dandooley

I bought my 2010 R/T 3.5 v-6 in december. It handles very well in dry, wet and snowy conditions. I have over 16000 miles on mmy journey and do not regret buying it. I love this ride and always driving it. got the chrome package and love the shine and looks i get as i cruise the highway to work. In my opinion it is a piece of art work. As for pick up, love to admit i have raceed a couple SS monte carlos and ss impalias. even a mustang or two. no cobras or salens. But GTs either they were slow on the light and we were evenly matched or the just stayed a fender behind on purpose. Even on the highway it has great pick up, probably because i know how to use the autostcik feature. And shift it my self.

We are looking at purchasing a 2011 Journey R/T AWD. I'm concerned about the brakes. We currently have an '07 Grand Caravan (66,000 kms) and have done the front brakes twice, first through the dealership, second through my uncle who put on top of the line, non-Chrysler ceramics. We just did the rears (again my uncle). My question is do the after market, non-chrysler's last longer? Or is the problem the braking mechanism? I really don't want another vehicle with these braking issues. Thanks!

I have read alot about brake issues here on this forum. In my own journey i have got just over 16000 miles and have alot of meat left on my brake pads. Of course i dirive 60 percent highway. If your brakes start to wear fast put on some ceramic aftermarket pads they last alot longer.

Dodge Journey R/T

Deep water blue

Convenience group II

Mopar chrome side spears/trim to be installed on delivery..

Hailing from North of Toronto

Like the toys on this, was thinking of replacing my SXT 2008 Caravan with a 2010 model but this car in this colour caught my eye so now leaving my 2nd big box on wheels for something a little more shiny.. done the black nice colour my 2008 was red very nice so time to change.

And looking to add a few parts down the road, the german trunk/rear bumper protector in silver is on the wish list..

cool deal man. get a lot of looks with my chrome package.

I have had my 2010 journey r/t for 5 monnths now and from reading the above storys worrys me. I have over 16000 miles on mine already. is there any differnence between 2009 and 2010 disc brake pads and if so do the have they in ceramic yet. My local auto parts store says they don't have anything yet.

so i'm guessing that you bought it used,because yes it should have gotin crossbars if you had rails,ask your sales person they should know

No it wasn't used. It only had 3 miles on it. And it was the showroom model. The salesman was kind of peed off cause of the big discount i got thru my work. told me it was extra. Didn't even give me any licsense plate brakets.

Well, the owner's manual reccommends 2 things:

1) Driving slower.

2) Avoid the following blower settings as they WILL turn on the AC to dry the air EVEN if you have the temp. set to a warm setting:

Auto temp. control, front defroster, feet, or any combination of those.

Dealer said the car's GVW is overweight at just about 2 tons (supposedly), ain't no way to get around hauling all that weight around and using up too much gas.... I get 14mpg in the city, and can get from 19-20 mpg on the highway; previously found that highway mileage is the same if i go 60-80mph on the autobahn.

I'm starting to think that undercarriage wind resistance and the rear bumper play a big role in excessive wind resistance and consequential high fuel consumption.

i get 24mpg on th highway.. and its true same mpg if going 60 or going 80mph.

We have a 2009 SE purchased with 37,000 miles on it. We wouldl ike to use synthtic - we used castrol syntec in our caravan, The car requires 5W20. If we use synthetic, how often do we change it? the manual states every 6000 miles or 6 months- that seems long enough to me even with synthetic. or does the SE also have this oil change warning I see others posting about?

I use synthic oil in my journey and have gone 8000 miles before the change oil notice came up on my dash. probably go longer it=f i had just changed filter at 5000. when i bought it, it only went 4500 miles on factory oil before it gave me the notice on my display.

am dan. bought my 2010 Journey R/T in december 2009. I love this vehicle. i got the leather, nav and dvd system. it came with the chrome package. and was wondering, when they put the rails on the roof shouldn't i have gotten the crossbars? Anyway i have 12000 miles on it already no complaints.Have owned dodges sense 2003 and thats all i own now. three in total.