Saltydog

Welcome to the site! As for VC my 09' seemst owrk just fine, however I can not hook my iPod via USB, so I am not help there.

Sounds like a nice one! Cant wait to see pic's!

I have the 19" wheels and I find the ride rather smooth, almost too smooth. Mine is a 2009, however.

Welcome!

I think it is normal for the trans to work like that when cold. What kind of temp are you operating your car in?

Man, now I want a new one! I must say, the new ones look realy nice with cloth. The past Chrysler products with cloth interior have not been that appealing, IMHO

Welcome to the Site! I too have the R/T and would not have it anyother way!

So bought our 2009 Dodge Journey in Feb 2010 and we have about 12k miles on so far. When i bought the car/suv, i was not even in the market, but the dealer had such a good deal on the left over 09's it was hard to resist. I took it for a drive and I feel in love with it. It is so dang smooth! and all the features made is hard to say no. I ended up getting the Journey for 24K, it is the R/T with leather, NAV, rear seat video, Tri zone A/C heater system, 7 passanger, chrome wheels, back up camera, all LED lighting inside, heated seats. The only option's it does not have is the AWD and Sunrroof. So needless to say it has everythig and we love it! Alos the Lifetime warrenty is a big plus! We have taken three trips so far, one to Veges, camping trip and to Disneyland and every time I get about 26 mpg on the trip(excpt the Veges trip, had 7 adults and luggage on the roof) it is very confortable and roomy. The onl down side is the trips to the dealer. So far I was able to get most warrenty work done when it was in for Oil changes. I will just list what has been fixed; 1. Rear brakes and roters needed to be replaced at 3600 miles(new MOPAR pads and Rotors) 2. Rattle from the rear seating area was fixed 3. Radio just quite, nothing just fan running? the radio was just dead, dealer reset and all has been fine. 4. Idle tessioner wet bad and needed to be replaced. (this helped the slight vibration when the A/C is running) 5. Driver window quite, new switch and module. 6. Front brakes where down to metel @ 11200 miles. (New MOPAR Rotors and pads) Since this last brake job, the brakes feel 100% better. The biggest issue for me to accept is the brakes? How can a new car need brakes so soon? Every other Chrysler product I have owned seems to go 50k miles or more before needing brakes. I was told by the dealer the some of the early 09's had bad brake pads. So I hope to get better millage out of the new ones. Brake dust is almost not an issue now, so i think they where right. I plan one driving this car for a long time, it just is so right sized and packed with lots little goodies. I love the rear Video, was fun when we where camping!

No it is not a common issue for the 3.5L to have lifter noise after warm up. My 3.5 will make a very light ticking when it is cold, but only for about 1-2 min and thats it. My family has had numrous Chrysler products and three od them having the 3.5L and none have given any issue. I would take it back and make the dealer fix it.

Hello all! I have owned a 2009 Dodge Journey R/T for about year now and so far I love it(even though it has had a few issues) I have bout 12k miles so far and hope they keep on rolling on! I also own a 2008 Chrysler Sebring convertible and 1964 Plymouth Valiant V200 I dont have a pic of the Valiant haddy just yet