17V432000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Unexpected deployment of the driver's frontal air bag increases the risk of a crash or driver injury.
2012 DODGE JOURNEY
6 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations (1 open), 622 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns6
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations21 open
Owner complaints622
Complaints citing a crash34
Complaints citing a fire17
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 6 of 6
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.
15V675000
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
If the ABS or ESC is disabled, a loss of vehicle stability could occur, 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.
11V550000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FLUID
THIS COULD LEAD TO LOSS OF BRAKING ABILITY INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
11V487000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
CONNECTING ROD FAILURE MAY LEAD TO ENGINE SEIZURE WHICH MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.
What owners report most
- 113ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 97ENGINE
- 95SERVICE BRAKES
- 48UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 44ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
- 35POWER TRAIN
- 28AIR BAGS
- 23STEERING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2012 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.