NHTSA Complaint #10690656 — 2010 DODGE JOURNEY

PURCHASED VEHICLE DEC 2012, MAY 2013 HORN ON VEHICLE GOES OFF IN MIDDLE OF NIGHT, TURN CAR ON AND THEN OFF AND HORN STOPS. MAY 2013 DRIVING DOWN ROAD AND HORN STARTS GOING OFF. TAKE CAR TO STANELY DEALERSHIP MAY 29 2014 AND THEY CAN NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH HORN. HORN CONTINUES TO GO OFF, TAKE FUSE OUT OF FUSE BOX. JULY 2014 BATTERY WAS DEAD, REPLACED BATTERY JULY 2014. 2-3 WKS LATER BATTERY WAS DEAD AGAIN. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP IN GATESVILLE TX AND THEY STATED THE COULD NOT FIND WHY BATTERY WAS DRAINED. TOOK BATTERY BACK TO VENDOR AND WAS REPLACED. 2 MONTHS LATER BATTERY DEAD AGAIN, TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY RECHARGED BATTERY FREE OF CHARGE. DEC 12 2014 DRIVING CAR AT 6:20 AM 1 BLOCK FROM HOUSE CAR TURNS OFF GOING 30 MILES PER HOUR. HAD TO COME TO COMPLETE STOP PUT IN PARK AND CAR RESTARTED. DEC 16 2014 BATTERY IS DEAD, GO AND BUY NEW BATTERY AT WALMART. DEC 20 2014 DAUGHTER BORROWS CAR AND CLAIMS THE CAR SHUT OFF ON HER ON THE HWY IN TOWN GOING 40 MILES PER HOUR. JAN 20 2014 AFTERNOON AFTER PICK UP SON FROM SCHOOL, DRIVING 30 MILES PER HOUR AND CAR SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. TAKE CAR INTO DEALERSHIP JAN 24 2014, MECHANIC CLAIMS MONDAY MORNING CAR BATTERY IS DEAD. TOLD MECHANIC EVERYTHING GOING WRONG WITH VEHICLE, THEY CAN NOT FIND WHY THE BATTERY IS DRAINING ALSO STATED THE HORN SWITCH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THEY REBOOT TIPM AND THE WCM. PICK UP CAR 1/27/2015 TAKE BATTERY BACK TO WAL-MART 1/28/2015 AND REPLACE AND INSTALL. FEB 9 2015 PULL OUT OF DRIVE WAY AND GET ABOUT 100 FEET AND CAR SHUTS OFF, RESTART AND PROCEED. THAT AFTERNOON CAR SHUTS OFF ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK WHILE DRIVING 15-20 MILES PER HOUR ON STREET. RETURN CAR TO DEALERSHIP THEY STILL CAN'T FIND WHAT IS WRONG WITH VEHICLE BATTERY DEAD, THEY RECHARGE BATTERY. FEB 23 2015 BATTERY DEAD. TAKING TO A DIFFERENT MECHANIC FEB 28TH. *JS