2016 DODGE JOURNEY Electronic Stability Control Esc Problems

18 NHTSA complaints on file

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Electronic Stability Control Esc Issues in the 2016 DODGE JOURNEY

18 electronic stability control esc complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2016 DODGE JOURNEY. Of these, 1 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 3 resulted in injury.

18
Complaints
1
Crashes
0
Fires
3
Injuries
0
Deaths

All Electronic Stability Control Esc Complaints

#11349633 |
WHEN DRIVING, AT ANY SPEED OR UPON ACCELERATION, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY LOSES POWER AND GOES TO 1500RPM(APPROX.) WITH A TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AND BATTERY CHARGING LIGHT ( CAR SWERVING LIGHT AND RED LIGHTNING BOLT LIGHT) ILLUMINATED. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THIS IS VERY HAZARDOUS, ON THE STREET ITS VERY FRUSTRATING. WHEN VEHICLE IS BROUGHT TO A STOP AND COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN, THEREBY RESETTING THE ECM, THE VEHICLE STARTS NORMALLY AND DRIVES NORMALLY( SOMETIMES!) ON OTHER OCCASIONS AFTER BEING PUT INTO GEAR AND PROCEEDING THE SAME THING OCCURS AND ENGINE WILL NOT REV OVER 1500-1800 RPMS AND SO LONG AS YOU ARE NOT GOING UP A HILL WILL SHIFT NORMALLY TO GET TO ABOUT 40 MPH TOPS, ON A HILL HOWEVER SPEED WILL DROP TO ABOUT 15-20 DEPENDING ON THE HILL I GUESS. THIS HAPPENED ON 8-15-20 AND CAR RESET AND DROVE NORMALLY AFTER THAT WITH NO ISSUES BUT THE FOLLOWING MORNING AS...
#11340490 |
ENGINE KEEPS LOSING POWER AND DYING. CRUISE CONTROL REVES ENGINE TO HIGH UP AND DOWN FOR NOW REASON ON A STRAIGHT STRETCH OF STREET WHEN YOURTURN TO THE LEFT TO SHARP THE ENGINE DIES.
#11338328 |
MY AIRBAG LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON AND GOING OFF. MY ABS LIGHT STAYS OFF AFTER STARTING AND WHILE DRIVING. NOW MY BRAKE LIGHT IS ON. THE BRAKE POPS ON AFTER I BEGAN TO DRIVE AND STAYS ON.
#11308632 |
THE VEHICLE IS JERKING AND THE RADIO IS CHANGING CHANNELS ON IT S OWN. THE ENGINE IS MAKING A SOUND, THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S ABOUT TO GIVE OUT. THE VEHICLE HAVES LESS THAN 40000 MILES ON IT. THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT CAME ON WHILE I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT ON DRY PAVEMENT
#11280709 |
I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND THERE WAS A STRANGE SMELL AS IF GAS FILLED THE CAR UP AND I GOT OUT AND MY HEAD WAS HURTING FROM THE SMELL AND I GOT NAUSEOUS AND THREW UP. WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT I ALMOST PASSED OUT. ALSO MY VOLUME GOES UP AND DOWN BY ITSELF AND THE A/C TURNS ON AND OFF.
#11256195 |
CAR IS LOSING POWER. RED LIGHTNING BOLT, CAR AND ENGINE LIGHT ON
#11255872 |
TAKATA RECALL TURNING LEFT ONTO A MAIN ROAD THE CAR SLOWED DOWN AND STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. WOULD NOT START AGAIN, COULD NOT BE JUMPED. TOWED TO DODGE & THEY SAID ITS CRANKSHAFT SENSOR AND THEY ARE CHARGING WAY TOO MUCH WHEN I FIND ON HERE IT WAS RECALLED DECEMBER 2016; WE MUST HAVE NOT HAD THE VEHICLE YET.
#11195876 |
ASB LIGHT STAYS ON AS WELL AS A DEPICTION OF VEHICLE SLIDING ON ROAD, BOTH IN MOTION AND IN PARK. MILAGE ON VEHICLE IS JUST 13K MILES
