Exterior Lighting Problems of Dodge Journey - part 2

Due to opening and closing the rear hatch, the wiring harness wires running from the car through the hatch break and fray causing many issues. One being the potential for exposed wires to spark and cause a fire. Others being faulty rear windshield wiper and faulty rear lighting. Brake lights, turn signals, running lights and rear interior lights causing a road hazard.

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Either sitting or driving, the cars lights come on and it loses power and stops. Sometimes when I try to start it, it won't start and I just got a new battery! there are several people having this problem. I just got my Journey 2 months ago, it was used, and I never could have imagined the problem I having with it! this is my only transportation, and I need it for work! someone said it is the tipm, others have said it's the battery, etc. . . This happens either while I'm driving or sitting idle!.

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Had not started the vehicle for 1 week. With fob in hand I opened the door. With door open I put my foot on the brake (it did not compress), then pushed the start button. The dash flashed on and off saying fob not detected. Tried pushing fob, tried starting car again. Then a loud clicking began at the front of the vehicle in the motor area. The dash flashing stopped and all screens were black. No power to vehicle at all, door locks did not work. Opened hood to see where clicking was coming from, but could not detect. Tried remote start and traditional start as well. Nothing works. Engine clicking finally stopped after about 10-15 minutes. Car has to be opened with the key and will still not start.

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The vehicle is inoperable because the abs module and headlamp wiring needs to be replaced. The vehicle only has 13,000 miles but is no longer covered under a warranty. There was a recall for Dodge Journey but this VIN is not covered by the recall. Are there more vehicles that should be added to the recall?.

I recently took a trip to pigeon forge tennesee from charl3ston west virginia. The speed most of the drive was 65mph. My vehicle only has 43,000 miles on it. I bought it used but that doesn't mean that the brakes should already be wearing down. Braking down hill at 65mph the brakes seemed to almost be pulsating but felt like the rotor may have been warped and the sound was horrible! I felt the vibrations every time I would brake. I don't know what to do about it as I just spent a lot of money on the car itself! city driving is not as bad but it is still concerning that interstate speeds may be an issue.

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My sound system is not working. Once the vehicle reached 200,848 miles it stopped working, then the next day the led hatch light she'd working?I came out to get in the vehicle and turned it on it didn't work?.

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I was driving down the highway with my two kids when I had turned my bright lights on then off again as cars were coming when the windshield wipers turned on. They will not turn off, the high beams won't turn on and my blinkers do not work as well. Everytime I start the vehicle the windshield wipers turn on and cannot be turned off again. Everything in the switch that controls all of these features is useless and a huge safety issue. Luckily we were not hit turning off the highway headed home.

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Headlight housings leak on both sides of car causing extreme condensation buildup causing poor visibility and causing headlight bulbs to burn out at unpredictable times. Loss of a headlight causing serious vision problems at night. I've had to change headlight bulbs often, problem started in early 2020 and I believe Chrysler/ Dodge should have a recall for their defective headlight housings on this vehicle. The estimated cost to replace their defective housings is well over $1,000.

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My truck first started with my drivers side taillight going out. It don't work when my lights are off, but when my light out on it works prefect fine. When I first notice this was when I went to get in my car during the day and my neighbors who was parked behind me told me my taillight was out and was the led taillight. I believe there is as electrical issues there. And secondly, my airbag light come on. The vehicle was on a city street and all I did was turning a corner and it came on and still on. Thirdly, when it raining outside driving and stop at a red light, when it turns green and I proceed to go and my tires slide my radio would restart like I just cut my truck on. Everything happened at different times, but the most recent is the airbag light coming on.

