NHTSA Complaint #11287656 — 2014 DODGE JOURNEY

MY 2014 DODGE JOURNEY WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVE WAY, I TRIED TO START UP THE CAR AND IT DID NOT WANT TO TURN ON. ON THE DASH THE FOLLOWING APPEARED AND FLASHED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE TURNING OFF: A RED LIGHTNING BOLT AND AIRBAG. THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT ALSO FLASHED IN YELLOW HOWEVER IT DID STAY ON. I ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT NEEDED A BATTERY REPLACEMENT SO WITH BATTERY JUMPER CABLES WE ATTEMPTED TO GET THE JOURNEY TO START AND IT REFUSED TO START EVEN AFTER LEAVING THE CARS CONNECTED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. I READ SOME FORUMS ONLINE AS MORE PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE WITH THEIR DODGE JOURNEY'S (RANGING FROM 2009-2016 MODELS) TWO GENTLEMEN STATED IF YOU PLACE THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND THEN START THE VEHICLE IT WOULD CRANK UP HOWEVER MY CAR DID NOT. THE BRAKE PEDAL SEEMS STUCK AND EXTREMELY HARD TO PRESS DOWN AS WELL BUT THAT'S USUALLY LIKE THAT FOR ME ON ANY GIVEN DAY TO START MY CAR. I ATTEMPTED TO START UP THE VEHICLE AGAIN WITHOUT USING JUMPER CABLES AND THE DASH THEN STATED IT DID NOT DETECT THE KEY BUT THE KEY WAS INSIDE THE CAR WITH ME, AGAIN ALL LIGHTS TURNING ON, FLASHING AND THEN TURNING OFF ONLY FOR TRANSMISSION LIGHT TO STAY ON. I AM AWARE THERE ARE SOME PREVIOUS AND MORE RECENT RECALLS WITH THIS VEHICLE AND I'VE HAD TWO REPAIRED HOWEVER THE DEALER DOES NOT MAKE IT EASY FOR THE JOB TO BE DONE, EITHER PARTS NEED TO BE ORDERED AND ARE NOT IN TO SOMEONE NOT REACHING OUT WHEN THEY'RE READY AS WELL AS BEING TOLD MY CAR WOULD NEED TO STAY THERE OVERNIGHT TO SEVERAL DAYS AS THEY WERE EXTREMELY BUSY WHICH DOES NOT WORK FOR ME. I AM NOT SURE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS BUT IT SEEMS TO BE ELECTRICAL (UNKNOWN). 12/07/2019 I TRIED TO START UP THE VEHICLE ONCE AGAIN AND STILL DOES NOT TURN ON, TRANSMISSION LIGHT AND AIRBAG LIGHT BOTH STAY ON.