mydodgejourney Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Hello all well, I haven't been back here in a while, I was checking some of my old posts it seems 2012 or so was the last time I posted. we've had our diesel powered CRD/RT Journey since buying new in 2010, I've racked up 53000 miles in the old girl and apart from servicing etc the only major issue was the failure of the drivers door central looking unit which was a £400 repair a couple of years ago. But things have changed now, for anyone who's had similar problems maybe this is of interest to you, maybe it isn't. Recently the auto box started 'slipping' and after a few visits to a number of transmission specialists here in London a new clutch assembly was diagnosed by all of the Garages I took the car to. I decided to take it to Automatic Man in Acton West London (for those of you who are interested) with a quoted price of £2000 for the fix, a small garage with only three employees, and a two week notice needed to book a car in told me it was a busy trustworthy place turning over a lot of business. the owner explained to me that the gearbox in my dodge was the same model in certain european volvo's and Ford's, specifically the Ford Galaxy people carrier and clutch failure at low mileage is extremely common due to a 'design flaw' in the clutch assembly something which is remedied in the replacement parts. Again, maybe thats true or not, I don't know, this is just how it was explained to me. Apart from the slipping issue which only happens when you accelerate hard the car drives and shifts fine, using the kick down is a no no as the gearbox goes crazy running up and down the gears like a maniac but if you back off the throttle it settles into the correct gear and drives fine. Its very frustrating for this to happen, we are about to go on our yearly drive across Europe to the Black Sea and the expense has a come at a bad time (when does it ever) but I love the car due to its size and its ability to go from hauling all my work equipment to being a family car from weekday to weekend so we've decided to swallow the cost and get on with it, for those of you interested I'll post a follow up after the work has been done. happy holidays to all of you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2late4u Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 (edited) sorry to hear but it happens, havent had any transmission problems with either of mine (knocking on wood) hope everything goes well. keep us informed......your pic reminded me when i used to live in michigan now i live in alabama dont see much of that here maybe for a few days then it melts real fast.... Edited July 10, 2016 by 2late4u dhh3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhh3 Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Nice color! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mydodgejourney Posted July 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 Hi there, well, I just picked her up from the garage, she cost me £3000 in total for rebuilt trans, the clutch assembly was replaced as well as the Dual Mass. I have to say she drives like a completely different car, I can't quite believe the difference. There was this weird thing it used to do in slow moving traffic, if you were not moving fast enough for the trans to shift into 2nd gear but you rode the throttle at about 2 or 3 mph then took your foot of the pedal the transmission would snatch the car jerking you forward in your seat for a moment but now it drives so smoothly with no snatching or dragging and the downshifts from motorway speed to a Stop are now imperceptible I have fallen in love with it all over again. I was planning on selling it next year but Im going to keep it now and treat myself to a Ram SRT10 Quad cab for fooling around in before gasoline engines are outlawed in the next decade! enjoy the summer wherever you are :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt_95 Posted September 18, 2016 Report Share Posted September 18, 2016 Hi buddy, im having similar issue's, my journey shunts the engine when i change from P to R to D, did the replacement get this issue sorted? im dying to find out as i've been having juddering issue's to since the day we got the car, it only happens in 1st though, as soon as it gets into second it's fine apart from the horrible loss of power Michael Debnath 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Debnath Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 Does it really bang out of 1st ? As though a mount as gone ? Mines doing that and I cannot get to the bottom of it ! Changed all the transmission mounts etc so frustrating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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