The contact owns a 2018 Dodge Journey. The contact stated while driving at night, the contact noticed that the headlights were significantly dim. The vehicle was taken to autozone, where the cause of the failure could not be determined. The contact had been driving with the high-beam headlights at night. Additionally, the contact stated while driving 35-45 mph and depressing the accelerator pedal to merge into another lane, the vehicle failed to respond. The traction control warning light and an unknown warming light were illuminated. The contact stated that the failure had been recurring while driving 35-45 mph, which required the contact to pull to the side of the road on each occasion. The contact stated that upon turning off and restarting the vehicle, the vehicle responded as needed on some occasions and the contact was able to drive safely; however, on other occasions, the failure recurred upon resuming driving. The vehicle was taken to autozone, and to the dealer; however, the failure could not be duplicated. Additionally, the contact stated that the rearview camera was inoperable while reversing. The vehicle was taken to autozone, where the failure could not be duplicated. The contact's husband replaced the rearview camera fuse, per the owner's manual instructions; however, the failure persisted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The contact related the failures to NHTSA campaign numbers: 22v723000 (exterior lighting), 18v524000(electrical system), and 18v398000 (back over prevention); however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 9,000.

Since I have owned this vehicle, the wiring for the backup camera has been wrong since purchase. The image is fuzzy, sometimes non-existent, and if it is it is upside down. The radio works when it wants to. The headlights keep filling with moisture no matter how many times I get it fixed. The windshield wiper will no longer spray the fluid to clear the windshield (after about owning it for a year) and the speedometers have been off since purchase. I bought the car brand new and just found out you’re supposed to report this stuff here. Please look into these issues with this vehicle, as the previous Journey years also had the majority of these issues and have had those parts recalled.

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Purchased my 2014 Dodge Journey in feburary 2019. Before having couple recalls done on my I had no lights on my dash board ever since purchased my car. Then I had recall t47 done on my car in April 2019 there begins to start randomly flashing the airbag deployment light on my dashboard. Could be in park or in gear the light will appear and stay all at random. Contacted dealership to schedule an additional recall and informed them of this airbag lighting issue. Was told that it caused from my seatbelt wiring. If that was the case then the light would have came on before ever having any recalls done more specifically the t47 recall for exactly that issue with the airbag wiring. Then the guy attempts to provide me with a quote on how much they were going to try and charge me to have it fixed !! I dont know what you would call this but I know it can not be legal !! please investigate and help stop this from happening to anyone else who uses this dealership !!!.

My 2013 Dodge Journey has a random no start. It will just click. The battery, alternator, and starter are all good. I usually have to jump it to get it to start. Sometimes that doesn't even work. It will make the lights start to go haywire. They will flicker or flash on and off. It will say no key detected when I'm literally sitting with my key fob in hand. It is a push button start. I have got the batteries replaced in the key fob as well. This will happen at random. It's happened in my driveway with a slight incline so we parked it on the curb where it was flat to see of maybe the incline of the driveway had anything to do with it, but it's done it on flat surfaces as well. I have tried to look up reasons why and have seen this as an issue with a lot of other Journey owners. This started back in the spring and happens several times in a week then it will stop for almost a month and the cycle will start all over again.

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Horn honks randomly by itself. Parked, middle of the night, or driving this is dangerous distracting for me and other drivers. Scary startles me and freaks my neighbors out! draining my battery too. Also a clicking sound when nothing on. I googled it and was shocked to find hundreds of others complaints. I called crysler they said to make a complaint here and if enough complaints a recall will be issued. I sure hope no one gets hurt or dies waiting for the manufacturer to correct the electrical problem they clearly know about but will not address unless they absolutely have to. What a shame consumers pay good money for such poor service. I knew I should have stayed with a GMC!.

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Inside middle dome light stays on on some occasions turns itself on even after car is locked. Another issue that just started while driving the car or prearranged much just being on is the rear wiper comes on by itself and stays runnin till it wants to stop and when it dose turn itself off the wiper blade stays in the middle position instead of going down all the way.

When opening the back hatch, all the doors will randomly lock or unlock. The hatch light does not work. The rear window, back hatch, wiper cleaner will not work. Attached is a picture of the wiring harness for the back hatch. All the wires have been cut just from regular opening and closing of the hatch due to the fact where it is located and that when the hatch is closed it bends all that wiring in half. As you can see from the picture at least 5 are completely broken and many more are almost completely cut.

