Jay Sixspeedrt

BTW, when the Kumhos hit 28,000 miles or so, they are virtually useless in snow. Hoping for much better out of my replacement tires.

As high as that is, it's not that much higher than the dealer. The dealer wanted $390 + tax for the rear pads and rotors. I bet the fronts would be $450-475+tax. I would be pushing $950 U.S. with the tax for the brakes. Thanks, but no thanks. DIY, my brakes were about $250 including that nice caliper tool kit and shipping!.

I got 40,300 miles out of the Kumhos. Honestly, I probably should have replaced them about 36,000 miles, but I'm stubborn in that on a ordinary, non-performance vehicles, radials ought to last at least 40k miles

As high as that is, it's not that much higher than the dealer. The dealer wanted $390 + tax for the rear pads and rotors. I bet the fronts would be $450-475+tax. I would be pushing $950 U.S. with the tax for the brakes. Thanks, but no thanks. DIY, my brakes were about $250 including that nice caliper tool kit and shipping!.

Well, I've got 9000 miles or so on the rear pads/rotors, and 4500 or so on the front pads/rotors. Stopping power and performance seems excellent - no shudder or vibration yet. When the weather turns warm, I plan to rotate my tires - I will check the pad wear at that point - I'm not really sure on that part of it.

.........simply the keyfob being COLD!!!!
I discovered this by accident - once, I was out snowmobiling in December, and instead of putting my keys in my coat pocket, I put them in a storage bin on the snowmobile. Temps were near 0 F. When I got home, I couldn't get in my Journey - but once the keys warmed up, it was back to normal.
I thought it was just a fluke - So the other day, I had the Journey in for a NYS inspection - temps were in the single digits - the garage wasn't far from my house, so the Journey never got warmed up. Because they needed the keys to do the emission check, I left them in the cup holder in the Journey. The garage was almost non-heated in side ( I could see my breath) Well, the Journey couldn't detect the key after 20 minutes of sitting in the cold - I had to warm it up in my hands for it to work.
I was wondering if maybe the battery in the FOB was weak, causing the issue, as I've had the Journey over 2 years? Well, this weekend I did a little experiment - I was given 2 fobs when I bought my Journey - one is brand new, I never use it.
I put the brand new fob in my freezer, which is 0F-10F. After 15 minutes took it out, yep, it didn't work. Neither the automatic proximity sensor nor the manual buttons worked. After 10 minutes of room temps, it was back to functioning normally.
Refrigerator type temps - mid to upper 30s, the fob works fine. It's just very cold - below 20F - that disables it - So long as I leave the Fob in my pocket, never an issue. But this might explain some 'mystery' key fob issues that have cropped up.

.........simply the keyfob being COLD!!!!
I discovered this by accident - once, I was out snowmobiling in December, and instead of putting my keys in my coat pocket, I put them in a storage bin on the snowmobile. Temps were near 0 F. When I got home, I couldn't get in my Journey - but once the keys warmed up, it was back to normal.
I thought it was just a fluke - So the other day, I had the Journey in for a NYS inspection - temps were in the single digits - the garage wasn't far from my house, so the Journey never got warmed up. Because they needed the keys to do the emission check, I left them in the cup holder in the Journey. The garage was almost non-heated in side ( I could see my breath) Well, the Journey couldn't detect the key after 20 minutes of sitting in the cold - I had to warm it up in my hands for it to work.
I was wondering if maybe the battery in the FOB was weak, causing the issue, as I've had the Journey over 2 years? Well, this weekend I did a little experiment - I was given 2 fobs when I bought my Journey - one is brand new, I never use it.
I put the brand new fob in my freezer, which is 0F-10F. After 15 minutes took it out, yep, it didn't work. Neither the automatic proximity sensor nor the manual buttons worked. After 10 minutes of room temps, it was back to functioning normally.
Refrigerator type temps - mid to upper 30s, the fob works fine. It's just very cold - below 20F - that disables it - So long as I leave the Fob in my pocket, never an issue. But this might explain some 'mystery' key fob issues that have cropped up.

Glad to hear it was a breeze for you to do the rear brakes! You saved yourself a tonne of cash and probably did a better job if it was done at the dealer or autoshop where they don't have all that time to give it TLC.

Welcome! I've had a 2012 SXT AWD since early January - just over 14,000 miles now - great vehicle - tows like a dream.