2010 Dodge Journey brakes problems

Owners reported brakes problems in 141 complaints for the 2010 Dodge Journey, 10% of the complaints on file. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 141 10% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 31,000 miles 118 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 2 and 1
Injuries and deaths: 1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Based on 118 complaints that include mileage. 79% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	38
20k to 40k miles	39
40k to 60k miles	16
60k to 80k miles	11
80k to 100k miles	8
100k to 120k miles	1
120k to 140k miles	2
140k to 160k miles	2
160k to 180k miles	1
180k to 200k miles	0
200k+ miles	0

What the data shows

Of the 118 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 31,000 miles, and 79% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 1 fire, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

I was driving at the speed limit on interstate 5, (california) when a vehicle in front of me swerved partially into my lane. In order to avoid hitting said vehicle, I swerved to the right slightly, at that time I believe engine died, as I had no control over said vehicle I could not steer or maneuver my vehicle at all. Thus it was continuing on the path of the swerve and hit the wall on the passenger side of the highway.

Reported at 80,362 miles, January 2015 CrashInjury

I have a 10 dodge journey AWD r/t , I am also a ase certified mechanic. My wife drives this thing easy.. No matter what brand of rotors or pads I use the problem comes back.. The problem I see is, the brakes are not up to par, basically to small for this vehicle.. The rotors should have been at least 1 to 1.5 inches larger in dia.

Reported at 51,000 miles, June 2015

Brakes problems in other years

Brakes problems across all Dodge models