Journeyman425

You're very welcome, guys. There is a great group of people here that are willing to help and share information which all helps us enjoy our cars. One of the reasons I came to this forum was to learn a little more about the Journey before we bought it. Thanks to all of you who have shown me a thing or two since coming aboard.

No problem. I am a firm believer in preventative maintenance. I live by it. As a service manager, I have to be. But I hate to see people charged for services that are a complete waste of money. That is one of them.

There should be no charge to you by your selling dealer to enable the trailer wiring -regardless of whether or not you purchased the hitch and wiring with the car or bought it from them afterward. All current Journeys require Trailer Tow Group Sales Code AHC to be added to the Dealer Installed Options list, and then the technician must perform a Vehicle Reconfiguration (or Restoration, as it is also called) so that the vehicle recognizes the new sales code. Once the car sees the new sales code, the power to the wiring will be enabled. I found this confusing as well. I ordered my Journey from the factory with the Trailer Tow Prep Group. I assumed that all we had to do at my dealership was connect the supplied harness to the one that was installed in the car from the factory and it would work. After all, the factory built it with the wiring in place, right? And I paid for the prep group, correct? Doesn't work quite that way, it turns out. When the hitch is installed and the wiring connected, the technician must then add Sales Code AHC to the Options list, then restore the vehicle. A restoration is similar in principle to restarting your home PC after Windows installs updates. The updates are downloaded and installed on your computer, and then you get the message that the computer must be restarted in order for the updates to take effect. Same idea here. No, I do not understand why it has to be done that way if the factory puts the equipment on in the first place. Makes no sense to me. Same thing in the US for daytime running lamps. The option is there to enable them and disable them in the Settings menu on the 8.4 radio, but they don't work unless you add the sales code "LMK" to the options list and restore the vehicle. Go figure. Anyway, you paid for an option that you cannot use until the job is completed, and that can only be done by the dealer. NO EXTRA CHARGE!

There is no recommended or required fuel injection service for your Journey, or for any Chrysler product for that matter. It is strictly an upsell item. Fuel injector cleaner, such as Techron, may be added to your fuel tank periodically to boost the gasoline's additives which are already in place to control deposits. You can buy it at most dealers and auto parts stores and add it yourself prior to a fuel fill. I have done this a handful of times in my 300M over the years. The car now has 284,000 miles and all of the fuel injectors are original. Never a problem with them - ever. Chrysler's policy on fluid flushing is that it is not required unless the fluid has been compromised by a component failure.

Welcome to the Forum, Francesco - and there is no need to apologize for your English - many people in our country butcher the language quite badly, as a matter of fact. Enjoy your Journey and we look forward to your share of Journey experience. Your 2.0 CRD powertrain is not available here in the US so I would find your feedback very interesting.

A faulty wheel speed sensor will often trigger most, if not all of those lights. Should be relatively easy to diagnose with a dealer scan tool. Does everything go off when the key is cycled and then come back on after driving?

Not seeing a backorder on that part number - Marysville, Michigan parts depot currently has 43 of that part number. Sorry...

Back orders are pretty routine, but six months seems excessive to me. If you have a part number I can try to follow up on it for you. We have a used 2008 Acadia on our lot and I think the Journey is a nicer car overall for the same reasons you give. At least the Acadia also has a 3.6 liter.

Love the running boards with the Dodge logo, and the painted calipers! Nice, nice car.

I'm enjoying the little time that I do have this summer. We put a 22' X 25' basketball court in for my two boys last month, and they have been hanging out with their friends playing hoop while I clean the car and watch at the same time. In less than a month they'll be back to school and the car will be all over creation with games, practices, rehearsals and various other activities and that will be the end of the always-clean Journey. I'll still keep it nice but won't have the time to do it nearly as often. Sometimes a little multitasking is in order. My wife works nights (nurse) so she takes the 300M when she goes to the hospital and leaves me the Journey, Get home from work. Dinner is made but has to be heated 15 minutes. Put it in the oven and quick wash the car. Leave it wet, eat with the kids, clean up, towel off the car and drive one of them to a friends house. Get home and now the car is dry. Kid #2 is playing outside, 30 minutes is all it takes to throw on a quick coat of Miami Shine and some tire dressing and clean the water spots off the glass. Voila! Clean car and some quality time with family. Life is good!

I'm only up to 4500 miles, but so far these tires are every bit as good as the Michelins on my 300M's. Pilot HX MXM4 on the current car and Primacy MXV4 on the semi-retired M. Smooth, very quiet, excellent dry traction and no hydroplaning issues in wet. All that's left is to see how they perform in snow with FWD and how many miles they last. Rotation is very important. . At this point, if I had to replace the tires, I'd get the same ones again, no question. We'll see in the long run but rightr now I'm very satisfied.

...and then proceeded to rain all over them early this morning and then later on in the morning - with none of that precipitation in the forecast at all on Saturday...

Did the 300M today - finally have two clean cars at the same time!

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I did a search on DealerConnect and the only thing I came up with was this: STAR Case Contact the STAR Center for assistance if no solution is found Chrysler Group LLC Version 3 Case Number: S1308000026 Release Date: 01/24/2013 Symptom/Vehicle Issue: REU Radio, Software Enhancement Updates, Blue Tooth Pairing Diagnosis: REU radios may have concerns related to Bluetooth phone pairing that can be improved with an update disc that is currently available. The disc available is labeled for an REX radio, (68171168AAversion 8.315), but can be used in a REU update. Repair Procedure: Verify that the radio software version is at 8.315 or greater. a. Press the hard "Set up” button on the face of the radio. b. Select “System information”. c. The software level is the number reported below the word “Application”. d. This disc (labeled REX update) will update a REU radio below software version 8.315. e. Update the radio as needed to complete. Verification: Verify the software level was installed to complete. It appears to me that a trip to the dealer will be the only other way to do this unless you are able to find a browser which supports the MyGig link. Did you purchase your Journey through a dealer? If so, they should update the unit for you as per the purchase. If not, pay a visit to a local dealer and intruduce yourself to the service manager. Explain that you have made all attempts to update yourself but no browser supports the link, and would they be willing to lend you the disc for a few minutes while you pop it in out in the lot and update the files? More than likely they will tell you that they have to create a repair order and charge you for the update, but you have nothing to lose by asking.

Congrats on the new purchase! Everyone else beat me to the correct responses! Enjoy.

I did it again today!