2010 DODGE JOURNEY AWD Complaints

ON 3/14/2012 (31,604 MILES) WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO GRIND AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE DEALER FOUND A STORED CODE R1790 AND RESET THE CODE UNABLE TO FIND FURTHER ISSUE. PICKED VEHICLE UP ON 3/15/2012 DROVE VEHICLE HOME. THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOTICEABLY SLIPPING AND WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS PERFORMING "NORMALLY" CONTINUED DRIVING THE VEHICLE UNTIL... 4/18/2012 (33,133 MILES) THE TRANSMISSION STARTED GRINDING AGAIN, VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHERE MY SON NARROWLY AVOIDED BEING HIT HEAD ON. VEHICLE HAD TO BE FLAT BED TOWED TO DEALER, WOULD NOT MOVE UNDER ITS OWN POWER. MULTIPLE CODES FOUND: P0841 LEFT REAR PRESSURE SWITCH RATIONALITY P0733 GEAR RATIO ERROR IN 3RD P0944 LOSS OF PUMP PRIME P1790 FAULT INNER AFTER SHIFT P0731/732/734 GEAR RATIO 1, 2, & 4 P0846 PRESSURE SWITCH RATIONALITY P0838 LC PRESSURE RATIONALITY. FOUND METAL IN TRANSMISSION PAN, DISASSEMBLED AND FOUND BAD PLANETARY AND DAMAGED UNDERDRIVE COMPOUNDER. REPLACED THE COMPOUNDER, REMOVED THE VALVE BODY AND RECONDITIONED AND FLUSHED THE COOLER. VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO US ON 4/30/2012 AND STILL FEELS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT OPERATING NORMALLY. *JS

WHEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS 65-75 MPH AND HAVING TO BRAKE HARD THE STEERING WHEEL AND BRAKE PEDALS BEGIN TO VIBRATE VIOLENTLY AND THE BRAKES FEEL AS THOUGH THEY ARE NOT WORKING CORRECTLY? 2010 DODGE JOURNEY SXT WITH CURRENTLY 24K MILES. *TR

WENT ON A VACATION TO YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK. ALL THE WAY OUT HAD INTERMITENT PULSATION OF THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN BRAKING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. FRONT DISCS AND BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED BY DEALER AT 11921 MILES BECAUSE OF WARPED ROTORS.AFTER MANY MORE COMPLAINTS OF PULSATIONS WHEN BRAKING THE DEALER REPLACED THE REAR DISCS AND PADS AT 23184 MILES, ACCOUNT WARPED ROTORS. SO AFTER 6 1/2 MONTHS ( OCTOBER 10 ) THE FRONT ROTORS WERE WARPED AND 10 MONTHS LATER ( AUGUST 8, 2011 ) THE REAR ROTORS WERE WARPED. THE PULSATION HAS HAPPENED AGAIN ALREADY AND IT IS ONLY AUGUST 22 2011.EACH TIME I TAKE THE CAR IN FOR THE PULSATION PROBLEM THE DEALER SAYS HE TAKES IT FOR A RIDE AND FINDS NO PROBLEM. EACH TIME IT HAS HAD THE SAME MILEAGE IN AS THE MILEAGE OUT. I DON'T THINK THE DEALER EVEN TOOK IT FOR A RIDE BECAUSE HE ALREADY KNEW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE JOURNEY AWD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPAROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. A FEW WEEKS LATER, THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN REGARDS TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 11V139000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION). AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE, AND THEY WERE UNSURE AS TO WHEN THEY WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 36,000.

THIS COMPLAINT PERTAINS TO A LIMITED SUPPLY CHAIN PROBLEM WITH THE 2010 DODGE JOURNEY TIRE AND WHEEL COMBINATION WHICH MAY LEAD TO ACCIDENTS. MY 2010 JOURNEY HAS A CUSTOM TIRE SIZE OF 225/55/19, WHICH IS HOW DODGE DESIGNED IT. KUHMO IS THE ONLY TIRE MFG THAT SUPPLIES THIS TIRE SIZE. IN MAY OF 2011 I HAD ONE TIRE FAILURE AND IT TOOK APPROX. 12 DAYS TO LOCATE A TIRE DUE TO A NATIONAL BACK ORDER. THAT RESULTED IN ME RIDING ON MY SMALLER SPARE TIRE DURING THAT TIME. ON JULY 4TH 2011 WE HAD ANOTHER TIRE FAIL AND AGAIN THERE IS NO REPLACEMENT AVAILABLE DUE TO THE CUSTOM TIRE SIZE AND KUHMO'S NATIONAL TIRE SHORTAGE. I AM NOW RIDING ON MY SPARE AGAIN WHILE MY MECHANIC SEARCHES NATIONALLY FOR A TIRE. MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT YOU ALERT DODGE/CHRYSLER OF THIS ISSUE AND HAVE THEM FIND AN ALTERNATE SUPPLIER OF THIS CUSTOM TIRE SIZE. *TR

