Two problems related to starter solenoid have been reported for the 2009 Dodge Journey. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2009 Dodge Journey based on all problems reported for the 2009 Journey.
As I was driving my 2009 Dodge Journey on the highway going 70 mph it stuttered and hesitated to pick up speed. I proceeded to get on an off ramp I could not pick up speed to avoid being hit by other cars catching up to me!! luckily I made it to my destination safely!! the check engine light comes on shortly afterwards1 I took it to the dealer to find out what the problem is, they haven't properly diagnosed it right yet!! the car still dies on me while driving!!! by the way I had the car for 6 months and 50,000 miles!!! Dodge really needs to fix this problem with their creation of death!!! hopefully they will before someone dies in a car crash because their car went from 70 mph to 0 in 60 seconds!!! I took it to a repair shop and a Dodge dealership the repair shop says it needs a whole new computer the dealer say it's a bad solenoid!!! I don't know what it is and I should have to pay for Dodge bad build of this vehicle with money or my life!!!.
The contact owns a 2009 Dodge Journey. While the contact was driving approximately 20 mph the vehicle stalled without warning. Upon restarting the vehicle the contact was able to continue driving normally. The failure occurred ten different times and on one of the occurrences the vehicle failed to restart. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer on four separate occasions. In addition, the vehicle was also taken to an independent mechanic numerous times for the identical failure. The solenoid pigtail wire harness was replaced by the dealer; however after the repair the failure recurred. The contact discovered there were several recalls related to the defect under NHTSA campaign 08v247000 (electrical system:wiring), NHTSA campaign id number 09v082000 (electrical system) and NHTSA campaign id numbers 08v528000 (power train:automatic transmission:control module (tcm, pcm)); however, the VIN was ineligible for the recall defects. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 80,000.