Unclassified problem on the 2014 Dodge Journey
6 crashes 1 fire 9 injuries 16 of the 60 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
Only 40 reports for this mode came with an odometer reading, which is too few for percentiles to mean anything. The page is here because someone linked to it; treat the figures as anecdotes, and see the full report for this year instead.
When unclassified problem gets reported
Owners of the 2014 Dodge Journey report unclassified problem at a median of 62,500 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 32,500 miles and a quarter after 77,500 miles, from 40 reports that carried an odometer reading.
It is the 57th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 17,500 miles at the tenth percentile to 122,500 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 103,680 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
A spread this wide points at use rather than design. Towing, climate, service history and city mileage all move a failure like this, so the median is a weak guide to any individual car.
35% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18,600 miles | 31,500 miles | 63,000 miles | 77,175 miles | 122,280 miles |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 6 a crash, 1 a fire and 9 an injury are mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 12 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2018, at a median of 5,000 miles, and latest on the 2011 at 100,000 miles.
By volume the 2009 carries the most reports, with 258; the 2014 has 60. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 dodge journey. The contact stated that while traveling 40 MPH, another vehicle crashed into the contact's driver front side. Upon impact, the air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained back and knee injuries. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was 2,300.
2014 dodge journey purchased new from dealer, I month later radio panel would go blank for a few seconds and come back on , had taken it to the dealer wea told could not find any issues, at this time it is still happening, also I take my journey in for service every 3500-4000 for service I was told I need 2 new front tires khumo tires at that time I had only 27000 miles he showed how the threads are showing through the rubber , I have not abused driving of my journey service person said to me that looking at the tires he could tell that I do not abuse the driving of this auto I obey all speed limits, if someone wants to go fast on the road I let them go past me , I am a handicapped person , but I am not going to buy 2 new tires, I want the manufacturer replace my tires, I will continue to drive this journey, and if the tires blow, then I will hold everyone responsible of putting money value over a persons safety, please understand that the dealers said it was going to cost over $300 to replace these tires , I have not put 30000 miles on my journey as of this day so I feel there should be a replacement or some kind of a big…
While driving when slowing down from various speeds the entire radio system will shut down and reboot. The air and all cuts off when this happens. The screen has went black, and fullnof wildncolor and just simple falls when this hapoens the system reboots after a few minutes. Taken to dealership several times with no luck. =/ also is stalling and brake petal is very hard to push when trying to start.
Also reported on the 2014 Dodge Journey
Other engine problem
Other electrical problem
ABS module or sensor failure
Other brake problem
Other body or interior problem
Other driver assistance problem
How far this goes
This page is kept out of search results because 60 reports is not enough to publish percentiles from. It stays reachable because somebody looking at this exact car would rather see the reports than be told there are none.
Complaints are voluntary, so 60 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does unclassified problem happen on the 2014 Dodge Journey?
Across 40 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 62,500 miles. A quarter were filed before 32,500 miles and a quarter after 77,500 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is unclassified problem on the 2014 Dodge Journey?
60 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.8 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed