2009 Dodge Journey Awd

MY CAR WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO SECOND OR THIRD GEAR - I HAD TO PARK CAR, SHUT OFF AND RESTART. DID SAME THING COUPLE DAYS LATER AND MY ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. HAD MY MECHANIC CHECK THE CODE AND IT IS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE TRANSMISSION. THE CAR JUST HIT 90,000 MILES. I HAVE ALREADY HAD THE WATER PUMP REPLACED, FRONT AND BACK BRAKES, PADS, ROTORS AND CALIPERS REPLACED. THIS CAR IS A PIECE OF GARBAGE.

FOR A WHILE NOW, RANDOMLY MY JOURNEY WILL GET STUCK IN 2ND OR 3RD GEAR AFTER TAKING OFF. I WILL HAVE TO STOP, PUT IT IN PARK, SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTART IT FOR IT TO RESET ITSELF. THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, BUT I'VE HAVE A COMPLETE NEW SET OF BRAKES PUT ON IT, ROTORS AND NEW CALIPERS IN THE FRONT. THE BRAKES ALSO MAKE A KNOCKING SOUND. I ALSO GOT A COMPLETE SET OF TIRES AND THEY SEEM TO BE WEARING QUICKER THAN NORMAL. I HAVE HAD 3 DIFFERENT SHOPS LOOK AT THE BREAKS FOR A DIAGNOSES AND ALL OF THEM SAY THAT THE RIGHT PARTS ON IT AND THEY DON'T SEE AND REASON FOR THE NOISES. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HOME MY WIFE, DAUGHTER AND MY PREGNANT WIFE, WHEN ABOUT 1/2 FROM HOME A DARK BLACK SMOKE CAME OUT OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, I PULLED OVER AND PULLED THE HOOD LATCH, AND AFTER I WAS ABLE TO GET MY FAMILY OUT OF THE CAR, I LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE CAR,A DARK FLUID WAS POURING ON TOP OF THE EXHAUST. THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE MECHANIC. AFTER AN INSPECTION, HE FOUND THAT THE POWER TRANSFER CASE UNIT CRACKED. HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET SINCE DEALER SAID THAT IT WASN'T UNDER WARRANTY AND THAT'S NORMAL WEAR FOR THESE VEHICLE. $1350 FOR TRANSFER CASE, $85 TOW TRUCK AND $450 LABOR. *TR

I NOTICED OVER THE WEEKEND THAT THE CAR STARTED MAKING A WEIRD TICKING NOISE. ALSO WHEN PUT INTO REVERSE IT SEEMED LIKE IT WANTED TO STALL SOMETIMES. I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND IT STARTED TO BUCK AND SPUTTER. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT PULLED OVER AND THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I HAD IT TOWED TO A GARAGE WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A CRACKED TRANSFER CASE WHICH CAME WITH A $2400 ESTIMATE! AFTER DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS A TYPICAL PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL AND YEAR AND FOUND MANY ACCOUNTS ON DODGEJOURNEYFORUM.COM. SOUNDS LIKE A RECALL NEEDS TO HAPPEN BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT IF IT HASN'T HAPPENED ALREADY! *TR

BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW OFF SHOW ROOM FLOOR IN FEB OF 2009 AND ONLY OWNER....FIRST 6 MONTHS OF OWNING IT STARTED WITH SERPENTINE BELT, HEAT SHIELD, GEAR BOX, AC COOLANT, ELECTRICAL , TRANSMISSION (4 TIMES) BRAKES AND ROTORS (5 TIMES), BATTERY ISSUES AND NOT TO MENTION TIRE REPLACEMENT ALL BEFORE 50K MILES. WITH THIS BEING SAID YOU WOULD THINK I HAVE BUILT A NEW CAR BY NOW. YES L EVEN PURCHASED EXTENDED WARRANTY BUT STILL PAY OUT OF POCKET CAUSE GUESS WHAT "EVERYTHING IS NOT COVERED" ITS A LEMON AND I AM SCARED FOR ME AND MY DAUGHTER TO DRIVE IT!!! EVERY MONTH ITS SOMETHING NEW THAT I HAVE TO FIX AND REPLACE, CAN NO LONGER AFFORD IT. I WAS PROUD TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE A NEW CAR WITH ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES I WANTED, BUT HECK I CANT AFFORD IT. THE MAINTENANCE COST HAS WIPED OUT ANY SAVINGS I TRIED TO HAVE. I WILL HAVE TO TRY AND TRADE IT IN, HOWEVER I KNOW I AM NOT GOING TO GET WHAT I STILL OWE AND ITS SAD I WILL STILL BE PAYING FOR THIS PIECE OF CRAP. REALLY SAD WHEN YOU CONTACT CHRYSLER TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF ALL THE ISSUES AND PROBLEMS THEY DON'T EVEN APOLOGIZE FOR PRODUCING SUCH POOR WORK. GUESS IT WILL TAKE MANY MORE FAMILIES TO GO BANKRUPT OR PEOPLE GETTING HURT FOR THEM TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS CAR!! *TR

