2018 Dodge Journey engine problems

34 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2018 Dodge Journey, which is 10% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

Complaints: 34 10% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 20,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 0 and 1
Injuries and deaths: 0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Based on 14 complaints that include mileage. 71% 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	6
20k to 40k miles	3
40k to 60k miles	1
60k to 80k miles	1
80k to 100k miles	1
100k to 120k miles	1
120k to 140k miles	1
140k to 160k miles	0
160k to 180k miles	0
180k to 200k miles	0
200k+ miles	0

What the data shows

Of the 14 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 20,000 miles, and 71% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 fire.

What owners wrote

Sitting at red light and with out warning car turns off I place it in park and try to start car again as soon as I push the ignition to crank the car a huge explosion from under the hood blew the hood backwards striking the a-piler to the driver's door trapping me inside the car as flames were observed coming through the dashboard had to forcefully kick driver side window out of frame to dive out of the car because the door being jammed shut

August 2026 Fire

On 6/4/2018 I picked up my vehicle from the service department at my local dealership after taking it in for the ABS and traction control lights being on and loss of power. The dealership advised they did an update on the power control model and fixed a wheel speed sensor. While on the freeway about 9 miles away from the dealership the lights (ABS and traction control) came back on and the rpms went up.

Reported at 646 miles, June 2018

Engine problems in other years

Engine problems across all Dodge models