Dodge Journey Complaints (2017)

202 consumer complaints on file.

#11119731August 13, 2018
SERVICE BRAKES
THE CAR HAS 35,095 MILES ON IT AND MAKES A GRINDING NOISE WHEN IT'S SLOWING DOWN FROM SPEEDS OF 25 MPH TO 35 MPH AND COMES TO A SHAKY STOP. THEN WHEN AT SPEEDS OF 50 MPH PLUS IT SHAKES AND GRINDES EVEN LOUDER. I SEE THAT IT'S A RESCUE RING ISSUE FOR THIS VEHICLE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11115487August 2, 2018
ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY THE SPEED OF TRAFFIC WAS INCREASING BUT AFTER STEPPING ON THE ACCELERATOR SEVERAL TIMES I DISCOVERED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RESPONDING. THE ENGINE HAD DIED WITH NO WARNING LIGHTS DISPLAYED. I LOST POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. ONCE I GOT THE VEHICLE STOPPED I PUT IT IN PARK, STEPPED ON THE BRAKE AND PUSHED THE IGNITION BUTTON AND THE VEHICLE STARTED. THE VEHICLE IS ABOUT SIX MONTHS OLD WITH AROUND 10,000 MILES. THE NEXT MORNING WE TOOK IT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT BECAUSE THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS OR CODES DISPLAYED THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11115039July 31, 2018
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE HAVING MY CRUISE CONTROL ON I PASSED A SEMI GOING UPHILL. AS SOON AS I GOT AROUND IT AND BACK INTO THE RIGHT LANE IT LOST SPEED SIGNIFICANTLY. I PULLED ONTO THE SHOULDER AND STOPPED. AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS I PULLED BACK ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND BUILT UP MY SPEED AGAIN. ABOUT 10-20 MINUTES LATER THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. I DID NOT FEEL SAFE PASSING ANYMORE VEHICLES. I CONTINUED ON HOME WHICH WAS 2 1/2 HOURS AWAY. JUST 1 MILE BEFORE GETTING HOME MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. ALL THIS HAPPENED ON SUNDAY JULY 22 ABOUT 1 PM. WE HAD JUST PURCHASED THIS DODGE ON JULY 17, 2017. MONDAY I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE WE HAD PURCHASED IT. THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE CRUISE CONTROL. WHEN I LOOKED UP ANY RECALLS IT DOESN'T SHOW ANY. IS MY DEALER LYING TO ME? ARE THEY HIDING SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11113660July 25, 2018
SERVICE BRAKES, POWER TRAIN, STEERING
WE WERE DRIVING DOWN A 55 MILE PER HOUR HIGHWAY AND GETTING READY TO MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN ONTO A NARROW BRIDGE. WE SLOW DOWN BEFORE MAKING THE TURN AND AS WE PROCEEDED THE CAR SHUT DOWN LOSING CONTROL OF BRAKES AND POWER STEERING. WE WERE ABLE TO PULL WHEEL ENOUGH FROM GOING OFF THE BRIDGE. WE WERE ABLE TO START IT RIGHT BACKUP AFTER WE GOT CONTROL AND CAME TO A STOP, BUT IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST SCARY EXPERIENCES EVER WITH A VEHICLE. IMMEDIATELY MADE APPT TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT BY DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING TO HELP US. THEY STATED THAT DODGE IS AWARE THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE CAR SHUTTING DOWN ON A TURN IN TEMPERATURES ABOVE 105. THAT DAY THE HEIGHT WAS ONLY 99.WE DID HAVE THE NEWEST UPDATED SOFTWARE WHEN THIS OCCURRED. I HAVE CONTACTED DODGE DIRECTLY AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER THEY CAN DO SO NEXT TIME IT HAPPENS TO PRETTY MUCH CALL THEM AND SET UP APPT. WITH DEALER. I AM SO IRRITATED WITH THE WHOLE SITUATION THAT NOW WE JUST HAVE TO HOPE WE DON'T WRECK IT NEXT TIME IT HAPPENS. WE TRY NOT TO DRIVE IT AT ALL AS WE HAVE 3 SMALL CHILDREN. REALLY HOPE DODGE FIGURES SOMETHING OUT BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11110988July 12, 2018
SEAT BELTS
IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME TWICE SINCE I GOT THE CAR THAT I WAS UNABLE TO BUCKLE UP. THE SEAT BELT WAS LOCKED AND I COULD NOT PULL IT SO THAT I COULD BUCKLE MYSELF ... KIND OF SCARY WHEN YOUR DRIVING WITHOUT A SEAT BELT. I TRIED OPENING THE DOOR CLOSING IT TURNING ON AND OFF THE CAR PUTTING IT IN PARK ETC IN DIFFERENT PATTERNS NOTHING WORKED ... I HAD NO CHOICE I HAD TO DRIVE TO PICK UP MY KIDS AFTER LEAVING WORK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11109994July 7, 2018
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WE PURCHASED A LEASE 2017 DODGE JOURNEY GT ON 1/10/2018. I CURRENTLY HAVE APPROX. 4300 MILES ON IT. WE HAD THE CRUISE CONTROL RECALL TAKEN CARE OF, AT A DEALERSHIP ON JUNE 11, 2018. THE FIRST TIME I USED THE CRUISE CONTROL AFTER GETTING THE RECALL DONE, I WAS GOING 72MPH ON MY WAY TO WORK AND MY ENTIRE CAR SHUT DOWN. NO STEERING, NO BRAKES, NO RADIO, THE INTERIOR LIGHTS ON THE DASH WERE ON, BUT NOTHING ELSE. I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, THE CAR WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING FOR APPROX. 2-3 MIN, AFTER THAT AMOUNT OF TIME, I WAS ABLE TO GET IT STARTED AGAIN, BUT DID NOT DRIVE IT. I CALLED MY HUSBAND TO BRING ME HIS VEHICLE SO I COULD GO TO WORK. HE DROVE IT HOME AND SAID THERE WERE NO ISSUES, BUT HE DIDN'T USE THE CRUISE. ON JUNE 18, 2018, THE DAY AFTER IT HAPPENED. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY HAD MY CAR FOR 6 HRS, DROVE 27 MILES AND FOUND NOTHING. ON JULY 5,2018 I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK AT APPROX 11PM, I WAS DRIVING ON OUR LOCAL TURNPIKE AND HAD THE CRUISE CONTROL SET AT 72. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT KEEP SPEED, IT KEPT GOING DOWN TO 65MPH THEN WOULD REV 6-7RPM AND GET BACK UP TO 72. ONCE I TURNED THE CRUISE CONTROL OFF, THE VEHICLE KEPT TRYING TO SPEED UP ON ITS OWN. I WAS ABLE TO KEEP IT FROM SPEEDING UP BY APPLYING THE BRAKE AS I WAS DRIVING. I AM NOT COMFORTABLE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE SO, WE TRY AND USE OUR OTHER VEHICLE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BUT, WE BOTH WORK 50-56HRS A WEEK. THIS VEHICLE IS AND HAS A SAFETY ISSUE THE ISSUES WITH THIS CAR HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MY DRIVING, THE HEAT, THE COLD OR ANYTHING, THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11103894June 25, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SUSPENSION, WHEELS
VEHICLE MAKES A TICKING NOISE WHILE PLAYING THE RADIO AND OR DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND GOING OVER 60 MPH. THERE IS ALSO LOUD BANGING NOISE ON THE DRIVER SIDE PASSENGER SEAT AS IF AIR OR SOMETHING IS HITTING THE VEHICLE. TIRED DON'T HOLD PRESSURE AND DRIVING AT TIMES SEEMS UNEVEN OR OFF TRACK AS WELL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11101685June 13, 2018
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 DODGE JOURNEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A DELAY WHEN THE PUSH TO STAR FUNCTION WAS USED. ALSO, THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE BRAKES WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, AND THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO FUNCTION. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V332000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE DEALER (GOLDY CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM, 187 KINETIC DR., HUNTINGTON, WV 25701) STATED THAT THEY WOULD SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE RECALL REPAIR ON JUNE 27, 2018. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11101318June 12, 2018
