general problems of the 2010 Dodge Journey

It all started with no starts and had starter replaced and then charging problem had new battery and alternator replaced . Then driving to work all the dashboard lights lit up like a christmas tree and died a couple of times once in the middle of the road . Even when the car was in park and key out of the ignition the lights on dashboard would light up , like the car never totally shut off?replaced ecm afterwards thinking that was the problem but wasn’t the case (I still have the original ecm unit ) and still there was a battery drain , driving it and the lights lit up the dashboard and stalled out . You can here a buzzing sound after the car if off and key is removed ?.

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 will not start . . . . I can jump it . . . Get it running but then within 2 hours it is completely dead I have replaced everything and nothing is working from what I have read this is an ongoing issue with the Dodge Journey and this needs to be fixed by Dodge . . . . This is very very dangerous because it also will stall out while driving in the middle of the road. . . . Please please research this and make Dodge do something. . . I have had it at the dealer and they say everything tests out fine with it . . . . My 16 year old son drives this vehicle and if something happens to him because of the car malfunction I will sue the ass off Dodge !!!.

While driving, all electrical goes out or flickers. The car will sometimes lose power on acceleration above 20mph regardless if turning, on highway or neighborhood roads. This has happen a few times since last month and thought it was my battery. I exchanged the battery and the issue wasnt resolved.

At times my vehicle will not accelerate beyond 35-40 mph. Once it reached this speed the vehicle shakes uncontrollably. This has happened on both city streets and the highway. I had to immediately get off of the highway. It is very unsafe with a child in the car and I am afraid to drive the vehicle.

I have replaced the alternator twice since we bought it. But the engine light comes on , the and light comes on and the traction light comes on. Sometimes the just flash off and on. Then the next two to three days these lights are persistently on and the car does not want to go over 20 to 30 miles per hour. Two of the four cylinders seems to be "misfiring" or not firing at all. All these things are obviously happening when you are driving the vehicle. And sometimes when you are coming to a stop sign of traffic light, the vehicle will just shutdown. Then you have to try and jump it off for it to crank again. . . . If it will crank at all. Had to tow it to a garage for repair on March 24, 2019. Replaced the battery, alternator(for the second time), and spark plugs.

I have a 2010 Dodge Journey and the transmission has been slipping out of gear since I have had the car the car has been in and out of the shop since I've had the vehicle and now I'm sitting on the side of a road cause the transmission went out even though I have serviced the transmission and everything to this car.

Our accelerator pedal snapped off while accelerating. This was during rush hour traffic on I-55 in illinois by mile marker 261. The vehicle was in motion already, the broken gas pedal happened when I went to accelerate further. I was driving straight. There was no shoulder on the left where I was traveling and I had to cross multiple lanes of traffic to get to the right shoulder. If I had to stop, I would not have been able to get out of driving lanes as the pedal snapped all the way up where the shaft meets the firewall. Illinois state police came to assist after Dodge refused to send a tow truck because the vehicle was no longer under warranty, when I communicated that this was far more than a warranty issue, they responded by stating that the supervisor was "too busy" to speak with me despite our children and us being stranded on the side of I-55 during rush hour. The pedal is made out of a plastic and this plastic snapped easily under normal driving conditions. There are approximately 97,000-98,000 miles on our vehicle.

Driving down the interstate, all of a sudden my heating/cooling would shut off along with my radio. Then it would come on. It did this several times. Shortly after that, my turn signals no longer worked and it caused me to almost get in an accident. I was driving approximately 65-70 mph. It continued to do this even after stopping. A week later, as I got up to go to work in the morning, it wouldn't start. It would just click when attempting. It wasn't sending the signal to the starter to get it going. I was stranded. I feel like my vehicle is possessed and it's really scary.

I have been having problems with the horn sounding off on its own. Windshield wipers running by them selves. Headlights flashing and problems with picking up speed. I have checked all ground wires and fuses and everything is in tack.

Tl the contact owns a 2010 Dodge Journey. On several occasions, the windows independently rolled up and down, the horn activated independently, and the vehicle accelerated independently. The contact also stated that the battery was replaced twice; however, the failure was ongoing. Jt's Dodgeland and fiat of columbia (190 greystone blvd, columbia, SC 29210, (803) 832-1255) was contacted, but the contact decided not to have the vehicle diagnosed due to the cost. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 99,999.

After getting off from a long day at work. Leaving the parking lot on the second floor from work I was coming down the ramp when I lost complete control of the vehicle. The vehicle completely shut down on me leaving me to floor the break to stop the vehicle almost causing me to crash into the curb. All service lights come up on dash board windshield wipers started going on and the car completely shut off worst thing is after doing research about my vehicle is that it's been a common problem with all Chrysler,Jeep,Dodge vehicles. Repairs for this is about 1,200$ something customers are subject to pay due to not being covered under warranty. Chrysler needs to address this issue for their customers safety!!!!.

While driving home from work at approx. 4:15pm, I was crossing the san francisco bay bridge with the flow of traffic going about 60mph. All of a sudden the rpm's gauge went to almost 5. The engine was loud and the car lost power and began to decrease to about 40mph. I quickly turned on my hazard lights and basically coasted until I could exit the bridge. I saw an oil change shop and asked them to look at it. They told me I had a sealed transmission and needed to seek a tranny specialist. The check engine light icame on and I have had the car looked at twice to no avail. No one seems to know how to fix the problem. I am getting error codes p0792, p0734, and now as of 11/1/2014 p0733. This care is very unsafe. Some days it drives perfectly other days you can't go past 35mph, staying in 1st and 2nd gear. Avoid all freeways at all times!! it's a death trap!!.

