After owning the car for only 5,000 miles started to notice a horrible ticking sound coming from the engine. Paid to have the engine taken apart just to discover the entire intake manifold had to be replaced. There were other problems also.
After taking it across country, noticed gas mileage started to decrease. Also noticed a ticking sound. Took it in and discovered warped head, blown head gasket, and destroyed rocker arms. Car had less then 80,000 miles on it when this happened. Wasn't covered under extended warrenty even though it was the engine. Was out of a vehilce for 3 weeks waiting on repairs.
Cam shaft @ 25,360 miles REALLY??? this is just a bad car. This fix did not work long term either. I had to bring it back in October for the 5th time with the same issue. Anyone have any thoughts on how to get Chrysler to step in and make this right?
This was the 2nd attempt to fix the engine tick. Valves and Gaskets at 23,534 miles is a joke! Nice car Chrysler. This "fix" lasted until March 1st of 2010.
This is the first of many attempts to correct a ticking noise in the engine with the dealer where the Dodge Journey was purchased. I will be posting each event separately all having to do with the engine tick. All I can do here is say don't by a Dodge Product. First event - rocker shaft worn and was replaced at 21,350 miles! The tick stopped until Jan 11 2011.
- Steve P.,
Burnsville, MN, US
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5th time is not the charm to correct the engine tick. Short block at 33,143 miles is that even possible? Chrysler engineering at its best I guess. The worst part about this whole ordeal has been the fact that I have been a loyal Dodge of Burnsville customer ( 3rd car purchased from them not to mention the service work on the 3 cars over the years) and they do nothing to help me get out of the car. Extremely frustrating. I tried the lemon law route as well. Minnesota lemon law does not help me much with this one as the car was purchased with low miles on it from the dealer not "new". I guess I will try a 6th time to get the tick fixed.
As of today 11-22-2011 the tick has again returned. I am sure if I bring the car in it will be fixed for a few months and the tick will return. Anyone with new ideas on how to resolve this I am all ears. 7 times to fix an engine with less than 40,000 miles on it seems just wrong.
For the last ten months, I have been dealing with the constant ticking that my engine is making. The dealership told me it had something to do with the valves, and they had fixed it. Next day, the sound had returned. I called, and was told to ignore it until it became worse, or I could no longer tolerate the annoyance!!! I took it in this week, and the new tech tells me that there is no noise, it is my imagination. I don't know what this is, but it most certainally is not my imagination!! Along with the three million other problems that I have had with this car, including 4 power steering pumps, a motor mount, wiring problems with the door locks, new struts, and now my brakes are gone.....I hate this car! I hate my chauvinistic service dept! I will NEVER buy another Dodge!
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
After owning the car for only 5,000 miles started to notice a horrible ticking sound coming from the engine. Paid to have the engine taken apart just to discover the entire intake manifold had to be replaced. There were other problems also.
After taking it across country, noticed gas mileage started to decrease. Also noticed a ticking sound. Took it in and discovered warped head, blown head gasket, and destroyed rocker arms. Car had less then 80,000 miles on it when this happened. Wasn't covered under extended warrenty even though it was the engine. Was out of a vehilce for 3 weeks waiting on repairs.
- Christopher D., San Diego, CA, US