mozetti

Good morning, I received an offer from my local Dodge dealer to give me "100% of the factory base MSRP when new" to trade in my 2009 Journey R/T for a 2011 or 2012 vehicle. However, if Dodge hasn't fixed the brake problem that the 2009/2010 models for the 2011/2012 Journeys, then I might not even bother. Does anyone have any information on whether or not they changed the brake setup for the newer model years? Thanks.

My wife and I decided on the hitch-mount Thule 914 rack. Niether of us felt comfortable with the cross bar resting on the glass and the universal trunk rack we have would angle downward when we slid it down far enough to be below the glass. Yes, it's an expensive upgrade. We didn't have the hitch so that was a few hundred dollars to have it installed. We opted for the Dodge dealer-installed option, but I've seen posts here for people who've gone after-market for $100-$150 and installed it themselves. We made a 150 mile round-trip with it over the weekend and it worked very well. Only a little bit of movement on the big bumps and that was from the play between the Dodge hitch and Dodge hitch adapter - the Thule rack was a tight fit in the hitch. Even so, it was no big deal and worked very well.