probak118

I agree, operating rear window or at least motorized rear side windows that tilt partially open like our old Caravan's did.

Nice...did you have to lower the tire pressures when you went in the actual sand dunes ?

Never heard of changing a perfectly good operating tensioner pulley just because your are changing the cerpintine belt . You change that when or if it ever starts making noise from bearing failure, easy change generally any way. I hear what they are saying ( water pump when timing is done - yes ). As you mentioned, where do you stop then ? Good luck with timing belt , water pump and belt change.

I completely agree with your opinion of the voice commands. Luckily there is not a learn feature for the commands I repeat back when trying dial a contact. Your L/ 100kms seems a little higher than my 2012 SRT averages but on the highway the 3.6 L gets good mileage. We do not have the back-up camera or the navigation system but, our 2017 Terrain with its Tom Tom system I hate it. Our portable Garmin for the DJ works great and free life time map updates. Very little maintenance our our end also, replace 2 sets of undersized brakes all around one we paid for and battery that is it ! Great report good read.

Figured after 6 1/2 yrs with the last 3 having been kicked out of the cozy garage battery had had enough. Alternator pumping out 80 amps, load test showed barely ok and battery taking a full charge but by morning dead again. Would not pay the $120 for dealer labour to change. After removing the tire and the wheel well shields found that the battery hold down rod and nut where completely rusted, great ! What a pain in the ass but, nothing a soaking of penetrating oil and a impact gun with extension could not handle. Then surprise surprise found the two negative cable fastener nuts were only hand tight ? Thanks dealer techs obviously when doing previous re-call work you forgot to tighten the connection properly. Pulled old battery and it tested to 12.4 volts.......OMG ! Not going thru that again, so installed the new battery bought anyway. I cannot believe someone could forget to make tight a battery cable connection or has anyone had one come loose on its own ? Guess it is possible and I could with the 6/49 lottery too ! Thanks for letting me rant everyone.

My 2012 SXT with smaller brakes went thru 2 sets of front brakes and rotors in first 2 years and only 20 000 kms on them. Changed all around in 2015, on the same pads and rotors, perhaps the OEM rotors were upgraded to a new supplier or better materials at some point ?

I know I loved moving from a Caravan to a Journey was great in 2012 and like you our Journey has served us well. We only have 2 boys and after adding goalie equipment and baseball stuff to many games all over, sometimes I really missed the Caravan. Now with a 4th on the way...using a roof mounted Yule might be a pain getting stroller etc in and out again and again ? Just my thoughts and yes your Journey does look nice and congrats on the family addition.

The local tint shop I use ( Ontario Canada ) also uses the thicker film. Almost like a rubber and it looked great on another vehicle he showed me.When we had our headlight covers done it looked like you had to know what you were doing. Maybe not a job to tackle yourself ? Looks like your journey is begging for a little tint on its front windows too Ha Ha

Bill, 2late4u was offring his for sale in classified for $150 plus shipping. See if he still has it for sale ?

No wiper issues as of yet but, the same radio problems for the last year plus on our 2012. FINALLY someone else, dealer flashed the radio once and verified most current version. Still, did not fix issue, every so often I stop shut car off and restart to get radio to work again. Hopefully, someone has more info on this issue for us ?

I would be a little pissed at having a flat rather than think about taking pictures ? But like you said, could not have been better spot to have a flat.

Would not a local auto parts store ( Auto Zone, Reillys ) sorry from Canada so may have names wrong. Our local Canadian Tire, NAPA, Princess Auto stores here have wide variety of pre made styles of connectors on the shelves . Look on the net at our stores, maybe order online also ?

When I purchased our 2012 DJ sitting in the sales office I noticed the same on other DJs. I asked and was told that models produced in the later part of 2012 had a new badge ( red stripes). So, in the deal I said take off the older style badge and put a newer style on. LOL

Must be the mic(s), as you kinda need to speak towards the mirror for the hands free to work properly I find anyway.

Maybe my kids are nuts but they are the ones in the back seat. They say if I open the driver's door first, the rear doors unlock. But, they need to ask me to unlock the doors if they try to get out before me ? Who knows, guess we will test some day.

There is a battery temp sensor ?? Just a guess but, why would the alternator not still operate as normal ?

Crap...sorry Shawnn855 my mistake, your are correct. It must have been in the settings as mentioned but, I know I changed it to automatic ( they are not locked when car stops.).

The master door lock control on/off button is still activated. In addition to the child safety on the ends of the rear open doors, you need to give control to the individual doors. Look on your driver's side door arm rest below the rear window controls. There is a button that you press , that will give or remove all lock controls every time you press it.

"Actually we did oil spray in these areas lower door sills and and in the "B" post both filled with insulation. Drilled assess holes and loaded the cavity and insulation with oil. If nothing else oil is surrounding the outside of the insulation and quarter panels inner channels now. The rear quarter panels also have an oil spray access hole at the rear of the back door openings plus the rear tail light lenses were removed and a access hole drilled in those areas and sprayed with oil. and sealed with a plug. Just from experience and oil spraying my cars the last 35 years...get a reputable place to spray (the dripping) oil spray and it will run all over in all welds and small tight spots. I ask for dripless under the hood and trunk only. I only spray my cars every two years for about $130 a pop, those other treatments, never heard of them costing $100, but not the first time I have been wrong ? You pay lump sum upfront then and annual touchup & inspection fee.. My 10 -12 year old cars also were basically rust free. Oil spray is a little messy yes, park it on the road for a good week or so not on your paved driveway, as excess oil runs out. Then wash off the residual drips on the bottom of the doors, door jambs and bottom sills etc... If it is dripping out you know it is running coating everywhere LOL. Both types of protection probably have pros and cons I guess.

My Wife left the d j on while shopping she Locke the doors by accident for one hour came back the car was dead jump started it but would not stay on ( is he saying the displays not stay on ? ) rest computer power back to car ( after sitting the displays come back on ? ) just hit lock and unlock and it started but it keeps happening ( is he saying doing this turns the displays back on temporaraly ? ) she tries to start when she hold the pedal Down to turn on car all screens go blank does any one know if this is some kind of security problem Tried to make more sense by breaking the ideas down a little and removing some wording ?. So this all started after his wife left the car running . I left mine running for almost two hours before ( pushed off button before putting it in park) Cars is way to quiet LOL

Another question for my curiosity, Dodge not having the ball joint nipples to add grease to them. Has anyone used that small needle on their grease gun end to penetrate the rubber jacket and force grease into it ? I know you may have some leaking ( a little afterwards) but at least you are keeping them well greased now.

As mentioned, buy good quality rotors ( after market / maybe MOPAR has better ones now ? ). My 2012 ( smaller sized brakes) is on its 3rd set of fronts, changed in March 2014 before extended warranty ran out and last change was 55 , 000 kms year and a half back. Now at 68,000 kms and no issues at all with rotor shakes bought MOPAR parts too...maybe they as mentioned now are using better quality materials.

I notice that also and the dealer also noted to make sure the idle drops before changing gears from park into drive ( I always back into driveway). You know how sometimes your in a hurry and simply start it up and shift. For sure a loud clunk and a little jolt if not idled down when first started.

I just read this in the local paper a couple days back ( Windsor Star, Ontario Canada). I thought it was about the alternator / charging system and affected several 100,000 cars in Canada. Just wait for a recall notice I guess.

Only replacing the rear pads ? Usually the front pads are the ones needing the extra attention alone. By code are you saying the Journey is giving off a code number that indicates some warning / specifics for you to do the brakes ? What were you told this code will indicate ? As mentioned, the ccylinder needs to be rotated to move not simply "pushed" back in.