NHTSA Complaint #11329181 — 2017 DODGE JOURNEY

FOLLOW-UP TO #11289608 ON 12/17/2019; THE DEALER PERFORMED A SERVICE BULLETIN #18-078-17 & PCM UPDATE, #181906SZ AS RECOMMENDED BY STAR TECHNICIAN. STATES VEHICLE FUNCTIONING AS DESIGNED. TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DUPLICATE ISSUES. VEHICLE RAN GREAT 12/19 UNTIL MAY18, 2020. ON 2-HR TRIP, VEHICLE STALLED 4 TIMES-NO WARNING. IN DRIVE-THRU LINE WAITING, ENGINE CUT OFF - CAR WOULDN'T START. TOWED TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP, ROCKY TOP CDJR IN KODAK, TN - DIAGNOSTICS CODE PO171 FOR SENSOR - NOT COVERED, MY DIME FOR $273. DROVE HOME - NO ISSUES. ON 5/21/2020, CAR STARTED RIGHT UP AFTER FILLING UP, THEN DIED - NOT VACUUM ISSUE. TOW TRUCK DRIVER PUT CAR IN NEUTRAL MANUALLY TO TOW TO DEALERSHIP. SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD OF ISSUES. ON 5/25/2020, SERVICE ADVISOR CALLED-TECHNICIAN FOUND THE FUEL PUMP LOSING PRESSURE. FUEL PUMP MODULE AND FUEL PRESSURE MODULE REPLACED UNDER GOODWILL. RAN PERFECTLY, NO ISSUE. ON 6/11/2020, STARTED UP THEN DIED. TRANSMISSION TEMPERATURE GAUGE HOT, BUT NO ACTUAL TEMPERATURE SHOWN. A REMINDER THAT PLAGUED INTERMITTENTLY IN 2019 AND POSTED IN FIRST COMPLAINT TO NHTSB AND FCA. CAR TOWED ONCE AGAIN TO ROCKY TOP CDJR IN KODAK, TN - TECHNICIAN SAYS FUEL PUMP NO LONGER WORKING. TWO WEEKS OLD AND NOW NOT WORKING. PART IS BACK ORDERED TILL END OF MONTH?! NOW, HAVE RENTAL ON MY DIME. TODAY, 6/16/2020, SPOKE TO FIFTH (5TH) REPORTED FCA CASE MANAGER ON CONTINUING PROBLEMS. NO LONGER TRUST VEHICLE AND DEEPLY CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY BECAUSE VEHICLE HAS YET TO BE FIXED. HAVE FOUND OTHER NHTSA COMPLAINTS DISTURBINGLY SIMILAR FROM 2018, 2019 AND 2020: #11113660 (CA), NEXT 3 ARE GA, SAME CAR #11243797, #11244334, #11245530 AND #11317210 (FL). ALWAYS ASKED IF THE VEHICLE IS FIXED...I DO NOT KNOW UNTIL IT'S NO LONGER GIVING ME PROBLEMS. MY VEHICLE IS STILL NOT FIXED...THERE IS SOMETHING INTERNALLY WRONG WITH THIS MODEL!!! *TR