2009 Dodge Journey Brakes Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE JOURNEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE AIR BAG, CHECK ENGINE, AND THE EPS TRACTION WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE CONTACT INITIALLY TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE BRAKE MODULE CONTROL SENSOR HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MECHANIC REFERRED THE CONTACT TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR ASSISTANCE. THE CONTACT THEN TOOK THE VEHICLE TO LITHIA CHRYSLER DODGE JEEP RAM FIAT OF SANTA FE (7401 CERRILLOS RD, SANTA FE, NM 87507) WHERE THE DIAGNOSIS CONFIRMED THAT THE BRAKE MODULE CONTROL SENSOR WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE CONTACT BROUGHT THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER FOR A SECOND DIAGNOSTIC TEST TO BE PERFORMED. THE RESULTS WERE STILL PENDING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130,000.

TAKARA RECALL: WHEN LEAVING WORK I STARTED MY CAR AND BEGAN TO BACK OUT OF THE PARKING LOT WHEN I WENT TO PUSH ON MY BRAKES TO STOP MY CAR MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AS IF I HAD NOTHING BUT AIR. I CALLED AND HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A LOCAL SHOP 4 DIFFERENT MASTER CYLINDERS PUT ON THE CAR TWO NEW CALIPERS ON THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT AND BACK REPLACED ALONG WITH A NEW ABS MODULE AND BRAKE LINE HOSE ON THE FRONT LEFT SIDE 2500.00 LATER AND I STILL HAVE NO FRONT LEFT BRAKES!!!! COMPLETE NIGHTMARE AND IT IS COMPLETELY UNSAFE NOT ONE PERSON CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS OH I SHALL ADD WE ALSO REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS!

EVERYTIME I BRAKE MY VEHICLE IT JERKS. IVE REPLACED MY BRAKES AND THIS ISSUE STILL HAPPENS. ALSO A FEW TIMES IVE HAD MY VEHICLE TURN OFF WITH ALL LIGHTS ON WHILE I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT AND A COUPLE DAYS AGO IT WOULDNT START AFTER TWO ATTEMPTS TO START THEN ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT IT STARTED.

CAR HAS HAD TO HAVE BRAKES MULTIPLE TIMES FOR EXCESS WEAR AND PROBLEMS WITH CALIPER, ENGINE RUNS ROUGH AND HESITATES TO ACCELERATE AT SPEEDS OVER 45 MILES PER HR, CHECKENGINE COMES ON AND FLASHES AND THE GOES SOLID, CODES SHOW UP AS PO202 WITH DEFINITION OF CYLINDER 2 INJECTOR ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT UNIT HAD A FAULT LODGED OR WAS DISCONNECTED FOR PREDETERMINED TIME. THIS CAR IS COSTING ME AN ARM AND LEG

6 MAJOR BRAKE REPAIR JOBS IN 79,000 MILES. THE BRAKE SYSTEM IS NOT ADEQUATE FOR THE SIZE AND WEIGHT OF THIS VEHICLE. CHRYSLER PAID FOR SOME OF THE REPAIRS WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THEY KNOW THERE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM ON THIS YEAR OF THE JOURNEY

