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PapaG

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  1. OK I hate to take a hit on my credit. BUT she is only one month behind. Should I wait to see if she can catch up... Our daughter could help if she would ask..
  2. I just deleted the post. But I will ask the question with out going into details.... Someone is behind on the payments on our 2014 Journey. Looks like a payment was not made on 8/18/16. I don't think she will be able to make the payments. The car is in my name, but the note is in both our names... A car worth now $10,000 that we still owe $23k on it. I guess it has at least 65k miles on it or more. IT is the 4 cyl model. I still pay insurance on it, so I wont get hung out to dry if she wrecks it Will Chrysler Capital refinance the car in my name only if I take possession of it? Just let them repo it and take the hit on my credit. This is Just a financial question, not a emotional one.
  3. I bought every extended warranty I could... I do not want to have something on the fuel or ignition system go bad. I had a "electronic thing" go bad on my Equinox and the part was something like $300. I had my independent shop replace it. We were starting to have some problems show up around around 150,000 miles one my shop could not fix because he did not have access to the G.M. tech support and the service he used did not have any more help. That's one reason we bought the DJ. My son has a 2013 and they like it so that pushed us a little more. Neither one of us bought it from the the dealership he work's for. A dealer 150 miles away. The dealer he workers for could not even come close to what what either one we paid. I like to buy local but...
  4. We did have it not want to start (turn the engine over) to both of us a couple times but did not give it much thought. Just go through the start sequence again, foot off the brake, then on the brake, push the start button and that was that. It has happened to us separately and then to together. We look at each other and ask did this happen to you? It seems like it did a click click like a dead battery also They seem to have run together as we did not take notes., I don't think I have a Kirsten reincarnated. But you hate to take this to the dealership and they want to call the people with the padded suit. But you do start to get a feeling that something in not quite right.. A lot of Internet posts for different cars may have led to bad start switches, a unknown remote start installed. Pinched wire from a repair. But we bought it new off the lot. Had oil changed, once at a dealership and other at a local place I have use for years. No local Dodge dealer. I don't mind a dealer doing that especially when it is new and under warranty. Cost is not bad. When my son worked parts at a local Dodge dealer I had them work on my Chevy truck and my VW Vanagon 4x4 before. So do I put on my volunteer fire fighter suit and take it to them and let them turn the hose on me? Thank you guys and gals for letting me post my crazy +×%÷ here and try to help!!!!
  5. I hate auto correct... it changes words and meanings.... Bah humbug
  6. Car is a 4 cyl. I did work as a mechanic for over 20 years, so I do think I might be able to tell the differance. If you have heard a 4 cylinder engine not starting vs a 6 cylinder engine or V 8 they all have a different sources do to me. Just me , but no matter what a engine did try to start, stumble and not start. It does not change the event other than on how many cylinders the engine has or if I am full of it on the sound and whether I can tell the difference. No garage openers for at least 500 or ore feet. No mine behind across from me or up the street from me. Bought it new. 6 months old less than 8000 miles. We have had a "stumbling" engine problem on hard braking some times....That could be a transmission or brake problem, but no codes. It does seem like a few squirrels are not doing their job sometimes. No codes. Which makes it for the dealer to duplicate. I have been on both sides of those kinds of problems so I am not going to fault a dealer for not being able to find some of these thing easily.
  7. Okay folks my DJ is haunted. My wife did not drive to work Monday. It was the other woman's turn. She got home, all okay. 6 PM. It took the trash can out to the road around 11:30 PM. All okay. I am in sweat pants. All okay. Wife gets up Tuesday morning, and goes out to start the DJ. It's running!!!! Car is warm inside, gas seems to have used 1/8 tank(she says closer to 1/4). I did not have key fob in my pocket last night, We do not have remote start anyway. No lights on. WTF. My son (Dodge outside parts sales) is going to have the issue checked to see if they can find any info... No Codes... Last night I was up later. Around 11-11:30 I hear a engine trying to start, but not quite making it, a little stumble.. It sounded like a 4 cyl. Whoo. The DJ is under the carport right out side the den window... I go outside. No cars around. I take my pocket flash light and nothing around no where!!! My neighbor across the street has newer Chevy with duals that I can hear start up every morning.. I know the sound of all of them.... So is my DJ haunted? Anyone heard of such thing? If someone started it some how, why did not they steal it? Confused in Texas??? :confused:
  8. Never mind... Found some post on doing mods to some engines and it appears to be a lost cause. Except some exhaust mods which seem to be for sound than anything else.... Oh well.If I want to do mods I need something else....
  9. Do DJ owners flash their ECM's to gain some performance? Not just the V6 but the 4 cyl too. We did that on VW's that I have owned.... A butt load of them too. Of course other mods too. Cat backs, cams, dual cam engines... Almost all were manual shift transmissions but I automatic. Please tell my some do. I have seen it make a big difference on the 4 cyls and V6's too.
