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2012 Dodge Journey drivetrain & axles problems

35 complaints about drivetrain & axles have been filed for the 2012 Dodge Journey, which is 6% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
35 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
63,000 miles 26 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
3 and 0
Injuries and deaths
3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When drivetrain & axles problems show up

Drivetrain & axles complaints by mileage, 2012 Dodge Journey Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 63,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 8 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 5 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 4 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 63,000 miles
Based on 26 complaints that include mileage. 46% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles8
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles5
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles4
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 26 drivetrain & axles complaints that report mileage, the median is about 62,000 miles, and 46% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 3 crashes, 3 injuries.

What owners wrote

Engine light multiple times- emissions control - found online but did not receive a recall: in affected cars, fca will replace the catalytic converter and update software for the powertrain control module — that is, your car’s primary drivetrain computer. Fca will recycle the old catalytic converter to remove the precious metals common in such devices, a usual practice. “obviously the catalytic converter, that’s the biggest part of this,” chernoby said.

January 2021 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 dodge journey. While driving 50 MPH, the vehicle stalled and shut off without warning. The vehicle would not restart and was towed to an independent mechanic. The dealer stated that there was an unknown recall regarding the driver's side cylinder head. The recall repair was performed on the driver's side cylinder head; however, the mechanic stated that there was a wire shortage from the PCM to the map sensor. The contact was given a cost estimate to repair the vehicle.

Reported at 139,000 miles, September 2019

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