WITH LESS THAN 6000 MILES ON MY 2010 DODGE JOURNEY, I NOTICED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS BEGINNING TO SHAKE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED, I HAD THE DEALERSHIP THAT I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE FROM LOOK AT THE PROBLEM. THEY TOLD ME THAT THE FRONT ROTORS WERE WARPED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT DRIVEN HARD, THE BRAKES ARE NOT SLAMMED, NO JACK RABBIT STARTS. I FIND THAT THE ROTORS NEEDING TO BE REPLACED WITH LESS THAN 6000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE UNACCEPTABLE. I FEEL THAT THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE, AND THE BRAKES ARE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SAFETY FEATURES ON A VEHICLE. *TR

DODGE JOURNEY, ENGINE COMPLETE POWER DOWN/SHUT DOWN; LOSS OF ALL FUNCTION IN THE CAR, NO STEERING, NO BRAKES, NO LIGHTS

ON MARCH 18, 2007 WHILE BEING DRIVEN ON A SECONDARY ROAD, OUR 2010 DODGE JOURNEY, CLASS 1B3H80100, BEGAN HAVING SOME SORT OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON, INTERIOR LIGHT STARTED GOING OFF AND ON, AND THEN THE VEHICLE CUT OFF ENTIRELY. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKES DON'T SEEM TO BE FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WITH 3 SEPARATE RECALL/WARRANTY NOTICES FOUND WHICH APPEAR TO COVER BRAKES, DASHBOARD LIGHTS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE STARTER ISSUE. THE DEALER STATED THEY WERE AWARE OF ONLY 1 RECALL. THEY INDICATED THAT SINCE IT WAS NEAR CLOSING TIME, THEY COULD NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUES UNTIL MONDAY. MY DAUGHTER AND HER 2 INFANTS USE THIS CAR. WHEN I PURCHASED IT, THE DEALER MENTIONED IT HAD BEEN 'RETURNED' AND HAD VERY LOW MILEAGE. WHEN ASKED WHY IT WAS RETURNED, THEY STATED THAT THE PREVIOUS OWNER BOUGHT MANY VEHICLES FROM THEM, AND JUST NEEDED SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THE POTENTIAL DANGER OF AN ACCIDENT RESULTING FROM THE VEHICLE SHUTTING OFF WHILE IN MOTION NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED SO THAT NO ONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THANK YOU. *TR

2010 DODGE JOURNEY ONE OF THE PISTONS KEEPS MIS-FIRING AND THE CAR SHAKES BADLY AT MEDIUM SPEEDS (55-70). WILL BE SECOND TIME TAKING CAR IN FOR THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

I OWN A 2010 DODGE JOURNEY. WHENEVER THE CRUISE CONTROL IS ENGAGED AND THE CAR'S SPEED INCREASES TO A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES PER HOUR OVER THE CRUISE CONTROL SETTING, WHEN YOU ARE TRAVELING DOWNHILL, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CAR WILL VIOLENTLY DOWNSHIFT AND THE ENGINE'S RPMS WILL RISE TO OVER 5000 RPMS UNLESS YOU DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL. THE DOWNSHIFT IS VIOLENT AND COULD RESULT IS A LOSS OF CONTROL IF YOU ARE ON A LESS THAN A CLEAR, DRY ROAD SURFACE. THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THE ISSUE WAS KNOWN BUT NO FIX WAS AVAILABLE. I WAS TOLD NOT TO USE THE CRUISE CONTROL UNLESS THERE WERE DRY DRIVING CONDITIONS. MY CONCERN IS THAT THERE MAY BE HIDDEN DAMAGE DONE TO THE CAR DUE TO THE VIOLENT NATURE OF THE SHIFTING AND I MAY LOSE CONTROL, EVEN ON DRY SURFACES AS THE SHIFTING IS SURPRISING AND VIOLENT. *TR