Lin-Ken Taing-Lealao Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 So just today, as we were pulling out from the store, our Dodge Journey began to go haywire! The dashboard lights and indicators started flashing and beeping, my signal indicators wouldn't work but still signaled, the windshield wipers turned on without me turning it on, my gages would be normal then fall back as if it didn't work, then be normal, and fall back down, and then, my gas tank meter would all of a sudden fall to empty when my gas was originally half full. Another thing is that my front windows would not roll back up but the back windows worked just fine. I can't lock or unlock my car from the inside so I can only use my key. Can someone give me an idea of what is going on? I was able to drive with all this going on, but I was so afraid that thecar would shut off on me with my kids in it. Please help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2late4u Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 we had a minn-van all the gages started going crazy and the next day the van wouldnt start it was the battery going bad,replaced it and no more problems. hope that is all it is with your journey ,mopar batteries only last 2 or 3 yrs. max with all my cars. have the shop check your charging system also to make sure it is produceing enough current to charge the battery. good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtsr Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Yes I would also suggest the battery is a likely culprit as I had the exact same symptoms on my previous Dodge. With all the computers in these vehicles anymore one missed parameter on the CanBus circutry sets the TIPM off into crazy mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lin-Ken Taing-Lealao Posted February 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Thanks for the input! We tried starting the car and it went dead. Bought new battery in hopes everything would be fine. Put new battery in, car started fine but then... all the same things started occurring. What else can it be??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Posted February 7, 2012 Report Share Posted February 7, 2012 Have you had the wiring harness that needed to be replaced due to a factory recall notice? Maybe that has something to do with the problems that you are experiencing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug D Posted March 1, 2012 Report Share Posted March 1, 2012 Thanks for the input! We tried starting the car and it went dead. Bought new battery in hopes everything would be fine. Put new battery in, car started fine but then... all the same things started occurring. What else can it be??? Had the exact same thing occur in our previous Journey (2009 SXT). The CAN C bus (Cabin Area Network module) has failed and is in default mode. Ours had 47K on it when this happened so we were out of warranty. Ended up trading it in for a 2010 SXT. Unless you're under warranty I'm not sure on the cost to fix as we ended up trading it. I think the service writer estimated $800-$1000, but I never really followed up on it. My wife swore "Christine" invaded it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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