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2012 Dodge Journey brakes complaints

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Filed Apr 18, 2024 · Brakes · TX

The ABS module has failed and no replacement parts are available. The vehicle cannot get passed inspection from the state of Texas because this module failure. No service facility can't get them part needed to repair brakes.

Filed Mar 9, 2024 · Brakes, Electrical · TN

Abs, brake, and traction light coming on coded c2200-49 told there was a recall and when I called the dealership they said it wasn't for my vehicle but they couldn't even order the part because they're having to replace them on so many and they are not in stock anywhere until after April 15th. If this has been an issue with other vehicles and is currently an issue with mine why is it not under the recall??? 2012 Dodge Journey sxt

Filed Apr 27, 2023 · Brakes, Electrical · TX

My family and I ,was going through anintersection when someone ran red ligth we performed an emergency stop applying brake pedal where ABS kicked in ,no collison accured but the ABS and brake pedal system "did not'' recover with the pedal continue to fade to floor afterwards ..... There are no currently no visiable leaks on braking system and brake pads both front and rear are 8-10 mm in thickness

Filed Apr 27, 2023 · Brakes · TX

The ABS light was on in the car. Took to a repair shop and they replaced the ABS Module. Said it fell under R61. But then my re-imbursment was declined because they said my vin did not have the problem. But putting in a new ABS module and reprogramming fixed the issue. How do I get refunded for the failure of a break system that should never have happened? Please call me 979.216.8043

Filed Mar 23, 2023 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 132,000 miles · CA

The contact owns a 2012 Dodge Journey. The contact stated while driving approximately 25 MPH, the vehicle started to lose motive power. The contact stated that numerous warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle stalled and the contact was unable to restart the vehicle. The contact stated that she had experienced the failure with unknown warning lights illuminated prior to the failure however, the contact was able to restart the vehicle. The contact had the vehicle towed to an independent mechanic. The mechanic diagnosed the failure and found that water had entered the ABS module and caused the failure. The mechanic had advised that the failure was related to the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 15V675000 (Electronic Stability Control, Service Brakes, Hydraulic). The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 132,000.

Filed Mar 22, 2023 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 80,000 miles · FL

The contact owns a 2012 Dodge Journey. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the ABS warning light and the traction control warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where the driver's side wheel sensor, the passenger's side wheel sensor, and the crank position sensor were replaced; however, the failure recurred. The contact related the failure to the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 15V675000 (Electronic Stability Control, Service Brakes, Hydraulic). The vehicle was taken to a second dealer, Darcars Orange Park Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram (7233 Blanding Blvd, Jacksonville, FL 32244) for recall repair; however, the VIN was not included. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 80,000.

Filed Feb 20, 2023 · Brakes, Electrical · NC

As I was braking to enter the on-ramp of Hwy 1923 from Asheville, I noticed for the second time, my brakes were not slowing me down as usual, instead, they acted as if they were slowly grabbing. As I speed up to the correct speed limit, It seemed as though my brakes started to grab again without me depressing the brake pedal. The vehicle made a throbbing, and vibrating sound. All this after just having taken the vehicle to my mechanic for the same problem two days prior. The back brakes were replaced, the front brakes looked fine, and everything was checked out. Two days later brakes started acting up again, not working normally and acting as if thay are grabbing and vibrating the vehicle! No warning lights were shown. Next step is the Dodge Dealer. Another very aggravating glitch that the Dodge Dealer said that didn see, is the fact that every time I park the vehicle, I have to turn the sterring wheel a certain way before the battery will shut off, if not the battery will be drained!

Filed Sep 6, 2022 · Brakes, Electrical · TX

Electrical - the vehicle while driving just shut off. No power, no lights, the engine died. The vehicle was brought to a stop, placed in park and then restarted without issue. The ABS system - the brakes failed to work. While at a stop light, brakes depressed, the vehicle began rolling backwards.

Filed Jun 27, 2022 · Brakes, Engine · 76,200 miles · FL

The contact owns a 2012 Dodge Journey. The contact stated while driving approximately 25 MPH, the vehicle started to jerk. In addition, when the brake pedal was depressed it traveled to the floorboard. There was also a failure with the electric stability control failure; in addition to the headlights, visibility was dim. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 76, 200

Filed Mar 21, 2022 · Brakes · PA

This complaint concerns the failure of the front rubber brake lines on my 2012 Dodge Journey. I discovered that, during manufacture, the original brake lines were severely crushed while the retaining brackets were attached to them. This reduced the I.D. of the hoses to about 20% of their intended size. Over time, with normal hose deterioration, this restricted back flow of brake fluid to the master cylinder. As a result the brakes calipers did not retract completely which caused excessive overheating of the front brakes. This could have caused a fire or the vehicle to swerve into other traffic. My concern is other vehicles of similar age could begin experiencing the same issue. Please note the front left brake was malfunction before and after new rotors, pads and calipers were installed.

