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Mine is down to about 12 l/100km in 50/50/ city highway

My 2011 SXT averages around 13 l/10km 50/50 city highway.

My 2011 SXT averages around 13 l/10km 50/50 city highway.

Most times when the engine has only been running for a couple of minutes half way through 1st gear there is a flat spot. It almost feels like the fuel is cut off for a second. The tach does drop when it happens. Of course there are no codes so the dealer says they cant do anything about it. When they take it out for a test drive they drive it like they stole it and it rarely does it when completely warmed up. This transmission really likes to be driven hard but that isn't my style, its hard enough on gas as it is driving it easy. Any one else experiance this flat spot in first gear?

Yes it is the one in the picture.

Looks great, I think I will look into those for my White gold DJ. I noticed that you don`t have the front licence plate bracket. The dealer will have them in stock now and since you come from a province that requires a front plate they should have given you one. I know they were not available when the new 2011 front end came out but they have them now. The part number is 68140112AA .

Was there more damage than what we can see? That sure doesn't look like enough to write it off.

Mississauga Ontario

I would be interested at the 40% range. I think that for 25% I will take my chances with the factory warranty as I rarely keep a car for more than 5 years.

Yes it is early but since I had to buy a new set of tires and wheels I wanted to get it done. Everyone waits until the first snowfall and then it is really nuts at all the tire places. Next year I will just swap them myself.

I installed my winter tires on my 2011 SXT yesterday. I was expecting the TPM to show a problem and then have to black out the warning light with black tape. After about 30 km the TPM noticed that I didn't have any air in any of my tires and set off the low pressure warning and light. The next time I started the DJ the light was gone and the TPM area on my dash display just said N/A, and no warning light on the dash has happened since. Nice

I have a 2011 SXT and you will not be surprised to hear that mine clunks into R and D and also the 3-2 downshift and 2-1 downshift. 3 years later and still no fix!

The bracket part number is 68140112AA

My 2011 didn't come with one either and they screwed it directly to the bumper and you are right it looked like crap! I found out the part number for the bracket on another forum and had the dealer order me one. Before it came in I found the bracket for mine in a plastic bag in the under floor storage in the back. It was in a bag with the cargo net. Look there if you didn't get one from the dealer when the car was delivered. I can't believe that Chrysler would let the dealers put the plates on without a bracket.

The first time I had mine in for Jerky reverse and Cruise Control working intermittingly the invoice just says Flash Updates for PCM and BCM. that did fix both problems. My DJ was built in June and this was done in Aug, 10 days after buying the car.

Mine wants a complete stop for D and/or R also. I understand how the quick learn is supposed to work in up shifting, I don't see why it starts to "clunk" into gear while down shifting. I also noticed while crawling along in traffic on the 401 yesterday that while on and off the gas at 40km it would engage roughly, like i was putting it in neutral and then hitting the gas before putting it in drive again. Maybe my torque converter is wonky.

My 2011 SXT has been shifting badly right from day 1. There has always been a big bog down feeling between 1 and 2 first thing in the morning. almost feels like it is going to stall. When backing into my driveway it would feel like the torque converter was slipping, really jerky, fixed that with a flash update. Then it started down shifting with a hard jolt from 3 -2 and 2-1. There were no codes so the mechanic "reset the quick learn" to factory specs and it worked fine for about 500km now it is starting to down shift with a jolt again. Anyone else have these problems? I wonder if it is possible to reset the quick learn to factory values and then turn the damn thing off! Its pretty bad when my work truck, a 5 ton GMC T8500, 6 speed Allison automatic with 500,000 km on it, up and down shifts so much smoother than my brand new Journey.

Its been 3 months, how are the holding up?

I just bought my new Journey and had the same problem with the front plate just screwed on the bumper and sticking out at a bad angle. After going back and forth with the dealer I had no satisfaction. Today I found the front bracket in the rear under floor storage. It was in the bag with the cargo net. Luckily the holes matched up with the ones drilled by the dealer. What an improvement it makes! the car is beautiful again, not some bucked tooth mutant. I am still going to try and take my complaint regarding my very poor customer service treatment by the sales manager up the ladder in Chrysler Canada.