOCKS THE TWO FRONT DOORS AND DROPS WINDOWS HALF WAY BY ITSELF? *TR

WHILE DRIVING ALONG, NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEMS WENT BLANK, RADIO/PHONE/ETC WENT DEAD, AND TURN SIGNALS BECAME INOPERABLE (WAS ABLE TO USE EMERGENCY FLASHERS TO WARN OTHER DRIVERS WHILE CHANGING LANES). BROUGHT TO DEALER, WAS FOUND TO BE IGNITION MODULE DOES NOT WORK PROPERLY SO KEY ENDS UP IN INVALID POSITION - CAUSING SYSTEM FUNCTIONS TO NOT OPERATE. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS IGNITION SWITCH, IN WHICH THEY P,LACED SPACERS TO KEEP THE SWITCH FROM ACTUALLY TURNING THE CAR OFF, BUT APPARENTLY, IT DOES NOT ACTUALLY FIX THE PROBLEM OF THE KEY GOING INTO THE WRONG POSITION, JUST REDUCES IT'S RANGE. THE MANUFACTURER CHARGED TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE IGNITION MODULE. *TR

BRAKES WOULD SHIMMY, TOOK TO DEALER ON MAY 30, 2012, REPLACED PADS ON FRONT AND RESURFACED ALL FOUR ROTORS, ONLY TO HAVE SAME PROBLEM ON DEC. 11, 2012, BRAKES WOULD SHIMMY. TOOK TO ANOTHER DEALER AND HAD ALL FOUR ROTORS RESURFACED ONCE AGAIN. *TR

PURCHASED DODGE JOURNEY IN DECEMBER OF 2011. HAVE ONLY DRIVEN 11,300 MILES. BOUGHT 4 NEW TIRES TWO MONTHS AGO. HAVE BEEN KEEPING UP WITH ALL REGULAR MAINTENANCE TO THE VEHICLE. WHEEL SHAKES TREMENDOUSLY WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. ALSO, CAR DRAGS WHEN RELEASING THE THROTTLE. A CAR CUT ME OFF AND I HAD TO BRAKE FAST. BRAKES DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THEY WERE WORKING PROPERLY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE JOURNEY AWD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN EXCESSIVE VIBRATION IN THE VEHICLE WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY INFORMED HIM THAT THE ROTORS WERE FAILING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 15,000. UPDATED 08-09-12 *BF THE STATED THE BRAKE PADS WERE NOT WORN NOR WAS IT NECESSARY TO REPLACE THEM. THE VEHICLE HAS POOR FUEL MILEAGE AND LOSS OF POWER. THE VEHICLE DRAGGED INSTEAD OF COASTING WHEN RELEASING THE THROTTLE. THE VEHICLE OPERATES CORRECTLY IN NEUTRAL AND WITHOUT USING ALL WHEEL DRIVE. FUEL MILEAGE ALSO INCREASED. UPDATED 08/13/2012 *JS *TR

BRAKES WENT OUT AT 14,074; THEN AGAIN AT 20,811 MILES; AND AGAIN AT 36,201. THE VEHICLE IS TWO YEARS OLD. *JB