NHTSA Complaint #11243490 — 2015 DODGE JOURNEY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 DODGE JOURNEY. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH ON WET PAVEMENT, ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL ILLUMINATED AND THE BRAKES LOCKED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DETERMINED THAT THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM MODULE AND HYDRAULIC CONTROL ASSEMBLY WERE DAMAGED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DAVE DENNIS CHRYSLER/DODGE/JEEP (4232 COLONEL GLENN HWY, DAYTON, OH 45431) WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT WATER ENTERED THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM AND SHORTED THE ABS MODULE AND HYDRAULIC CONTROL ASSEMBLY, WHICH NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE CONTACT ALSO RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V675000 (ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.