Radio/tape Cd Player problems of the 2017 Dodge Journey

While I was driving on the freeway, a red battery image displayed on the menu center screen. Next day had it checked, was told all was fine,everything check out. . A week later was on freewayagain,headlights flicked, radio went dead(display &sound) twice, engine bogged down briefly. Car is in shop now. . Two days. And no accurate diagnosis. . This is obviously a well-documented problem with this model of vehicle. . Has this caused death? will it lead to death, yes, is there help for the consumers?? I'm aware of numerous electronical problems with these and other Dodge vehicles. As I have owned one in the past with a similar problem. That cost me thousands , and could not be fixed, even by a tech from corporate out of state. . Now with my current situation how can I be confident on the road? also why, when the dealership know(for a fact) their vehicles have these issues. They charge a $180. 00 diagnostic fee, that can not be applied to repair. . Unfair and criminal to put vehicles on the road they know are faulty. . Faulty as in electronic issues that no one can pinpoint. . And it appears that if they throw enough parts at it, maybe that will work. . . These issues must stop!!.

On July 17th 2019. I was gaining speed on an entrance ramp to highway 95n in stafford, va. As I approached 60 mph the SUV's steering wheel locked up on me and I couldn't turn the wheel. I tried the brakes and the brakes wouldn't work they were hard and would not push down. I let it slow itself down and made it to the side of 95n. I then put the SUV in park with hazards on. I exited the SUV to check for any damage and or indications of what caused the svu to lock up while driving. There was no sign of anything that I could see. I returned to the driver's seat restarted the SUV. After noticing that the radio was on but not sure if the truck was on. So I restarted it to be sure the engine was running. I drove it home, 10 minutes down the highway at 50 mph and called the lustine dealership and had it towed to them. I can say that the weather was 98 degrees real feel at 110. This was around 2 in the afternoon. The lustine dealership had my SUV from then until July 22nd. They put over 100 miles on my SUV and said they couldn't duplicate the issue. They told me to just wait and see if it does it again. After having the problem and giving them the SUV I looked on here and saw a SUV with the same exact experience. I told the lustine dealership and gave them an email with this information and they didn't even bother to contact the other dealership listed in the complaint on here. Which did find out the cause. Lustine had my SUV when I gave them the information about the other SUV. Also my SUV had about 26485 when is happened. The lustine dealership didn't even put on my paper work they couldn't duplicate the problem or where in took place.

Not vehicle specific. There is much concern over distracted driving. Cars produced today can not be driven without viewing the dashboard video display. Climate controls, radio, etc. Video display is constantly displaying information which requires driver to take eyes off the road. I believe backup cameras are useful, but should only display video when in reverse. Cell phone distractions. Electronically disable cell phones while vehicle is moving. May signal an incoming call, but must stop vehicle to respond.

The main screen for uconnect went dark after turning on the car (parked). No radio, no a/c control, nothing in the center console would work. We live in FL and no a/c is a big problem, specially when you have a toddler and a baby. I went to my destination with the dead console. I went back in the car, this time everything was ok. I called fca and their answer was "go to a dealer and pay for a diagnostic, if there is a problem we'll refund you" I don't think that is correct when we are on warranty and when they know this is not an isolated issue. I found several cases of people going thru the same, they suggest reboot, factory reset and other non-sense. Check this video (link) and you have evidence of several problem with this system. This also is being going on since at least 2012. . Read more...