It started with a window not going up, then the electrical wires to the front left headliggt burned out and melted the bulb connector. Bulb connector was replaced and it happened again. Keyless entry fobs stopped working, batteries were changed and fobs were tested but they still don't work. Alarm goes off at random times and takes us starting and moving the car 50 feet to turn it off. The other night the car horn went off in the middle of the night randomly, about 12 times. Now the hornnis going off as we drive for no reason. This car ckearly has electrical issues. Electrical parts keep burning out causing me to change them for reinspection time by the state.

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Wow!!!!!!!!!! is all I can say, I can't believe the amount of problems this car has. With that being said I'm hoping that since I financed this vehicle, that the finance company will help me because this dealership "clearly" sold me a lemon and I'm sure they know it is. Everything electrical in my 2012 Journey started surging to the point where I thought it was going die on me while driving on a highway here on vancouver island b. C. Canada. I've had problems with the push button start ( sometimes 4 attempts to start it are needed ) . I really love the vehicle with the cost to repair modern days cars, I think I want to find a way to return it ( it's only been 5 months since I've had it ) . The dealership says it's probably the battery and offered to replace it so on the 27th of this month, I will take it to the dealers and try to return it all together. None of us should be having issues like this and I'm really disappointed with Dodge and how they're "not" doing much to help anyone. Sadly these vehicles are "lemons" and should all be recalled and junked imo. Sorry to hear so many other's have problems too , just keep your roadside assist up to date lol cause I feel we're "all" going to need it eventually and who wants to be stuck in the middle of nowhere.

Wife got into car to go to store told me done lights would not go off. I tried every switch in the car but nothing would turn them off. I sent her to store anyway knowing that battery would not die in that amount of time. Wife returned from grocery store stating something smells hot. I looked in car again and I also smelled burnt wiring. I looked at the middle seat light and saw smoke. I quickly popped the lens off the dome light and saw dripping melting plastic. I disconnected the light and tossed it out in the lawn. Dodge sent an inspector to look at the event and I received a letter stating that any done light will become hot if left on. I asked them if they were supposed to smoke, melt and almost drip on a 3 year old child's head. Even the harness melted. They don't think this is a big deal but I believe (and other people have looked at it ) believe it is. Very dangerous! I've left a dome light on in many cars over the years and none started melting. I've tried to relay this to Dodge but can't get anyone but a level 1 person to talk to. I'm really beside myself on this. I can't understand how this is a big deal. I'm hoping by contacting this agency I can get a resolution and possibly prevent someone from getting seriously injured.

5-10-18 had to bring my vehicle in for a new tire and prior to the tire, the abs light would intermittently pop on and off. This would happen mostly after I started the vehicle and after backing up and traveling a few feet, it would sound and feel like it would catch and grind, then release after traveling about a mile, it would go off. When I brought it in to get the tire replaced, I asked them to look at it, they said the abs light was coming on because the battery was faulty and they replaced the battery. (I think maybe they just reset something) I asked them to give me an itemized list of parts changed for the work, and I never received it. I only received the invoice for the tire. Now. . . . Rear ended in Dec 27, 2018 - between the accident and time it took holidays/insurance to get me an appointment with dealer, the abs light started to pop on again and the radio screen grayed out and came back on(so far that has only happened once). My husband let them know to check that as well because there was impact damage on the left front bumper and dealer only repaired the damages reported by adjuster and didn't address the abs/radio issue. So. . . . . Now what? feel like they just put a band aid on it until the warranty ran out and then again after damage sustained in an accident that was not my fault.

Master window switch quit working, bought a new switch that didnt fix it and so I did some research and see there was a recall on these vehicles for the copyright 2011, Chrysler group llc, all rights reserved February 2011 dealer service instructions for: safety recall k07 front door wiring harnesses 2009 (jc) Dodge Journey note: this recall applies only to the above vehicles built from November 01, 2007 through November 07, 2008 (mdh 110122 through 110723) which also effects my lighting and possibly airbags . I have children that's not acceptable .

