Hit-By-Thunder
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Heard my weekly update from the dealer and it looks like I may be driving mine off the lot Friday. It's the second order (from above), but the exact same. He said they plan on getting it Friday morning and having it prepped by Friday afternoon.
yeah me!
Right on Booker T are you getting any other options with it? Mud Flaps, ventshades, undercoated? You must be getting excited huih?
Rob
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Welcome to the site Texann
The sound you have could it be the power steering pump? Is it more noticable when turning? The growl you get is it the same sound as a powersteering pump?
Keep us posted so we all can learn from the sound and the fix
Rob
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I'm with you DJAlan and mkaresh. What's the point of seeing the side of your own vehicle when you look in the mirror? You *know* that's there without looking
. When your three mirrors are adjusted properly, there's almost *no* blind spot. The compromise is when your rear-view mirror is blocked by cargo/trailer/rear-seat video screen. Then you have to adjust your mirrors in slightly to make up for the blocked rear-view.I would challenge anyone to force themselves to adjust the mirrors as "recommended" for a month. I'd be willing to wager you'll never go back.
Convex mirrors.
On my work van, a 2007 Chev 3500 Savanna, I never shoulder check as I don't need to the mirrors do the work. If the rearview mirror (the one inside the car) is blocked, how can you see behind you unless you change the sideview mirrors? So the kids are watching a movie in back with the screen down, or you are carrying something in the back that blocks the view. An emergency vehicle is coming up behind you(not right behind you yet) and you CAN'T see it at all til you hear it behind you. Sorry to rant but I had it happen with the wife in the ambulance. Guy couldn't see behind him and we were stuck behind him.
With the mirror inside set to look behind you, the sideview mirrors adjust so you just barely see the side of the car and a convex mirror on each sideview mirror, there are NO issues, even if you back into a tight spot.
Rob (of the soapbox now
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I want/NEED a rubber/hard plastic bumper guard for the back end as well!! Otherwise I will be scratching it up pretty quickly I am sure (I do alot of load ins/outs - I am a mobile DJ)...
If anyone knows of a solution soon, please let me know and/or post here!
the only thing that comes to mind for now til there is something,
1) 3M has a 17mil thick clear paint protection film that sticks on. I put some on my F150 under the door locks and the locking tailgate handle. It works awesome. They usually use it on headlights and the front end of the car to help protect the paint.
2)(just an idea) the same company has various widths of non slip black sticky tape like the kind used on RV steps. It is available in different colors and widths.
I am sure in the near future as these Journeys become mopre mainstream, aftermarket companies will have lots available for them and a rear bumper pad, I am sure, will be here along with headlight covers
Rob
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Rob,
When you finally are driving it you will know it was worth the wait. Ours is in the shop for some add ons and we were given a brand new Grand Caravan SE to drive. Drives well but the engine and wind noise is horrible compared to the Journey.
The Journey with all its teething issues is a fine car. One person actually asked my wife if it had a V8 under the hood because he thought it was a souped up street rod or something. It is an RT with 19 inch chrome clad wheels with black peral paint but nothing else!!
hang in there,
The Stewie
Black R/T with the 19Clads,... NICE that is the color I like but the wife wanted the Lightsandstone. She's happy, then I am too
"hang in there" I hear ya Stewie it's JUUUUUUUUST about here
. The salesman has invited us to an exclusive party at the dealership. Black tie affair, free champagne, Wine, Hor'dourves "the whole ball of wax". I have the F150 spit polished for this, even a wax job on it. Polished the aluminum wheels and the stainless Lightning sidepipes. My salesman is a Harley rider and My F150 is done up in the Harley theme. He's been dying to see it, hopefully worth a few hundred off the price of the Journey
Rob
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Today I dropped by for an update at the dealership and thay have 3 Black ones and 2 Silver Steel ones and 1 Lightsandstone in the showroom (not ours
)Rob
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As someone stated in an earlier post and in another thread, go to the dodge.com site and type in your vin in the recall section. it does not matter where you are if it is built it will show up, if not nothing will show. I checked ours to see if it worked.. already have it but Canadians and others can check.
