Either sitting or driving, the cars lights come on and it loses power and stops. Sometimes when I try to start it, it won't start and I just got a new battery! There are several people having this problem. I just got my journey 2 months ago, it was used, and I never could have imagined the problem I having with it! This is my only transportation, and I need it for work! Someone said it is the tipm, others have said it's the battery, etc... This happens either while I'm driving or sitting idle!
2016 Dodge Journey electrical complaints
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I was driving down the street and loss all power and brake control. No warning lights and no notice just shut off while driving, radio and lights everything cut off without warning.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 dodge journey. The contact stated that while driving, the check engine warning light illuminated on and off. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer larry h. Miller dodge located at 1800 w 104th ave, denver, co 80234, who diagnosed that the exhaust manifold cracked due to a defective catalytic converter. The vehicle was not yet repaired. Additionally, while operating the vehicle several lights located on the rear liftgate would not illuminate or was very dim due to an electrical short in the tail gate wiring harness. The brake lights, tag lights and signal lights were affected by the electrical short. The failure was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failures but, no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 103,000.
When driving, at any speed or upon acceleration, the engine suddenly loses power and goes to 1500rpm(approx.) with a traction control light and battery charging light ( car swerving light and red lightning bolt light) illuminated. At highway speeds this is very hazardous, on the street its very frustrating. When vehicle is brought to a stop and completely shutdown, thereby resetting the ECM, the vehicle starts normally and drives normally( sometimes!) on other occasions after being put into gear and proceeding the same thing occurs and engine will not rev over 1500-1800 rpms and so long as you are not going up a hill will shift normally to get to about 40 MPH tops, on a hill however speed will drop to about 15-20 depending on the hill I guess. This happened on 8-15-20 and car reset and drove normally after that with no issues but the following morning as I left home for work it occurred 2 blocks away from home and after resetting car via shutting it down several times the issue would not "self cure". Hopefully, as this is sunday at 5 am when the mechanic troubleshoots it displays the same behavior and I will update this post.
Engine keeps losing power and dying. Cruise control reves engine to high up and down for now reason on a straight stretch of street when yourturn to the left to sharp the engine dies.
Around 11 mths ago.preston dealership replaced 3 censors but still engine light came on . Then replace engine harness it was ok until last week when my engine light came on again and car stalled all 3 times.hard time stating .after around 8 hours light goes out .had code read by auto zone showroom crankshaft sensor and hatness..its very unsafe when my car stalls on highway in heavey traffic at 70 mphs. Please help.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 dodge journey. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle shuddered, failed to accelerate and stalled with an unknown warning light flashing. The vehicle was towed to poway chrysler jeep dodge ram (13811 poway rd, poway, ca 92064), to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 18v332000 (electrical system, vehicle speed control). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 66,000.
While driving the driver's seat belt keeps coming off. The A/C keeps turning on randomly when I turn it off.
Drivers side window switch would not work every once in a while. Then started making clicking noise and not working. Will not control any windows and no windows will go up or down. I have spent alot of money replacing parts and nothing is fixing the problem and when I look online for advice I read about this being a common problem with dodge journey and also read that this problem has LED to electrical fire in some vehicles. Why has this problem not been fixed and whatever part recalled
This has been happening for about a month now. While driving my dash board lights go on then off,my radio will turn up by itself, my heat/ AC wont come on. I will have to shut my car off and then back on.for it to work. And it makes my car to jerk and now today.feb.26 2020. My wipers go out as well on the highway in a down pour. Again I had to pull over turn my car off wait about 5 mins and then start my car again. I had to do this about 5 time during my hour 1/2 drive.
