general problems of the 2010 Dodge Journey - part 1

The contact owns a 2010 Dodge Journey. The contact sated while driving 15 mph, the brake pedal was depressed; however, the vehicle failed to respond. The contact made a left turn and the brakes seized. The contact stated that the ecs, engine check, and other unknown warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed and determined that the brake pads and rotors needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure persisted. The vehicle was taken to several independent mechanics where it was determined that the brake hose was leaking, and an unknown hose had detached. The vehicle was repaired for the most recent failure. The remained at the residence and had not been driven since. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

Component malfunction: abs control module (module is part of the electronic stability program and traction control system). Available for inspection: upon request. Safety risk: random locking of front abs system at speeds of 20mph or less (great concern for event happening at a greater speed ). Vehicle manufacturer: admits known risk and problem w/ the abs control module and traction control system and is researching problem-matic modules, but will they not issue a recall. Part is not available . Warning lamps were after the first event (3-13-24): esp and traction control. Videos are difficult to catch do to the random nature of the problem.

I have been stranded in this vehicle to many times to count. Mostly I had to get a jump to get it back home or keep it running until I returned home. Within the last 30 days I have installed a new alternator and starter. Walmart has installed 4 new batteries due to it being under warranty. So as of today I can't start my car. All the interior lights come on and radio but won't turn over. I tried to get a jump 3 times but still nothing. I am disabled and can't get on public transportation or barely walk up stairs. I'm at zero income and awaiting approval from ssi. So I need someone to assist with this nightmare please. I honestly don't know what else to do.

Brake system has ongoing and continuous defects, malfunctions and failure. I have had calipers fall off and pr stick causing the wheel to overheat and melt the tire rim. Replaced all that. Brakes never seem strong enough to properly stop this vehicle safely. Brake lights stay off and on light a christmas tree. Had several inspections for code errors. Replace entire system in January of 2023. $1,800. Less than 500 miles later, another caliper sticks, then snaps causing entire break assembly to move, damaging yet another wheel rim. I love this vehicle. The room, style. But it's not safe. I've almost caused an accident on the road 3 times due to this useless brake system. This last incident put me in a ditch. It's still in the mechanics shoo. Severe wheel damage this time.

The contact owns a 2010 Dodge Journey. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the check engine warning light illuminated and the vehicle would not properly accelerate before eventually stalling. After restarting the vehicle, the vehicle operated as normal however, the check engine warning light remained illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The local dealer and manufacturer were not yet contacted. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 68,700.

The car engine stalls without warning, power steering locks up and brakes lock up causing all passengers to become a "sitting duck" prone to incoming impacts!.

My wife was driving the car and it shut off while driving. The engine and electric system shut off and she could not use the brakes. She had to coast to a parking lot and then it started up again. We have taken it into a mechanic and there is no information on the computer regarding what happened. He cannot diagnose the problem.

Shortly after beginning to drive the car, the traction control light comes on, the steering tightens up and the brakes freeze up. This happens on completely dry roads. This happened 2 times within 1 mile of each time. The first time I almost went through an intersection because I couldn't get stopped, and the second time I almost rear ended a car. I had both of my children who are 7 and 10 in the vehicle. This is not the first time this issue has happened. It happened 6 months ago, and my mechanic said the code was a faulty tpm which was replaced. It then happened a month ago, and the most recent time which was last week. I've been researching this issue and it seems that the Dodge Journey has had this issue, among others. It seems as if this vehicle needs a complete recall. Somebody is going to end up seriously injured or dead. I still owe $10k on my vehicle and cannot afford to buy another and pay this loan. I need to get rid of this vehicle and Dodge needs to take responsibility.

Driving along and cut off. No breaks and no steering with my children in the vehicle on the interstate. This issue happened on more than two occasions.

The rear arms on the tire wheels bent in causing the tires to go completely wore down on the insides. It was hard to see because the middle and outside were fine. It cost $457. 00 to repair the garage said this was common. I have therepair records I don't know hoe to send online . If the tires had blown it could have been really bad as I drive 80 miles round trip a day to work. Have'nt fixed brakes yet but the rotors are shaking when I hit the brakes.

My car is at 71000 miles it will not switch into gears meaning I have to pull over turn car off and back on in hope that it will switch gears. Many times that doesn't work. My brake caliber has been replaced and it still is messed up again. Yesterday I was riding down road and car just powered off on me for no reason. I could not start it back up after hour it restarted. We checked engine fluid etc everything was good. I waited until end of my shift went and got car to take home. As I began traveling home a power lighting bolt came on in my dash. Car shut off again would not start unfortunately I was unable to bare off the road because everything locked up in car. I wish I never purchased this car.

When driving, both at low neighborhood speed and at highway speed, the engine stalls, lights and radio stay on, steering wheel locks and brakes lock. It has happened several times intermittently and unpredictably. I didn't become scared until it happened when I was on a highway going 60mph and almost wrecked trying to safely exit (date indicated below). The car is now in my driveway because I am afraid to drive it. A mechanic said it was related to a previously-issued safety recall but when I called a dealer to make an appointment for the recall repair, I was told that my vehicle was not included in the recall, despite the glaring similarity. I have not received a recall notice and, as stated, dealerships will not repair my vehicle for free.