The Stewie
Yes Stewie, that was I who mentioned that. I told the dealer mine was built before he called me
As for tracking after that, it's up to the dealer to let you status/whereabouts.See my Signiture, it grows everyday. It is there to show others as much time info as possable.
I stll say Nicetrip, you sure are getting yours fast, WOW!!!!!
Rob
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Perhaps we should try and get the S Ontario Journeys together one day over the summer..
YA
, and have the meet out west say Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. I'll BBQ for everyone again, spelling blamed on the amount of beer consumed
Rob
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@#$%
Today I saw one where we live and I was hoping I was going to be the first,....
ah well he never had the Nav :slapfight: and his was "fleet white"
no offence to other fleet white Journey owners just the ones in my area
Rob
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Stewie, if it shifts in and out of 5th and then 6th and back to 5th, use the autostick and keep it in 5th. It may use less gas than switching back and forth.
In 5th the revs are a little higher and the engine does not work as hard but when it shifts to 6th you lug the engine (work it harder to keep the speed up) and use more fuel(too high of a gear) when it shifts back to 5th the engine picks up the revs and has more power to keep up to speed (less work as the engine does not labor to keep speed).
In laymamns terms, picture yourself on an old 10 speed bike and remember pedalling up a hill in 6th gear, yup, pretty tough and tiring. Now shift it down to 5th and it gets easier and not so hard on the legs (or heart/engine
) engines and tranny's work the same way.The above is not to be-little anyone it just an analogy of what happens.
If I were you, and I had to drive at 90KM/H and the tranny was hunting back and forth, use the autostick and leave it in 5th. You could also reset the fuel mieage computer and just see what you get for MPG with this senario and then do the same with the tranny shifting back and forth, I think you may be surprised
actually spelling is blamed on the amount of beer consumed
Rob
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My wife just got her new journey... needles to say I am jealous
Black SXT AWD
Convenience Group I
Premium Convenience Group
5+2 Flexible Seating Group
Safe and Sound Group
Power Sunroof
Aluminum Chrome Clad Wheels
hey Skittles, can you confirm that you have the Automatic temperture control? You say you ordered the Premium Convenience Group and another member (I think Nicetrip) says it does come with it. Please tell me you have it, It's all electronic and the fan it controlled by thermostat.
glad you are jealous, so am I
Rob
oh and welcome to the forum, great people here, no one better than the other, that's the way it should be
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Sorry about the name Chris.
Let me know if the one that did get built is an R/T with the 3rd row seating. If so, I am going to see if my dealer can put some pressure on getting mine built. This is going on way too long. I really feel for Rob now.
Thanks,
Seth
Hey Seth, thanks for feeling for me/us.
Last I checked (Friday 20), the Journey was in Ontario, someplace but hell if I can remember the name of the town
. It is scheduled for pickup on Friday (if it arrives but will pick it up on The Saturday as I want to be SURE there is nothing up with it, squeaks/ hard left turns/ high pitch noise from the Air Cond/ you know, all the complaints everyone else has. I already told the salesman it will be driven before we fork over the cash. The salesman and the salesmanager are great. Even got a complement from the salesman that I was most patient customer he has ever seen and thanked me for that.The 3rd row was an issue, as well as the Nav at first, from what I heard, but mine has no leather (hate leather and that's why we ordered a full load SXT AWD) My philosophy is "good things come to those who wait" and dang it, I've waited.
Rob the longest waiting YAH!!!!!!! at least I am longest at something tehe Rob
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nope, you explained PERFECTLY!!!!! even for me.
I'll be ordering some just like Nicetrip did
This truely is a GREAT MOD!!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks
Rob
EDIT... Ordered 4 of the WLED-x5 LED Wide Angle LED bulb
and 4 of 4211-x6 LED Festoon bulb
I ordered 2 extras for each,...juuuuuuust incase.
paid for the fast delivery as the car will be here next week, HOPEFULLY
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how do they work with the lets say, "slow to off" of the original lights? The original lights slowly fade away til they are off but with the LEDS do they just go straight off? I am thinking cause the voltage is slowly dropped off with the regular lights and now using the LEDS does the color change as the turn off?
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE this mod and want to order the lights too But just wanted your opnion of the swap and what happens to yours as they turn off.
