NHTSA Complaint #10458498 — 2012 DODGE JOURNEY

I WAS DRIVING AT 830PM AND HAD AT LEAST 120 MILES ON THE SAME ROAD AND SET THE CRUISE CONTROL TO 68MPH, THE LEGAL SPEED WAS 65MPH AND THERE WAS LIGHT TRAFFIC. AS MY CAR APPROACHED A SMALL HILLY INCLINE, IT FAILED TO MAINTAIN THE 68MPH, DROPPING TO 60MPH, AND THEN UPON REACHING "THE TOP" IT ACCELERATED RAPIDLY REACHING HIGH RPMS ROUGHLY 5500 6000 AND OVER COMPENSATING TO AS MUCH AS 77 BEFORE SLOWING DOWN TO THE PRESET SPEED. AFTER DOING THIS 3 MORE TIMES, I PULLED OVER TURNED OFF THE CAR AND STARTED IT UP, HOPING IT MAY JUST BE A QUICK FIX. IT ONCE AGAIN DID IT AND I REFRAINED FROM USING THE CRUISE CONTROL FOR THE REMAINDER OF MY TRIP. ON MY WAY BACK, I ONCE AGAIN TRIED THE CRUISE CONTROL AGAIN AND SAW THE SAME RESULTS. UPON RETURNING HOME I CALLED MY DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT AT MY NEXT APPOINTMENT WHICH WAS 10 DAYS LATER. 2 DAYS PRIOR TO ME BRINGING IN THE CAR, I TRIED IT FOR A THIRD TIME, THIS TIME SET AT 45MPH, SAME AS LEGAL SPEED LIMIT, WHILE CONTINUING UP FROM A PARKWAY ONTO A BRIDGE ENTRANCE, THE CAR DID IT AGAIN AND NEARLY SENT ME FLYING INTO THE BACK OF A TRUCK BUT I WAS ABLE TO BREAK FAST ENOUGH TO SLOW DOWN AND DO A MINOR SWERVE WITHIN MY LANE TO AVOID IT. THIS WAS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY A LOW ENGINE COOLANT WARNING AND I PULLED OVER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE COOLANT RESERVOIR WAS WELL ABOVE THE MINIMUM LEVEL, HOWEVER HAD ORANGE COOLANT ON TOP OF IT. I CLEANED UP WHAT I COULD AND DID BELOW SPEED LIMIT HOME. THIS WAS MY SECOND ISSUE WITH THE COOLANT WARNING, AT 1150 MILES I BROUGHT IT IN AND THE DEALER FOUND NO CODES THAT IT EVEN OCCURRED AND THEREFORE DID NOT FIX A THING. UPON DROPPING OFF MY VEHICLE, THEY DID NOT SEEM AT ALL CONCERNED AND THOUGHT I WAS MAKING IT UP. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN MY OWN CAR. *JS