Dadof5

I bought my 2017 new in March 2018. At the time, 2018 was supposed to be the last year, with a new version coming out as a 2019. That never happened. They kept the Journey around for 2019 and 2020 and now it's gone, but there is no replacement in sight. Doesn't look like there will be one either. One has to wonder about the future of Dodge. All they have left is the Challenger/Charger (both over a decade old) and the Durango (also an old timer?).

Thanks. I did find that video (apparently the only one on the web). There have been a lot of parts removed like the intake, so it looks more accessible. The driver side is easier and I can almost see the connector, but can't get my hand in. The passenger side is even more congested. I was putting the summer wheels back on yesterday and tried cleaning the sensor, but it didn't work. The frustrating part is it first acted up in February and the 3 yr warranty ended in March. The warning light cleared on it's own so there was no point taking it in (pay $150 when no fault found).

Has anyone replaced the right front sensor themselves? If so, where is the connector under the hood and how do you get at it. My 2017 with 30k km has codes C00033-02, C0034-62 and C0034-2F and the speed sensor is the most likely culprit. Thanks

Let's face it, FCA products aren't the most reliable vehicles on the road. But I am hugely disappointed in my Journey because it hasn't exploded into the giant disaster the internet said would happen. Thinking it must be a fluke, I bought a Grand Caravan just for entertainment value. It too has badly let me down, with nothing going wrong. Seriously though, both my Dodges were at least $10k less than the nearest alternative. If they are a bit less reliable than other brands, I can live with that. $10k will buy a LOT of repairs. And even the most reliable car on the road still needs some repairs.

Low mileage, always garaged, and the wipers aren't used much. They last almost forever in those conditions. The set on my 87 Chev passed the safety inspection with flying colours last year. I also have an old convertible but the wipers are never used because it's never seen rain LOL.

LOL I wish I knew who makes the blades for Ford. I didn't buy the cheapest and installed myself. Hopefully they last. The rear wasn't that expensive ($15?) and looks exactly the same. I thought of the warranty thing, but I've found the warranty useless so far and besides, the dealer is closed due to coronavirus.

My Journey is 2 years old to the day, and both wiper blades completely disintegrated within minutes. My wife was driving in the rain at night, and the passenger wiper followed by the driver side had the rubber part contacting the glass separate from the main rubber part. I looked at the rear and it was starting to go too (about 2"). $75 for new blades. Two years! Heck, I just sold a 1996 Ford and it still had the factory blades and they still wiped perfectly. My 2011 Ford still has the factory blades too.

I have a 17 Journey and a 19 Grand Caravan, both with the 3.6. On the Grand Caravan, the battery is right on top, super easy to access. Unfortunately, everything under the hood is packaged differently so converting would be a huge challenge and not worth it. But it is strange that FCA would have not used the Grand Caravan layout on the Journey as a starting point.

I said upfront it was new 18 months ago so it is well within the warranty. Yeah there is no deductible, but they insist on changing the batteries first (probably close to $100 with labour) because batteries are a "maintenance item". Even if I change them myself, they insist on doing it again. They also charge $130 if "no fault found". Like I said, I could press the buttons over and over and nothing, but once it did work, it would work on every press.

Update: The dealer said before even looking at it, they will change the FOB batteries at my expense, even if I put brand new batteries in myself. So it will cost me about $100 just to take it in. Screw that. So I tried doing a car battery reboot. After that, the FOBs work fine and still do. So there you go.

We bought our 2017 in March 2018. Dealers had a ton of 2017s in stock. The dealer we bought from had over 40 2017s in stock at the time. Things are a lot different now. Back in June (when we bought a 2019 Grand Caravan), dealers had between zero and 2 or 3 Journeys in stock. While we got over $12k off on our Journey, dealers now aren't offering much off list. Oh yeah, we got $17.5k off MSRP on our Grand Caravan.

I have a 2017 SXT I bought new in early 2018. When it was 9 months old, the battery was stone dead after being parked 6 days. The dealer blamed the dashcam, even though the outlet is switched. After charging it for 1/2 a day so it could be tested, they said nothing was wrong with the battery. They were nice and didn't charge me $140 for no fault found. The very next morning, it was stone dead again. Rather than waste another day and potentially pay $140 for nothing, I just bought a new battery on my dime. No problem since, and I do leave the dashcam plugged in.

Yeah, I don't want to take it apart and risk them blaming me. It has done it since new, although it started off with taking 5-10 button pushes before it would work. It is the spare remote that sits in a drawer most of the time. I will take it to the dealer but scheduling is a pain. Plus I just know they will push buttons until it works, then say nothing wrong here. I was just wondering if anyone else experienced this.

I do have 2 remotes. The other one works first press every time. Yesterday the offending remote took 50 button presses before it worked, but today it worked on the first try. And I do have 1.5 years of warranty left.

Since new on my 2017 (new 18 mo ago), one of the FOBs hasn't worked very well. Originally, you had to press a button several times before it worked. Now it is over 20 button presses. Once it works, all buttons work fine. It works fine when you use the door button rather than the FOB buttons. Not the battery. Anyone else experience this? I dread taking it to the dealer because they are clueless and will probably just keep pressing a button until it works, then say "There, nothing wrong with it"