The vehicle is jerking and the radio is changing channels on it s own. The engine is making a sound, that sounds like it's about to give out. The vehicle haves less than 40000 miles on it. The traction control light came on while I was driving straight on dry pavement
Vehicle was stationary and remote started for about 5 minutes. We loaded up our children in the car and started smelling a strong plastic/rubber burning smell that stings in the throat. The smell was coming out of the heat vents, could be smelled outside the car and under the hood. We shut off the vehicle and I looked for the source of the burning, but didn't immediately find it. After some time we restarted and waited about 5 minutes and it came back again. This time I located a glowing red chassis ground strap wire that was burning off the coating. The car was towed to my house for inspection during daylight hours. I noticed that the method of attachment of the sheet metal clip to the motor mount seems dubious as this type of connection may cause high electrical resistance and lead to heat build-up. Fortunately this happened when the vehicle was parked and we were waiting on warm-up. Had my wife just driven off the smoke smell would have been a distraction and could lead to increased crash risk. Also when the wire finally burned and disconnected the circuit, the vehicle could have stalled in an very dangerous situation and lead to a crash. Photos added *dt *dt *dt*jb*jb *dt *tp*dt*dt*jb*dt*jb*dt
Engine cuts off while going down the road without warning. The problem is the crankshaft position sensor. Very dangerous nearly killed my wife and I when a 18 wheeler barely missed us. We were on a major interstate doing 70mph when it just shut off. There are active recalls for this problem. Chrysler is aware of the problem but will only talk to people whose vehicle is listed under their recall list. The problem is a lot more widespread. Recall number is s-89
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 dodge journey. While operating the vehicle, the back up camera image would not display or would suddenly shut off while driving in reverse. Also, while attempting to start the vehicle, the battery saving mode message displayed and the vehicle would not start. The cause of the failures was not determined. Greenway dodge (9051 east colonial dr, orlando, fl) was notified of the failures. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 64,000.
Traction control light on and ABS light on constantly. Customer complaint of vehicle not stopping and ABS activate pulse felt in brake pedal. Wheel speed sensor giving a fault code was replaced but still having the same issue. Hooked up snap-on scanner and found communication issues from ABS to TCM to ecu so a data line most likely a culprit. Vehicle has 75k miles. Attached is a scan report of the codes found on vehicle. This seems to be common on many of the same vehicles. Will report findings once customer agrees to further investigate the issue. I'm thinking a faulty ABS module or wiring to ABS and faulting out the data communication line causing data loss between other modules in the system.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 dodge journey. The contact stated that she experienced several electrical failures with the vehicle. The fuses blew out when a charger was placed in the outlet and the air conditioner and power windows worked intermittently. Also, the contact felt the transmission slipping while driving, the vehicle's water temperature overheated and remained on the "h" setting, and the vehicle stalled while driving on an incline. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The contact received a recall notice for the federal safety agency campaign number: 18v332000 (electrical system, vehicle speed control). The vehicle was taken to dependable chrysler dodge jeep ram (21415 roscoe blvd, canoga park, ca 91304, (818) 883-9060) for the recall repair. After the repair, the contact experienced failures while driving various speeds and a burning odor was present. There was no smoke or flames. The contact had to turn the vehicle off and wait ten minutes to restart it in order for it to resume normal operation. The dealer was contacted and did not assist. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 56,000. *tr
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 dodge journey. While driving approximately 35 MPH, the check engine warning indicator illuminated and the speedometer started to fluctuate. The battery warning indicator also illuminated and the vehicle stalled. The contact was able to restart the vehicle but was concerned that the failure would recur. The vehicle was not taken to be diagnosed or repaired. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 84,866.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 dodge journey. The contact stated that the vehicle failed to start and the transmission symbol illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the engine failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer and was not repaired. The contact mentioned that the hum vehicle detector tracking system through verizon detected failure codes for the camshaft and solenoid. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 80,000.
My 2016 dodge journey experienced a crankshaft position sensor "a" circuit malfunction (obd code p0335) while I was driving, resulting in an engine stall and total loss of power. Nearly resulted in a crash. I've since observed from other drivers that this is a very common failure on the dodge journey, and a serious safety issue. A recall for this problem (safety recall s89 / the federal safety agency 16v‑907) was issued in february 2017, but applies only to a limited number of vehicles built from may to july 2016. Based on my own experience and that of other owners as reported online, I believe the issue is more widespread than the federal safety agency apparently believes, and I suggest that the existing recall be expanded considerably.
2016 dodge journey power shuts off while driving on a city street. Replaced once already and same code came up: crankshaft. This will be the second time replacing it in under six months.
Car was driving when the engine turned off. Lost all power steering and ability to brake. This is happened two times today. I have read forums where older models have had this same problem with recalls to the ignition switch. This vehicle is unsafe to drive.
The wiring harness on the driver door, is a piece of crap. Cheap china thin wire. Breaks it's terrible. I never saw cheap#ss wire like that. It's more brittle, than peanut brittle. Then, I see about getting it fixed. With labor over $500.00 I didn't pay for cheap #ss wire's to break, for almost $30,000.00 I've never had this issue in any car I've ever had in the past 30+ year's ever. The door's won't lock the interior lights flaah. It beeps. Wth..........
