2011 Dodge Journey: sudden loss of power

Filed Jun 24, 2019 · Electrical · 68,000 miles · FL

Altinater shorted out fried reset and battery while driving lost all power luckily we were coming out of a parking lot but got locked in the car got one door to unlock

Filed Jun 19, 2019 · Electrical, Engine · 124,000 miles · SC

Mil illuminates indicating cam shaft position senor and multiple other codes at start up or highway speeds. This also cuts off the stability control and puts the car in ,imp mode. The car will also stall without warning at highway speeds creating an unsafe condition. Dealership currently evaluating issue for cam shaft phaser failure. This occurs at least once a week however the most recent incidence on 6/14/2019 resulted in the car stalling while turning resulting in loss of power steering and braking. The code always resets after a driving cycle is completed but comes back in a day or so. It is my understanding that early 3.6 l engines for 2011 had an issue with cam shaft phaser but no recall has been issued for my vehicle.

Filed May 22, 2019 · Engine, Steering · 139,000 miles · MI · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge journey. The contact stated that while driving about 35 MPH, the contact saw smoke emitting from the hood without warning. The contact pulled to the side and added some coolant but the failure recurred after driving 5 more minutes. The vehicle lost power and the contact saw flames from the engine. The fire momentarily extinguished itself. The steering wheel then could not turn and the vehicle shut down. The contact mentioned that the alternator and wiring were damaged sue to the failure. There was no report filed and there were no injuries sustained. The vehicle was towed to the contact's resident. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that the failure was known but the VIN was not included in a recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 139,000.

Filed May 21, 2018 · Electrical, Lights · 55,000 miles · AE

I bought it on october 2011 at the south of florida , since then I had keeping and driving the car at the same location, never tried drive in low temperatures. But, in june 2016 I moved to region where the weather is between 20f or -7c during winter. Then the tail light on the lift stopped working, but it was not burned and no problem with the fuses the battery was dying frequently. This winter the rear wiper stopped working too. Now it was time to discover what's going on . Thus, I found broken wires in the sleeve between body and lift gate, where the wires need be flexible. I can confirm and concluding: the wires installed at the car do not support temperatures bellow 20f or -7c , in these condition the wires crack and broke and causing short-circuit. There are defective wires installed in this make car causing lost of power, short-circuit and letting the car instable. My concern is the others doors may have same defective wires. And it's happenig in any situation, stationary, in motion, on a city street or a highway, turning, sincerely

Filed May 4, 2017 · Electrical · 64,600 miles · VA

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 dodge journey. While driving 30 MPH, the vehicle began to lose power and various indicators illuminated. The vehicle was driven to an independent mechanic who charged the battery and the vehicle resumed normal operation. The manufacturer was called and advised the contact to take the vehicle to be diagnosed. The vehicle was diagnosed and repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 64,600. Updated 06/21/17*lj

Filed Jul 11, 2015 · Electrical, Engine · 75,000 miles · UT

I was driving on the freeway to work and the engine shut off. I lost power steering, power braking, ability to accelerate or really drive the car at all. All I could do was try to safely navigate an uncontrollable vehicle to the shoulder and hope I wasn't hit in the process. The check engine light came on, in addition to other warning lights (I think they were the tire pressure light, the vehicle traction control light and another indicator that looks like a lightning bolt). The car eventually restarted, but had problems driving and would start to cut out when it idled. We took it back to dodge, they ran diagnostics but couldn't find any issues. After a lot of pressure, they replaced the main computer chip in the system. This was after replacing another minor part that didn't change the issue. This seemed to work for a few months, but then the problem began happening again. This time the engine was even more sluggish and the whole car would shake when you tried to accelerate. There was no power, even though the engine was running. Then, it would cut out again and the same warning lights came on. We are taking it back to dodge again today to see what they can do.