18V332000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
If the vehicle maintains its speed or accelerates despite attempts to deactivate the cruise control, there would be an increased risk of a crash.
2016 DODGE JOURNEY
4 safety recall campaigns, 3 defect investigations (1 open), 612 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations31 open
Owner complaints612
Complaints citing a crash34
Complaints citing a fire8
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
16V907000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
If the engine stalls, there is an increased the risk of a crash.
16V461000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
If the transmission loses hydraulic pressure, the vehicle may lose motive power, increasing the risk of a crash.
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.
What owners report most
- 113ENGINE
- 85POWER TRAIN
- 83ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 65UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 49SERVICE BRAKES
- 34STEERING
- 34SEATS
- 31VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2016 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.