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 DODGE JOURNEY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE CONTACT DECELERATED WHILE APPROACHING A RED LIGHT AND THE VEHICLE BEGANTO HESITATE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY FOUR MILES AND, UPON APPROACHING ANOTHER RED LIGHT, THE VEHICLE BEGAN HESITATING AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TELEGRAPH CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (12000 TELEGRAPH ROAD, TAYLOR, MICHIGAN 48180) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT FREON WAS NOT ADDED TO THE ENGINE AT THE ASSEMBLY LINE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DICK SCOTT CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM (684 W ANN ARBOR ROAD, PLYMOUTH, MICHIGAN 48170) FOR A TRANSMISSION LEAK AND MISSING GASKETS IN THE DRIVE SHAFT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11097983May 25, 2018
POWER TRAIN
THE TRANSMISSION IS FAILING TO SHIFT. IT SHIFTS EXTREMELY HARD AND THE REVERSE TAKES A FEW MINUTES TO KICK IN OR IT DOESN'T WORK AT ALL. SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT AT ALL. THERE IS A STRANGE BURNING SMELL AFTER GOING UP A HILL. MY ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL SENSOR IS ALREADY ON AND THERE IS ONLY 13000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. I PURCHASED IT IN JANUARY AND IT'S ONLY MAY. I HAVE THE SHIFTING ISSUES WHILE DRIVING. WHEN IT DOES SHIFT IT'S A SHARP JERK. IT'S A CONSTANT PROBLEM. I NO LONGER WANT THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11097896May 25, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SITTING OR DRIVING AC NOT COOLING SITTING OR DRIVING GAS LEVEL DRASTICALLY DROPPING TO ZERO THEN SPIKE MTE, TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES AND NOT DUPLICATED. DROVE THIS MORNING AND MTE SPIKED AND ZEROED OUT AGAIN WHILE DRIVING. TRANSMISSION SHIFTING HARD AND GRINDING NOISES OVERALL ELECTRICAL ISSUES BASED ON DEALERSHIP EXPLANATION AND ISSUES COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. CAR STILL EXPERIENCING ISSUES OF THE FOLLOWING EVEN AFTER UPDATE PER DEALERSHIP: TRANSMISSION FUEL ELECTRICAL AIR CONDITIONING ONGOING ISSUES, NO RESOUTION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11091408May 2, 2018
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 DODGE JOURNEY. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE'S BLUETOOTH FAILED TO OPERATE CORRECTLY. UPON REACHING HIS DESTINATION, THE CONTACT PARKED, TURNED OFF, AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. UPON RETURNING TO THE VEHICLE SEVERAL HOURS LATER, IT FAILED TO START. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE RESTARTED USING BATTERY BOOSTER CABLES. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE WEEKS LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO STERLING HEIGHTS DODGE (40111 VAN DYKE AVE, STERLING HEIGHTS, MI 48313), BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE FAILURE, WHICH WAS DUE TO THE MANUFACTURER RECEIVING DEFECTIVE BATTERIES FROM CHINA. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT ASSIST BECAUSE THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11080003March 18, 2018
AIR BAGS
I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT WHEN THE VEHICLE 2 CARS AHEAD OF ME SLAMMED ON THEIR BRAKES AT A GREEN LIGHT. I REAR ENDED THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME GOING APPROXIMATELY 45MPH HEAD ON, CAUSING MAJOR FRONT END DAMAGE. NEITHER OF THE FRONT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THE CAR WAS TOTALED.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11076008March 2, 2018
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
