Father in law needs a new car and at his wants/needs/price intersection is the V6 Journey/Freemont.
Just after some genuine owner feedback if anyone has any.
The Dodge Journey was the vehicle people bought when they go to the dealership to buy a Jeep Grand Cherokee and found out they couldn’t afford it.
Most Dodge products tend to be of poor quality and a 2014 is almost 10 years old. If nothing else it will need a lot of scheduled service soon like plugs, timing belt, and accessory belt.
Look at anything Honda, Toyota, or Mazda. Or a budget option is newer Hyundai/Kia.
Dodge/Jeep/Chrysler products severely dropped in quality after they were purchased by Fiat. After 2008 quality dropped a little, but before 2008 the products werent as low quality as they are now.
As long as you use the correct oil type it should be just fine. The rocker arms don't tolerate cheap oil. If it doesn't have a tick at idle it is probably fine, just don't cheap out on oil changes. The transmissions in them is not the strongest but it will last forever as long as you don't haul or tow a lot of weight and don't abuse it. My neighbor has one and it has well over 200k miles on it and has been mostly trouble free with just a few minor things over the years.
I would rather have a Dodge Journey over an old Kia or Honda any day. Any old car will need worked on occasionally and parts availability is way better for Dodge for the oddball and uncommon things that tend to break on all 10 year old cars.