We have owned our Journey for three years. Starting last year we have had a significant electrical issue that no one can fix. In order to unlock our doors, one has to press unlock an upward of 5 times. This has become an everyday occurrence and poses a threat to safety if we ever get in an accident. During these events the vehicle is stationary. We have noticed that the clock in the Journey will either gain time or loose it, without us even touching it over the course of a week or more at a time, we've given up on setting it at all. Again, the vehicle is stationary. One in every four times entering the Journey, our main dome light (around the second row of seats) will be illuminated without any interaction from us and its normally on for hours at a time. Stationary in our driveway or in a parking lot. Finally, our rear windshield wiper seems to have a short or something wrong with it. Some days it works perfectly fine and other days we are unable to turn it on to use it. I often go out to the car and notice the wiper is half done wiping the window and stuck there. Recently if you hit a bump, the rear windshield wiper would go off and wipe the glass without our interaction. All of this happens while stationary or while driving. Also just recently its noticed by my wife that the Journey sometimes locks if we shut the door while warming it up. She mentioned that sometimes when locking the car it would honk more than once or sometimes the key fob wasn't operational (leading to us opening up the key fob, making sure the battery was seated properly and closing it back up) this is while stationary. The date I have associated with this isn't the date of the occurrence because this has all taken place over the past year to a little longer than a year. We've taken it to more than one repair shop to no avail.

Horn honks while driving, electric seat moves, lights flash, and windows roll down all doors lock and will not unlock, will also do while parked and you can't unlock to get into car. Happens daily since 2-1-18.

Horn honks while driving windows roll down doors lock and will not unlock seat moves dash lights all come on happens while parked and can't stop horn will not let into car replaced many batteries and have no answer from dealers.

Reverse lights are inop because of a bad backup switch which is located on or in the transmission.

While driving my son to school everything shuts off in car while driving from the lights interior and exterior, wipers, windows can not go up or down, unable to alert anyone in traffic that I was coming to a stop. This occurred while it was still dark outside. Has happened multiple times now no one knows what is going on after taking into shop I was given this site to report it due to several others claiming same issue.

My Dodge while riding radio come on go off the heater turn all the way up and it want crank most time you get ready to go it just goes haywire not dependable brought a battery thought that was the problem but not.

The contact owns a 2010 Dodge Journey. The contact stated that the low beams failed to function as well as the high beams. The contact had to apply the running lights due to the failure. The vehicle was not taken toa dealer to be diagnosed. The contact mentioned that the vehicle was not able to be driven. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was not available.

Brakes started to squeak and grind. The front was replaced after 3 visits to the dealership. The truck is delayed when accelerating and slips when accelerating in drive. This issue has not been fixed for the propulsion. This happens in motion on city streets and highway. The lights flicker when in park.

The antennae allows water to enter underneath it, seems its not fully sealed all around and it allows water to enter vehicle. Liner has water rings and rear left floor gets pretty damp. Saw the same water rings in a 2010 Journey. Rusting out any metal and or electrical components not seen.

It's not your starter or alternator it's your neutral cut out (safety switch). Have to put it in neutral to start. Own a 2010 and have called and complained about it as it is a safety problem. If you don't get any satisfaction from your dealer or Dodge file a defect complaint form and get them to investigate a recall. Save your receipts for all expenses incurred for this issue and they will reimburse you. It's been happening more often it is sporadic, looking up this info. I see it is a problem with these vehicles I need it fixed I can not afford to get stuck I am a single mom.

Headlights keep flickering while driving and park on high beams and low beams.

The contact owns a 2010 Dodge Journey. While driving 40 mph, the head lamps flickered and failed to illuminate. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the totally integrated power module (tipm) needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 137,000.

The alarm system goes off by itself. The lights flash and the horn blows while the car is off. It can be at different times of the day.

My lights are very dim on the inside of the car and my fob just stop working I have went to the dealership to replace the batteries however it still does not work. My driver side passenger door is no longer hooked up to the fob or the door unlock/lock button) you do it manually.