smbrumley83

Ok, so there are no screws or anything else to worry about? it just snaps off?

Does anyone have any advice/pictures on how to remove the dash pieces to get to the factory deck? I have a dead REQ radio, called Chrysler North America and they said they won't do anything to help me fix/replace it. So any help or advice would be great.

21K is great to be at 50% - most Journey owners are at about 20% at 20K which is when they should be replaced. Good Job on that one. See our major wear comes from the commute from the south east valley to down town phoenix every morning during rush hour traffic. But that's also how we have hit so many miles in such a short time.

Ok so my wife and I have 70,500 miles on our Journey and have done breaks about every 15-20k. What I do is I purchased an extra set of rotors, this way when I need to breaks I have a clean set ready to put on. Then I don't have to wait to have them turned. I purchase parts from ajsautowhs.com They are a wholesale to the public site and have really good prices. For a front set of rotors and ceramic pads it's around 120 plus what ever the shipping would be for it. The parts are all OEM quality and it works great. I can finish a break job in about 40mins counting changing the rotors... all you need is to take off the tire, a 15mm wrenc to hold the caliper bolt, a 13mm wrench to loosen the outside smaller caliper bolt (there are 2 of them). Only take out the bottom one so you can raise the caliper up and slide out the pads. to compress the caliper back in with out bleeding the system I use a 6" C clamp and the 15mm wrench as a brace to compress it evenly. Once the pads are out use a 15mm socket to take out the caliper bolts and raise the whole caliper assembly up and rest it on the spring. For safety you can use a piece of rope or a cord to hold it there. Slide the rotor off. Slide the new rotor in. Rebolt the caliper. Grease up the pads. Install the pads. Tighten down the caliper bolts (15mm held by wrench and 13mm on outside). Put the wheel back on and tighten it up. Drop it to where the wheel is on the ground but not full weight. Torque correctly. Drop completely and do the other side. If you have an extra set of rotors most places like napa, carquest, autozone, or checker will turn the rotors for about 15 each. This process is a long drawn out process that can take hours to make them true so you can either wait and have the vehicle down till they are done or pay for the other set so you can change them and then have the others ones fixed correctly with out rushing them.

Ok, I have a 2009 Dodge Journey that my wife and I bought last March with 12,500 miles on it. It was a certified used unit when we got it but in the past year we are now up to 70,500 miles. We live 56miles from work one way and that was part of the reason we bought the Journey. It has been a great vehicle other than the posted break wear problems but I have 2 sets of rotors, ones that are turned and ones that are going to be turned once they come off the car. This way I can do a break job in about 40mins or less. This biggest problem we have now is that our REQ radio will not work. It plays for less than 30seconds and then the volume drops out and it will not let you raise the volume back up. You have to turn it off and back on... The whole cycle just keeps repeating. Is this something that Dodge should look at? Would it be under the certified warranty? Should it be fixed just because of the age of the vehicle? Please let me know your thoughts on this as I have read other forums where people are having horrible trouble with the REQ and higher radios. Thanks, Sean