NHTSA Complaint #10519974 — 2009 DODGE JOURNEY

RECENTLY MY 2009 DODGE JOURNEY HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING STARTING PROBLEMS. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS THE BATTERY BECAUSE IT WOULD START BY JUMP STARTING IT. THEN IT BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE, AND I HAD THE BATTERY CHANGED. THAT WORKED FOR ABOUT A WEEK, THEN THE PROBLEM BEGAN GETTING WORSE. YOU WOULD DRIVE THE CAR FOR ABOUT 10 TO 15 MIN, TURN IT OFF AND WHEN YOU COME BACK IT WOULD NOT START. AFTER A FEW TRIES IT WOULD FINALLY START. WHEN IT DID HAPPEN IF YOU WAITED FOR 10 MIN OR SO IT WOULD START RIGHT UP. THEN ONE MORNING I DROVE 7 MILES AND HAD TO TURN THE CAR OFF, CAME BACK AND IT WOULD NOT START. TRIED FOR 10 TO 15 MIN AND EVEN TRIED TO JUMP START IT WITH NO LUCK. I PROCEEDED TO GET A RIDE TO WORK, THEN CAME BACK THAT NIGHT AND IT STARTED RIGHT UP. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK IT TO A PEP BOYS ( A NATIONAL CHAIN) (DEALERSHIP WAS CLOSED) AND LEFT IT THERE. THEY RAN ELECTRICAL, STARTER AND IGNITION TEST ON IT THE NEXT DAY AND FOUND NO PROBLEM. THEY STARTED OVER 40 TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY AND IT STARTED EVERY TIME. NOW IS WORKING, BUT FOR HOW LONG. I HAVE SEARCHED THIS ON THE INTERNET AND SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE DODGE JOURNEY. THERE IS NO REAL SOLUTION, JUST A BUNCH OF GUESS OF WHAT'S WRONG. DODGE NEEDS TO RECALL THIS VEHICLE. *TR