NHTSA Complaint #10616156 — 2012 DODGE JOURNEY

I LEFT DALLAS,TEX. SUNDAY,JULY,20TH.HEADED TO LONG BEACH,CA. MY SUV STOPPED APPROX. 4 TIMES.THERE WAS LIKE A KNOCKING SOUND OR A JOLT BEFORE EACH STOP. THERE WERE NO WARNINGS ON THE DASHBOARD, NO STEAM FROM UNDER THE HOOD EITHER, BUT I NOTICED WHEN I ALLOWED IT TO SET IDLE FOR APPROX. 5MINS. I LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD,NOTHING APPEARED TO BE WRONG.THE SUV RESTARTED.THIS WAS REPEATED 3 MORE TIMES.I ARRIVED IN LONG BEACH,CA. AT APPROX.11:30A.M. WEDNESDAY,I DROVE TO LAS VEGAS, NO PROBLEMS! RETURNING FROM THERE TO CA., IT STOPPED AGAIN IN BAKER,CA. IT WAS TOWED TO BARSTOW,CA. THE TOWER AND THE MECHANICS AT THE 76 GAS STATION COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM, BECAUSE NO LIGHTS APPEARED IN THE DASHBOARD. I HAD TO SLEEP AT THE STATION OVERNIGHT IN MY VEHICLE. I POURED GAS TREATMENT FLUID IN TANK. IT SEEMED TO HELP. THE NEXT MORNING I RETURNED TO LONG BEACH WITH NO PROBLEMS. I HAVE NOT ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE IT YET. WILL BE LEAVING HERE TO RETURN TO TEXAS ON SUNDAY. WILL TAKE SUV TO DODGE DEALER. YOU MAY E-MAIL ME AT [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR