lmoore1436

Ooooooooh wow, sorry! Disregard then!!

Hmmm, I would definitely check the timing belt and tension, if I'm not mistaken the 3.5 had a belt rather than a chain. If you haven't had it looked at before it would be high time you get it replaced.

Mine came with a printed manual, it's a 2017, at least I think it's a printed manual. it's still shrink wrapped in plastic in the glove box.

Very nice! Looks mean from behind!

There aren't a lot of performance enhancers out there for a 4 cylinder 3 row SUV. Honestly, I would just live with it for a while until either the next gen DJ comes out or you go to trade it in. Be sure to really test out the power next time. The salesman at our Dodge dealer went with us and tried to distract us while we were driving a 4 cylinder journey too, little does he know I have very little regard for salesman in general. Needless to say when we test drove the V6 journey he didn't ride along haha

Yeah it could have, but I wanted something different. I had been driving Honda for years and the Pilot looks too "soccer mom" to me. The Journey looks a lot better, I don't get why all of the review sites say it looks boring? I think it looks pretty aggressive. Then again, I still think the Chevy Blazers from the late 90's look good. I guess I just like clean lines :-)

NOOOOOO! Haha, got it at 30k, would have been less but had a bit of negative equity on my trade.

I understand that, but my last car was a 19k civic. True it's not much of an inconvenience but for an SUV that's ticketed at 36k I think at least some niceties would come with an almost doubled sticker price

So my last car had an option to lock the car when the key was not in range, is there a setting for this in the Dodge Journey? It seems like a very simple thing most car makers could implement with keyless entry... I've had it for three months and have been happy with it but the features seem to be rather lacking. A Chrysler 200 my friend has included much more advanced technology and it's two years older.

I get pretty decent gas mileage on the highway as well. In the city though it is rather disappointing, I have a 2017 crossroad plus v6, and it falls well below 16mpg with stop and go. That being said I do make a lot of highway trips so I'm not upset, and compared to the 4 cylinder I would much rather have the extra hp

Yeah I know, that's why I didn't purchase there. Same story with Honda, they try to charge an arm and a leg at the dealer then when you get home you find you can buy it for 1/3 of what they tried to charge! I've learned my lesson in regards to that haha

Is the Mopar warranty through the Dodge owners site considered an OEM warranty? I like that they allow you to spread out the warranty payments.

It's been about two weeks now since I've purchased my new Dodge Journey and I have to say, I really like it. It has the backup camera package, heated seats and wheel, V6 engine and a sporty appearance. I came from a 2016 Honda Civic, and while I loved it I needed more space so I traded it in, took a hit on the negative equity and haven't looked back. One thing I do miss though is the LaneWatch camera, where a camera on the side mirrors would display on your screen when changing lanes to show you what is in your blind spot. The engine is smooth as silk, and I think it fits this vehicle size perfectly. It's no race car but it definitely has some grunt when you need it. The transmission does tend to jerk abruptly when shifting from park if it isn't warmed up though, but hopefully that will iron itself out. My main concern is reliability and quality. The reason I stuck with Honda for so many years is that I have never had a problem with any Honda I had. Though searching online will give you unlimited results for Dodge Journey (recently the australian couple who crushed theirs with a tank). Has anybody here had any major problems with the newer Dodge Journeys (13/14 and up)? I say quality because I nitpick about rattles and things like that. The plastic trim around the dash likes to rattle on occasion and the passenger door also takes a little bit more effort to close than it should. Other than those two minor things I love my new Journey. I want to get the extended warranty through Mopar but I am waiting until the first year is up to see if I will be keeping it or trading it in before the manufacturers warranty is up. Also, we were told by the dealer that in order for them to honor the 5/60 powertrain warranty we had to have everything done through them. Has anybody else heard of this? Thanks!!!