NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 Dodge Journey Recalls
The 2020 Dodge Journey has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on August 26, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 Dodge Journey. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 66
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2020 Dodge Journey, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2020 Dodge Journey
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 25V552000
- Reported
- August 26, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 219,577
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2019 Journey, 1 other model
2020 Dodge Journey complaints by year
NHTSA has received 66 owner complaints about the 2020 Dodge Journey, the newest on October 13, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a crash (2%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2020 Dodge Journey, the component group named most often is the electrical system (30%), followed by the back over prevention (21%) and the engine (12%).
The 2020 Dodge Journey's only recall also concerns the back over prevention.
Where 2020 Dodge Journey owners gave the mileage (13 complaints), the median was 40,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System20
- Unknown Or Other19
- Back Over Prevention14
- Engine8
- Exterior Lighting5
- Power Train3
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 13 | |
| 2025 | 21 | |
| 2026 | 21 |
Complaints about the 2020 Dodge Journey peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 21. 17% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2020 vehicles, the 2020 Dodge Journey drew 0.1× the complaints of the median Dodge Journey year in the same window: 12th highest of the 12 ranked years.
That makes 2020 one of the three best-measured Dodge Journey years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 66 complaints about the 2020 Dodge Journey are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Journey by model year
Other 2020 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: October 13, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted