NHTSA Complaint #10452974 — 2009 DODGE JOURNEY

PURCHASED DATE 7/3/2008- 4/3/2009- 3,424MI. WIPER BLADES HAD TO BE REPLACED. 4/8/2009- 3452MI.- REPLACED POWER INVERTER CONNECTORS BECAUSE OF RECALL. 6/22/2010-8,661MI.- HOOD ARM CAME OFF, HOOD LINER TORN. HAD TO BE REPLACED. 6/10/2011-13,082MI. REPLACED BOTH FRONT DOOR WIRING HARNESS BECAUSE OF RECALL. 5/18/2011-12,636MI.- SMALL OIL LEAK NOTICED BY TECH., WAS NOT OIL LEAK SO DID NOT PURSUE FURTHER. 12/30/2011-15,258MI.- WENT IN FOR OIL CHANGE AND TECH. NOTICED WATER LEAKAGE UNDER CAR, SAID I HAD LEFT ICE IN COOLER COMPARTMENT IN BACK OF DRIVERS SEAT AND IT HAD MELTED AND OVERFLOWED INTO CARPET. I DRIED IT UP AND ON 1/16/2012 -15,382MI.- AFTER ALOT OF RAIN RETURNED CAR TO DEALER , CARPET AND FOAM UNDER DRIVERS SEAT WAS WATER SOAKED AGAIN. FRONT AND REAR DOOR GASKETS ON DRIVERS SIDE WAS REPLACED. CARPET WAS NOT DRIED SO I HAD TO RETURN IT ON 1/24/12 TO BE DRIED. ON 2/10/2012-15, 532MI.- WATER LEAKING INSIDE AGAIN FROM RAIN. TECH FOUNDBODY SEAM IMCOMPLETE AND PINCH WELD DRAIN BLOCKED. REPAIRED AND WATER TESTED, SAID NO FURTHER LEAKS DETECTED. CARPET WAS NOT FULLY DRIED SO I AIR DRIED. ON 3/16/2011 -15,835MI.- RETURNED CAR AFTER RAINING . WATER IN CAR AGAIN. NOW IT IS 3/26/2012 AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE EXCEPT WATER TESTING. WORKING WITH DODGE CORP. AND DEALER HAS BEEN VERY FRUSTRATING. MEANWHILE I AM WITHOUT A VEHICLE AND STILL PAYIN FOR IT. IF THERE EVER WAS A CAR CALLED A LEMON DODGE JOURNEY 2009 IS KING OF THE LEMONS. *TR