Also on the site it shows the High Power LED Festoon Bulbs and the angle is wider but the shafts are just a Hair smaller, 8.8 on the regular Festoons and 8.65 on the high power festoons.
I was at the dealer today and was looking at the headlights and just hate the orange glow of the signal lights. I am wanting to get the siler bulb oraange glow bulbs so when placed in the light housing, you see no orange bulb at all until the signal is used.
Thanks for showing the pictures and part #'s you used,..... SAWEEEEEEET!!!!!!!!!!!!
gets my vote for best mod yet
Rob
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June 20 - On the truck between railhead and dealer! Expect to take delivery June 21 or June 23. WOOT!
WOW!!!!!!!!! that was quick!!!!!!!!
Rob
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Thursday AM Update Bensenville IL
Friday afternoon, Ontario, salesman told me the name but was driving to an appointent and can't remember the name of the place But it is in Ontario
Rob
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The one I saw was Red so there must be at least two. I keep saying as soon and if ours ever get here that is when we will start seeing them all the time then.
I agree that you have to look twice to be sure because other cars a first glance makes you think you just seen a journey. Ten when you get a good look you see its not.
But to be honest I will be upset if I see one on my block before I get mine. I am just like a teenager I want to be first.
I have seen a Green, Red X3, Silver X2 and one Gold one so far
Rob
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Found this online today. Also contains sales numbers for the Journey. Looks like the recall amounts to about 1/3 of the units delivered so far.
http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/arti.../FREE/815384694
hey thanks for finding that Nicetrip!!!!
I checked the recall site and mine shows as
No Incomplete Recalls or Customer Satisfaction Notifications Exist
NOTE:
Results returned represent unperformed or incomplete Recalls and Customer Satisfaction Notifications initiated by Chrysler Motors Company LLC at the time of your inquiry.
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Can someone suggest how to maintain the finish on aluminum wheels? Can you just wax them and leave them? I was told some finishes used to shine up tires might screw up the aluminum if it gets on the aluminum. Any truth to that?
Jay, do you know if the wheels are clear coated or not? I will bet they are clear coated. If you yourself don't know, do a test,
Take a small sheet of paper towel and rub a very clean wheel and see if the paper towel turns black. If the towels shows black, the wheels are bare aluminum. If they are bare aluminum, washing them more often with just mild soapy water and a rinse. Do not use any chemical on the wheel whatsoever. I do prefer bare aluminum wheels myself. If there is a problem with the finish (stain) you can usually rub it out with a 000 steel wool pad with water (the water is to lubricate the wheel while cleaning) then with an aluminum polish. One word on polishing aluinim though is once one wheel is polished, you will have to do the others as one wheel that was polished will be shinier (more mirror finish) and the others will have a brushed look.
If the wheels are clear coated, the same process is the same, mild soapy water and a rinse but not so often as the clear coat will help protect the wheels finish. One thing I hate about the clear coat is once you have a nick in the wheel that breaks the clear coat (like a wheel weight) the water gets trapped under the clear coat and starts to corrode the wheel. Because it is under the clear coat, there is no way to get rid of the corrosion that has started. The corrosion is like a white powder and turns black later on. You can have the clear coat removed chemically or by re-machining the face of the wheel. (now you know why I like the wheels uncoated).
Basically there are pros and cons of each style wheel but the main thing is, is to look after them. Also INSIST on the wheels being "Static balanced" this is where the tireshop installs the weights to the inside edge and behind one of the spokes. It's not a true Dynamic balance (wheel weight on the inside and outside outter lips) but it is the best alternative than cracking the clear coat. If the tireshops says they have weight that are clearcoat safe,....be sure they are Tape weights, NOT CLIP ON WEIGHTS. These clip on weights have a grey coating on them but when the weight is hammered onto the outside lip, the clearcoat is cracked so is the coated clip.
on a side note about wheel balancing,....(not on the car, so not road force balanced)
I took a real fancy Corvette convertable (C6 back then I think) and even went as far as spinning the wheels, marked the heavy spot of the rim ( rim turned 4 times to ensure heavy spot of rim, then mounted the ZR 19 tires (this is back a few years) and found the heavy spot of the tire again spun 4 times. Then matched the heavyspot of the rim and light spot of the tire together and Balanced the wheel. Wheel/tire assemblies were darn near perfect without any weights. Customer came back gave me a $100 tip and a case of beer. After that, I was the only person (tireguy) to touch his wheels. He even went as far to write head office.
