https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the Dodge Journey. en-us Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:51:56 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2178081 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2018 Dodge Journey. The contact stated that while attempting to reverse, the rearview camera became inoperable. The contact stated that occasionally the rearview camera image appeared upside down or distorted. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25E052 (Back Over Prevention). The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was determined that the rearview c https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2178236 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT CarMax sold me a vehicle with a Cracked & Leaking Exhaust Manifold & Catylic Converter & its causing Exhaust Fumes to come up inside vehicle & is getting worse as I drive it. https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2177985 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2019 Dodge Journey. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V552000 (Back Over Prevention); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that while reversing, the rearview camera displayed a distorted image, and the screen was blue or distorted. Several unknown warning lights were occasionally illuminated. Additionally https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2177628 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2019 Dodge Journey. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V552000 (Back Over Prevention); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was notified of the issue. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The con https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2177144 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Backup camera displays upside down and blurry. There is a current recall for this issue, but it doesn't include the 2018 models. https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2177282 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The backup camera displays upside down. Talking to other Dodge owners this seems to be a common problem. I Seema to me this is a defect that has the potential to be a safety hazard because it gives a distorted review https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2177283 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The backup camera displays upside down. Talking to other Dodge owners this seems to be a common problem. I Seema to me this is a defect that has the potential to be a safety hazard because it gives a distorted review https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2177252 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT My electrical shorts out, radio goes in and out and the ac/heat turns on and off! When I choose to turn off it will turn back on! When driving at night driving on paved road you can see the lights dim and brighten it has gotten worse since I got the car in 2024 https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2177099 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT My 2012 dodge journey suddenly and violently stalled in the middle of crossing a green light. no check engine lights prior to this only thing that happened a few days before was car wouldn’t start said to press clutch and start button I have an automatic engine, and kept saying keys lefts vehicle even though keys where in the car. This was very scary because it gave me no problems before we could https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2177100 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT My 2012 dodge journey suddenly and violently stalled in the middle of crossing a green light. no check engine lights prior to this only thing that happened a few days before was car wouldn’t start said to press clutch and start button I have an automatic engine, and kept saying keys lefts vehicle even though keys where in the car. This was very scary because it gave me no problems before we could https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2177101 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT My 2012 dodge journey suddenly and violently stalled in the middle of crossing a green light. no check engine lights prior to this only thing that happened a few days before was car wouldn’t start said to press clutch and start button I have an automatic engine, and kept saying keys lefts vehicle even though keys where in the car. This was very scary because it gave me no problems before we could https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2176848 Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Error code B25AA-01 Front Passenger Door Handel- General Electrical failure is on in my car since you are investigating it thought you might know https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2176850 Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT No compression head gasket prob not running hot or water being used but cylinder test shows no compression and combustion leak detector test shows leak https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2176135 Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The rear view camera has become unreliable. It sometimes flickers. It sometimes is upside down. It is sometimes gray. It works properly about 10% of the time. I believe it was a significant contributor to my backing into and damaging another vehicle in a parking lot. I understand that there is a recall notification (NHTSA 25V552; Chrysler 59C) for the Dodge Journey beginning with model year https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2176411 Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Unknown it doesn't start and all lights flash on dash https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2175519 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Air bags did not deploy during an mvc https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2175065 Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The contact owned a 2012 Dodge Journey. The contact stated that upon her daughter starting the vehicle, an abnormal popping noise was emitted from the vehicle without warning. The vehicle caught fire as the contact's daughter exited the vehicle. The fire department was called to the scene of the incident, where they extinguished the fire. No injuries were reported, and a police report was not file https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2173605 Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT I received TWO safety recalls that my dealer has never fixed. One for the ABS System R61/NHTSA 15V-675 and one for the beauty cover R32/NHTSA 15V-431. I was supposed to be contacted when the parts were available and never was. My beauty cover has come off and my ABS system randomly turns off. I am not sure who reported that these repairs for the recalls were completed but they were not. I woul https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2173606 Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT I received TWO safety recalls that my dealer has never fixed. One for the ABS System R61/NHTSA 15V-675 and one for the beauty cover R32/NHTSA 15V-431. I was supposed to be contacted when the parts were available and never was. My beauty cover has come off and my ABS system randomly turns off. I am not sure who reported that these repairs for the recalls were completed but they were not. I woul https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2173752 Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2019 Dodge Journey. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V552000 (Back Over Prevention); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the rear-view camera displayed a black image intermittently while in reverse(R). The vehicle was taken to an unknown dealer, where the contact was informed that the vehicle coul https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2173395 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Power steering hose ruptured after a few days of snow and ice. I went to drive to the store but was unable to turn out of the driveway due to no power steering. I done some research to where I found out there was a recall for this same issue but evidently my VIN # isn't included in this recall as while as many others I have read about online. I think this needs to be looked into. https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2172780 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The contact's daughter owned a 2014 Dodge Journey. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign: 15V431000 (Engine and Engine Cooling); however, parts were not available. The contact stated that while her daughter was driving at an undisclosed speed, black smoke was seen coming from under the hood, and the engine caught on fire. The driver was able to successfully exit the vehicle. No warni https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2172270 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2009 Dodge Journey. The contact stated that while reversing in cold weather, the vehicle lost power steering functionality. Upon inspection, the contact became aware that the power steering hose was leaking fluid and had detached. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 16V273000 (Steering). The vehicle was towed to the https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2171938 Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT The ignition fob messed up on me and won’t start the key fobs not reading it shuts off https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2171443 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT We were driving our vehicle and suddenly the car shut down. It basically stopped running. Dash lights on, heater blower going etc but speed was dropping to 0 quickly. We were in a small town so we could pull over but had it been a highway it could have caused major issue pending what lane you were in. There was no warning, no sign like a check engine light nothing. I got out and checked the engine https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2171515 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT The drivers side active headrest deployed while the vehicle was unoccupied. It is not electronically controlled, so no warning lamps were illuminated. This appears to be a known issue with FCA but they offer no assistance with correcting the known safety defect. https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2171427 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT About 50% of the time the Bluetooth in the car fails to initialize. I have to either turn the car off for about 5 minutes or pull the fuse for the radio in order to get Bluetooth to connect for hands free calling and Bluetooth music. I have the 8.4 inch uconnect radio without nav or the dvd player option. https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2171428 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT About 50% of the time the Bluetooth in the car fails to initialize. I have to either turn the car off for about 5 minutes or pull the fuse for the radio in order to get Bluetooth to connect for hands free calling and Bluetooth music. I have the 8.4 inch uconnect radio without nav or the dvd player option. https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2171290 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT I am filing this complaint to report a repeated safety-related defect involving the engine thermostat in my 2020 Dodge Journey and to formally request an investigation by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). The thermostat in this vehicle has failed twice, despite being replaced after the initial failure. The recurrence of the same failure in a critical engine temperature control comp https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey https://plaincars.com/make/dodge-journey#complaint-2170371 Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2016 Dodge Journey. The contact stated that while driving 35-40 MPH, the engine started overheating. The message "Temperature High" was displayed. Additionally, the contact stated that the power windows were intermittently inoperable. While attempting to drive from a complete stop, the transmission failed to shift gears as intended. The contact stated that upon depressing the ac