We purchased our 2010 Dodge Journey sxt brand new in October 2010 for 30k (a rip of for sure) - being young, naive and our first brand new vehicle purchase. Within 3000 miles, we had to have all of the rotors resurfaced. The brakes have been replaced twice. A full set of tires twice. The car shut off while running three times, almost resulting in horrible accidents (this was due to the ignition issue that *eventually* recalled). The alarm would go off randomly and often without reason. The dealer of course, was unable to replicate the error. So we were left with no other recourse than the remove the fuse, which is totally unsafe but was the only option we had. Now, within the past 8 months or so, the battery has been going dead after being left without running for at least two days. The battery has been completely replaced with a brand new battery twice, and a full diagnostic scan was ran on December 22nd when the latest new battery was installed. They found absolutely nothing wrong as to why the battery was draining. Now, today, its dead again after two days being left sitting - another full set of brakes was replaced a month ago - and yet another rotor needs to be replaced, as there is no salvaging this one. This car only has 60k miles on it. We have absolutely zero chance with the virginia (where we purchased the vehicle) 'lemon law', as any issues need to be reported within 18 months of the delivery of the vehicle. This vehicle needs to be completely recalled and all the issues need to be fixed by Dodge. We're underwater for sure on our loan and at best, we'll only be able to get 3k for a trade in. Its a running when it wants to death trap and Dodge needs to make this right with their customers. We loved it when we first purchased it, but now we're apprehensive about what else we're going to have go wrong with it.

The contact owns a 2010 Dodge Journey. The contact stated that while driving at 60 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact was able to restart the vehicle. In addition, the contact stated that the brake pedal hit the floorboard when it was depressed. In addition, the headlights intermittently intermittently. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 32,000.

We purchased our Journey in 2010, as original owners. At about 10k miles we experienced slight shaking while applying breaks on the highway. We took our vehicle to Dodge service and they had to replace the rotors. We drive our car very conservatively and now in 2016 we have 36k miles. Our car started experiencing the same symptoms. We took the car to Dodge service, which confirmed extreme rotor wear and even commented that it was premature wear. I contacted Dodge and they refused to replace any parts. In addition, we recently (2016) are experiencing random horn honking. This is indeed a safety issue as proper horn function is a requirement for vehicle registration.

Brakes will not hold car on a downhill steep grade. While on a city street going down hill a red light ahead. I applied brakes car could not stop with plenty of time to stop I had to roll through the red light.

I have needed to replace the brakes twice with less than 50,000 miles on my car. It could be a danger if they completely fail.

Bkes are able to maintain weight of vehicle they should be up dated to to accept weight of vehicle or manufacturer should buy back these pieces of garbage.

This is regards to recall r03 on a 2010 Dodge Journey. I have been a a recall list for many months. My vehicle twice now has shut off while driving for no reason. After having the car looked at and spending money I don't have, it was determined it was due to this recall. I have made calls to the dealer and to Chrysler. All I am told is these parts are on restriction and they are sorry but they can not help me to get this taken care of at this time. Why is Chrysler not concerned about the safety of it's drivers. If this had happened while my son was driving he could have been seriously injured or even killed. What will it take for them to get this taken care of? when I am able to afford another car it will not be a Chrysler product of any kind.

Breaks have to be replaced at least every 2 months. My car continues to overheat and we have the thermostat 5 different times. We have to keep turning the key off and on til the car decides to start. I have contacted the people about this and they keep telling me that there is no recall for my VIN number. It needs to be added because it is obviously an issue with more than just my car. I will contact an attorney because now that it is out of warranty they tell me I will have to pay to have the issues resolved the start issue is of course stationary the break problem is while driving and so is the over heating issue was driving down the road heard a scraping noise and the front bumper was talking off and the bumper bar was loose. These are apparently very dangerous cars and all should be recalled.

We cannot shift our car out of "park" while the car is on. Instead we have to take these steps: insert keys into ignition, then slightly turn to the right (but not turning the car on) as the electric system turns on, then shift out of "park" and into "neutral," and then while in "neutral" turn the car to the right until it turns on and is ready for driving, then shift into "drive," all of this while my foot is on the "brake. " our esp & bas lights are on every minute the car is on, and above these is a lit up picture of a car w/ squiggly lines below it. We have taken the car to autozone, o'reilly's auto parts, interstate all battery center, and wal-mart, and had the car hooked up to their system that ready codes/errors and determines what is wrong with the car. Every single place could not get a reading that indicated any reason for the lights being on. In fact, all results kept coming back as, "no errors found. " when we called to explain this to the Chrysler Jeep Dodge ram dealership, they could not tell us any reason as to why these light would be on, and advised that it would cost $100 to hook up to their error-reading system. I do not want to do this because I have already tried at several places. This is another way for the dealership to reel me in and try to scam money out of me and then when I don't have thousands to constantly drop on this piece of crap, they charge me the diagnostic fee and I leave with more problems than I came with. These dealerships are a scam, and because I'm female, they try to get me to pay for every repair possible, claiming they are critical repairs. We just bought this car last year, & we were not offered an extended warranty. I know why now. 1 month after driving it off the lot, problems began & thousands of dollars later, we still have non-stop problems. Our car is worth half of what we paid for it 1 yr ago. Now there's this!.

