I PARKED MY 2010 DODGE JOURNEY IN THE PARKING LOT AT WORK AND BEFORE I TURNED IT OFF, SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT FROM BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, SPECIFICALLY BEHIND THE SPEEDOMETER. I SHUT OFF MY JOURNEY, GRABBED MY BAG AND CALLED 911. WHILE I WAS GIVING MY ADDRESS, FLAMES BURST THROUGH THE DASH. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED WITHIN MINUTES BUT THE VEHICLE'S FRONT WAS ENGULFED AT THAT TIME. THEY PUT THE FIRE OUT. I CONTACTED CHRYSLER AND THEY SENT AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION TEAM TO INSPECT IT. THE ELECTRICAL CLUSTER BEHIND THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE CAUSE. THE WIRE CLUSTER HAD CAUSED ELECTRICAL SHORTS WHEN I FIRST RECEIVED THE JOURNEY, WHICH A DEALERSHIP REPAIRED NEARLY SIX YEARS AGO THEIR STATED CAUSE: "WIRES CUT BY SHARP EDGE." THEY INSULATED THE WIRE, RELOCATED, AND SECURED IT AT THE TIME. CHRYSLER HAS CLAIMED IT WAS NOT A MANUFACTURING ISSUE.