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There is a kit available from Mopar for the pre-2011 model years.

The trip is required in order to program your BCM to recognise and react to the BT module - your dealer will charge anything from zero to $250 for the priviledge - check before doing anything.

Interesting . . . because the first post in this thread states that his Journey requires 34.

So, for the sake of completing this thread: 16" - 36 psi 17" - 36 psi 19" - 34 psi

Thanks Chris; So 16" & 17" tires fill to 36 PSI and 19" to 34 PSI; Maybe this board needs a 'bin 'o facts' topic to collect this type of information. As to the question about adding compressed air to Nitrogen-filled tires: From a physics perspective, the atmosphere is comprised of 78% nitrogen. And while Nitrogen molecules don't flow through tire walls as easily as, for example Oxygen ones because they are larger, that same concept means that over time you tend to concentrate Nitrogen in the tires over time - you fill with 78% nitrogen and that percentage climbs as the other gas molecules migrate out. Would it 'hurt' anything? You know that it won't. Will it make any significant difference to pay to put Nitrogen in your tires instead of off the rack compressed air? Yes. You wallet will be that much lighter for having done so.

The system used on the 2011 reads in 7 kpa steps. As suggested, get a good gauge and set the pressure WHEN COLD to the setting indicated on the plackard - note that if you've changed tire sizes the placard may be wrong (that's why I asked someone to post the placard readings for 16" wheels here). One trick I've used in the past when I didn't have a compressor has been to over-inflate by a couple of pounds at a gas station at night, then bleed some air out in the morning to arrive at the target setting. Because the TPS system has large steps and most electronic tire pressure gauges reard out in half pound increments you may well see different readings between the wheels on the TPS readout while getting underway and until things reach operating pressure.

Well, I'm, glad to help, but your description says you have all wheel drive and that doesn't come on an SE. So have a look at the tires that are on the vehicle and note the size. Then buy a set of whatever size you have and have them mounted, unless you plan to buy both tires and wheels, in which case you have the choice of 16, 17, 18 or even 19 inch, though as the size goes up, so does the price. I just checked Kijiji for T-Bay and just to be complete, Craigslist for Winnipeg and Northeast Minnesota to see if anyone had anything for sale and there's nothing listed that comes immediately up on a search. www.tirebuyer.com will ship a set of four snow tires to south of the border for less than $400 for the set. www.tirerack.com seems to want about $50 more. There are usually places that receive shipments for a fee (generally $5/package) located at border crossings. If you buy US made tires there'll only be sales taxes to pay crossing the border. Foreign made ones have duty added as well. Tirerack will sell pre-mounted and balanced sets of wheels and you can even have them supplied with tire pressure sensors. Of course there's always Canadian Tire . . . . .

The 19" tires are about 1/4" shorter than theproposed oversize ones. These will be about a half inch taller than stock 16" tires - ought to work fine. Your speedo might read a tiny bit low.

I can see how Chrysler would see that as a maintenance issue - I wonder whether the junk was from manufacturing or was picked up during fueling (aren't there filters on gas station pumps)? Too bad they don't have in line filters ahead of the assembly - why do I think that a dealer would sell a new fuel pump rather than clean those filters if they encountered the problem (then again, I suppose that f they did, then you could expect to claim it under warranty)? This symptom/solution is one to keep in mind.

I posted this on redflagdeals as well and have three potential participants from there as well - you'd think that more people would want to climb on board. I pbviously can't guarantee what discounts we'd be able to get - but if you're a player at 40%, then I can always go in with your name and vehicle information conditioal to that level of discount - the dealer would be making a 20% markup at that point which isn't nothing, though perhaps not enough to hold their interest. I won;t be letting this go on for much longer before I walk it through the next phase, so if anyone else wants 'in' please let me know.

You sure do like to install your snows early. I wait for the last legal day in Quebec (December 15) and get them off on the first legal day (March 15). We don't get snow that sticks before the December date and very little after mid march and it sure reduces tire wear to have them on as little as possible. I was wondering what the thing would so when I swapped my winter wheels onto the car. Thanks for sharing.

You have a couple of choices; You can buy tiires that are the same size as the all-season ones that came on your car - the Journey comes with one of three sizes, 16", 17" ans 19" - those 19" come on the R/T and the 16" only on the base SE - likely yours are 17" unless you have the R/T. The diameter is part of the tire size specification and can be read on the sidewall of the tires installed on your vehicle. If you have 17:" wheels, the tire size will be 225/65/17 If you 19" wheels (r/t) then the tires would be 225/55/19 You can go to Canadian tire or Costco or anywhere else, buy snow tires and have them installed on your factory wheels - but that is hard on the tire bead (rim) and costs about $60 or more twice a year. The alternative would be to also buy steel (or fancy) wheels that fit the car and install a set of winter tires on those and just have the entire tire/wheel assembly swapped out each spring and fall - I pay my local guy $20 per change, saving me $80 or more per year plus taxes (he takes cash) for switching. Note that winter tires are very soft. Install them as late as possible in the fall and get them off as early as possible in the spring if you drive many miles and/or plan to keep the vehiocle and want to stretch the life - also store the tires not being used indoors, out of the sun. If you buy wheels, you can get them in any size that works with the vehicle . . . the 16" is the least expensive, but the wheels need to specific to the Grand Caravan (post 2007), Journey or a few other select vehicles because the clearances are very tight. You have more latitude with larger wheels - but wheels are all different so you need to get ones with the right bolt pattern and offset - the store should be able to advise you on that. The tires for the 16" inch wheels are 225/70/16. What I did was to go on www.kijiji.ca and managed to find a local ex-Journey owner selling an almost new set of high end tires mounted on steel wheels - I paid $450 and they even came with hubcaps. You can also shop on line - tire rack will ship to anywhere. There is 1010 as well - I saw a Montreal-based seller of Maxtrek tires advertising on www.ebay.ca asking $325 for a set of 4 plus $80 to ship - not bad and the tires were actually well rated for Chinese rubber . . . . .. Note that unless you spend an extra $160 for a spare set of sensors have have them installed on your new wheels your winter wheels would not provide you with a tire pressure readout.

