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LVJourney

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  1. I found nothing in my manual about the car seat placement or the latch system. I did find the LATCH rings in our Jurney and there seems to be 4 of them, which would accomadate putting the car seat in any of the three positions. I have no problem installing it (I hope) I just want some concrete answer on which position is the safest for this vehicle. As I said I have no idea about the side curtain airbags in interacting with a car seat, or the fold down armrests lock reliability in an accident.... Still searching the net, asking everyone and still can't get a solid answer...it seems this info should be readily available especially when the statics say that 80% of car seats are installed incorrectly. Thanks for the help. LVJourney When I called Chrysler they suggested I send an e-mail to chryslerlistens.com...I'll try that
  2. and now I realize I posted this in the wrong forum. Is there anyway to move it to the community forum?
  3. My son is on his way, I have the car seat and went to put it in our Journey....nothing in the user manual as to where it should go....called chrysler...they said call your dealer...went to dealer...he said I could put it anywhere in the back seat. When I said so there are three "LATCH" attachments he said what's LATCH????? Uh...oh.... Searched the net, asked around, etc....still no confirmation. The big question is...With side curtain airbags should the seat be in the middle? And If so because this is a split seat (in the second row) with a fold down armrest is there a danger of that armrest folding down and causing injury or lossening up the sttchment of the carseat base? TIA, LVJourney
  4. So My SXT has a small Black metallic circle about 3 inches to the right of the third brake light on the lift gate. Is this a back-up camera pre-install even though I didn't get that option? If so is the camera there so I could get it hooked up in the future? Thanks! C
  5. Does anyone know if the journey has a license plate holder for the front available? I live in nevada and the law says; Front plates are optional only if 1) the vehicle was not designed for a front plate and 2) the manufacturer did not provide an add-on bracket or other means of displaying the front plate. So I want to know that driving without it is legal here. Thanks! BTW I have had her a month...and still love her....
  6. not quite what I was looking for. That turns the alarm sound off, I just wanted to turn the volume down. Funny thing is, now I can't turn it back on?
  7. Is there anyway to turn down the horn volume when you push the lock button? We park our Journey in the garage and when we lock it the horn beeps to say the alarm is set and it is LOUD! My 2004 stratus had a control on the dash to turn the volume down on that. Can't find it in the Journey. Thanks, LVJourney
  8. LVJourney

    Our Journey

    2009 Black SXT
  9. LVJourney

    My Journey

    Our Black SXT has now been in our possession for four days......I really like this vehicle! I do want to share our experience in purchasing it however and hope that others can learn from our example. We have a baby on the way (Jan.) so we wanted to get a new car with more seating, our families are out of state and will hopefully come to see the baby. Anyhow we started looking for a 7-8 passenger and were really troubled, expensive, lousy gas mileage, etc. Then I found the Journey. We went that night and test drove...two of them, the SE 2.4L and then a 3.5L R/T...long story short I had done my homework and knew exactly what I wanted, so I sat down to configure a vehicle, when we finished the Dealer did a check....nothing like this within 500 miles so either I can order one (and wait for 4 weeks to 9 months!) or he'll make me a deal on the ones he has....then I tell him I am the son of a retired Chrysler employee....now it's "Well go home a figure out what you want then we'll order it. While I am researching what options we want I notice that on Chryslers site I am getting charged 2 and 3 times for the same equipment (u-connect included in several packages, front and back temp controls in multiple packages, etc...Several calls to dodge and no one can tell me why. Never did get this resolved. Started looking myself at other dealerships around town and found one with the vehicle configured the way I wanted. Went there that night. The vehicle I wanted I was told was out as a "demo" which meant the owner of the dealership decided he would keep it for himself for a few weeks before he would sell it. We did end up finding one that was almost what we wanted, the only real problem was it didn't have the mygig radio that I wanted, just the 6 disc sat radio. After asking about adding it on later I was told it would be an extra $1400! For a $612 radio??? No thanks. After two trips and several hours of paperwork we end up in F&I...I had done my homework...no extended warranty for me! The wife felt different and after three hours of negotiating we ended up with a 6 year 60,000 mile bumper to bumper with rental car for overnight repairs for $1020, not bad. So far the vehicle has been super. I wish I had the u-connect, the voice command, and the mygig..Anyone know about adding these things? I was under the impression that the vehicle was already wired for all of this; it was just a few parts and labor? Has anyone done this? Any prices? One final note, at the last minute the F&I guy threw a $299 VIN etching charge at us. I blew a gasket! I had read on-line that this ridiculous charge was all dealer profit (VIN etching of glass can be done for $15) I said "No way!" The F&I guy said "well it's already been done so you have to pay for it." Again I say no way, get me you're boss right now or I am walking out. Mind you we have now been at the dealer for 5 1/2 hours and haven't even seen the vehicle yet so I am a little aggravated. The boss comes in and deletes the fee immediately. So I will post more as we break in the vehicle. All in all, I love the Journey, and feel my homework got me the best deal anyone could get. Don't stop believin' C
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