  10. I live in a rural town. There is not a lot to do. I don't hunt anymore, or fish... No employment, unless you want to be a Walt-mart greeter(NOT) maybe a burger joint(I don't look good in a skirt lol). So I have my dogs, DirectTV, yard work, the INTERNET and the occasional doctor visit..... It sucks. I need something to do. My fault I guess.... Other than that it is ok. I can stay up as late as I want, sleep as late as I want till my wife 3ithces at me... She still works. I did computer work for the last 30 years and mechanic work for 20 years before that. The local PC place is full with their own staff. I have not tried the dealership. I did try my garage that I use on everything new out of warranty... Too long after my experience too much electronics that I have not worked on. He is full anyway. Small shop.. I do work on my Luv trucks but they do not need much. The V8 could if I could spend a lot of money $$$ on it. Bigger engine, make my current engine hotter where I could not drive it on the street with out RACE GAS. My big truck depending on what it is. Not much for electronics on it. But all of that is not often. I brother has my Cherokee. His Suburban has lone ago seen its better days. Sounds like a lot of stuff but it really not much to do.
  11. Thanks.... It will 40 years on February 1st..... I am a lucky guy.
  12. GM has a V6 used in the Camaro and Cadillac that have a 300hp that uses regular gas. I would love to see Chrysler do this. Wouldn't that be cool.. That would be in my next DJ. Come on guys... If GM can do it, so can you. It is a 60 degree V6 engine.. The LLT engine has a compression ratio of 11.3:1, and has been certified by the SAE to produce 302 horsepower (225 kW) at 6300 rpm and 272 lb·ft (369 N·m) of torque at 5200 rpm on regular unleaded (87 octane) gasoline.
  13. My wife is knowledgeable about cars. When I had my own shop she would help me if I was working late... Brake jobs, engine swaps, transmission swaps, engine service. You name it... She was faster than me on flat tire replacement on the road side... she finally made me get out of the way ... No flat changing for me when I was in the car with her. She would ride with me on seeing front end problems, could see on front alinement problems and say what needed to be done. They did look at, but it still took other intervention. I guess I am not super pissed.. But as I write about this it is making me mad some. Thanks folks for letting me vent!!!!
  14. You are correct. But I still say the dealer was not that busy. If they were that busy, my son could not have gotten someone to look at. Where he worked the back counter a few may have owed him a favor or two. The studdering on braking has happened for quite some time. That could be a safety issue. Dodge would not have been happy if we had a wreck after the dealer not looking at because they were busy. Yes I did not leave it for a week but they did look at and we have the paper work on that..... But do not kid your self that they would have not heard about... If I rear ended someone because of some brake problem that may never be identified, guess who they would go after too. This is one of the Largest Dealers in Houston. Never going to drop it off and leave it a week unless it is a major thing.... I had better service from a Saturn dealer...Repaired a headlight switch on the service line while I watched, Even on a transmission warranty replacement in a week, and my Chevy Equinox transmission repair under warranty 1 day.... Also a spark plug wire replacement. I had hoped Dodge would be the same. My Jeep liberty service was good, that is one place my son worked the back parts counter too..... I do remember my new VW service too. Good service too. This could effect them too. At least Dodge and Chrysler finance. Not my point BUT. I would buy another one. Texas Lemon Law. How many “reasonable attempts” to repair a defect is the manufacturer allowed? One way to show the dealer has had a reasonable number of attempts to fix a defect is to pass the following tests. Mileage requirements in the tests do not apply to travel trailers. The Four Times Test You pass this test if you have taken your vehicle to the dealership for repair twice for the same problem within the first 12 months or 12,000 miles, whichever comes first; and twice more during the 12 months or 12,000 miles following the second repair attempt, and the problem continues to exist. The Serious Safety Hazard Test A serious safety hazard is a life-threatening malfunction that substantially impedes your ability to control or operate the vehicle normally, or that creates a substantial risk of fire or explosion. You pass this test if you have taken your vehicle to the dealership two or more times for the repair of a serious safety hazard once during first 12 months or 12,000 miles, and once more during the 12 months (or 12,000 miles) following the first repair attempt, and the problem continues to exist. The 30 Day Test If your new vehicle has been out of service for repair due to a defect that substantially impairs the use or market value of the vehicle due to defects covered by the warranty for a total of 30 or more days during the first 24 months or 24,000 miles, and there were at least two repair attempts during the first 12 months or 12000 miles, and the problem still exists. If no loaner vehicle was provided to you by the dealer during this time period, you pass the test. It is advisable to contact the Lemon Law Section of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) for more specific information and assistance at (888) 368-4689.
