Dodge / Journey AWD / 2009
2009 Dodge Journey AWD problems
Owners have filed 247 complaints about the 2009 Dodge Journey AWD with NHTSA. Electrical system accounts for 19% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of service brakes, hydraulic at 13.4%.
Complaints247
Crashes1
Fires10
Injuries1
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Electrical system 19.0% · 47
Service brakes, hydraulic 13.4% · 33
Power train 11.3% · 28
Tires 8.1% · 20
Service brakes 7.7% · 19
Air bags 6.9% · 17
Engine 6.9% · 17
Unknown or other 5.3% · 13
Severity
Of those complaints, 1 describe a crash, 10 describe a fire and 1 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Filings have fallen off, 39 in the last three years against 90 in the three before. That is normal as a generation leaves the road.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 61,750 miles.
In owners' own words
There is a recall on the care preventing it from starting or the car can suddenly stop and crash. I need the parts, and chrysler has no idea when the parts will be received. I asked for a rental in the meantime as to stop driving my car because I do not want to continue to get stranded with myself and children. They cannot give me a time frame and I need to get to work and drive safely. Updated 12/17/14. Electrical system · reported at 90,000 miles
The contact owns a 2009 Dodge Journey AWD. The contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 11v139000 (electrical system); however, the part needed to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Electrical system
Car won't start at random intervals. Will not make any noise, just a click. Started roughly a year ago, after a few minutes it would start again. Now I wait more than a half hour. Never sure if it will start. This car is stranding me. It has a list of problems such as bad brakes that have been fixed multiple times and other electrical issues. Electrical system · reported at 24,000 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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