17V432000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Unexpected deployment of the driver's frontal air bag increases the risk of a crash or driver injury.
2011 DODGE JOURNEY
4 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations (1 open), 253 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations21 open
Owner complaints253
Complaints citing a crash11
Complaints citing a fire6
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 4 of 4
16V273000
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS
A loss of power steering assist may require extra steering effort, especially at lower speeds, increasing the risk of a crash.
15V431000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
If the displaced engine cover contacts the exhaust manifold, there would be an increased risk of a vehicle fire.
11V315000
STEERING:COLUMN
A MISSING OR INCORRECTLY INSTALLED RIVET COULD COMPROMISE THE ABILITY OF THE STEERING COLUMN TO SUPPORT THE OCCUPANT LOADS IN THE EVENT OF A FRONTAL CRASH, DECREASING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE FRONTAL IMPACT SAFETY SYSTEM. AS A RESULT, THE CONDITION MAY INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR INJURY IN A FRONTAL CRASH.
What owners report most
- 47SERVICE BRAKES
- 41ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 29ENGINE
- 23STEERING
- 16POWER TRAIN
- 14AIR BAGS
- 14UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 8EXTERIOR LIGHTING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2011 DODGE JOURNEYs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.