JRaatz Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 Hi- So I have a 2012 dodge journey and my climate control will just turn on by itself as I am driving down the road. It will be off when i start the car and the once i start driving it is like an on/off war with the vehicle. I have all the back controls to the off position. Any suggestions on what to do. Was thinking something must be loose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
km-04 Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 Had the same thing happen today. The rear controls just kept turning on. Every time I turned them off on the touch screen they would come back on. Finally reached back and turned the knob to the off position. Hopefully that is all for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhareFred Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 Well, not sure what could be causing this but try disconnecting the battery for 20mins or so. This seems to fix electrial gremlins in the DJ....... jkeaton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armando G Posted September 2, 2017 Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 Strange that this came up. I just got my steering column recall done and the next day my climate control started acting up. I always have it set to sync and for some reason I started her up and it wasn't on sync. Then as I was driving along, I realized my AC was on. I didn't remember turning it on. Finally, when I got in one time, the back fan was blowing on high. Yelled at the kids to turn it down, but they showed me out was on the lowest seeing. I thought it was me, since I was having a crazy week, but now I'm wondering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
km-04 Posted September 6, 2017 Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 On 9/2/2017 at 9:50 AM, OhareFred said: Well, not sure what could be causing this but try disconnecting the battery for 20mins or so. This seems to fix electrial gremlins in the DJ....... Sorry Fred, just seeing this. I'll try this and let you all know how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
km-04 Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 So I wanted to wait until this happened again before doing the battery move. Luckily it has not happened again, I remembered where the battery is and what a pain in the butt it would be trying to get to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRaatz Posted September 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 I may have figures it out. Was messing around with the back controls and have found out that one of the knobs is loose. Can just touch it and it turns system on. Will have to see if that knob is replaceable. it is the temperature knob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
km-04 Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 I will have to check mine to make sure this isn't the culprit. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omgyeti Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 This is recently occurring on my 2012 SXT. When it first started I would just lock the rear controls out so that it would stop breaking sync. I took it on a road trip this weekend and the rear passengers wanted to use it though. A few days into the trip and suddenly it's blowing hot air in the back. I decided to lock the rear controls out again, but when I went to the screen to do it the temp slider was flying up and down like crazy without anyone touching the knobs. I wound up waiting for it to slide down to cold and pressing lock just as it hit the bottom. It's been left alone since. I'm curious if it's a problem with that control panel, or the HVAC system itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tper1 Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 On 9/1/2017 at 11:11 PM, km-04 said: Had the same thing happen today. The rear controls just kept turning on. Every time I turned them off on the touch screen they would come back on. Finally reached back and turned the knob to the off position. Hopefully that is all for that. All my controls are off & still comes on by itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tper1 Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 On 9/2/2017 at 11:09 AM, Armando G said: Strange that this came up. I just got my steering column recall done and the next day my climate control started acting up. I always have it set to sync and for some reason I started her up and it wasn't on sync. Then as I was driving along, I realized my AC was on. I didn't remember turning it on. Finally, when I got in one time, the back fan was blowing on high. Yelled at the kids to turn it down, but they showed me out was on the lowest seeing. I thought it was me, since I was having a crazy week, but now I'm wondering. Did you ever get this fixed? If so, how? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhareFred Posted May 25, 2018 Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 Jeez, give them a chance to answer! No need to keep posting the same question. did you check your rear control knobs? Is it part of the recall? jkeaton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armando G Posted May 26, 2018 Report Share Posted May 26, 2018 22 hours ago, Tper1 said: Did you ever get this fixed? If so, how? Well, I took it back to the dealer that did the recall while the fan was blowing on high and the setting was on low and they told me something probably went wrong when they reflashed the car with the recall. They took it in for about 30 minutes (because I told them I wasn't leaving it again) and it never happened again. Not really a fix. jkeaton and 2late4u 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 Having all the same issues. Had a vehicle into dealership twice and they cannot figure out the problem. They cannot get it to duplicate so therefore they don’t know what to fix. Very frustrated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Official Dodge Support DodgeCares Posted January 2, 2020 Official Dodge Support Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Angela said: Having all the same issues. Had a vehicle into dealership twice and they cannot figure out the problem. They cannot get it to duplicate so therefore they don’t know what to fix. Very frustrated! Hi Angela, We sincerely regret to hear of all the trouble that has been associated with your climate control. Please know that our team would be more than happy to provide an additional layer of assistance if you do end up connecting with your dealer again. What we can do is escalate a case on your behalf so that one of our Case Specialists could work alongside your dealer to find a potential solution to the concerns you’re currently experiencing. Feel free to follow up with us via private message if this would be of interest. Rob DodgeCares Angela 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryl Posted January 2, 2020 Report Share Posted January 2, 2020 Do you have a cell phone? next time it does record it....then show them what is happening it helps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay37 Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 Here is a video of mine. The system turn on by itself. I'm at the Dealership now and showed them the video. I'll let you know what happens. 20200419_183911_001.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2late4u Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 well at least they cant say they didnt see it happen,,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John/Horace Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 BCM body ground control module if it’s bad can create a lot of weird difficult to diagnose problems on a vehicle. Not sure if it’s tied into climate control on a journey. The module has to match exactly the options on a car for it to be effective, so recycled parts from a wrecker not a good option with this type of electronic part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twaller Posted July 31, 2020 Report Share Posted July 31, 2020 Same thing happening on my 2015.. but its front and back blowers.. back is all off from the back controls.. very annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn855 Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Same thing happening to my journey as well. Started this summer. Made sure rear climate is off. When it kicks back on by itself, it's only the front climate. I'll sit there and turn it off and watch the screen and it will turn back on sometimes within seconds. Angela 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechaniconthego Posted April 1, 2021 Report Share Posted April 1, 2021 Here is a temporary fix, if the rear manual climate control is the issue. Go to the climate control on the touch screen. Click the rear climate button. Then click the lock button. Hope this helps for a temporary fix, but it seems the rear manual controls has an electrical issue and needs replacing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nord-Stream Posted May 20, 2021 Report Share Posted May 20, 2021 I am having the exact same issue on my 2011 Journey R/T (3.6L - 203K). The sync will not stay on and the front blower will randomly start up. I turn it off and seconds later it starts back up, this can happen 4 or 5 times in a minute, I give up and turn the fan down to low. Something else I've seen....the temp display on the screen will flash randomly for the driver and passenger. The flashing continues until I shut the vehicle off. If I start it back up 5 min later it no longer flashes....has anyone seen this before? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lz2007 Posted May 30, 2021 Report Share Posted May 30, 2021 My ac turns on as well also my radio station randomly changes on it own since I got my vehicle, 2017 dodge journey sxt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn855 Posted May 30, 2021 Report Share Posted May 30, 2021 So I was having this issue last summer. And I ended up having unrelated battery parasitic draw issues this past winter which required me to pull some fuses until I figured out the issue. Regardless, one of the fuses I ended up pulling was for the HVAC. Front and rear. This wasn't the issue, however I noticed since pulling and reseating those fuses, my climate stopped randomly turning on. Could be a coincidence but just posting it here in case it helps. OhareFred and NavalLacrosse 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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