Three problems related to battery dead have been reported for the 2013 Dodge Journey. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2013 Dodge Journey based on all problems reported for the 2013 Journey.
Battery goes dead frequently when vehicle is left alone from 12 to 48 hours. Replaced battery with a new top of a line sears best. . Problem still exists. Very dangerous when vehicle will not start at the end of a work day stranded in a parking spot in a bad side of town. Electric door locks will not open doors due to dead battery. Constant unknown battery drain!!! happens frequently. This vehicle is a lemon!!.
I was at the drive in movie and had the truck running for part of the movie. I shut the truck off and just listened to the rest of the movie via my radio and had the lights off. When the movie was over I I could not crank my truck. You could see the lights on in the inside but my truck dash said my key was not in vehicle of which it was. Then it said vehicle not in park of which it was. My uconnect screen kept trying to load and would just keep going out. I had 3 people try to jump it just in case the battery was dead even though I knew it wasn't including the tow service for my insurance. None of this worked. I had to get the vehicle towed home now I can not lock my vehicle cause it has no power. My dash says my key is not in the vehicle of which it was and that the vehicle is not in park of which it was. Now on my dash it says the following lights are etl electronic throttle light, air bag warning light, and mil malfunction indicator light. I saw a lot of complaints about this on google and youtube when I search this issue this has got to be fixed caused I am a doge fan but I can not keep a vehicle that I am paying on and it doesn't work. Help.
I purchased this car in 2012 and since then, I have replaced the battery at least once a year and Dodge keeps telling me that there is nothing wrong with the car. To me, this is a design flaw as I cannot get to the battery to check water or status. I was driving down the road the other day when all the idiot lights started flashing, so I pulled over and turned off the car. I tried to restart it and the battery was dead!! e TN Dodge had just replaced the battery, under warranty, as I had just replaced the battery two months earlier, and now it was dead, once again, 1 year later, almost to the day. And now it's back at e TN Dodge, replacing the battery once again. And yet, Dodge keeps telling me that there is nothing wrong with the car, that replacing the battery, once a year, is normal in this area. I spoke with george stephens at the Dodge dealer and he was the one who said that. I have called Chrysler and they keep telling me to "bring it to the nearest dealer", Chrysler has told me this four times for a total of about 5 weeks downtime, both at the dealer and on the road/home total. I truly cannot get anyone at Chrysler to listen to me and they are not taking this seriously. At the same time, since owning the car, my remote will not start the car if it's cold. I have to physically go outside, open the car door, sit in the seat and start it as if I was going to use it right than and there. I have the paperwork where I have taken it to rocky williams Dodge, in mt. Juliet, TN to get it fixed and they said "nothing wrong". . . . ,to me, this is a serious design flaw and safety issue as if I or my wife are on the interstate and the battery dies, I am stuck. And it has happened before. . .