It handles smoothly, lots of storage (perfect for camping and long road trips); the 3rd row seating was great for my stepdaughter and her friends. The temperature controls for the back seats are awesome, the steering wheel controls are prefect for when you are in traffic you don’t have to worries about taking your eyes off the road. The only issue I have it the sunglass storage mechanism broke but a little magnetic ($5) fixed the problem

Before I purchased this TRUCK (please don’t call it a mini van or station wagon, it is far from either of those), I test drove many SUVs and cars, my opinion the Mitsubishi Endeavour is wayyyy over priced for nothing, I mean, the whole thing is cheap and made out of plastic starting at 26K (yeah right) that doesn’t include half the options that the Journey’s base model comes with, it didn’t handle bumps or turns a smoothly as the Journey and the whole base interior was black, another issues is it comes with a 4 speed automatic transmission that the bozo at the dealership didn’t mention it, and after the test drive didn’t even know how to work it. Sorry I might have purchase the Lancer (great car btw), I test drove but, I really don’t feel right buying a car off of someone who knows less about it then me.

The Ford Flex looks like crap, I would have test drove it but I just couldn’t see my self cruising down the road with a big chrome grill, lets save that for the drug dealers, gang members and the other people who really want a Cadillac or Lincoln but can’t afford it. To be honest, I really feel for the only things good coming out of that company is the Mustang and have you seen what they have done with the new 2010 (the point of it was to have the retro look, not they seem to be going back to the junk Mustangs of the early 2000s), and what about those other crappy looking crossovers/SUVs that other companies have Nissan Murano (what awful colours, horrible lines, doesn’t handle well at all), Hyundai Tuscan/Santa Fe (would have considered this almost comparable to the Journey but shame of them for getting rid of the 3rd row seating option in 2009 as well as offering less options for a high price), Honda Element (don’t even go there), Toyota Rav all overpriced SUV whose base models start at around 20k plus (if you want a simple options like another colour it cost you an extra $300, different interior to bad you have to have our ugly beige).

Besides all of this, I am a firm believer in supporting the North American car industry, with many people buying overpriced Japanese, Korean, Chinese vehicles (btw, I would be concerned that they too might be the victims of lead paint) this is why our car companies are having such difficulties.

The Journey is great for a Family, it has the convenience of a minivan all while looking and feeling like a TRUCK.

I happen to own the Journey and I stick by “MY” statement that it is a piece of shit!!! Now that being said, this thing is not an SUV, it’s a crossover. The gas mileage is average, it is not the greatest in the crossover class. It may or may not be in the suv class, I don’t know for sure because I have a crossover Journey. As for the handling in high wind again it is average, but try a fast start from a stand still and see what happens. I’ll tell you what happens, your front tires will slip before good traction happens, and this small problem could get you killed if your attempting to pull into traffic. Only that I don’t want to type forever my opinion stands, THIS CROSSOVER SUCKS!!!

Find my other posts and see what mine is doing and not doing.

YOU’LL SEE!!!!

I suggest the 3.5, not the smaller 2.4 due to its lack of power. R/T has a nice interior, it’s no Lexus, but it’s great for the price.

Weird location for the radio/navigation is a small concern.

Brake fluid does not need to “defrost”. What probably happend was a defect or damage to your car – a broken or cracked brake hose or line, or more likely (from your description) a failed or failing master cylinder.

I’d chalk that one up to “shit happens” more than to some design flaw.

I think the Obama Administration should consider your experience as a substitute for waterboarding.

Although this still would probably violate the “cruel and unusual punishment” clause of the Constition.

100,000 miles in Chrysler. My back hurts just thinking about it.

On Tuesday morning, it was about 5 degrees in Chicago, a very cold morning. I started the car and let it warm up for about five minutes. I placed my five-month old son safely in the back car seat to take him to our babysitter. As I reversed out of my driveway, I noticed that as I applied the brakes, the car would not stop as continued to move about another 10 feet. At first, I thought it was just the snow and ice causing this to happen. I as began to drive forward, I would apply the brakes, and again the Journey would not come to a complete stop unless I pumped the brakes violently. Long story short, I decided not to drive this car any further and had the car rental facility send me an import (Mazda) to replace the Journey.

Has anyone experienced this before? In retrospect, maybe I should have warmed up the car longer to allow for the brake fluid to defrost, but I travel for a living, and I drive a LOT of cars, and no matter how cold it is outside, I have NEVER experienced any car rental where the brakes DID NOT work because of the cold weather.

Be forewarned before purchasing this vehicle. I don’t mean to bash this car, but I really felt like I put my son and myself in danger by what I thought to be a safe and reliable car.

The long and short is I met a rep. from Chrysler on another forum who scheduled an engineer from Chrysler to meet me at my dealer to ride along. They also provided me with a loaner which how funny turned out to be an 09 Journey.

The car went in on 12/16/08 and was returned on 1/2/09. I got the generic “could not duplicate”, “it’s normal”, etc… The loaner did nothing that my car is doing, so the crap is just that CRAP!

The one thing I did figure out on mine was that the erratic shifting on the highway is not the trans. I believe what is happening is that while driving the car appears to have trouble accelerating smoothly so you have to push harder on the gas and that causes the car to appear to be shifting. Today is Monday so I will be calling that person from Chrysler to rectify this matter.

My suggestion is to continue to go to the dealer again, and again, and again until the hate you so much that they will do whatever it takes to get you out of their faces.

http://www.dodgejourneyforum.com/

Check out this forum.

As for the man looking to purchase this car, I would hold off for now or if you need a vehicle asap then look elsewhere.

Kmac171

We went to the grocery store, got groceries, and then came out to our car. We inserted the key into the ignition and it wouldn’t turn. We had it towed to the dealership and they said something with the ignition system wouldn’t work because of the cold.

Anyone else had this problem? We are currently in a rental because the part is on back order, so I can only assume other people are having this problem.