BOUGHT 2009 DODGE JOURNEY NEW. WITH ONLY 12,143 MILES (19.818 KM) I HAD TO HAVE ROTORS AND BRAKES REPLACED DUE TO THEM RUSTING OUT. THIS WAS DONE IN GERMANY BY A DODGE DEALER. A POLICY ADJUSTMENT WAS MADE. THEN WITH ONLY 27,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE I HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKE PADS AND THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE TURNED. THEN WITH 43,148 MILES I HAD TO ONCE AGAIN REPLACE ALL BRAKE PADS, FRONT ROTORS AND THE REAR ROTORS WERE ABLE TO BE MACHINED. THIS IS THE WORK I HAD DONE AT SAN DIEGO DODGE DEALER. WHEN I HAD THE WORK DONE IN MAY 2016 I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK IN AUG 2016 DUE TO A SQUEAKING NOISE COMING WHEN BRAKES APPLIED. WAS TOLD IT WAS FROM NEW BRAKES AND I SHOULD JUST PUMP THEM AND IT SHOULD GO AWAY. I TRIED TO DO THIS BUT NOISE REMAINED SO I TOOK VEHICLE BACK IN NOV 2016 AND WAS TOLD THAT THE BRAKES WERE "DIRTY" AND THEY COULD CLEAN THEM FOR $134 OR I COULD ONCE AGAIN PUMP THEM AND IT SHOULD STOP. I TRIED AGAIN THEIR RECOMMENDATION AND THEN DECIDED TO TAKE FOR SECOND OPINION SO TOOK TO PERRY'S DODGE IN NATIONAL CITY, CA ON 3 APRIL 2017 AND WAS INFORMED THAT I THE VEHICLE NEEDED ALL FOUR BRAKES AND THE REAR ROTOR NEEDED REPLACED WITH THE FRONT ROTOR NEEDING MACHINED. I WOULD THINK THAT FOR A VEHICLE HAVING ONLY 53,000 MILES AND HAVING 4 BRAKE JOBS AND NOW NEEDING ANOTHER ONE THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG. I CONTACTED DODGE CUSTOMER SERVICE REP (ROYAL) WHO BASICALLY SAID THAT ACCORDING TO THE SAN DIEGO DODGE DEALERSHIP THAT THIS IS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR BUT THEY DID OPEN EMAIL CASE NUMBER: 3336076 AND REFERENCE NUMBER: 29272328. I HAVE READ MANY REVIEWS THAT BASICALLY SAY THAT THE 2009 AND 2010 DODGE JOURNEY'S BRAKE SYSTEM WERE NOT MADE TO HOLD THE WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLE. DODGE WILL NOT CLAIM THIS ERROR AND SO US WHO BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT ARE STUCK WITH PERFORMING BRAKE JOBS EVERY 10,000 MILES.

OVER THE LAST 3 YEARS I HAVE HAD AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF WORK DONE ON MY BRAKES. ON THE FRONT WHEELS, BOTH HAVE HAD 3 NEW SETS OF ROTORS, 2 OF WHICH HAD TO BE RESURFACED, 3 SETS OF BRAKE PADS, 2 NEW CALIPERS FOR THE LEFT AND 1 FOR THE RIGHT, 1 BRAKE HOSE AND 1 HUB BEARING FOR THE LEFT. THE REAR TIRES HAVE HAD A NEW SET OF ROTORS, WHICH WERE RESURFACED TODAY, AND A NEW HUB BEARING ON THE REAR LEFT. THE VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN WRECKED, AND I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY MY DRIVING IS NOT THE CAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. WHEN THE BRAKES HAVE GONE BAD, I HEAR A SQUEAL, THERE IS VIBRATION IN THE WHEEL AND THE BRAKE PEDAL, AND THE CAR WOULD PULL TO THE LEFT OR THE RIGHT, DEPENDING ON WHICH CALIPER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED ON A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL THAN ON THE CONSUMER'S DIME.

THIS IS 3RD TIME MY JOURNEY'S BRAKES NEED REPLACING. THIS TIME MY COST 1683.00---IM ON SSDI---LOW INCOME---REALLY PUNCHED ME,. HORRIBLE PREDICAMENT TO BE IN--PLEASE CONTACT ME IF ANY COSTS ARE REIMBURSED BY CHRYSLER-DODGE. HELP!!

WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE, WHEN YOU GO TO USE THE BRAKES THEY BECOME 'MUSHY'. YOU HAVE TO PUSH ON THE BRAKES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR BEFORE THE VEHICLE WILL EVEN TRY TO STOP. WE HAVE REPLACED THE BRAKES ALREADY SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE AND NOW NOT SURE WHAT TO DO. YESTERDAY WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, TRAFFIC CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I HAD TO PUSH ON THE BRAKES VERY HARD. THE TIRES ACTUALLY SQUEALED, THE CAR JERKED, AND YOU COULD FEEL THE BRAKE GIVE A JERKING FEELING BELOW MY FOOT. FORTUNATELY, I DID NOT HAVE MY BABIES WITH ME THIS TIME. ANOTHER INCIDENT THAT HAS HAPPENED THIS WEEK IS WHEN THE TIRES SQUEALED WHEN I WAS TRYING TO TURN RIGHT AT A LIGHT AND COULD NOT GET THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN ENOUGH ON A DECLINE. THIS IS VERY SCARY AND I HOPE THIS IS FIXED VERY SOON. I HAVE LOOKED AT OTHER SITES AND NOTICE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF BRAKE ISSUES WITH THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE JOURNEY. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE VIBRATED SEVERELY. A LOUD SQUEALING NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE TWO FRONT WHEELS. THE FAILURE OCCURRED CONSTANTLY. IN ADDITION, FUMES OF SMOKE APPEARED FROM THE TWO FRONT WHEELS. THE DEALER CLAIMED THE BRAKES WERE COMPLETELY NEW. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ROTORS AND BRAKES FOR THE FRONT WHEELS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE JOURNEY. WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE STABILITY CONTROL, ABS, AND EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V047000 (AIR BAGS) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED FOR THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 07/26/16*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, THE BRAKES BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO AN ABRUPT STOP. UPDATED 08/02/16.*JB

BRAKE ROTORS WARPED. TROUBLE STOPPING. STEERING WHEEL SHAKING WHEN BRAKES APPLIED.

2009 DODGE JOURNEY. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE FAULTY BRAKE SYSTEM ISSUES. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED ALL FOUR WHEELS WERE LOCKED WHICH LEFT THE VEHICLE IMMOBILE. THE BRAKE PADS, ROTORS, CALIPERS AND MASTER CYLINDER WERE ALL REPLACED AND THE VEHICLE STILL CAN'T BE DRIVEN. *JB

I AM HAVING TO TURN THE ROTORS AND REPLACE THE BRAKES FREQUENTLY.

I WAS DRIVING TO EXIT THE HOSPITAL WHEN FOR THE 4TH TIME SINCE I'VE HAD THE DODGE THE BREAKS WENT COMPLETELY OUT THEN LOCKED UP A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD AND THE BACK TIRES LOCKED UP WITH THE BREAKS. I'VE CHANGED THEM 4 TIMES IN THE 6 MONTHS I'VE HAD THE CAR, THEY GET FIXED AND 2 WEEKS LATER THE BREAKS ARE BAD AGAIN. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS IF I WERE ON THE HIGHWAY IT WOULD HAVE CAUSED A ACCIDENT. THIS CAR WAS POORLY MADE ESPECIALLY THE BREAKS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE JOURNEY. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE IN ORDER FOR THE BRAKES TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE POWER TRANSFER UNIT ASSEMBLY FRACTURED CAUSING THE MASTER CYLINDER TO FAIL. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,266.

BRAKE PROBLEM THE ROTOR GETTING VERY HOT. *TR

WE ARE ON OUR THIRD SET OF FRONT BRAKES AND SECOND SET OF REAR. NOW THEY ARE SAYING MY REAR BRAKES HAVE 5% BRAKE LEFT. SO, I WILL NEED NEW BRAKES AND ROTORS. THE GUY AT DODGE BLAMED MY WIFE FOR THE WAY SHE DRIVES. PT HERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH THE WAY SHE DRIVES. *TR

HAVE CHANGED BRAKES AND ROTORS 3 TIMES SINCE OWNING IT NEEDS,REPAIRED AGAIN, JUST REPAIRED IT LAST DECEMBER 2014

CAR HAS OVERHEATED SEVERAL TIMES. I HAVE REPLACED HOSES AND COOLANT RESERVE TANK TWICE TEMP GOT SO HOT THAT IT MELTED HOLES IN IT, BRAKES ON FRONT HASH BEEN REPLACED 6 TIMES SINCE 2014 ALSO REPLACED ROTORS TWICE REPLACE BRAKES ON REAR TWICE. *DT