Dodge Journey loud banging in the rear while turning
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- Customer complains that their 2018 Dodge Journey has a loud bang in the rear end when turning in city traffic. Further investigation has me suspecting the Viscous coupler mounted to the rear differential.
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Viscous coupler is repairable and there is silicone based oil inside. Mine coupler leaked oils out and starts keeping banging noise.
Nice, I guess I have a fixable coupler sitting around. A lot of people are not fixing the miled out ones that aren’t worth much. I bet there is a lot of these couplers on shelves.
Did the same thing. We bought a used 15 journey and started with that noise. Deleted rear drive shaft only, and nomore noise. Probably won't even get that part replaced, and having no problems at all, not even any lights.
Crazy price for that part and not available.
How do you not have AWD lights? I deleted the Rear drive shaft as well but I get lights on the dash.
@@DebJep I’m not sure the difference. Mine is a Canadian vehicle, maybe the year difference?
I just removed awd fuse, and noise stops. Or you can unplug it
@ good to know!!
So what was the out come on this repair? I’m getting that clunking when I turn left or right. I checked the mounting brackets and they are good so I’m thinking it might be that thing
Turning more likely would be cv joints, so you might assess those first. If your rear viscous coupler fails, you'll have a sense of the rear wheels not rotating as intended when turning; so a different steering wheel feel, and some tire chirping or skidding noise from the back when turning. Good luck!
That rear coupler was back order from the dealer and the cost was over $3k Canadian. The customer did not want to change it, so I removed it from the car along with the rear driveshaft. Effectively deleting the AWD. To my surprise there was no warning lights on the dash. They are still driving it that way three months later.
Hello, Im in the same boat but I actually found one at the "pick a part" for $90! Someone had already removed the front part that connects to the drive shaft so it was loose in housing, wondering is it simply the nut holding it in housing? Is there a replaceable bearing in the housing? Thanks for the video!
It is pretty easy to remove, just take out the bolts. There is no bearing that you need to change. Good luck with the found part. $90 is a steal if it works.
So you simply removed it then?
Yes. I covered the hole that the driveshaft left to keep debris out