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Its a Journey, the Freemont and Journey are identical afaik save for some options when it comes to engines and transmissions. I believe the Freemont existed first though.

Thanks everyone for the kind and helpful support! It helps more than you could ever know, My mother really likes the car and my dad is satisfied that its 'american' and doesn't have a 4 cylinder, (Its a fiat freemont but he doesn't need to know that lol) So I'm trying to make sure it lasts them into their golden years. I'm going to keep all of the suggestions in mind when I'm looking over it. I just wish I could get my dad to clean out the garage so they'd park it in there, right now its in the shade in the gravel driveway and it pains me because that's what killed their last car (Rust, 91 Olds Bravada) I did notice on both rear wheel arches right above where the bumper connects some mild bubbling in the paint, going to get it looked at so I can nip any rust in the butt before it gets too bad. North East though so road salt in the winter is always going to be a killer. Again thank you everyone for being so kind! And I hope to be with you all for years to come! Even if I'm the last one here! Lol

Thanks for the replies! Sounds like I'm on the ball then, we've done the filters already, keep a regular eye on them, Oil interestingly has never been a problem, never have had to add oil or anything other than routine changes. Fluids looked after regularly as well for all others. My main concern is if there is anything with the transmission that might be prone to failing, it's not shifting rough per say, but it can be a little jerky sometimes, I'm assuming this is tied to the mild fluid leak it has, (it's been topped up once by the dealership as part of our annual inspection courtesy of the extended warranty we have) That seemed to make it less rough but it's still a concern as the fluid level wasn't low by any means. And yeah as for the washer nozzle hose under the hood, we've already replaced that bit with a rubber hose, as I said in my original post, the service center opened the hood too far once and broke the original one off already, just makes sense to replace it, haven't had a problem since and that was in. . . 2018? I think around there before covid. A little background info on the actual usage the car gets to give some context, I live with my parents still, it's their car, but it's my job to look up all of the service stuff and help Dad, he can't crawl under the car anymore. (They're older), it's also the newest car we've ever had, before this we had 90s cars from GM so we're really in uncharted territory, car leaves maybe once or twice a week, three times at best, the only reason it's even at 52k is because we moved and there was a lot of back and forth, otherwise it would probably still be sitting down around 25k haha. (Makes me wonder what the lowest mileage good condition journey is?) A lot of the normal things I already know to check, so while I appreciate that wealth of knowledge it was more of a "Specific to the journey" question. My only other concern is gas mileage, Its abysmal, I haven't checked the gauge cluster screen MPG for a while but I'm pretty sure its 12-14, it's driven pretty lightly, in the winter the mileage is def higher, but in the summer the AC just seems to eat fuel, sometimes in the past few years its felt like the engine struggles a little bit when the compressor kicks on, is that normal with the Journey for wear over time or should I be taking a deep dive into the system? Again thanks so much for the replies!

Hey everyone I'm new here and looking for some advice on things I should look out for: So, we've had our Dodge Journey since 2015, its a 2015 SXT AWD 3.6L, coming up on 52k miles now, when we got it it was a retired rental sitting at 8k miles and was only 5 months old. Since then we've really not had too many problems with it other than higher than the breaks wearing out pretty fast. We recently replaced the thermostat at the end of last year because it got stuck open, and the battery about a year ago. The only other thing we've had to replace was the drivers side door controls as they stopped working, and one of the hood nozzles for the wiper sprayers because some idiot at the inspection place opened the hood too far and snapped it off. Known issues we have right now are a mild leak from the transmission pan (Fix/new gasket and filters and a fluid flush and such is on the to do list), the flex disk on the driveshaft to the rear is pretty badly worn out (Again on the to do list), and the only other thing is the rear heater fan whines on higher speeds (Not affecting performance so we're leaving that alone) My question here is: What should I be looking for, is there anything with the year or model I should be concerned about? Anything I should preventative check now that it's above 50k? I know for most other Journey's of 2015 this is relatively low mileage, but I want to make sure I'm doing my do-diligence and staying ahead with preventative maintenance. Thanks for the help!