  15. My wife took our '14 Journey to a Dodge dealer to have it checked out. No code, just a personal feeling happening. She was told it would be a week before she could have it in the shop by the service writer. It was the Saturday after Christmas. Now this seems like doo doo to me. Everyone that I know in the business it is very slow in December. The service writer is a woman so I would think that should not be a man talking down to a woman like they do not know cars. When I did this kind of work it was always a hard time as a mechanic working on commission. I worked for factory dealer ships (Pontiac-GMC-Honda) iin the late 60's and 70' then independent shops till mid 80's. I know it is different times too. My nephew works at a Dodge.... and is a diesel mechanize where he gets paid a lesser $ per flat rate hour but it is commission too. Not the 50% I made. But it is a very slow time of year for him. She was at where my son works outside parts sales there. Mom said this to him and he went and got someone to look at it. We should not have to do this to get our car checked out. It was for the engine stumbling when braking hard and lack of power on hilly roads. My brother which is a retired dealer mechanic where we grew up in a small town, said the same thing and he only retired a few years ago. He was with on a extended trip to see both my kids. The service writers used to get a little commission on the work orders they wrote but I do not know if that is the same or not.. I would guess that is not the same. Why? We did not buy it their but we were 1 1/2 hrs from home, PS: they did not find anything... I posted on the studding here not long ago and people said to take it to a dealer and have it checked out. Just more disappionted than mad.
  16. PapaG

    Cell Phone Holder

    She has had one of those "no slip" pads for years. They work OK. She does put her cell phone in the slot below the display. But if you want to use the phone GPS then you need to be able to see it sometimes. Radar detector is right above the dash, so it sees both front and rear. In rereading that part I was not real clear... Suction Cups on the windshield, meaning I am not sure it another windshield mount would work very well.
  17. We were on a little trip this weekend. We were talking about a cell phone bracket-holder-mount. Any one use one? I think we might use it for a GPS too or not. My wife's radar detector takes up the lower center part of the dash. I worry a little about those holders that mount on the a/c vents. They sometimes break the vents. Thanks...
  18. That was my problem... I just went to Dodge.com . I think when I looked before they only showed the 2.4 engine. I am not sure if I was looking at 2015 or 2014.. They had both. When I first looked not long after we bought ours, li looked like we would have to go up several models to get the V6. I am home now so I can look this up and not on a small 8" cell tablet
  19. I did see the v6 option in a AVP list.... /cornfused
  20. we travel in rural Texas. 25 miles one way to work for my wife. She does car pool. Every where we travel has hills. We don"t have mountians in Texas. lol . Try to pass a car or God forbid a big truck.... The squirrels need to get wound up.... My son lives in Houston so no hills. That may be our biggest negative the 4 cyl vs 6 cyl. The option listings are hard for me to navagate through. I need a 6 foot tall screen to see them. lol
  21. still like the car!! Not quite love as I have said before. I think we have the AVP model. I have too look up the paper work and see... Most if not what we do not like is our fault. The likes Seats sort of. Rear seat storage 3 heat/ac controlls 3rd row seats and how they operate. That is the major things that come to mind, but it is my wifes car and she deiver it 95% of the time.. Dislikes 4 cyl engine 4 speed auto transmission No automatic headlights. No DRL I am sure I have missied some things. Said the same thig before. Only had 1 issue of what seemed to be the engine stumbling upon medium hard bearking. Did no throw a light and we talked about it here. closetest dealer is 30 miles away, so we have not taken it in. Still like it a lot ! A rating. beause we were uneducated buyers and listened to my son who lives in a big city. I am going to ask some questions on buying a new one maybe next year if I wont have to take too ig a hit.lol I think the place to do that might be in the buying, leasing section. Yes, or no on the section. Things we have are hard to match to the options available.. The price sticker will help on that when I can find it again. Going to go for my nextt oil change soon.
  22. I think that is it. Whoop. My wife is sitting here now as I am reading this to her with her head bobbing up and down... Another one bites the dust...
  23. Stumbles maybe a better way of describing it. Does not seem to be the breaks. I spent over 20 years as a mechanic before making a career change. But I can be wrong. I guess it could be a transmission reaction to hard breaking without coming to a full stop. But it has not thrown a code that I can tell. No check engine light.
  24. Our 2014 DJ 4cyl seems to miss when we do some hard breaking. Not panic braking, but just hard braking. It has happened to both my wife and me. She was driving this weekend and I was riding shotgun. She was going to turn into wally world. First time we were together when this happened. It came up after she made her turn into the parking lot. Our DJ has 4200 miles on it. Any ideas? We live in rural Texas and the nearest dealer is at least 30 miles away, but we can take it in if needed. It will take a special trip. Any ideas, guesses, don't worry about it?
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