John/Horace

Milage of car, what engine is it. Any recent repairs completed.

I’m pretty sure no one removes their car interior to unplug sunroof track drain vents. Look at this clip most of them are similar set up. It would be like removing your engine to change spark plugs. Get a hair dryer to unfreeze the crap plugging up the lines, or work in a heated garage if needed. Piece of whipper sniper line and maybe compressed air if really bad, use low pressure if possible.

I have one bad retapped hole on hatch, other insert nut still ok. Plan is to use this repair kit. A drilled round hole is fine, plastic part designed for that. Kit was $8 ish.

I’m guessing m6 ish. If it’s a hole your starting over so it doesn’t matter. And if you try to buy one fastener from a dealer they will try to charge you $10 anyway. So waste of time. The captured nut for license plate bolt is not accessible from the back. Buy a kit like this pic, Wallymart or Crappy Tire will have it. Use a needle file(Princess Auto/Harbour Freight) to make a square hole in the fibreglass hatch. The stainless screws are Allen head for security. Another odd Journey issue.

There are software updates available for the 8.4. I’ve never been brave enough to try it. https://www.driveuconnect.com/support/software-update.html A year is a long time for something to pop up. May have to swap back original no nav screen temporarily. Lots of issues with driver door harness wires breaking and causing strange issues.

From the google P0204 ether means injector, wiring, or PCM. The most likely cause of intermittent problem is wiring. Injectors make a click when firing, you can even feel the pulsing . But injectors seldom fail and if they do it wouldnt come and go. Rough running would be all the time I think, not change by restarting. A node light is a special tool to test if injector is firing properly, mechanics have them. One bad injector would make idle awful and car would probably go to limp mode shortly after, then taking away regular power. But injector may not get signal from computer (pcm) to fire and send fuel. Mechanic would need to diagnose. Random parts throwing gets expensive. Forget about oil leak for now, fix the engine issue first.

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Welcome to the forum. Injectors rarely fail on cars. Which engine and approx how many miles on the car ? Sometimes codes can be set that aren’t exactly the problem; especially if the car is running rough and goes into limp mode. Limp mode deactivates power capability to minimize possible car damage. Allows you to drive short distance. There are probably hundreds of causes for rough running. From bad cylinder 4 ignition coil to a faulty crank position sensor. More than one scan may be needed to isolate the cause. Is there a flashing check engine light on the dash when problem occurs.? How many miles on the current spark plugs?

Very little snow in Niagara area on this side of border. Two or three dumps so far, largest about 4 inches that melted in 4 days. I’ve been keeping the salt/dirt off the Journey, several hand hose washes on warmer days during the winter. Starting to get some minor rust spots on driver front fender and above windshield. Stone chips I think. Body over all holding up pretty good for milage and year.

Yeah normal I agree. Rear wipers on lots of cars not well designed. The lower part of glass is not in drivers line of site anyway. If blade went farther it would scratch up the paint on the fibreglass hatch. At least your hatch won’t rust out like on a lot of other cars from salt. As a new owner most people don’t know where fogs turn on. Click once on the auto/manual rotary knob and it turns them either on or off; small green symbol on gauge cluster. Auto drops high beams to low with fogs I think.

Looks like large gauge red running from alternator. Need to use multi meter and check continuity, resistance. Alternator needs 12 volts fed from battery to generate the 160 amps for the whole car.

Looks like there isn’t t a typical large 120 amp fuse for alternator. But there is a fusible link in the system. Unusual set up. TIPM controlling chargingI think. More info about charging system . This guy rewired things and added a std fuse.

No voltage where on alternator. Both large cable with the high amp output and the smaller wire on the push plug (trigger wire) from battery should show close to dc voltage when car is running. Large alt fuse should be located on fuse box under hood.

I’m pretty sure dealer will sell driver door wire harness if it’s in stock. But it’s not likely to be cheaper than fixing bad wires with solder and heat shrink. Even multi strand wire eventually gives in to metal fatigue. Better designs and optimal temperature help life span. Think of it as fixing the weakest link.

The DTR lights only work when car is in gear and running, so you need someone else to observe safely. Ontario certification is controlled by MTO, ministry of transportation. Mechanics can lose their ability to certify cars if they make mistakes on safety items. Usually just the threat of reporting safety inspection discrepancy makes them deal with issue. If you don’t wait too long. DTR lights are mandatory in all of ??, federal mandate (just like ignition anti theft). But may not necessarily be checked on every provinces used car safety. I think yours should be functioning. Guys using an alphaobd program on US models I believe can still enable the lights. No retail sales code.

To transfer ownership vehicle needs to be certified by the dealer he mentioned. Everything has to work , for 36 days I believe. Just bring it back. DTR Wont come on if parking brake used and remote start is used. Could check front yellow signal bulbs. They are two filament bulbs (like 1157 brake light) with direction signal flash and running light on separate filaments. But are yellow coloured 1157. Some cars use main head light bulbs on lower power feed via a separate DTR module. Journey doesn’t. ALFAOBD can be used to turn on day time running lights feature in the ecm. Lots of U.S. guys have done it as an extra safety item. Feature not on dash display controls, or at least not on my 2014 or daughter in laws 2012.

Behind glove box is the fresh air blend door actuator. It is part of hvac controls and it partly opens when car is shut off to vent interior of car. Prevents mold from growing on ac evaporator during summer. Helps release interior moisture so it doesn’t form frost on interior glass and hard surfaces. Make sure it’s actually functioning, you can see it move with the cabin filter removed. If the windows are not keeping clear, door is stuck and new actuator needed. Common on high milage Journeys. There shouldn’t be dripping water because ice shouldn’t form in the first place.

All data is a paid log in is what mechanic shops use, covers all vehicles, could get for a few months. The tiger shark engines didn’t come out until 2013, discountinued in 2021. They have a separate hydraulic operated valve system and we’re bad for oil consumption. Journey is world engine design, less power but more reliable, variable valve timing (cam phasing) and an egr valve. A 2.4 liter Tigershark engine with Multi-Air is available in the Dodge Dart and Jeep Cherokee. Current Multi-Air engines are port fuel injected and do not use EGR valves or cam phasing systems.Aug 22, 2016

If it’s only running on five cylinders it will run pretty rough. Plugs should be done at 100k miles, if it’s the V6. It could also be a bad coil. Once coil heats up they can stop giving proper spark. The tcc solenoid doesn’t cause stalling I believe, mainly tranny shifting issues. If original plugs still, I would probably start with that.

Was it an OEM new valve? Is the ecm software up to date, there may have been changes since 2009.

Not toe rods, they are called tie rods….dudes and dudettes.

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Blend door will sometimes free itself up and keep working. It’s a tiny servo motor with plastic teeth that can start to bind. If it sticks closed you get no fresh air in and windows will often start fogging up. Awkward part to change even though only two screws. If outside temp not too cold running the a/c will help clear the humidity. Extreme cold disables a/c.

All cars I have owned opening the front door handles on the inside unlocks doors., even if already locked. Except rear doors with child over ride locks , if vehicle has the option. If seat belts not being used, airbags not designed to fire. Too dangerous. So BCM wouldn’t trigger to unlock doors. Still have to be able to get out of vehicle. Hatch can’t be opened from inside, no handle or release. Front car doors working like they should. Auto locks activate around 25 ish kms to lock all doors.

Here is a company that rebuilds TIPM modules. The 2009-10 is different model than the later Journey models, which rarely have problems. One of pics shows the actual part number. The reman units are listed as plug and play, interesting. https://xemodex.com/us/product/dodge-totally-integrated-power-module-tipm-repair-service/