MODELYEARINDEX

Dodge Journey

2,328 complaints across 11 scored model years and 20 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Dodge Journey Full report
F
Grade 2010–2020
2015 vs model median 2.6×
Model median3× median
Engine 75
Brakes 61
Electrical 55
Avoid

2014 · 2015

Best

2019 · 2020

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2010
2.19× 392 F
2011
0.55× 102 B
2012
1.23× 196 D
2013
1.00× 183 C
2014
1.98× 318 F
2015
2.59× 425 F
2016
2.08× 330 F
2017
0.98× 166 C
2018
0.80× 148 C
2019
0.30× 46 A
2020
0.11× 22 A

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG21
City / Highway19 / 25
Engine2.4L, 4 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,950

Recalls

20 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
18V332000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING 2014–2018 4,815,661
14V373000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH 2010 722,705
17V432000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL 2011–2015 363,480
15V675000 ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) 2012–2015 275,187
25V552000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2019, 2020 219,577
18V523000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER 2018 154,335
15V431000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE 2011–2015 145,379
22V723000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING 2017, 2018 83,453

+ 12 further campaigns

Others in Midsize SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura MDX
20162020
C
Audi Q7
20172021
C
Audi Q8
2019
C
BMW X5
20112021
D
BMW X6
none flagged
C
Chevrolet Traverse
20102011
C
Dodge Durango
20112012
C
Dodge Nitro
none flagged
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2015 Journey
Complaints in window
425
Severity-weighted
706
Model median (weighted)
272
vs model median
2.59×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
6
Open investigations
1
Score 16.9 F