jhartley

What sucks? That they extended the warranty and are stepping up to the plate to help out their customers after the warranty has expired? It makes zero sense to recall every vehicle when it only affects a small percentage of them. To replace hundreds of thousands of them that don't need replacement would kill the company. The fact that they are standing behind the product and the repair is outstanding. Engines have problems, all of them... Kudos to FCA for doing the right thing when so many others aren't.

No the problem in and of itself sucks. Do I really need to explain that??

Yep, and when you're one of those in that "club" it sucks big time!!

Got my car back and they replaced the left cylinder head and gaskets. All covered under warranty!

This is a known problem for those of us with the Pentastar V6 engines. They are not doing an official recall! If you have a check engine light coming on for misfires take it to a Dodge dealership and they will fix it or you will be reimbursed if you already had it fixed.

Just found a letter from last year for the cylinder head replacement recall and taking it to the dealership to have it looked at and fixed tonight!

No strange sounds coming from the engine at all.

There's only 62,300 miles on it and a little over 2,000 engine hours. The only reason we talked about possibly changing the plugs is due to the P0306 Cylinder #6 misfire code that was coming up.

I worded that wrong, my mechanic doesn't just think it's the plugs; he suggests to have them changed as part of regular tune-up, but doesn't think it's going to fix the issue of the different codes that are coming up. I trust my mechanic (a rare occurrence I know!!) and if he wanted to waste my time and money I would be shocked! He has already had my car in the shop and checked the codes on 4 separate occasions now and has not charged me for any of it, even after I asked him what I owed him repeatedly; I was told it's on him!

As far as I know it's still the original battery. I will have my mechanic check the voltage.
He also said he thinks that the plugs should be changed and the coil for #6, however he doesn't know if this will correct the problem and that there's a lot of labor involved to get to the plugs and coils. He doesn't want to do this without knowing that it's the issue. He said that's 4-6 hours of labor he doesn't really want to do, knowing how much that's going to cost and knowing that we don't have a lot of cash right now.

In the past couple of months I have had a few issues with my 2011 Dodge Journey Mainstreet. I had to have my radiator replaced and at that time error code P0306: Cyl#6 misfire was coming up. My mechanic checked it out after replacing the radiator and couldn't find an issue.

About 3 weeks later the MIL (Malfunction Indicator Light)/check engine light came on again and he looked it up and P0107: Manifold Absolute Pressure Circuit Low was coming up. Which he said could just be a dirty or stuck sensor.

Now last Thursday on my way home from work it stalled 6 times on the way home while driving and eventually the MIL, ESC (Electronic Stability Control) and ETC (Electronic Throttle Control) lights came on. With the ETC light blinking! I stopped at my mechanic and left it overnight for him to look at in the morning. He checked the codes and the P0306 code came up along with P2174: TAC System Sudden Low Air Flow. He took it out for a test drive twice on Friday and didn't have any issues driving it.

Now tonight the MIL is lit again and it wouldn't start and stay running when I tried to leave the doctor's office with my daughter. Eventually it started and didn't stall out, but I am really worried that this is going to be a huge money pit!

Any help someone can give would be appreciated!!

I was purchased a 2011 DJ Mainstreet and was totally freaked out by the color of the anti-freeze; which is an orange color. Thought it was oil at first, especially the way it looks in the reservoir; really viscous!

I still remember when you bought green antifreeze and cut it with distilled water; the ratio dependent on what the vehicle was. Ahhh the good ol' days when cars just had engines and no computers in them.