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2017 DODGE JOURNEY — Complaint #2114583

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NHTSA Complaint about SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT filed July 28, 2025

NHTSA complaint #2114583 (ODI reference 11676587) concerns a 2017 DODGE JOURNEY and was filed on July 28, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on July 28, 2025. The vehicle had 150,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Ohio based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as seats:front assembly:head restraint, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same DODGE JOURNEY cohort independently describe similar seats:front assembly:head restraint failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2017 DODGE JOURNEY shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2017 DODGE JOURNEY
Component
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
State
Ohio
Mileage
150,000 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2017 Dodge Journey. The contact stated that while driving approximately 65 MPH with her son seated in the front passenger’s seat, there was a loud popping sound coming from the passenger’s side seat before the front passenger’s seat headrest exploded. There was no injury sustained. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be inspected; however, the vehicle was not repaired due to a fractured clip. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 150,000.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 2114583
ODI Number 11676587
Date Filed July 28, 2025
Failure Date July 28, 2025
VIN 3C4PDCAB1HT

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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.