I PURCHASED THE 2009 DODGE JOURNEY SXT USED IN 2012. IN LESS THEN A YEAR I HAD TO REPLACE AN AXLE, THEN REPLACE A DRIVE SHAFT. ONCE THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS REPLACED, LESS THEN A MONTH LATER I WAS DRIVING HOME AND HEARD A CLICKING NOISE. IT LASTED NO LONGER THEN A MINUTE AND THEN ABOUT 1 MILE DOWN THE ROAD AS I WAS TURNING ON TO MY ROAD I HEARD A LOUD CRACK. MY VEHICLE THEN SHOOK VIOLENTLY AS I DROVE, AS IF ONE OF THE TIRES MIGHT BE FALLING OFF. I CAUTIOUSLY CONTINUED ON AT NO MORE THEN 15MPH TO MY DRIVE (MAYBE 2/10 OF A MILE). WHEN I PULLED IN MY CAR WAS SMOKING. THE NEXT DAY WE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP, THINKING MAYBE IT WAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. AND WERE INFORMED IT WAS A TRANSFER CASE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. IT HAD CRACKED AND SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE AND WAS LEAKING FLUID. WHEN WE CALLED TO CHECK ON THE $1200.00 PART (AFTER ALREADY PUTTING IN ANOTHER $1500 IN PARTS AND LABOR TO THE OTHER TWO PROBLEMS) WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE COMPANY WAS OVER 300 PARTS BEHIND ON THEM AND IT COULD TAKE A WHILE. GREAT. AFTER IMMENSE ONLINE RESEARCH IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE SXT AWD VERSION OF THIS VEHICLE. HAD WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE NEW, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER A LIFETIME WARRANTY, HOWEVER BECAUSE IT WAS USED WE GET SCREWED. IF YOU ASK ME, DODGE SHOULD BACK ITS VEHICLES, NO MATTER WHAT. A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED AND DODGE SHOULD HAVE TO FIX WHAT APPEARS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

I BOUGHT MY JOURNEY LESS THAN A YEAR AGO. SINCE I AM NOT THE ORIGINAL OWNER I GET THE SHAFT WITH A CAR W/LESS THAN 60,000. WELL, I HAD JUST GOTTEN NEW TIRES WHEN ON MY WAY HOME I APPLY THE BRAKES TO PULL INTO THE DRIVE AND HEAR A HORRIFIC METALLIC NOISE. UPON MY HUSBANDS INSPECTION THERE IS NOTHING FOUND WRONG WITH THE BRAKES OR THE FRONT OF THE CAR, AFTER NOT BEING ABLE TO STAND THE NOISE ANYMORE I HAVE HIM CHANGE THE FRONT BRAKES THE NEXT DAY, THINKING MAYBE THE TIRE GUY HAD KNOCKED SOMETHING LOOSE AND WE COULDN'T FIND IT.BRAKES STILL LOOKED GOOD, CHANGED ANYWAY. NOISE STILL HORRIBLE. NEXT DAY TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC WHO INFORMED ME OF MAJOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I HAD THE CAR TRANSPORTED TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP. DIAGNOSES, TRANSFER CASE HAS GONE OUT, BAD NEWS OVER 600!!!!!!! ON BACKORDER, LET ME KNOW IT MIGHT BE UP TO 2 MONTHS BEFORE THEY COULD GET ONE TO FIX IT. I TALKED TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP, THEY INFORMED ME THEY COULD GET ONE SOONER. I HAD THE CAR TRANSPORTED ONCE AGAIN. AFTER BEING AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR 2 WEEKS NOW THEY ARE TELLING ME IT MAYBE ATLEAST ANOTHER MONTH. REALLY? I AM STILL WAITING. JUST WONDERING WHAT THE MAGIC NUMBER OF PROBLEMS TO ONE PART DOES IT TAKE BEFORE CHRYSLER/DODGE ADMITS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THEM AND THEY DO A RECALL ON THESE TRANSFERCASES THAT ARE NOT LASTING AS LONG AS AN AMERICAN PART SHOULD? IF I HAD KNOWN ABOUT THIS COMMON TRANSFER BOX PROBLEM I WOULD HAVE ATLEAST BEEN THE FIRST OWNER OF A NEW VEHICLE WITH A WARRENTY NOT THE SECOND WHO GETS THE SHAFT. SO $2000.00 LATER I AM STILL WAITING. *TR

BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE USED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2009. ASSUMED THAT THE UNLIMITED POWERTRAIN WARRANTY APPLIED TO THIS VEHICLE. NOTICED A FOUL, PUNGENT ODOR 2-3 DAYS PRIOR TO FOLLOWING INCIDENT. ON THE DAY OF THE INCIDENT, I MADE A SLOW LEFT HAND TURN WHEN I HEARD A LOUD METALLIC SOUND FROM UNDERNEATH THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I EXITED THE VEHICLE, LOOKED UNDERNEATH AND FOUND THICK, DARK FLUID POURING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE, AS WELL AS A SMALL FIRE. FIRE SELF EXTINGUISHED. WAS ABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE SLOWLY HOME (APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE) AND PARK IT. 2 DAYS LATER, I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED A FAILED TRANSFER CASE. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS REMOVED FROM MY DRIVEWAY, I FOUND A PIECE OF METAL APPROXIMATELY THE SIZE OF A SILVER DOLLAR WHERE THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN. DODGE IS NOW DENYING RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS INSTANCE EVERY THOUGH THERE APPEARS TO BE (AND MY MECHANIC VERIFIED) A PARTS/MANUFACTURING ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. PREPARING LEGAL ACTION AT THIS TIME. *TR

I HAVE A 2009 JOURNEY SXT, AND THE TRANSFER CASE BLEW AT 12,000 MILES DUE TO BAD OIL AT FACTORY, I THOUGHT "ODD BUT OKAY". AT THAT TIME I WAS INFORMED I NEEDED BRAKES AND ROTORS. AGAIN I THOUGHT ODD AND QUESTIONED WHY I NEEDED BOTH, IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THE ROTORS ARE SO THIN THAT THEY HAVE TO BE REPLACED WHEN REPLACING BRAKES. UNDER WARRANTY BUT NOT FOR BRAKES ABOUT 2 MONTHS KATERINA GOT THE RECALL AFTER THEY PUT THE SAME [XXX] BRAKES AND ROTORS ON THERE THAT WAS RECALLED SO IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN I HAD TO GET THEM DONE AGAIN AT 35/40K TO WHICH I HAD MY DAD DO THEM AND PICKED OUT THE BRAKE SHOES MYSELF. SO I DRIVE IT FOR A WHILE ANOTHER 20K AND AGAIN I NEED NEW TIRES AND BRAKES AND AN ALIGNMENT. SO 2000 LATER CUS HAVING "SIZE 225/55/R19" THERE IS ONLY ONE MANUFACTURE AND TIRES ARE 250 EACH. NOW I AM USED TO HAVING NEW TIRES AND YOU ROTATE THEM EVERY OTHER OIL CHANGE AND THAT'S IT UNTILYOU GET UP THERE IN MILEAGE AGAIN. NOT SO - 3 WEEKS LATER I WAS BACK IN THERE BECAUSE I KEPT LOOSING TIRE PRESSURE WELL ON TIRE HAD A NAIL IN IT - WHICH THEY DIDN'T TELL ME THEY JUST SAID THE TIRES LOOK GREAT THEY CHECKED THEM FOR LEAKS AND FOUND NONE. ONE WEEK LATER I WAS BACK IN THERE AS TIRES ARE LOOSING AIR ONCE AGAIN. TO WHICH THEY TELL ME THEY WILL REVEAL THEM JUST THIS ONCE FREE OF CHARGE AND I NEED A NEW TIRE AS THE PATCH (THAT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT) ON SIDEWALL BLEW OUT. OKAY NOW I AM THINKING GOOD SHOULD BE ALL SET BUT THEN THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME I HAD A CRACKED VALVE STEM AND FOR THEM TO FIX IT WILL BE ANOTHER 200. NOW WHEN I PAY 250 PER TIRE I EXPECT THAT THE VALVE STEM WOULD BE REPLACED AND A NEW ONE PUT ON. AGAIN NOPE!!!,!,!!! SO VERY OTHER DAY WE HAVE TO PUT AIR IN MY TIRES. EXCEPT ONE DAY THE VALVE STEM COVER CAME RIGHT OFF AND NOW MY CAR SITS. WHEN BUYING VEHICLE I WAS TOLD FULL SIR SPARE NOPE AGAIN JUST A DONUT SO IF ANYONE KNOWS WHY A VALVE STEM WOULD NOT BE REPLACED WHEN TIRES ARE I WOULD SURE APPRECIATE SOME ANSWERS.... THANKS JOURNEY RUNNING ME OVER INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM