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BrakesPart report

2011 Dodge Journey Brakes Problems

Complaints
55about this part
Share
33%of 169 total for the year
Median mileage
21,000miles
Trend
FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 55 complaints about the brakes of the 2011 Dodge Journey, 33% of the 169 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 21,000 miles. 3 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“My car has 132k miles and I'm replacing the brakes on the front for 8th time and the back for the 3rd time. Can't seem to get more than 15-20k miles out of a set of pads and rotors. Last two times I needed service the brake calipers had seized shredding the fairly new rotors which were so hot that I feared the car would catch on fire.”

NHTSA complaint #11156509, filed 2018-12, 132,500 miles

“21,000 miles and just replaced the rear brakes and front rotors on my vehicle. Called dealership to find out warranty information and it is only 12,000 miles/12 months. It cost me $300.00 to have them replaced and am not happy about it. In all my years of leasing my vehicle, I have never had to replace brakes on my vehicles at 21,000.”

NHTSA complaint #10621312, filed 2014-08, 21,000 miles

“I replaced my caliber and brakes less then a year ago. Since then I have been replacing my brakes every 3 months I have to replace my brakes and rotors. I keep smelling metal burning plus the brakes light is staying on.”

NHTSA complaint #11340798, filed 2020-07, 12,467 miles

“My 2011 Dodge Journey steering wheel shakes quite hard when braking and pulls to the right. Took car to dealer and was told that the brake rotors were warped. The car only has 14,000 miles and dealers said brakes were like new. This would appear to be premature to me as well as a safety issue. This is not covered by warranty.”

NHTSA complaint #10521025, filed 2013-06, 14,000 miles

“Brakes replaced at 12,000 miles we bought the car at 15,000 miles brakes shaking the car at 25,000 miles and replaced at 27,000 brakes started to shake at 40,000 miles and I called the dealership and they said the only file that the brakes were replaced were at the 12,000 mile point which means they kept the 27,000 miles off the book. Brakes have been shaking for some time now and we are replacing again at 50,000.”

NHTSA complaint #10639918, filed 2014-09, 20,000 miles

Related service bulletins

Brakes: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
202046%
201966%
20182511%
2017178%
20165414%
201510619%
20148721%
20137421%
201210728%
20115533%
201013714%
200931822%
2008113%

Other parts of the 2011 Dodge Journey

Electrical system
43 complaintsEngine
29 complaintsSteering
23 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
20 complaintsAir bags
14 complaintsOther or unknown
14 complaintsExterior lighting
8 complaintsElectronic stability control
7 complaintsVehicle speed control
7 complaintsEngine cooling
5 complaintsSuspension
5 complaintsFuel system
4 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2011 Dodge Journey

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 30, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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