2016 Dodge Journey problems
Owners have filed 613 complaints about the 2016 Dodge Journey with NHTSA. Engine accounts for 18.4% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of power train at 14%.
Complaints613
Crashes34
Fires8
Injuries23
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Engine 18.4% · 113
Power train 14.0% · 86
Electrical system 13.7% · 84
Unknown or other 10.6% · 65
Service brakes 8.0% · 49
Seats 5.7% · 35
Steering 5.5% · 34
Vehicle speed control 5.2% · 32
Severity
Of those complaints, 34 describe a crash, 8 describe a fire and 23 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 11 model years of the Dodge Journey in this data, 2016 sits 6th by complaint volume. 2009 draws the most.
Filings have fallen off, 102 in the last three years against 158 in the three before. The issues here may already have been addressed.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 55,000 miles.
In owners' own words
The contact owns a 2016 Dodge Journey. While driving 55 mph, the vehicle surged and the service engine indicator illuminated. The vehicle lost all power and was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the cam position sensor needed to be replaced, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vin was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 2,000. Engine · reported at 2,000 miles
While driving my dodge journey 2016 crossroad plus my engine started to hesitate when giving it throttle pressure to accelerate and when attempting to accelerate it decreased in speed and would in then cut power to speed up and then gain it back rapidly going into high rpmâs vehicle would then slow down on highway causing a huge safety risk for myself and others on the interstate Engine
My car started whining bad and loss power it was stuck in one gear. Now I'm having to get a new trainsmission I have 113,000miles on it and only 4 yrs old befor this happened I have to replace 2 rocker arms at 2 different times on 2 different cams the rocker arms are a terrible designed in this car and go bad easily and cost alot of time and money to get them replaced Engine
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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