NHTSA Complaint #10904546 — 2012 DODGE JOURNEY

ENGINE issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number	10904546
Vehicle	2012 DODGE JOURNEY
Component	ENGINE
Date of Incident	July 12, 2013
Date Filed	September 7, 2016
Mileage	65,000 miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	TX

Consumer Description

MY VEHICLE STARTED KNOCKING AFTER MY SECOND OIL CHANGE. I ASKED THE DEALERSHIP TO LOOK AT IT AND THEY TOLD ME EVERYTHING WAS FINE. I ASKED THEM MORE THAN ONCE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS WHEN I GOT REGULAR OIL CHANGES. THEY SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE. THEN IN 2016 MY VEHICLE STARTED WITH A KNOCKING AND RANDOM MISFIRES. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT MY CAMS WERE BLOWN, MY PISTONS WERE NOT WORKING AND MY LIFTERS WERE BAD. MY CAR IS FOUR YEARS OLD. ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS CULMINATE IN NO POWER TO MY ENGINE AND A POSSIBLE SEIZURE OF MY ENGINE. I AM REQUESTING THIS BE LOOKED INTO.

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