2009 DODGE JOURNEY AWD Steering Problems

THE POWER STEERING RETURN HOSE AT THE RACK POSITION BROKE IN BELOW FREEZING CONDITIONS WHEN I FIRST STARTED IT A FEW WEEKS AGO. THE HOSE IS BROKE AND IT'S LEAKING POWER STEERING FLUID AND IT'S HARD TIME STEER THE VEHICLE AT TIMES. OTHER 09 DODHE JOURNEYS HAVE BEEN RECALLED, BUT MINE, SXT AWD WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL ACCORDING TO THE VIN NUMBER. I FEEL IT SHOULD BE AND THE HOSE IS STILL CURRENTLY BROKEN. I AM ON A FIXED INCOME AND THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED BY CHRYSLER INSTEAD OF OUT OF MY POCKET. IT IS HIGHER MILEAGE AND THE MOTOR IS NOT THE ORIGINAL BUT THAT SHOULD NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO ME. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

POWER STEERING RETURN LINE RUPTURED ON A -20F MORNING. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND I LOST POWER STEERING. I DIDN'T NOTICE UNTIL I WENT TO TAKE A CORNER. I WAS ABLE TO MAKE THE CORNER BUT CAME CLOSE TO HITTING A SNOW BANK. THE SPEED WAS LOW SO I HAD TIME TO REACT. AFTER THAT I BROUGHT IT TO MY LOCAL DODGE DEALER AND IT WAS REPAIRED. THE TOTAL BILL WAS 383.17. IT'S FUNNY THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE WITH THIS YEAR AND MODEL YET MINE ISN'T RECALLED. THE RECALL EXPLAINS WHAT HAPPENS AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPEND TO MY JOURNEY.

SAFETY RECALL S08/NHTSA 16V-273 POWER STEERING RETURN HOSE AND FLUID COOLER .... THIS RECALL DESCRIBES EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO MY VEHICLE .... UPON A VERY COLD WEATHER START UP MY POWER STEERING RETURN HOSE RUPTURED AND FAILED. I'M WONDERING WHY MY VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED UNDER THIS RECALL ..... I STARTED VEHICLE IN DRIVEWAY AT 7 IN THE MORNING AND THE OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE WAS -18F. AS SOON AS THE VEHICLE STARTED THE RETURN LINE SPLIT SEVERAL INCHES ON THE TOP OF THE HOSE LINE AND LEFT A PUDDLE OF POWER STEERING FLUID IN MY DRIVEWAY

I PURCHASED A 2009 DODGE JOURNEY IN SEPTEMBER 2013, SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING DEALER SHIP I NOTICED THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKE. THERE WERE OTHER THINGS WE WERE TAKING CARE OF WITH THE DEALERSHIP AND AT THE TIME THIS WAS NOT OF PRIORITY, FAST FORWARD ROUGHLY 2-3 WEEKS THE SHAKING GOT WORSE AND WORSE AND THE DRIVING OF THE VEHICLE BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE, APPLYING THE BRAKE BECAME DANGEROUS AND IT BECAME OBVIOUS THAT IT WOULD SOON LEAD TO CATASTROPHIC RESULTS. WE RETURNED TO THE DEALERSHIP TO WHICH WE LEFT THE VEHICLE AND RETURNED HOURS LATER, THEY SAID THEY HAD TO CHANGE THE BRAKES AND ROTORS AND IT WAS A HEARD OF PROBLEM WITH THAT VEHICLE, THEY SAID IT WAS FREE OF CHARGE THAT TIME SINCE IT WAS LESS THEN A MONTH OF PURCHASE BUT IF IT OCCURRED AGAIN WE WOULD HAVE TO COVER ALL CHARGES, FAST FORWARD 4...

I WAS DRIVING AND THE LOW TIRE PRESSURE INDICATOR CAME ON. I PULLED OVER TO A PARKING LOT AND PROCEEDED TO ADD AIR TO THE TIRE USING AN AIR PUMP. AFTER FILLING THE TIRE WITH AIR AND ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE THE AIR PUMP HOSE. THE END OF THE TIRE STEM BROKE OFF INSIDE OF THE TIRE PRESSURE GAUGE CAUSING THE TIRE TO DEFLATE COMPLETELY. I NOTICED THAT THE TIRE STEM LOOKED CORRODED, AND I IMMEDIATELY GOOGLED THE PROBLEM WITH THIS TIRE STEM AND LEARNED THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS WHERE THE TIRE STEMS ON THE VEHICLE CORRODE (WHICH MINE DID EXACTLY) AND THEN BREAK OFF WHILE MOST ARE DRIVING. IN ADDITION TO THIS PROBLEM THE VEHICLE ANTIFREEZE RESERVOIR'S CRACK CAUSING THE ANTIFREEZE TO LEAK OUT ON A CONSTANT BASIS. THIS TOO IS A ITEM WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED LONG AGO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION...

2009 DODGE JOURNEY BRAKE, AND TIRE ISSUE. TOOK A TRIP FROM DES MOINES, IA. TO SHREVEPORT, LA. - HALFWAY THRU MY TRIP HOME MY REAR PASSENGER TIRE BLEW OUT OF NOWHERE. WITH ONLY 18,000 MILES ON THE CAR I FOUND THAT SURPRISING ESPECIALLY SINCE I WAS TRAVELING AT 75 MPH, AND HAD THREE KIDS IN THE CAR!!!! TOOK THE CAR TO THE NEAREST TIRE STORE WHO CALLED A DODGE DEALER. THE DODGE DEALER SAID THAT MY TIRE WAS BACKORDERED BY OVER 3,000 TIRES AND RECOMMENDED A DIFFERENT SIZE. SPENT THE NIGHT IN THAT TOWN, NEW TIRES WERE PUT ON THE FOLLOWING DAY, DROVE BACK TO DES MOINES TO MY DODGE DEALER HERE AND I INFORMED THEM OF THE TERRIBLE SHAKING MY STEERING WHEEL HAD THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TRIP. THEY SAID IT WAS MY BREAKS AND ROTORS AND CHARGED ME FOR THE SERVICE - AFTER ONLY 18,000 MILES!!! I PICKED UP...

2009 SXT AWD DODGE JOURNEY IS A REPLACEMENT FOR THE INITIAL JOURNEY WE PURCHASED WHICH WAS A LEMON. WE PICKED UP THIS CAR 5/2009. IT HAD A STRANGE SMELL, MUCH LIKE PROPANE WHEN THE ENGINE WAS WARM. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY AFTER SEVERAL VISITS. WE GAVE UP. THIS PROBLEM CONTINUED FOR THE LAST YEAR - PROGRESSIVELY THE SMELL WORSENED. ON THURSDAY, 10-28-10 WHILE ON INTERSTATE 270 I NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM MY ENGINE, AND THE PROPANE SMELL WAS ALMOST OVER POWERING. I PHONED THE DEALER AGAIN. THEY SAID TO BRING IN ON MONDAY, 11-1-10. ON THE EVENING OF 10-31-10 I NOTICED DRIPPING COMING FROM THE CAR ON MY GARAGE FLOOR. I WAS ABLE TO PUT A PAN UNDERNEATH AND TAKE TO DEALER MONDAY MORNING. AT THE DEALER 11-1-10, I WAS TOLD THIS FLUID WS "GEAR FLUID." SEVEN HOURS LATER I PHONED DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY HAD TO...