The interior lights stays on for a long period of time when I start and after shutting down the SUV. The interior lights go out about 15 minutes or so after turning the SUV off. Once I start the SUV and drive, the interior light remains on in the front & upper rear overhead. The electronic key is now locking my doors just from touching the top of the key. There are times, I'm not hitting the button to lock, but just from touching the top of the key with my finger, the doors will automatically lock. Scary!!! the steering wheel shakes visibly when braking.

As of 5/22/2015 vehicle has 37727 miles. Chrysler issued in 3/2011 an extended warranty citing premature brake and rotor wear. Cars front rotors and brakes were replaced on 8/7/2013 - 27581 due to excessive vibration in front axle during braking. On 10/24/2013 - 28170 rear rotors had to be resurfaced due to sever vibration in rear axle. On 5/22/2015 - 37727 front brakes were replaced and front rotors were resurfaced because of excessive vibration in front axle during braking. Vibrations are severe at highway speed and could cause loss of control.

My steering started to vibrate excessively and then the brakes started to get hot, it sounded as if I was running over the bumps on the side of the road that warn drivers they are about to leave the road; however, I was no where close to them. They eventually stuck and began to smoke. I stopped the car and left it in a parking lot so that it would not burn to the ground if I decided to drive it. Both driver and passenger side rotor and caliber were changed and I am still having problems with the brakes sticking.

While driving my vehicle on a long distance road trip, which I do quite often, the steering wheel began to vibrate as I was decreasing the speed from 65 miles per hour. I have since had my tires replaced and the tpms on one of my wheels became corroded. The problem still persisted. I had my back brakes replaced, the problem still persisted. I had my wheels aligned, the problem still persisted. My mechanic is currently replacing the axle along with my front brakes. Hopefully, this fixes the problem. My daughter is in college and my family and I will be making 8 hour road trips often. I am financially obligated to this vehicle and need it to service my families needs. Dodge needs to ensure that their vehicles are safe and reliable.

This is the second time in a year that we have replaced the rotors on this vehicle. There is currently a TSB on this item.

I was driving at the speed limit on interstate 5, (California) when a vehicle in front of me swerved partially into my lane. In order to avoid hitting said vehicle, I swerved to the right slightly, at that time I believe engine died, as I had no control over said vehicle I could not steer or maneuver my vehicle at all. Thus it was continuing on the path of the swerve and hit the wall on the passenger side of the highway. I at no time had any control over the vehicle, the car started spinning from the impact of the wall and sent me across 3 lanes of traffic and I was hit by 2 cars. The only airbag that deployed was the front passenger side airbag. (there was no passenger in that position. ) I was in the driver seat, and my son (was 9 years of age at the time of the incident) was sitting directly behind me. When the car stopped, I was unable to remove the key from the ignition, it was locked in place. Originally, I believed that there were no major injuries, only bumps, bruises and the like. However in the months since the incident, it has come to light that I have torn muscles in 1, maybe both elbows. I am currently under a doctors care, and will be requiring surgery to reconstruct the muscles and tendons.

I went to the store got what I needed came out and the Journey would not start. I had it towed to the Dodge dealership and they told me the tipm was bad. They replaced it and has been working so far. It cost 900. 00 dollars to fix with only 37424 miles on it. The other problem was the brakes all had to be replaced with just over 20000 miles on the car. The dealership covered the front brakes but with a deductable of 100. 00 dollars but I had to pay for the back brakes.

Rear brakes and rotors need to be replaced at 25,119 miles Dodge extended the warranty for the front brakes only. Cost to replace rear brakes and rotors is $370. 00 brakes should not go bad after 25k miles Dodge appears to be aware of the problem but refuses to extend the warranty for the rear brakes.

I was traveling 70 mph and engine just stopped running no power steering brakes I was able to get to side of highway without accident. Car would not start again until 20minutes later then car has run fine.

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.

Brakes & rotors replaced at under 30. 000 miles. Now failing again.

I was traveling approx. 65 mph and when I applied the brakes the steering wheel started shaking so bad I nearly lost control of the vehicle. Dealer tells me it is caused by worn brakes and roters. The brakes were changed at 8600 miles, and the current brakes have approx. 18000 miles. The the dealer tells me they will do nothing to correct this problem unless I pay full price for equipment plus labor. Wit the low mileage on this set of brakes I feel dealer or Dodge should at least furnish the new brakes and rotors.

First our brakes were grinding and had to replace rotors and brakes, next the oil pan leaked, next full battery replacement and now overrated engine and coolant pouring out the bottom!!! no one will help us this car is a lemon and they should be recalled. I have to small children that depend on me having a car. Dodge should be ashamed!!!.

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.