TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 DODGE JOURNEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE WHICH SOUNDED AS THOUGH THE TIRE RIM SCRAPING ONTO THE GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HE NOTICED THE REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE COMPLETELY DEFLATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THE TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR IN COMBINATION WITH THE VALVE STEM WERE DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.
2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 DODGE JOURNEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING WITH THE CURSE CONTROL ACTIVATED, THE RPMS AND SPEED WOULD INCREASE WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING DOWNHILL. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE RPM READING AND THE SPEED WAS NORMAL. THE CONTACT DID NOT CALL THE MANUFACTURER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.
