Faults:

2 major problems. The rocker arms basically fall apart every 50,000 K. They don't wear, they literally break, so obviously a faulty design. The first time it happened, I had everything replaced and upgraded and it cost a few grand. It has just happened again. I will have only what is absolutely necessary replaced and then I'm getting rid of this lemon.

The second problem was a doozy and happened as I was on a road trip. After a few thousand km, I noticed a gas leak (!) after leaving a gas station. I was in the middle of the mountains, the next closest garage was another 100 km. I brought it straight there. They weren't able to look at it for another 1.5 hours so I parked it in the lot. During that time, as I had walked away from the vehicle, it really started to spill and the fire dept was called. When the mechanic called me, he told me that the wrong exhaust had been put on the car and it had slowly been melting the gas tank. I felt lucky to be alive. I have not had any exhaust work done so this was done before I bought the car. I'm amazed (naive?) that the Dodge dealership didn't catch this. The mechanic had called Dodge and they said they had never heard of this happening. And the brakes do need to be done way too often.

Faults:

The engine in this crossover is small and under powered, but it works OK.

The major issues:

Brakes, brakes, brakes, and just to top it off, BRAKES!

Rear rotor drag happening. Afraid the back tires will burst into flames.

Tires are horrible. Worn out already at 30000 Miles.

General Comments:

This is last, final Dodge I'm ever going to own.

I had a Dodge Caravan at one time; that was a lemon, and I vowed then not to buy Dodge. But with a brain fart and an attitude that Dodge may have gotten better, I bought from them again.

Stupid mistake, this Journey eats up brakes and rotors every 10000 miles it seems. I bought it with 29000 miles on it, and it needed all new brakes, and now at 39000 miles it needs brakes again! And that includes the rear brakes.

Along with that, my REAR tires are shot. On a front wheel drive car. The only reason the front are not bad, is because the tires were changed before I purchased it.

How come American car makers can't get it right?

Faults:

The catalytic converter is already going out on it.

General Comments:

I love this car, however Dodge really messed up with the tires. Who's bright idea was it to have Kuhmo make a tire that was a special size that no other vehicle uses, and to only have Kuhmo make this tire. It is almost impossible to find this tire, and every time I need to get new tires, I have to pay extra in freight because it it is not a tire that vendors have on hand. :( So my 250.00 tire now becomes a 270.00 tire after freight costs.

Faults:

Nothing has gone wrong.

General Comments:

The Dodge Journey is a nice car. Bought it when the economy was terrible and saved a fortune. Got the 7 passenger model. Really smooth ride. Nice room with 5 but a little tight with 7. It is more of a 5 passenger with two pop up seats.

The best feature of this car is the seven passenger and it not being a van. The engine is very powerful and it has a nice 6-speed auto transmission. We bought it with Chrysler's lifetime warranty, which is really nice.

The gas mileage is mid 20's on the highway. Low 20's in town. The gas tank is a little small, so you have to refill more often.