freedomthrujesus

Hello, We own a 2012 Dodge Journey. We have had some issues but overall okay. We have yet to find a dealership that we like and trust....so here I am.... The first thing that I started to notice was that even when I got in the car in broad daylight and the light switch was off, the headlights would be on and show them as on with the little green signal on dashboard. After a few minutes it would shut off (we do not have automatic headlights). Then we noticed on night after getting home and shutting off the lights and the car, that the lights would flash for a moment and this would happen intermittently, sometimes every 10 seconds, sometimes after 20 seconds, sometimes 30 or 40 seconds. We had to unplug the battery at night so that my husband could drive to work in the morning. Inside of the car when it's flashing the lights, the dashboard lights up at the same time when the light flashes outside. Its as if someone is opening the door and getting in. It acts like what it does when you first enter the car but no one is entering the car. At first when you would undo the battery, it wouldn't do it once you plugged in back in but today it did it once you plugged the battery in, even while driving. Any advice, info would be great! we can't keep unplugging the battery every night, especially as winter gets closer. Help!

I am happy to say that I had this problem and it has been resolved. My regular mechanic figured it out way before Dodge but since is was under warranty I had to wait for them to figure it out. They first thought it was the Power Transfer Unit but turns out it was the rear differential...that fixed that and the problem is completely gone. Now we just have the quirks (so many), like every once a a while the transmission will buck..or it's gurgly when driving...or the brakes are rough when stopping (even though recently replaced) (which grinding breaking noise only went away when my mechanic upgraded to ceramic brakes,,) Anyway, hope that helps with the grinding noise (it felt like driving over the ridges on the highway meant to help people who are falling asleep.) it did it when turning right but more so to the left...