He was a guy about 50ish and showed me a picture of his girlfriend in California, achi-wa-wa
ok kinda carried away there. just keep them clean no chemicals or abrasive products and you will bo ok. Those two kinds of products are years down the road yet
Rob
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Better hope the flooding doesnt wash away the rail line-lots of diversions going on down there because of washouts
thank you for the heads up and after some digging,...
Customer Bulletin: Update 4 - Line Outage - Watertown Subdivision, Wisconsin
High water levels and adverse weather continue to impact segments of Canadian Pacific's rail line between Portage, WI and Milwaukee, WI, along our Minneapolis to Chicago corridor. CP train operations in this area remain suspended. CP is staging some trains and rerouting other trains around the affected area, where possible.
CP personnel will be inspecting the rail line in the affected areas after flood waters recede. This may not occur for several days. Given the current rate at which flood waters are rising and the unpredictable weather patterns in the region, full operational recovery cannot be predicted at this time. Additionally, the flooding is now impacting many other transportation alternatives in the region and as a consequence CP is taking the following actions:
1. Canadian Pacific is declaring that an event of Force Majeure has occurred. This declaration was effective 00:30am, June 10th, 2008. If you have any questions about your specific commercial agreement, please contact your Account Manager.
2. We are issuing embargoes on selected traffic, from, to and through the affected area to help manage fluidity. These will be posted separately on our website. A permitting process to provide some limited relief will be made available as soon as possible.
It is our intention to keep you posted regularly on the flood situation, the rail operation and the status of any embargoes.
we will see in a week what the update is I guess, yes "what a Journey to get our Journey"
Rob
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update for all who are watching this thread,
CURRENT......06/12/08......... On Rail - Valley JCT, IL.
it's half way home
Rob
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I called Chrysler Canada customer service yesterday and they confirmed the incentive, as of June 3rd there is a 1000 bonus cash incentive available for the Journey SXT and above models (not SE or SE Plus) I took delivery on May 31st and they say they do not back date incentives so I'm out of luck - Im still not giving up, if I cant get the 1000 then Im sure as hell going to get something from the dealership. I dont know what my rights are in getting out of the sale/lease contract within a week as well - if its possible or not.
well then I guess that's it
Canada has the $1000 rebate as well, Thanks Scottstep,
I wonder if I can weasel alittle more off mine then when it gets here?
Rob
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I am a little more anal about break-in so my first change will be after 500 KM's then again at 1500km's. Oil/filters are cheap. After the first 5000km's it will see Mobil1 and nothing else.
I plan on keeping this car for a VERY long time. It will be babied it's whole life.
Rob
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I wanted to give you all an update Dealer just called me back.
Said Car is schedule to be built week of 23rd. With a ship date of 27th or 28th and said it take 10 days to two weeks to get to Denver. ( Mid July)
He said that the third seat has been on back order for a month and the Entertainment group 2
When I asked him why if these items were out of stock when I placed my order why did they not tell us up front so we could of looked around more for a already built car.
He said he did not know why he had to make 10 calls to get a built date either. He says that he is sorry and wants the car here as much as I do.
Ya my dealer was saying the samething a couple weeks ago about the 3rd row being on back order. Only a handful are being built as the parts come in. Ours is on the way and is supposed to be here on the 26th of this month. I will stop by the dealer on Friday for another update. My ship date slipped from April 23rd to May 16th then to June 4th, ah well the $40,000 set aside for the Journey is still in the bank is collecting interest,.....
Rob
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hey thanks for the pictures Jay. I haven't decided on one yet ( maker/maunfacture) I wanted to get a hitch that is more "hidden" Have to see what the dealer says when we get ours cause he "said" it comes with one. I made a big deal about it that I didn't think it came with one. He said not to worry "it will have one" I said great cause I did not want to look for one when the car gets here. I want it on the car.
It will either be free or just wait til other manufactures are making them
Rob
PS NICE JOURNEY!!!!!!!!!!!!