2012 Dodge Journey engine problems

103 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2012 Dodge Journey, which is 17% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 103 17% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 89,000 miles 67 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 1 and 8
Injuries and deaths: 3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Based on 67 complaints that include mileage. 27% 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	4
20k to 40k miles	5
40k to 60k miles	9
60k to 80k miles	4
80k to 100k miles	19
100k to 120k miles	11
120k to 140k miles	7
140k to 160k miles	6
160k to 180k miles	1
180k to 200k miles	0
200k+ miles	1

What the data shows

Of the 67 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 89,000 miles, and 27% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 8 fires, 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 cars 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, thats the biggest part of this, chernoby said.

January 2021 CrashInjury

Driving typically less than 25 MPH and car shuts down. Which makes me have to brake, place car in neutral and start again then switch to drive. I took car to dealership and because it didn't show on the electrical tester they said nothing was wrong. But the vehicle continues shutting off while I am driving with my children in the car.

Reported at 73,000 miles, April 2015

Engine problems in other years

Engine problems across all Dodge models