2010 Dodge Journey Wheels Problems

I HAVE ONLY HAD MY CAR TWO AND HALF YEARS AND ITS BEEN NONE STOP ISSUES STARTED WITH CAR ONLY WANTING TO START WHEN IT FELT LIKE IT AND IMY TURN SIGNALS AND HEAD LIGHT FLASHING WHEN THEY WANTED THEN MY INTERERIOR LIGHTS ALSO ALL WHEN CAR WAS OFF AND LOCKED THEN THE DOORS AND WINDOWS STARTING ROLLING UP AND DOWN ON THEIR OWN AND THE DOORS UNLOCKING AND LOCKING BACK ON THEIR OWN AND NOW LAST BUT NOT LEAST MY HORN WONT STOP HONKING ITS A PHYSICAL DRAIN IT INTERFERS WITH WORK , SLEEP IT WAKES UP THE NEIGHBOR HOOD ALL HOUR OF THE NITE WILL BE AT WORK AND HAVE TO EXCUSE MYSELF TO GO OUTSIDE AND PRAY I CAN GET IT TO STOP! CAUSING ME BATTERY DAMAGE MORE THEN AT 285 DOLLARS A POP FOR BATTERY AND INSTALLATION NO EXPECTS WHEN THEY PAY OVER THIRTY THOUSAND FOR A CAR IT IS GONNA BE POSSESSED! BECAUSE OF THIS CAR IT HAS RAINED AND SNOWED IN MY VEHICLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHEN WINDOWS WANNA ROLL DOWN ON THEIR OWN I HAVE REPLACED WIDOW SWITCHES AND SENSORS ALSO AND STILL HAVING ALL THESE ISSUES I CAN NOT AFFORD TO MAY TO FIX THESE COSTLY REACCURING ISSUES DUE TO THE MANUFACTOR MADE HUGE MISTAKES WHILE MAKING THIS CAR OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE I HAVE READ COMPLAINT AFTER COMPLAINT ONLINE LIKE MINE THERE DEFINITELY SHOULD BE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE SERIOUSLY GETS HURT AND THEY GET SUED ... THANK YOU

DODGE JOURNEY BRAKE SYSTEM IS UNDERSIZED FOR VEHICLE SIZE AND WEIGHT. BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS ARE NEEDING FULL CHANGEOUT AFTER APPROX 25K MILES. VEHICLE HAS LESS THAN 60K MILES ON ODOMETER, AND BRAKE SYSTEM AGAIN MUST BE REPAIRED PREMATURELY. I BELIEVE THIS IS THE REASON DODGE INCREASED THE ROTOR SIZE ON 2011 MODELS.

OEM TPMS SENSOR VALVE STEM CRACKED AND BROKE, INSTANTLY DEFLATING TIRE. MATERIAL APPEARS TO BE MANUFACTURED FROM ALUMINUM AND SHOWS SIGNS OF CORROSION APPROX 1/4" BELOW TOP OF FILL HEAD. IF VEHICLE WAS IN HIGH SPEED MOTION AT TIME OF FAILURE, THEN INSTANT TIRE DEFLATION WOULD HAVE OCCURRED AND LEAD TO A POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL AND TIRE DAMAGE. A WEB SEARCH FOR SIMILAR ISSUE YIELDS A FEW LEGAL SITES THAT ARE INVESTIGATING ISSUE FOR THE 2009-2010 MODEL YEARS AS LATER MODELS WERE INSTALLED WITH RUBBER STEM.

