jt325i Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 Just got our new 2010 Dodge Journey R/T about 4 days ago. Now at 146 km the check engine light has come on. I will post once I find out the cause. It was hesitating to shift into 3rd gear right before the light came on. The engine would rev up past 3000rpm before shifting. I suspect there might be a faulty sensor. Otherwise, really like the vehicle so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt325i Posted September 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 Took it back to the dealer today. Everything seems to be back to operating normally now. They reset the check engine light. The error code pointed to the overdrive on the transmission. We'll see if this issue comes back. Other than this issue, really love the Journey so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt325i Posted October 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Well the check engine light just came on again today. The transmission appears to be stuck in 1st gear now. Will be taking it in tomorrow. Probably going to need a loaner. Hopefully they will get to the bottom of what is going on and get this fixed. Vehicle has been fine otherwise. I will post back once I find out exactly what the cause turns out to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rozwell911 Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Well the check engine light just came on again today. The transmission appears to be stuck in 1st gear now. Will be taking it in tomorrow. Probably going to need a loaner. Hopefully they will get to the bottom of what is going on and get this fixed. Vehicle has been fine otherwise. I will post back once I find out exactly what the cause turns out to be. Honestly, it sounds like the PCM. A lot of people have had their PCM replaced to fix hard shifting from park to reverse, as well as duing normal driving..... For the 2009's there is a TSB out for the problem. This could possible be the same thing. they will try and reprogram, and if that fails, they will replace the pcm with the newest one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt325i Posted October 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 Journey got towed to the dealership today. Got a loaner vehicle. Will let you know tomorrow when I get in touch with them if they found the issue and what it turns out to be. The gas mileage has been worse than what others have posted here, probably due to this transmission shift issue. Been getting about 15mpg city, about 20 on the highway. Vehicle has about about 1100km, a bit over 600 miles on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rozwell911 Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 Journey got towed to the dealership today. Got a loaner vehicle. Will let you know tomorrow when I get in touch with them if they found the issue and what it turns out to be. The gas mileage has been worse than what others have posted here, probably due to this transmission shift issue. Been getting about 15mpg city, about 20 on the highway. Vehicle has about about 1100km, a bit over 600 miles on it. Thanks for the update....I am trying to keep a tally of problems with these cars and crate my own database with list of dealer "fixes" and what worked and what did not. The only problem with my data, is that it will not be representative of what % of owners have problems VS. those who dont't. SO any info i come up with will have to be taken with a grain of salt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt325i Posted October 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 Well, wife got a call today from the dealer. Seems they think it is a defective sensor of some sort. She didn't know what it was called, so i'll find out when we pick it up. Bad news is it'll be a week to get the part. Chrysler must not be keeping many spare parts on hand due to their financial shape. Sure hope this takes care of the issue. Really like the Journey but definitely not how I wanted to start out our ownership experience. Previously she had a 2005 Dodge Neon and it had it's fair share of problems. I want to believe this one will be better over the long term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt325i Posted November 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2009 Got the vehicle back Monday. I just haven't had time to post back. Anyways, the part replaced was the control valve body on the transmission. So far 2 days to work and back and all is well. Hopefully it'll stay that way. I'll post back if anything else comes up but for now it seems to be fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jt325i Posted September 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Well been quite awhile now. My wife has had the Journey for just over 3 years now. It has been trouble free but today the CEL came back on. It has 37,800 km now. Codes were P2017 and P1004. Will take it in tomorrow to the dealer. Fortunately it is under warranty till 5 years or 100k km. Will post when I know the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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