2008 Dodge Journey — Known Issues & Recalls

Your car's ignition key got stuck and wouldn't turn, leaving the engine running until you disconnected the battery. There's a safety recall for this issue, but the replacement part has been unavailable for an extended period, preventing you from getting it repaired through the dealer.

Your car won't start, and a dealer diagnosed that the wireless ignition system needs to be replaced. This happened at 59,000 miles. The manufacturer was contacted but declined to help with the repair.

You received a recall notice for your 2008 Dodge Journey's electrical system in June 2014, but when you contacted the dealer and manufacturer multiple times, you were told the repair parts weren't available and no one could tell you when they'd arrive. The good news is you haven't experienced any actual electrical failures yet. This repair will require dealer-ordered parts specific to the recall to address the underlying electrical issue.

You received a recall notice for your Journey's electrical system, but the dealer couldn't find the needed part in stock or tell you when it would arrive. You haven't experienced any actual failure yet, but this is a safety recall that needs to be addressed once the part becomes available.

While driving at 70 mph on a dry highway, the outer sidewall of one of your Goodyear Assurance tires (225 70R16) blew out completely, even though the tire had less than 5,000 miles on it. The tread and inner sidewall remained intact, suggesting a manufacturing or material defect rather than road damage. The tire failure could have caused loss of control, especially at highway speed. You may need to replace the tire and have the remaining three inspected for similar defects.

Your tire valve stem corroded and failed, causing your tire to deflate when touched. The dealer replaced the corroded valve to fix the problem. This issue occurred at 55,000 miles and suggests the valve stem material may be prone to corrosion over time.

While driving, multiple electrical components suddenly malfunctioned simultaneously — your horn honked repeatedly, wipers turned on and wouldn't stop, windshield washer fluid sprayed continuously, and turn signals blinked uncontrollably. These systems continued operating even after you turned off the car, and the constant fluid spray blocked your vision while driving. The only way to stop it was to disconnect the battery. This issue is likely caused by a faulty TIPM (Totally Integrated Power Module), which is the vehicle's main electrical control unit that may need to be replaced or reprogrammed.

Your car's driver's door wiring harness has a short circuit that randomly causes your headlights to flash, turn signals to stop working, speedometer to fail, cruise control to stop working, and warning lights to flash — it also disables the ABS brakes. When this happens while driving, the only temporary fix is to pull over and repeatedly turn the car on and off while opening and closing the driver's door, which is extremely dangerous on the highway since you can't use your turn signals. The dealership has confirmed the problem and quoted repair costs over $900, but the needed parts are on backorder for at least three weeks. Fixing this will require replacing the damaged driver's door wiring harness.