My first complaint is that if my husband or myself accidentally hit the ignition switch while the car is in motion the car will shut off. In addition if this happens before we start driving the car will shut off and the dash board, the center console and the ac will all shut off. I have informed Dodge of this problem twice and have not gotten any correspondance in return. During the second call I was informed that if I did not have a recall notice sent to me that my car is not apart of any active recalls and therefore they cannot do anything for me. Secondally, just recently on 10/16/2014 while I was trying to take my 7 year old son to the er, my car would not start. I thought it could be the battery, but the lights and everything else was working. After several attempts and after me tapping the ignition switch the car finally started. Everything in the car comes on however, the car makes a clicking noise and does nothing else. A week later it did the same exact thing on 10/22/14. I looked online and all behold there are several complaints going back to 2009 there are also youtube videos. My question is why is Dodge not being held responsible for there negligence, cleary there is a known issue. What tragedy has to happen before Dodge does something to resolves these issues for their customers. I would also like to add that the Dodge Journey is by far the worst car that Dodge has ever produced!.

My first complaint is that if my husband or myself accidentally hit the ignition switch while the car is in motion the car will shut off. In addition if this happens before we start driving the car will shut off and the dash board, the center console and the ac will all shut off. I have informed Dodge of this problem twice and have not gotten any correspondance in return. During the second call I was informed that if I did not have a recall notice sent to me that my car is not apart of any active recalls and therefore they cannot do anything for me. Secondally, just recently on 10/16/2014 while I was trying to take my 7 year old son to the er, my car would not start. I thought it could be the battery, but the lights and everything else was working. After several attempts and after me tapping the ignition switch the car finally started. Everything in the car comes on however, the car makes a clicking noise and does nothing else. A week later it did the same exact thing on 10/22/14. I looked online and all behold there are several complaints going back to 2009 there are also youtube videos. My question is why is Dodge not being held responsible for there negligence, cleary there is a known issue. What tragedy has to happen before Dodge does something to resolves these issues for their customers. I would also like to add that the Dodge Journey is by far the worst car that Dodge has ever produced!.

Upon acceleration, the plastic gas pedal broke off while driving down the road.

The Dodge Journey has a history of transmission faults, loud and noisy and rough transmission shifts. While shifting into a great it will make a loud thud and the car will jerk. We started to get used to this as it has happened since day 1. We let Chrysler know about this and apparently this is "normal. " I have never had a similar issue with any other car so to me it is not normal. So fast forward to this past weekend. We were going to tow a few items and drop them off. So everything is loaded and ready to tow, we are on a flat surface with no incline at all, start the car up and put it into drive and bam! a loud noise while we tried to put it into gear. The car was still running while this happened and we started to roll backwards, while in drive. I tried to hit the gas but it just revved a few thousand rpms. I hit the brakes and put it into park and then drive again, but the transmission was still not engaging. Something happened causing the loud bang and no throttle response to the drivetrain. After I put it in park, walked around and then got back in starting the car up again; the car engaged gear this time. Everything ran perfect and then I took it to the Chrysler dealership, they said they could find no evidence what happened or what was wrong, but reassured me again that the loud transmission shifts are normal. So this could be potentially dangerous if this was to happen while on the road or at a stop somewhere.

Twice today, my 2010 Dodge Journey shut off after making a right hand turn. The vehicle stopped accelerating and became difficult to turn. Luckily, I wasn't in busy traffic and no one was turning behind me. Otherwise, my kids and myself could have been seriously injured from an accident. I checked on-line to see if anyone else experienced the same problem and found numerous complaints about similar issues. I called Chrysler and they told me that my vehicle didn't qualify for any recalls of that nature. What if I was traveling on the highway with a semi-truck behind me?.

The check engine keeps on coming on and staying on. I have noticed problems with the car losing power while I am driving or accelerating; this has happened several time. I recently had to replace the brakes and rotors; it drives horribly every time I tried to stop the car would tremble. I expected the car to not have these problems as it is fairly new and I do not consider it to have alot of mileage. I am really concerned about these problems as I drive my car with three small children. I don't have the money to keep taking it for a diagnostic each time the light comes on; if the company is aware of this problem; they shouldn't charge people so much to check the codes or they should have a recall to fix the ongoing problems.

I've had electrical problem ever since I bought this car the horn goes off randomly the fob doesn't work any of the locks and sometimes won't start my car transmission jumps gears heater vent makes weird noise basically this car has so many electrical problems it drains my battery every other day I really can't pin point because it has different issues I'm afraid to go anywhere because I never know if it will start back up that's another thing it shuts off as if I turned the key off as I'm driving or come to a stop took it in spent.

The contact owns a 2010 Dodge Journey. The contact stated that while driving with the curse control activated, the rpms and speed would increase while the contact was driving downhill. The contact took the vehicle to a dealer for a diagnostic test. The dealer stated that the rpm reading and the speed was normal. The contact did not call the manufacturer. The failure mileage was 30,000.

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).