Stalling while driving on the 2015 Dodge Journey
When stalling while driving gets reported
Owners of the 2015 Dodge Journey report stalling while driving at a median of 60,000 miles. A quarter of the reports come in before 10,000 miles and a quarter after 65,000 miles, from 11 reports that carried an odometer reading.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 75,000 miles. It is the 16th most-reported problem on this model year.
The mileage distribution
The reported range runs from 15 miles at the tenth percentile to 70,000 miles at the ninetieth, a spread of 67,985 miles across the middle 80% of reports.
When the reports scatter this far, the mileage is telling you about how these cars were driven more than about the part itself.
36% of the dated reports were filed under 36,000 miles.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 miles | 7,750 miles | 62,000 miles | 66,400 miles | 68,000 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
Putting it right typically runs $300–$2,500 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
This mode is classified as critical, which means a failure can leave the car unable to stop, steer, or stay out of the way of traffic. It is weighted accordingly in the risk score.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 8 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2014, at a median of 40,000 miles, and latest on the 2009 at 82,500 miles.
By volume the 2010 carries the most reports, with 55; the 2015 has 14. 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.
I have had my new 2015 journey since march 2015. The first incident was in june 2015. I was driving and my car died while driving. I was in the middle of the road thank god no one hit me from behind. I put my vehicle in park and restarted it and it started so I thought ok it was a one time thing. Nope again in july it did the exact same thing while my husband and my kids were in the car. The car restarted so I took it in to the dealership for the second time where they kept my car for 2 days and could not find anything wrong with it. So I took it home and the very next day it died again. I now have a open repair case with chrysler however I have been going back and forth like a ping pong ball. I fear for the safety for myself and family as I do not trust my car. I am trying to work with them to get me a new car before I go to see a lemon law lawyer, I would love to hear from anyone who has posted concerns with their journeys as to where you are in your fight with dodge? I am so upset as I brought this new vehicle to avoid repair problems and I understand every car has its issues but I have only had mine for 5 months!!
Tl* the contact owns a 2015 dodge journey. While driving 35 MPH, the contact depressed the brake pedal and the engine stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to restart. The failure was persistent. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the failure could not be determined. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 12,500.
Battery light came on followed by check engine light. Then received a message saying battery saver mode. Car function such as remote start and radio were not working. My battery was completely dead and replaced it with a new one. 4 days later, same problems occured. This time car shut off while driving. This was very scary and extremely dangerous. I have been having so many problems with this car ever since my factory warranty expired.
Also reported on the 2015 Dodge Journey
Other engine problem
Other body or interior problem
Other powertrain problem
ABS module or sensor failure
Other brake problem
Other electrical problem
How far this goes
Complaints are voluntary, so 14 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 stalling while driving happen on the 2015 Dodge Journey?
Across 11 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 60,000 miles. A quarter were filed before 10,000 miles and a quarter after 65,000 miles. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is stalling while driving on the 2015 Dodge Journey?
14 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.2 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