#11192714 |
ABS SYSTEM LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF AT WILL AND THIS WOULD BE THE 2ND TIME IN ABOUT A YEAR LAST TIME THE ABS LIGHT HAS DONE THIS LAST TIME IT CAUSED THE BRAKES TO LOCK DOWN RESULTING IT AN NON-INJURY ACCIDENT ALSO IT WOULD NOT CLEAR AFTER REPAIRS AND COMPUTER RESET
#11191752 |
POWER DISTRIBUTION CENTER WENT OUT IN VEHICLE AND REPAIRED FOR THE SECOND TIME. I DONT TRUST THE VEHICLE. STALLED ON THE HIGHWAY, WITH CHILDREN IN THE CAR. THIS WAS VERY SCARY AND DANGEROUS. THIS VEHICLE HAD A RECALL THAT TRIGGERED ALOT OF ISSUES WITH THE TRUCK, TO BE QUIET HONEST WHEN IT GETS FIXED I DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING THE VEHICLE.
#11170266 |
CLOCK SPRING CAUSING ALL LIGHTS AND MENU BUTTONS TO NOT WORK ALONG WITH THE RAIDO CONTROLS ON THE STEERING WHEEL.
#11163954 |
TAKATA RECALL FOR A 2016 DODGE JOURNEY. MY DODGE JOURNEY IS EXPERIENCING MULTIPLY ISSUES THAT MAY BE DEEMED AS ELECTRICAL ISSUES. THE FIRST ISSUE IS THE CRUISE CONTROL IS STILL MALFUNCTIONING FROM A PREVIOUS RECALL UNDER RECALL NUMBER 18U49182. WHETHER CRUISE CONTROL IS OFF OR ON THE VEHICLE STILL MAINTAINS IT'S SAME SPEED. THE SECOND ISSUE WITH MY VEHICLE IS ALSO THE VEHICLE CONSTANTLY VEERS OFF THE ROAD. I ALMOST CRASHED ON THE EXPRESSWAY BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. THIS ISSUE POSE A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IT CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THE THIRD ISSUE WITH THIS 2016 DODGE IS THE TIRE PRESSURE SYSTEMS SEEMS TO BE FAULTY. I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING A ISSUE WITH THIS FOR A MONTH NOW. WHEN I PUT AIR INTO THE TIRES ALL OF THE TIRES PRESSURE PSI ARE THE SAME THEN WITHIN FIVE MINUTES ALL THE TIRE PSI ARE DIFFERENT BY SUBSTANTIAL DIGITS. ONE TIRE COULD...
#11153211 |
SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER HAVING NEW TIRES PUT ON MY SUV, I NOTICED THE SERVICE AWD, TRACTION CONTROL, AND ABS LIGHTS WERE ON CONTINUOUSLY ON MY PANEL WHEN IN MOTION AND UPON LEARNING THE IGNITION BUTTON. SOMETIMES THEY'D GO OFF EITHER MOVING OR STATIONARY BUT THEN AS 2 MONTHS PASSED, THEY'D REMAIN ON AT ALL TIMES. I WASN'T ABLE TO ENGAGE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THOSE LIGHTS WERE ON. I HAD 2 NEAR ACCIDENTS FROM NEARLY HITTING 2 LARGE DEER. I HIT MY BRAKES AND MY TIRES DID BUT WASN'T TO GRIP THE ROAD AND JUST FELT LIKE THEY WERE ON ICE (IN SUMMER) . WHEN THEY WOULD GRIP THEY MADE A LOUD NOISE AND THEN I WAS ABLE TO STOP BUT NOT WITHOUT SMELLING BURNT RUBBER. I HAVE HEARD FROM A FRIEND OF MINE THAT IS A MECHANIC THAT HE HAD A FEELING IT WAS MY ABS SENSOR BUT DIDNT HAVE...
#11152666 |
I HAVE A 2016 DODGE JOURNEY ABOUT A MONTH AGO RAN OVER A LARGE RAIN PUDDLE WHILE TURNING IN TO GET SOME GAS. FILLED UP AND AS I'M DRIVING OFF ABS, BRAKE, AND THE SWERVING CAR SIGNAL KEPT COMING ON. MY FUEL GAUGE READER WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO EMPTY AND THE SPEEDOMETER WOULD GO UP AND DOWN RANDOM TIMES WHILE DRIVING. COUPLE DAYS LATER WE HAD TOOK IT IN TO GET CHECKED OUT WAS TOLD MY FUEL SENSOR WENT OUT AND NEEDED TO GET A NEW FUEL PUMP BECAUSE THE SENSOR WAS INSIDE OF IT. HAD IT FIXED AFTER WAITING TWO DAYS FROM OUR CAR GUY DROVE IT OFF THE REPAIR SHOP AND NOT EVEN HOURS LATER THE SAME ISSUE. WAS TOLD I HAD WARRANTY ON FUEL PUMP PURCHASED FROM DEALERSHIP AND THEY WOULD REPLACE IT AGAIN. I TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD NEEDED A NEW...
