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Thank you Horace I successfully was able to drill some new holes and a good bit of water came out. Hoping this solution works as I finally got the carpet dried out again, like you said it would be very costly to have someone pull the fender off and reseal everything just for the drain holes to still be clogged. My drain holes along my rockers were also plugged up with foam and just gunk in general my drill was able to free up most of it and I got some water out of those holes as well.

From what I gather it is somewhere around the windshield/fender area. I’ve used polyurethane on all the seams I can see with my eye and I’ve pulled the fender liner off. Not really sure what else to try here besides more drainage holes it continues to enter in through white parts along the sill where the trim clips in. Which means it is entering the rocker panel area somewhere and not exiting

So I did end up going to get the polyurethane as you suggested and it slowed the leak but definitely did not stop it I had a small puddle where the carpet would go this morning. The storms are supposed to stop early in the evening today so I am going to drill some extra drainage holes. You wouldn’t happen to have pictures showing where you drilled the holes do you? From what I understood in your post it was somewhere along the rocker panel close to the wheel well. The hole where the foam was removed is dry however it is still making its way up through the door sill where the retaining clips for the trim go.

So I’ve ran a hose and it seems that I solved the leak coming from the door sill however the yellow foam seems to also be the culprit. I’ve poked out some and it is coming out moist so I am going to clear out the rest of the foam and put some silicone to fill the hole. We are supposed to get rain tonight so I will report back tomorrow but I think this may be my smoking gun.

No sunroof on my model and I did check the A/C drain underneath the car I will have to take a look at the one near the gas pedal on my days off. I did find the video concerning the seams near the fender and firewall. As I said above I have reapplied silicone 3 times now thinking I maybe left a gap somewhere for the water to continue to get in. I will be pulling the carpet up this weekend when I’m off in hopes of getting to the source I’ve also seen it could be coming from an area where the wiring harness enters the car for the drivers side door controls. I will keep digging through the forum posts it’s a shame honestly I really do like this car hoping I can find a solution this weekend I will update if I’m able to solve the issue.

Hello I have a 2019 Dodge Journey Crossroad AWD 3.6L. I recently discovered my drivers side carpet to be wet which led me to check behind the seat and the storage bin had a small puddle inside. I found an old thread on here from 2020 and a YouTube video showcasing where the leak is coming from. Both the forum post and video suggested putting some silicone to fill this gap in the body of the car as this seems to be where the water is seeping through. However I have applied silicone 3 times now and water is still leaking inside when it rains heavily and I was finally able to get the carpet dried out this past week before more storms hit us. Is it possible I am just not getting the silicone in the correct place? Or could it be from a different area on the body? I have linked the old thread below but would appreciate some insight if anyone has dealt with a similar issue I feel as if a drain is clogged somewhere along the floorboard as not every model if affected by this.

Final bill was $1295.52 they had to replace an exhaust gasket for one of the crossover pipes. All in all it wasn’t quite as expensive as I expected and my car sounds better than the day I bought it so I’m pleased. Hopefully no more major repairs are in my future it did take them 2 extra hours on top of book time due to some rusted exhaust bolts.

An update for anyone who’s interested, mechanic called me today to let me know it is finished. I will update with the final bill tomorrow when I pick it up as I’m about to head into work. I expect somewhere in the $1200 range as they did have to replace a gasket and they also went ahead with my request to replace the crank position sensor.

I will definitely mention it to him when I drop the car off next Monday. I’m sure he would agree I think I finally found an honest mechanic haha. I’m seeing the OEM Mopar part on rockauto for about 18 bucks so it would only make sense if he’s already gonna have it apart to just swap it.

I bought the car used at 60k miles and have put about 15k on it since then. I suspect the mounts have been broken for some time as the vibration from the mounts has been there since I purchased the car. I don’t drive it heavily at all the most pedal I give it is going uphill as I live in a mountain area so there are some steep hills. I think I’ve just had bad luck with mechanics I’ve been chasing this issue for over a year now before the new mechanic came into the picture. I have a ‘19 Crossroad AWD with the 3.6, the mechanic thinks the mounts being shot is what caused the flex plate to break but that he is going to have a look at the torque converter as well when he has it apart. I appreciate the insight, part of me is glad it wasn’t the engine but I’m hoping the transmission hasn’t suffered any further damage.

I am posting this as an update to one of my previous posts labeled “Is my engine done for?”. After having this intermittent noise for over a year I recently moved and had to find a new mechanic. I have had it at 2 different mechanics for said noise and the first one said it sounded fine to him and the 2nd mechanic suspected it could be the wrong Oil in my engine so he did an oil change and noise was gone for a while. Well after moving the noise became more frequent and was no longer intermittent. I took it to the new mechanic and he also said he couldn’t find any noise (this was about a month ago) but that my motor mounts and transmission mount needed to be replaced as they were shot. Fast forward to today and I took my car in for state inspection and to have the motor mounts replaced and the mechanic calls me to tell me he found the noise and it is coming from the flex plate. He removed the inspection cover and found the flex plate is cracked, in his words my car was the “holy shit” moment of the day. Never a good thing to hear from your mechanic, he is pushing my vehicle ahead of other customers but he still doesn’t have availability until the 23rd of next week. I am just wondering if anyone here has any experience with flex plate issues? I suspect I’ve been driving on the broken flex plate for a while now and am concerned about further damage even though the car still drives fine.

Thank you guys yes I religiously follow the 5k interval ever since I bought the car used. I bought it with a little over 60k miles and I’m at 75k and some change currently. I do check the oil once a week as I’m very paranoid when it comes to the oil level. I will be sure to do the reset procedure before I head back to work this upcoming week as I drive about 45 minutes one way to work.

I have a 2019 Dodge Journey Crossroads AWD (3.6L Engine) and I just completed my first DIY oil change. For my last oil change the reminder came on at roughly the 5,000 mile mark. I opted to do it about 600 miles early this time as I wanted to do it myself to save some money. However the reminder had not came on at that point and still hasn’t maybe 100 miles after my change. Should I have done the reset procedure even if the reminder wasn’t on? I could not find anything in my owners manual

So I recently had my front bumper replaced and noticed a similar gap a couple months after the fact. Sure enough the brackets you showed were broken, I replaced them thinking this would fix my issue but it only made it slightly better and one side already seems to be popped out again. I had the bumper off when I did this and did not see the 4 points you placed your mending plates, are you referring to the part that protrudes out where the grilled clips in?

Yea I’m still running 5w-20 per the manual the oil was just changed a little over 1000 miles ago. The dipstick is at the full mark still, oil is slightly dirty but that’s to be expected after 1000 or so miles especially if it’s an exhaust Cam that has the failure. I’m truly thinking of switching to 5w-30 for the next change as I hear a lot of 3.6 owners doing so and my dad also had a 2012 Journey that took 5W-30 not sure why they ever changed it. Also not sure if it matters for reference but this is a 2019 Dodge Journey Crossroad AWD. I’ll update the post Monday after I hear back from the other mechanic. I’m sure my pockets are going to hurt but this is not a job I’m willing to tackle myself or trust myself to make the judgement call of whether the damaged Cam can be reused or not. I also went and grabbed a stethoscope from harbor freight this morning as suggested despite the noise being gone and was able to hear it more on the front cover as opposed to the back side near the firewall. I’m hoping that means he won’t have to dive into that rear cover because I know that’s when it gets pricey but I’d rather it get fixed the right way than just replacing a bad rocker or two.