BRAKES HAVE BEEN A MAJOR ISSUE ON THIS VEHICLE. WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE BRAKES, ROTORS AND CALIPERS MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NOT TO MENTION THE TIRES ALSO. THE FIRST TIME THEY WERE REPLACED, THE CAR HAD LESS THAN 36,000 MILES. SINCE THAT TIME THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACED MULTIPLE TIMES, WITH THE LAST TIME BEING IN THE LAST 30 DAYS. IT IS LIKE THERE IS SOME TYPE OF DESIGN FLAW IN THE BRAKING SYSTEM, THAT CAUSES THE BRAKES AND TIRES TO BOTH WEAR OUT QUICKLY. LAST NIGHT THE BRAKING SYSTEM CAUGHT FIRE ON THIS VEHICLE, LUCKY I HAD JUST PULLED IN MY PARKING SPOT WHEN THEY STARTED BURNING AND DIDN'T HAVE MY CHILDREN WITH ME. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED AND THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY THEM. I HAVE NOTICED THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH THE JOURNEY THAT HAS HAD BRAKE AND TIRE ISSUES. NOW I AM STUCK WITHOUT ANY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION THANKS TO THE BRAKES CATCHING FIRE (WARPING RIMS AND MELTED TIRES FROM IT). THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS INJURED.

I WENT TO HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED BECAUSE I WAS HAVING A PERSON REPLACE THE BRAKES AND HE COULDN'T GET THE TIRES OFF. THEY WERE CEMENTED TO THE WHEEL WELL. WHICH IN ITSELF IS A SAFETY ISSUE. IF I WOULD HAVE HAD A FLAT TIRE ON THE ROAD, I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CHANGE THE TIRE AND BEEN STUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED, THEY BROKE OFF ONE OF THE STUDS THAT HOLD ON THE LUG NUTS. IN REPLACING THE BRAKES AND ROTORS AT 28000 MILES, WHICH IS TOTALLY STUPID, BUT ON THE DODGE JOURNEY, A NECESSITY I GUESS, ON REPLACING ONE OF THE WHEELS AFTER NEW BRAKES AND ROTORS WERE INSTALLED, ANOTHER OF THE LUG NUT STUDS BROKE OFF. THERE WAS NOT EXCESSIVE PRESSURE BEING APPLIED TO IT. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. WHO'S TO SAY YOU WOULDN'T BE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND HAVE ANOTHER ONE BREAK OFF. OF COURSE, IN MY CASE, I GUESS THE TIRE WOULD HAVE STAYED ON SINCE IT WAS CEMENTED TO THE WHEEL. I BELIEVE THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE BRAKES AND STUDS AND TIRES ON THE ALUMINUM WHEELS. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. *TR

THE PROBLEM I ENCOUNTERED WAS THAT THE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY IF BRAKES ARE PRESSED AT 60 MPH. THE MECHANICS AT CARMAX, MACHINED THE ROTORS AND REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS WHICH SEEMED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. ROUGHLY 3.5 TO 4 MONTHS LATER, I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS TIME, THE MECHANICS AT CARMAX REPLACED THE ROTORS AND THE FRONT BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS ONCE AGAIN PLACED INTO SERVICE LAST WEDNESDAY ON DECEMBER 18, 2013. ONCE AGAIN, THE ROTORS WERE MACHINED AND THE BRAKES REPLACED. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE O JANUARY 17, 2013 WITH THE STARTING MILEAGE OF 34,904. I HAVE PUT ROUGHLY 10,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR THE THIRD TIME, I DECIDED TO LOOK ON THE INTERNET HOPING THAT MIGHT HELP. HOWEVER, I FOUND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME VEHICLE THAT WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS I WAS. I CONTACTED DODGE BUT THEY SAY THAT THIS IS A MAINTENANCE ISSUE. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I HAVE 4 CHILDREN AND GOD FORBID THAT THE BRAKE SYSTEM SUDDENLY DECIDED THAT IT DOESN'T WANT TO WORK! APPARENTLY, THERE IS A FLAW IN EITHER PARTS OR DESIGN THAT NEEDS TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED AND CORRECTED BY DODGE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE JOURNEY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE BEGAN TO LOSE AIR RAPIDLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR VALVE WAS FRACTURED. THE MECHANIC PLACED A TEMPORARY RUBBER VALVE STEM TO THE TIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF THE VALVE STEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000.