#11113104 |
WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION ON THE HIGHWAY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT APPEAR. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THE VEHICLE LOSES ALL POWER AND BRAKES. AT THIS POINT I AM UNABLE TO ACCELERATE TO MOVE TO A SAFE AREA WHERE THE CAR NEEDS TO BE TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED. ONCE THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF AND BACK ON THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS LIT AND THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT WILL TURN OFF MOMENTARILY. UPON DRIVING THE VEHICLE AGAIN, THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT WILL TURN BACK ON AND THE PREVIOUS STEPS NEED TO BE REPEATED.
#11097800 |
ON JULY 22, 2017, I TRIED TO START MY CAR AND IT WOULDN'T START. I CALLED A TOW TRUCK COMPANY AND THEY TRIED TO CHARGE THE VEHICLE TO NO AVAIL. THEY TOWED THE VEHICLE TO KENDALL DODGE CHRYSLER AND JEEP. THE VEHICLE SAT AT THE DEALER FOR OVER 8 DAYS. WHEN I RECEIVED THE VEHICLE BACK IT STILL HAD ELECTRICAL ISSUE. I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK IN AND THEY REPAIRED THE ELECTRICAL ISSUES AGAIN. IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR THE WHILE I WAS DRIVING WITH MY FOUR KIDS IN THE CAR (2 OF WHICH ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 3) THE ANTILOCK BRAKE LIGHT TURNED ON AND THE CAR STOPPED ON ITS OWN. AFTER ACCELERATOR WAS TOUGH TO TOUCH. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THE CAR WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND I WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. I CALLED DODGE DIRECTLY...
#11081474 |
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ON CITY STREET IT SHUT OFF, STEERING LOCKED UP AND HAD TO COAST TO A STOP. WHEN I TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE IT SHOOK AND ACTED LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO TURN OVER FOR ABOUT 30 SECONDS THEN SHUT OFF. PUSH BUTTON START REMAINED ON RUN. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR AND WITHIN 10 MINUTES OF LEAVING DEALERSHIP AFTER REPAIR IT HAPPENED AGAIN THIS TIME ON THE HIGHWAY.
#10934171 | Crash
THE VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT ON NOVEMBER 26, 2015. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY. THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE SINCE PURCHASE. THE BRAKING WAS NOT ACCURATE. THE CAR WOULD LOSE STEERING FUNCTIONALITY ALONG WITH BRAKING CAPACITY AND HAS BECOME HAZARDOUS WHILE DRIVING. ON NOVEMBER, 26TH, 2015, AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED DUE TO THE MALFUNCTION OF THIS VEHICLE. AT THIS TIME, THE PARTS TO REPLACE THE MALFUNCTIONED PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. I HAVE RECEIVED 2 RECALL NOTICES FOR MY BRAND NEW TRUCK. MY 2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND I WERE INJURED IN THIS ACCIDENT. *TR
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