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 dodge journey. While driving 40 MPH, the battery warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the battery was low and needed to be replaced. The contact replaced the battery. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified. The failure mileage was 52,000. The VIN was invalid.
My wife was driving her 2016 dodge journey on a street with a 45 MPH speed limit when it suddenly lost power and died. It was towed to the dealership and they replaced the crankshaft sensor plug . We picked up the vehicle on 4/19/19 and it died again on 4/22/19. This time, the car was stationary, but had I be towed again. This time, they replaced the crank shaft sensor. We found a recall issued by the federal safety agency - recall s89/the federal safety agency 16v‑907 covering 2016 journeys for the engine built from may 8,2016 to july 12, 2016. The build date on the journey we bought was 8/13/2015 and in service date of 1/15/2016. I called chrysler and they denied any recall initially ( same as the dealership ) but then said the build date was set outside of the time frame set by the federal safety agency. I have the original part, replaced. In my possession. I feel that this problem may be more widespread and may not be reported by more people based on lack of acknowledgment by both chrysler and the dealership as they are writing it off as a part that ' just broke '
Power distribution center went out in vehicle and repaired for the second time. I dont trust the vehicle. Stalled on the highway, with children in the car. This was very scary and dangerous. This vehicle had a recall that triggered alot of issues with the truck, to be quiet honest when it gets fixed I don't feel safe driving the vehicle.
The issues started after the recall for the speed control computer flash was done, about 2 weeks after I noticed that my rear wiper would only turn on when the car was in reverse. If I would put the rear wiper switch in the on position nothing would happen. So in order to stop the rear wiper from moving while in reverse, I have to leave the switch on the on position, my rear wiper also moves when I unlock my car.. Following that my reverse lights do not come on. Then my left tail gate light does not come on when lights are turned on but it does come on when I unlocked the car. When I open the rear hatch door none of the interior lights turn on. So I am forced to open another door if I want the lights to turn on. Also when I go to reverse my back up camera screen goes black and also starts to glitch. This happens occasionally.
Vehicle stalls randomly. Mostly at low speeds or slowing down.
The drivers side master panel will not allow the windows to roll down. There is a clicking noise when trying to roll down, and a humming noise when trying to roll up. None of the window switches on any of the windows will work now. The lock/ unlock buttons and the rear view mirrors still work. I stopped at a drive through pharmacy window and it would not roll down. It worked yesterday and will not today. Nothing traumatic (spills, etc.) happened between now and then.
The car was in motion on a city street the first time the engine just turned off then we where on the highway with big rigs behind and on sides when engine just suddenly shut off it was my husband driving the first time andwe had our kids in the back and a friend also it was a very frightening experience I told my huband dont panic push the starter button to turn off the car because u couldn't give it gas because engine was off but car still on in gear then thankfully the first time we it was not busy at the time we my husband pushed the start button and car was in off mode and then waited a few minutes before turning car back on by pressing the starter button and then we proceeded to enter the highway and about two miles down you feel a pull and the engine turned off again at speed from 75 to quick decrease in speed he veered off to the shoulder with cars and big rigs around us to the shoulder and pushed the ignition button to the off position and waited a few mins prayed and the car started after pushing the ignition button took it to the dealer the next day as that was night and it took a day for the dealership to say the car was fine it might be..exact words the engine crank shaft but it was working fine for the techs so it was at my choice to have it changed or not. It seemed to be working fine. The engine light that had turned on after the engine shut off was off so I decided it was just a glitch and car was ok. Here I am 2 weeks later and the car keeps doing the same thibg on the highway and street it is aweful, I have a all power train warrantee and the dealership says the engine crankshaft is not a part covered by warrantee please help others not get seriously injured or even die from a crash due to this not to detectable defect.
With less than 16000 miles have had battery drain down on 3 occasions, in one occasion less than 16 hours parked in a heated garage. Battery discharged to the the point once ignition to start is pressed, lights flicker, clicking sound form engine compartment, wont even stop this action by turning ignition off. Check of battery voltage was 5.6 volts, battery replaced on first occasion by dealer, both other times, dealer charged battery and no apparent codes tripped. Unable to locate problem. No lights etc were left on on either failure, parked in heated garage, driven for over 30 miles each time. Something is putting a severe drain on the battery is a short time.
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