11 problems related to engine shut off without warning have been reported for the 2015 Dodge Journey. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2015 Dodge Journey based on all problems reported for the 2015 Journey.
In the past 3 years, we have had to fix different cylinder misfires in the same engine. The first was done in 2017, the second July 2020, and we had the third misfire error code November 2020. This has been communicated to Dodge, but not sure if a recall should be made for this, or if other have experienced the same. The most recent incident happened while driving. The engine began to stutter, thankfully I was able to make it home where as soon as I drove into the driveway it shut down.
The car shut off anywhere and all the time has almost been killed because of this issue.
Car shuts off while driving at any speed. It shits off while parked or stopped at a stoplight. The car will not turn back on. Sometimes it take about 30 minutes and it will restart but will only run for about 5-10 minutes. When trying to start the car, we press the brake and then the start button and the car violently jerks as it tries to start, but will not turn over. It has happened since we bought the car March 2019 but the dealership wont take the car back or trade it for something else.
The tracemission will not pull and the car shuts down as your driving it. This starting happing the first day I got the ride witch was 6/28/2019 I took it back to the dealer with was tim short of south williamson ky they gave me a rental the motor blow up in it on 7/28 /2019 then I they come and took that rental and gave me another one then after about two months I got my Dodge Journey back and now the transmation is going out again and it's just shuting down as you drive it,.
While driving with our two children in the vehicle the engine shut off and the power steering and power brakes did not work, there was no control over the vehicle. Luckily it was a city side road and we were able to coast to a stop without hitting anything or getting rear ended. Nothing would work on the vehicle. After about 10 seconds the engine started back up without having the brake pressed or pressing the start button. My wife drove the vehicle back to our house which was about six blocks away.
On several occasions, my Journey has just shut down while in motion. This has happened to me and my husband. Lights go off, engine will not start, cannot push the brake to initialize startup. Online I have found many others with the same problem. Some believe that it is related to the key fab. The electronics key is not being recognized and shutting down the car. I took it to Dodge dealer and of course they could not duplicate problem or get a code. However, the danger of this is unacceptable!! I have two boys under the age of four! will a death have to occur to investigate this!?.
While driving with my 2 young children my car shut off out of no where. I was driving down a busy street in a large city and went to turn right into a parking lot, as soon as I pulled into the lot the car shut off, the steering wheel and break locked and I couldn't do anything to make the car start. After about a minute of francially pushing the 'push to start' button the car turned back on. Thankfully we were in the parking lot at this point becuase if we were still on the street we wouldn't have been in a major accident.
While driving on busy intersection vehicle just shut off on its own. Steering wheel locked therefore I had no control. Almost crashed into another vehicle and median. Had to wait for it to come to a complete stop on the middle of intersection to be able to restart it.
June 2017: ignition failure, total component replacement; July 2017, September 2017; July 2018: camshaft position sensor failure resulting in engine stall, full electrical system failure and total vehicle shutdown at highway speeds (60+mph) forced to coast vehicle to a stop; beginning July 2017 intermittent and ongoing: unresponsive transmission resulting in delayed or not changing of gears, elevated rpm readings while mph stays stuck (I. E. 4500+ rpms but vehicle will not accelerate past 40mph), extremely deceased average miles per gallon with no significant change to driving habits or miles driven (I. E. Previous average appox 19. 9 mpg, current read 13. 2 with); vehicle out of service 55 days for repairs in the last calendar year.
I was driving my car out of a drive through and when I got to where I needed to turn, my engine just shut off. Car started rolling electrical was still on (lights, etc;) but the steering wheel would not turn at all. I had to put it in park, turn it off and then turn it back on again. After that, it worked again. What if this happens to me going 80 on the interstate? I have children to think about.
I have had my car right at 3 months and it just shuts off with no warning. I have children in this car going down the interstate and it just shuts off. There is no warning signs and no way to get it off the side of the road. I'm just dead in the water hoping no one will rear end us. It has been in the shop 2 times and they have it a day and say shows nothing and send it back to me. It is very hard to get it into the shop and they act like I'm the problem cause they can't find it. It's my only car and I keep telling them what is going on and they say juat keep driving it. It takes several min for it to finally start then it seems to clear out the codes. I have called them and expressed my concerns about the safety of my kids and my self. They seem to not be worried. But I have seen I'm not the only one with this problem and nothing is being done. I guess when it kills my family or someone else thenaybe something will be done. This happens at least 3 xs a week if not more and I have no clue when it will happen. It's very scary. Please can u help me before my family ends up killed.