johny1fin

Sorry, I have been away for a while. I installed a scrap gearbox @£1400 inc fitting as opposed to £8000 +fitting+20%vat which is about £11000. Absolute rip off.

I have a UK 2.0 diesel with a faulty (thinks) gearbox. Its a 6 speed auto with 2 clutches. I have been having increasingly intermittent problems ranging from faulure to rev when comming out of neutral into forward or reverse to Limp mode giving 2nd/rev only. My local garage has tested and said its showing an internal controller fault. Does this mean its the TCM. If so am trying to souce a TCM at a price a lot less than the £2k+ the dealer wants + fitting. They want £8k for a gearbox. Any help would be appreciated from sourcing a new TCM/second hand auto box or help from Chrysler UK given its only 3 months out of warranty and only covered 56k miles. John

Hi, Had my letter re air bag warning recall this week. Had problems before with passenger (LHS/UK) window stuck down and dealer said it was a broken wire in the drivers door(RHS/UK). Last week had problems with central locking not working on remote or door switches, then next minute all ok and for the last week as well. Now the recall. Anyone know if all the above is related to the door wiring harness and the likyhood of fixing all the above.

32K miles and second set of front pads still ok and rears are original. But vibration now set in so ordered - 1 set front disks EBC GD7442 (£120.98) premium quality dimpled and slotted sport + 1 set front pads EBC DP61798 (£61.74) upgraded greenstuff. Edit, just fitted the above today and vibration mainly gone. still bedding in < 20 miles. Easy to fit, apart from disks stuck on and needed some welly to get off.

Thanks Steak, Merry Christmas

Hi, I have had this several times before on my deisel automatic. key needs to come out in park but if I go into park too quickly it won't come out. So I put in neutral rev once them go to park and it comes out. ????????????????????????

Black SXT 2.0 Diesel, sat nav 7 seats £15k reduced from £23k 09 plate made in 08 inc all taxes

I have the light on only twice and the reason being a flat battery. It took a few miles (<20) of driving before it went out on its own. Maybe this was after the canbus adjusted itself after false default settings. Book says if its a constant light it may be ok but if its flashing do not drive as it may damage the exhaust system. John

My journey is one yr old tomorrow, done 22k miles, original pads and disks though I am thinking of replacing soon with UK spec disks and pads. No brake judder ever, though the usual black stuff alll over hence UK spec next. I do tow a rib boat and horses as well but am not into severe braking, speed possibly but not braking.

I pull a horse trailer @850Kg + horse @500Kg no problem. Its a good job the car is rated @1360Kg. Its the same 2.0 diesel as wolf but I think the 2.4 petrol is rated a little less but should be no problem at all. I have a USA 7 pin wiring kit for sale that I purchased in error I have since fitted a UK 13pin socket.

Hi Stoogie, Radio outage happend to me twice. 1st time out for 24 hrs. Second time I took advice from another Journey user and pulled out the 'big' fuse and replaced after 1 min. It does not actiually come out just up a bit.That fixed it. Go to http://www.mofv.com/mygig/ to get UK journey gracenotes 1289. I have installed this and its fine but still get lots of CD's not recognised. Cheers.

Yes they do, I have had one for 5 months check here - http://www.vmaxx.de/en/public/?fz=65&c...s_imgreihe1=660 If you check you will find black or silver plastic or metal.

I have had two of these on the front for the last two days, fantastic. http://images.google.com/images?q=wintrac+...ved=0CCAQsAQwAw http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Vredeste...c-4-Extreme.htm http://www.tyres-online.co.uk/archives/prodmay05.asp 225/65/17 to replace the standard yoko ono's Cost £265/pair fitted in the UK

Hi Guys, Nice to know there ias a fix as mine has gone off several times, mostly at 3am, but also during the day. I think they were all false alarms and I did not know it could be disabled but did here the beep and wondered what that was. My dealer has lost the dealership and I will wait until a new dealer is in place as the nearest is some 20 miles away. Might wait now until the 1st service at 12K, its done 5k now. John

Same thing for me. Dealer said it happens a lot. He just took the torch apart and adjusted contacts. No other work needed.

Dodge must have had a special bell housing etc made to interface between them. It must have been worth it financially. I wish they had put in the 2.0 common rail VW engine but this is so new that only the newer VW cars models have it never mind the 3rd party car manufacturers. The newer engine is much quieter and I need to sort that out next. But it will have to wait as I spent £1000 on ordering accessories for the Journey yesterday, some of which I have posted on here.

If its a 2.0 138HP its the same engine. I know this engine is not available in the Journey in US. How about Canada? There are memberson this forum with it from Europe and Australia. I think its also the vw/audi 6 speed auto box as well which would make lots of mechanical sense.

http://www.evolutionchips.co.uk/chipsearch.asp Look for Dodge Journey 2.0L TDI. It increases BHP by 30 Torque by 60NM Economy by 10-20% Now if this wre true I would have one. Rumour says I had this done yesterday at a cost of £295 fitted. Performance vastly increased. Driveability much better and stays in higher gear longer in the auto box. Economy up from 34MPG to 38 MPG. and finally its like pulling the 2.0 and putting in a 3.0 Early days yet re mpg. I am doing 700 mile next weekend so will update after that. Or so the romour says ............. I could not possibly comment. Can I ask if the Journey is calibrated in UK mpg or US mpg as there is a big difference?

Hi Guys, As a UK Journey owner, its not easy to find accessories and at sensible prices. After lots of searching for accessories, mainly on USA sites of which I have been burnt, I tracked these - http://www.autoxclusive.com/xclusiveshop/p...e7b4d6a0f973224 I emailed vmaxx in Germany re availability in UK but the very quick response (<20 mins) was that I need to order from the German web site. Having looked at this the site seems OK. UK based guys try - Brochure - http://www.vmaxx.de/brochures/DODGE_Journey.pdf prices - http://www.vmaxx.de/create_pdf.php?fz=65&a...e=DODGE_Journey I for one will be making a purchase. ie - Bumper cover http://www.vmaxx.de/en/public/?fz=65&c...p;count_index=0 and Door sill panel http://www.vmaxx.de/en/public/?fz=65&c...p;count_index=0 They also seem cheaper than USA sites. John Update - Having just registered on the vmaxx site it does say delivery to EU countries only. So if you are not in the EU sorry guys, but then we in the EU have had this on USA sites as well. John

Was the car new and if so you must have seen the mpg improve over the first 1500 miles?

Obove your head and also towards the back. 8 leds in 4 pairs, inc 1 cluster of 4 if you have them as not all Journeys have led lights for some unknown reason to me. The driver/front passenger led lights are with the glasses/rear morror location.

I tried that the other days and now the post I hit has left a yellow stain down my bumper. No its not my Journey but my old Laguna thank god. The mirrow trick really does work but only to open not close when you park like lots of other cars. Pitty. There really is no other hardware required just programming given the car knows your speed and the motor exists in the mirror. John

Don't tell me Ausie has not had any daylight yet. Even us pommies have had some of that.

For info this is makeitdodgeparts.com Ordered on the 13th and still no reply. Anyone dealt with them?

Hi, Has anyone had a towbar fitted. My dealer has quoted 280 pounds fitted, which may not be too bad. I have tried and failed to locate a mopar wiring kit in the UK to ensure sway control etc ok. Ordered one from an american site but so far I get the message when logged in 'awaiting processing' I have sent emails but no reply. What happened to American service? John