I'd like someone with an SE and 16" wheels to look at his plate and post the tire pressure for that size, if they would . . . .

There is no point to using fuel with a higher octane rating than called for. As Chris pointed out, it only impacts your wallet. One of the real curses is that they add corn alcohol to gasoline (at least to regular) in most parts of the country (the far North and Esso gasoline in Quebec being the notable exceptions). Ethanol gas goes bad quickly, and reduces fuel economy by more than the volume of gasoline it displaces - it separates out, scours crud from your fuel system into the filters, is hard on seals and sop on. If you are in Quebec try running Esso regular.

I'd still like to know just what size tires they believed you should have been installing on the vehicle and why they insisted on being such complete dick-wads.

I'd be interested in knowing just what size they think should be on the vehicle - and what size summer tire you had.

The first question is . . . what did they reset the value to? Because now your speedometer and odometer is running either slow or fast. The digital readout should be within 1 kph of a GPS receiver, so you can do a quick check with any decent navigator. However, note that the standard tires specified for the vehicle are: 225/70/16 = (225*.7)/25.4= 6.2 inches tire height - diameter is 16+(6.2*2)= 28.4 inches 225/65/17= (225*.65)/25.4= 5.75 inches tire height - diameter is (17+(5.75*2)= 28.5 inches 225/55/19= (225*.55)/25.4= 4.87 inches tire height - diameter is (19+(4.87*2)= 28.74 inches The difference in diameter is insignificant - less than the tread wear depth differential between a new and worn tire, so there is no need whatsoever to calibrate anything when changing - and even then, it is YOUR choice as to whether you want your speedo to run at the right speed. They performed work you did not ask for and you should not have been asked to pay for it - and if the reason was that the value was wrong before, then the adjustment should have been covered under warranty. So the answer is yes. You were screwed. I'd call and give them heck and demand a refund. If they give you trouble I'd file a complaint with Chrysler. How about joining the buyer's group I'm trying to put together to buy factory-backed extended warranties?

Just got back from buying a set of 16" wheels/tires/hub caps from a local ex-owner of a Journey - used one season / 3000 km. Tires are Toyo Open Country G02. Paid $450 for the setup and they look brand new. Found 'em on Kijiji. Since I'm in Montreal I had to use separate searches combining Journey together with 'snow', 'winter' & 'neiges' - I found several to choose from including one with steel wheels and TPS sensors, but no hub caps, but he wouldn't budge down from $900. I would buy new sensors, wheels and tires for the extra $100 it would cost. From my perspective, essentially the tires were free, given the price of wheels and caps. And coming from a Journey the wheels will fit mine.

Keep in mind that headlight modifications involving replacement of the technology are not street legal. If yoiur jusrisdiction does inspections you may be very unhappy with the results.

Scosche has a Bluetooth device that is intended to plug into the auxiliary input of a car's stereo system. It has excellent noise immunity and it supports both a plugged in (auxiliary) device as a music source (the BTAXS will additionally accept ad2p Stereo Bluetooth feeds - works great wit my Blackberry, though of course there's no remote control when using it that way) and automatically switch between them when the Bluetooth is enabled. Check out the BTAXM and BTAXS. The only real problem is that I find the cables to be a bit short for my taste - and of course, if you are listening to the radio you need to manually switch to the aux input to use the device. .

It's been discussed and it isn't likely possible - the radio is just too integrated into the vehicle's systems.

The reverse light signal is on the White/tan wire on BCM pin 41 - active positive This according to the Installogy data sheet for the 2011 Journey.

Since the topic has some legs I decided to spend the 20 seconds it took to do the research to confirm my above post: You have a 4.3s (REB) radio in your vehicle. The weather and Game Zone features are indeed premium subscription services from Sirius (Travel Link) - pay for them if you want them, but again, my experience is that weather services are not avaiable to Canadian subscribers nor are maps and forecasts provided for locations north of the border if you travel to the US subscribe to the US service and get those channels we don't get up here. A quote from Sirius: The Game Zone lists all of the play-by-play games and scores on Sirius by league (MLB, NFL, NHL, etc.).

Many modern vehicles DO have a backup manual keylock for the ignition. Ours don't. Many people have issues with leaving things in their pockets - depending on what I am wearing, I will often find my wallet lying on the floor of the vehicle - so my things go into the cup holder and/or into the storage shelf when I get in - the good news is that the software makes it difficult to lock the fob in the car. The old system, where the fob was stuck into a recepticle and had no radio range meant that you always knew where your keys/fob were - not so with the new technology. And many keyless systems do have a backup manual arrangement - the Journey has the remotely excited RFID chip that we can hold against the button - I wonder what your dealer would do if they told you to break the start button and it cost $200 or more to replace the ignition pushbutton switch? Leaving a FOB hidden battery-less somewhere outside the vehicle is a non-starter as far as I'm concerned because over time it would be likely to de dead from corrosion due to moisture inflitration. The cost of dealing with a weak or dead FOB is just one more reason to have an extended factory warranty - so, at least if you're in Canada, it makes sense to join our buyer's group. (See? I managed to both make my comment AND do a plug for the buyer's group - )

I have the 4.3 so I'm just guessing, but I suspect that those are satellite radio premium subscription services - and, guess what? if they are then there is no weather service available in Canada.