JKJavelin

I had the PTU replaced again for the 3RD TIME with 54000 miles in March. The new one started leaking right away and they replaced a seal. It is now leaking again. Luckily I have the lifetime drivetrain warranty, but I'm getting real tired of this!!

Well, I took my Journey in for the warped rotors again (8900 miles) and they replaced all 4 of them. I talked to the service manager about fixing the real problem and he basically blew me off, saying they don't see this as a common problem. He said next time I'm on my own.

JK

I had my rotors turned in November with 5000 miles because of vibration, and guess what? I now have 8500 miles and it's already coming back. I do almost all suburban driving and have never done a panic stop. In one month my Journey will be 1 year old, so I'll soon be making a trip to the dealer to ask them nicely for a permanent fix.

Speedy77: I haven't had anymore leaks since the PTU was replaced in August. The only thing I've done since was have the brake rotors refaced. I did buy an extended warranty - supposedly get the cost refunded if I don't use it (ha). I really like this car (do you call it a car? truck?) a lot. I plan on keeping it a long time

JK

I got front & rear Husky liners and yeah, they fit real well. We're getting our 1st flakes of the winter right now and the salters are out in full force! I like it that they cover a lot more area than the Mopar slush mats. I wish they made some for my wife's '08 Caravan. I got them online from autoanything.com. They had the best price.

JK

I got tired of the vibration when braking, so I took it to the dealer yesterday. They turned all 4 rotors. Just hit 5000 miles.

I would also pick #2- #1 looks like something's missing, and #3 kinda looks homemade.

JK

I have not even 4000 miles and can feel warpage in the rotors when stopping and have never made a panic stop to generate heat. When the time comes (which won't be too long), I'll look into aftermarket brakes.

JK

I had my PTO unit replace this week too. It was leaking last month and took it in (I posted it on another thread on the forum) and nobody in the area had one in stock. At 1st they were going to replace the seal, then decided to replace the whole unit. While they were at it they did a few recalls, including the 'honk on left turn' power steering reservoir.

JK

No- The underside of the car has it spread all over. New dark oil spots on my concrete driveway. I'm kinda pi$$ed about it. My wife had off today, so I had her take it in this morning. They told her they have to replace an o-ring on the transmission that they can't get til tomorrow. I'll find out when I pick it up tomorrow night.

JK

Yesterday (Saturday) I noticed a couple spots on my driveway, and looked under my Journey and saw the underside was wet. I couldn't tell where it was coming from and I took a piece of white paper to let it drip onto. It's brown. I put a couple of drops from the oil dipstick next to those spots on the paper and it's a different shade of brown (transfer case oil?) I'm taking it to the dealer tomorrow. Only 2300 miles.

JK

At first I was getting 16- 17 mpg. Now with 2300 miles it's 18-19. Not much of any highway miles, so I'd be happy with 20 mpg around town.

JK

Fronts only?

Mopar has slush mats too. Do you think these will give better protection?

The 2000 Cirrus I traded in for my Journey constantly had brake rotor warping problems since I bought it-- the only real problem I had with that car. The vibration really got on my nerves. But the last time it needed front brakes I did it myself with new rotors again. I went the last 2 years without vibration. I determined that shops were warping the rotors when using their impact wrenches to tighten the aluminum rims. Of course, when I did the brake job in my garage I tightened them with a hand wrench. From now on I'll tell them to tighten the rims without impact wrenches.

JK

I tried the window trick after seeing it on this forum. Pretty neat...... but I looked in the owner's manual to see how I could have missed it, and it's not in there. I wonder what other electronic tricks there are??

JK

I have an R/T with the REQ stereo. I like the sound, and have been trying to find the specs on it (power). Also, my wife's 2008 Grand Caravan has the RES stereo, which obviously has less power. Does any body know what the power output of these are? Thanks.

JK

I've got a Silver Steel R/T that stickered at $29,915 and paid $19,200 with my 2000 Cirrus in trade. The Cirrus was worth about $2500.

Options were:

moon roof

convenience group 2

towing package

JK

Welcome to the Club

I think the car could use a little more pep IMO. When I took mine on I15 in Utah I had the RPM's around 5k to maintain speed But I had 5 people in the car and loaded with luggage and doing 90 :o and getting about 19 mpg. I usually get 22-24 hwy mpg. I would feel more comfortable with some more passing power on the highway for me. Even when it is not loaded down it could use some more get up and go

I think if you've got an SUV loaded with 5 people plus luggage going 90 mph, that's asking a lot from a V-6. Especially if it's got AWD. But I do agree that for a 'High Output' engine the output doesn't seem all that high.

JK

Milwaukee, WI

Just unhook it. Pull the mat up over the front end of the tab and pull it towards the back. It is a tight fit so be a little careful.

JK

This is my 1st post on this forum.

I was going to wait another year to buy a new (or almost new) car, but after looking at what kind of deals they're having now, I decided to buy now. Though I've been getting Chrysler products for a while now, when I started looking around to see what I wanted- I had a 2000 Cirrus- I liked the new Malibu, Fusion, Lincoln MKZ and Taurus. My wife drives a 2008 Grand Caravan SXT which I find very comfortable. I hadn't even thought of the Journey since I was looking only at cars when one day recently while driving home from work, one stopped next to me at a light and I thought it looked interesting. So, I started checking out the different trim lines available and what options I might want.

On Friday May 8th, I stopped by the dealer where I bought our Caravan from to see what incentives were going on now and the salesman showed me the R/T in front of the showroom. I kinda checked it out, grabbed a brochure and went home telling him I might stopped by for a test drive the next day.

Well, the next day my wife and I took it for about an hour drive and I decided I liked it and it had most of the options I wanted. It would have been nice to have the top end stereo, but the one in it is fairly decent.

The deals they're making on new cars these days are too good to pass up and I got a fantastic deal on this Journey, so we bought this one the same day.

We've had it 4 weeks now and I like it. About the only negatives with it are the poor placement of the gauges and mediocre gas mileage: about 17 mpg so far.

JK