THIS WAS A RENTAL CAR FROM AVIS. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX 70MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON BY THEMSELVES, ALL DIAL INSTRUMENTS WENT TO ZERO AND ALL THE ELECTRONIC ALERTS (OIL, OVER HEAT, TIRE PRESSURE, ETC) ANNUNCIATED. THE THROTTLE REMAINED LOCKED AT THE CRUISE SETTING AND WOULD NOT DISENGAGE WITH ACTIVATION OF THE BRAKES OR CRUISE CONTROL BUTTON. I WAS ABLE TO OVER POWER THE ENGINE WITH THE BRAKES AND GET THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IT WAS STILL RUNNING AT AN ENGINE SPEED TO SUPPORT 70MPH AND FIGHTING THE BRAKES. THE PUSH TO START/STOP ENGINE CONTROL WOULD NOT WORK. I EVENTUALLY GOT THE CAR INTO JUST RAP AND THEN PARK. AT THIS TIME, IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER. A WEAKER PERSON WOULD MOST CERTAINLY BEEN INVOLVED IN A BAD ACCIDENT. I WAS CONCERNED THE CAR WOULD CATCH ON FIRE AS THE BRAKES SMOKED SIGNIFICANTLY. [XXX] [XXX]. PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TT *CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11072907February 14, 2018
POWER TRAIN
I NOTICED A VIBRATION/HESITATION AROUND 40MPH AND TOOK MY CAR TO THE LOCAL PISCHKE SHOP AND THEY PERFORMED A REPROGRAMMING OF THE POWERTRAIN CONTROL MODULE TO THE LATEST SOFTWARE. UNFORTUNATELY THAT REPROGRAMMING DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM AND I WAS TOLD TO REACH OUT TO CHRYSLER DIRECTLY. *TT *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11065743January 29, 2018
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
DURING USE OF THE VEHICLE, WHETHER STATIONARY OR IN MOTION, THE "GAS CAP LIGHT" WILL COME ON FOLLOWED BY "CHECK ENGINE LIGHT". WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE CODE P0456 WILL CAUSE THE CAR TO ACT INDIFFERENT, IT IS STILL DRIVABLE, BUT CAN CAUSE OTHER COMPONENTS TO SHOW A FALSE READING. THIS ISSUE HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES IN THE PAST 2 MONTHS, AND EVERY TIME WE GO TO THE DEALERSHIP THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL DISAPPEAR. WE HAVE CHECKED THE GAS CAP, AND THIS VEHICLE IS UNDER 17,000 MILES. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH DODGE, JEEP, AND CHRYSLER VEHICLES, AND THIS SHOULD BE HANDLED BY THE MANUFACTURER. TREAT THIS KNOWN ISSUE AS A RECALL, AND IMPROVE UPON YOUR EVAPORATIVE EMISSION SYSTEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11063202January 17, 2018
AIR BAGS
HEAD ON COLLISION. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. OWNER'S SPOUSE OF THE DODGE JOURNEY 2017 WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION, INITIAL ENCOUNTER CONTUSION OF CHEST WALL, UNSPECIFIED LATERALITY, INITIAL ENCOUNTER. OWNER'S SPOUSE OF THE DODGE JOURNEY 2017 WAS TURNING LEFT INTO THEIR HOME DRIVEWAY AS ONCOMING VEHICLE HIT THE OWNER'S DODGE JOURNEY 2017.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11054908December 15, 2017
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2017 DODGE JOURNEY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. DURING THE CRASH, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SUSTAINED DAMAGE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES AFTER THE CRASH, FLAMES WERE PRESENT UNDER THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE LOCAL DEALER (DODGE CHRYSLER OF TITUSVILLE IN TITUSVILLE, FL) AND THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,500.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11051046November 28, 2017
VISIBILITY/WIPER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 DODGE JOURNEY. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR WINDOW WAS SHATTERED AS IF THERE WAS FORCED ENTRY OR AN INDIVIDUAL HAD BROKEN THE GLASS. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 50.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11048322November 24, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, ENGINE
I WAS DRIVING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON AND THE VEHICLE KEPT TRYING TO SPEED ITSELF BACK UP AND THE CAR KEPT SLOWING DOWN I NOTICED THE CAR WAS ON FIRE IN THE BACK OF THE CAR SO I PULLED OVER TURNED THE CAR OFF JUMPED OUT WALKED TO A SAFE DISTANCE CALLED THE POLICE WHILE ON THE PHONE WITH THEM THE CAR CATCHES FIRE AND BURNED DOWN. *TT *CN *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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