StevenG_2009SXT Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 We bought a used 2009 Journey SXT with about 90k miles a few months ago. We've had to repair the A/C (needed more than just the stated re-charge), the emissions system test pump (threw the error code about a week after we bought it), four tires + TPMs (there wasn't just one bad one -- there were 3 bad ones and one just completely left the tire). So like I said, off to a rough start. Next problem was the passenger side back door won't lock either manually or electrically and our local shop doesn't even want to try to deal with it. Need to find out the part number of the mechanism and replace it. The biggest issue now is the alarm. It keeps sounding an alarm at night. I can't find a way to keep the alarm from arming. I have tried locking the doors with the remote while the driver door is open, then manually unlocking the driver door, then manually locking the driver door and then closing it. That should have kept the alarm from arming but I found out at 3:00 am that it didn't. Now I'm dealing with the battery being discharged and of course, that awful decision to hide the battery behind the front driver-side tire. As much fun as the Journey is to drive and how nice it is to have room for two parents and four children, the maintenance is just so high on this car. Sorry for the rant, just had to vent a little. /rant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkeaton Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 Lots of vehicles have remote batteries. It's not that difficult to access, turn the wheel to the right and remove the access cover. Clock spring has been identified as a possible culprit for the alarm issue. It's 15-year-old vehicle. There's going to be some maintenance costs associated with a vehicle of that age. Welcome to the forum. larryl and John/Horace 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryl Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 You could also have broken wires in the harnesses into the doors as it's old and the wires are crap to begin with... jkeaton and John/Horace 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John/Horace Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 Unhooking horn wires takes about 5 mins. 2late4u 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenG_2009SXT Posted October 4 Author Report Share Posted October 4 The door lock doesn't work manually -- not sure how broken wires could cause that. I'm considering adding a relay to the horn wire. Normally open but closed when the car is on. Bonus points if I can also connect the steering wheel horn button into energizing the relay. jkeaton "Clock spring has been identified as a possible culprit for the alarm issue" What is a "Clock spring" in the Journey? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2late4u Posted October 4 Report Share Posted October 4 5 hours ago, StevenG_2009SXT said: The door lock doesn't work manually -- not sure how broken wires could cause that. I'm considering adding a relay to the horn wire. Normally open but closed when the car is on. Bonus points if I can also connect the steering wheel horn button into energizing the relay. jkeaton "Clock spring has been identified as a possible culprit for the alarm issue" What is a "Clock spring" in the Journey? do as said above disconnect your horn and or run an extra wire to a button inside your journey so you can still honk it if you want to,on the doors not locking manually sounds like you need to remove the door panel,,,BUT be very careful or have a qualified mechanics to check that out and find out what the problem is latch has probably come off the key mechanism and the clock spring is under the air bad slash steering wheel column Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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