Filed Nov 7, 2021 · Acceleration, Brakes · MS

The blind spot is horrible. I have to check my mirrors 3 times because even if I look on my side, especially on the driver’s side whenever I have to switch lanes, I can’t see if there is a car on my blind spots. The mirrors don’t help because it may appear that the car beside me is far but it may also be near. So that of the major issue with this car. Next, when the vehicle in front of me did a sudden stop and I hit my brakes too hard to stop, the car made a throttling sound then it stopped. When it was safe to go, it wouldn’t go even though my gear is on Drive and I am pressing on the gas pedal. It just makes a rubbing noise as like it is on Park mode and you are hitting the gas pedal. So I had to shut my car off and turn it back on. Lastly, cruise control doesn’t work very well. Sometimes it works, but most of the times I had to pull over and restart my car or hit the brakes and press the on/off switch for cruise control.

Filed Sep 23, 2021 · Acceleration, Brakes · WA

My safety was at risk and I put others at risk when my vehicle lost power in the middle of a busy highway and almost caused an accident with my 2 young children in the car. It would not accelerate and we got stuck in the middle of the rode. The ABS light came on when it happened. I took it to my local dealer to diagnose and was told there was water in the ABS module connector which caused the wires to corrode. Chrysler had a recall on this specific issue for my model but because my vehicle didn't come out of a specific batch, they won't cover it. This is a safety issue and if other vehicles of this make and model were recalled for this specific issue, they should fix mine. I have attached the R61 recall from Chrysler for this issue

Filed Aug 30, 2021 · Brakes · 107,000 miles · FL

The contact owns a 2012 Dodge Journey. The contact stated while driving 20 MPH, the brakes locked up. The brakes, traction control, and ABS warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the ABS module needed to be replaced. The contact was informed that the parts were on backorder. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure however, no further assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 107,000.

Filed Aug 12, 2021 · Brakes · CA

While parking car and engaging "the parking brake,} the brake popped and a round silver looking item popped out from under the brake pedal and landed on the floor board. Trying to engage the parking brake became useless as the petal just stated engaged and when toughed it came up to the parking brake release place, if the petal was touched it would fall back to the engaged looking. When driving I did not notice any burning smell which told me that the emergency was not engaged even tough the brake light was on. At home I checked under the car and found that back and forth. The brake cable was loose and moveable. Looking at the round piece that fell off it appears to be where the cable was tethered to and this would be placed in the brake petal. The cable appears to have severed at the round piece(connector) making the emergency brake inoperable. There does not appear to be any rust but just severed

Filed Jul 6, 2021 · Brakes · OH

I messaged you the other day about my car losing it's brakes when it rains. I was wondering if you had any information for me about this problem. complaint # 11422687

Filed Jun 28, 2021 · Brakes · OH

I have a 2012 Dodge Journey when it rains and I have to go through water on the roads my car will loose it's brakes, which is causing me to almost hit the person in front of me. I see that my car doesn't have a recall on it for this problem but it's to the point that I'm afraid to drive it in the rain. This is my only vehicle to drive back and forth to work. Please let me know what I should do. Thanks

Filed Jan 14, 2021 · Brakes, Engine · NV · crash · 3 injuries

Engine light multiple times- emissions control - found online but did not receive a recall: in affected cars, fca will replace the catalytic converter and update software for the powertrain control module — that is, your car’s primary drivetrain computer. Fca will recycle the old catalytic converter to remove the precious metals common in such devices, a usual practice. “obviously the catalytic converter, that’s the biggest part of this,” chernoby said. The replacement converter has a “different mixture of precious metals … to be less susceptible to sulfur in the fuel,” he added. Due to the number of replacement catalytic converters needed, the automaker is recalling cars in waves. Model-year 2011 cars: first quarter of 2019 model-year 2012 cars chrysler's number for this recall is t47 chrysler's number for this recall is s08 chrysler's number for this recall is r61 chrysler's number for this recall is r32

Filed Jan 5, 2021 · Brakes, Engine · 149,103 miles · NV

My car is throwing off a check engine light an it indicates it's my catalytic converter, my engine has an knocking sound also, and when I apply pressure on my brakes there's a delay of stopping. While I'm driving city/highway.

Filed Nov 5, 2020 · Brakes, Electrical · NV

The federal safety agency id number:11258769 engine light multiple times- emissions control - found online but did not receive a recall: in affected cars, fca will replace the catalytic converter and update software for the powertrain control module — that is, your car’s primary drivetrain computer. Fca will recycle the old catalytic converter to remove the precious metals common in such devices, a usual practice. “obviously the catalytic converter, that’s the biggest part of this,” chernoby said. The replacement converter has a “different mixture of precious metals … to be less susceptible to sulfur in the fuel,” he added. Due to the number of replacement catalytic converters needed, the automaker is recalling cars in waves. Model-year 2011 cars: first quarter of 2019 model-year 2012 cars: second quarter of 2019 model-year 2013-14 cars: third quarter of 2019 model-year 2015-16 cars: fourth quarter of 2019

Filed Oct 22, 2020 · Brakes · 92,000 miles · OH

Every 15k miles or so the right rear caliper sticks and destroys the pads and associated rotor. I have replaced that specific caliper and both rotors three twice already. After around 25k to 30k miles I can no longer get the caliper to unfreeze. The vehicle now has 93k miles on it and I am about to replace it again. Once the outside pad gets to less than 30% the wheel tries to lock up. Once while driving in the country my wife nearly caught the car on fire because of overheating brakes. This form only allows for one entry, but as stated this has happened a multitude of times. The worst being when the rotor was glowing red before it was noticed by another person at a gas station. That happened in 2015.

Filed Jun 12, 2020 · Brakes · 112,895 miles · PR

Abs, etc and brake lights came on the dash board after I parked on a slope and drove for couple of miles. Take it to the diagnostic technician and a failure is detected in the ABS module. I understand there was an alert regarding this, but I never received any notification. Could you advice me what to do in respect to this matter and if it was a recall since 2015 why I never received the letter.

Filed Jan 16, 2020 · Brakes · 99,000 miles · PA · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 dodge journey. The contact stated that while stopped at a traffic light, there was an abnormal smoke odor coming from the driver's side front of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to tires plus dealer (610‑616‑5256, located at 820 baltimore pike, springfield, pa 19064) where the technician replaced the calipers and rotors. The contact stated that previously the vehicle had been taken to the jeff d'ambrosio dodge chrysler jeep dealer (484‑364‑3777, located at 1221 e lancaster ave, downingtown, pa 19335) where the technician diagnosed and replaced the rotors. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 99,000.

Filed Dec 6, 2019 · Body, Brakes · 10 miles · NY

Breaks aren't working shop told me about the recall and said there's no air in the lines and no leaking lines tested the master cylinder and no issues but my breaks are still not fully engaging. Trunk doesn't open I've brought it to 4 shops as well as a dodge dealership and non have been able to get the latch to disingage.

Filed Dec 3, 2019 · Brakes · 48,270 miles · OH

The ABS light and the vehicle with sliding marks light have shown up on my dash while driving in town at low speed. This has accused two or three times and now is staying on all the time. I saw an article on line that there might have been a recall for this in 2015. My car only has 48278 miles on it. Could you let me know if there was or what I need to do about this problem?

Filed Nov 12, 2019 · Brakes · 140,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact's son owns a 2012 dodge journey. While driving various speeds, the ABS warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was restarted, but the indicator remained illuminated. The vehicle was towed to greenway dodge chrysler jeep ram (9051 e colonial dr, orlando, fl 32817, (407) 347-4929) where the contact was informed that the ABS control module needed to be replaced. The dealer also stated that the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v675000 (electronic stability control, service brakes, hydraulic). The vehicle was currently awaiting repairs. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 140,000.

Filed Sep 8, 2019 · Brakes, Engine · 93,000 miles · DE

I was driving my 2012 dodge journey and my car power just shut down and it won't start. The brake pedal was hard and stiff.my car is completely disabled had to get it tow to my house. I tried to start the car it's not starting at all no peer no lights nothing completely dead

Filed Sep 5, 2019 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 125,000 miles · IN

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 dodge journey. While driving 55 MPH, the ABS failed and traction control warning indicators illuminated. The contact also mentioned that the power steering seized. Once restarted, the vehicle resumed normal operation. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or independent mechanic for diagnostic testing or repairs. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 125,000.

Filed Aug 7, 2019 · Brakes · VA

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 dodge journey. The contact stated that the ABS, brake lights, and traction control warning indicators illuminated. The contact took the vehicle to an independent mechanic where the contact was informed that the vehicle needed a new ABS. The contact spoke with greenbrier dodge of chesapeake (1717 s military hwy, chesapeake, va 23320, (757) 383-9734) and was provided a repair cost estimate. The manufacturer was notified and stated that there were no recalls. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Aug 7, 2019 · Brakes, Electrical · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 dodge journey. The contact stated that the ABS and brake warning indicators illuminated when the vehicle was started. On one occasion, the entire instrument panel illuminated and then reset; however, the two initial warning indicators remained lit. The contact took the vehicle to arrigo dodge chrysler jeep ram west palm beach (6500 okeechobee blvd, west palm beach, fl 33411, (561) 282-1545) where it was repaired per two unknown recalls; however, the ABS defect was not included in any recalls. The manufacturer was notified. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Jun 28, 2019 · Brakes · FL

I've seen there has been a recall on the ABS unfortunately my vehicle was made a month later. My ABS light, break light, air bag light and the car slippery light is on.

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