Dodge Stratus Complaints

2,721 consumer complaints on file.

#890991June 22, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
OIL IS LEAKING FROM THE ENGINE ONTO COOLING SYSTEM. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON VEHICLE MAKE AND MODEL. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890907June 21, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
ON TWO OCCASIONS POWER DOOR LOCKS LOCKED WITHOUT KEY BEING IN IGNITION. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK CONSUMER STATES AFTER UNLOCKING THE FRONT DRIVERS DOOR AND PULLING UP ON ANY OTHER DOOR, ALL THE DOOR LOCKS LOCK. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890768June 20, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING OIL, IT IS ONLY LEAKING A FEW SPOTS HERE AND THERE, BUT MOST OF THE OIL HAS LEAKED IN CONSUMER'S DRIVEWAY. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562186June 19, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
CONSUMER STATES BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED ON THREE OCCASSIONS, AND WERE REPLACED BY DEALER.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561688June 19, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
CONSUMER STATES BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED ON THREE OCCASSIONS, AND WERE REPLACED BY DEALER.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890684June 19, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHEN PUTTING VEHICLE IN REVERSE IT INTERMITTENTLY GOES FORWARD WITHOUT PRESSING ON ACCELERATOR. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER 2 TIMES, DEALER STATED IF THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM THEN THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890560June 18, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
OIL LIGHT WAS FLASHING ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC STATED IT WAS A HEAD GASKET LEAK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746987June 18, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I HAVE HAD TWO HEAD GASKETS REPLACED IN A 6000 MILE SPAN I AM MAD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746907June 15, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890391June 14, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CONSUMER PUT VEHICLE IN REVERSE TO BACK IN GARAGE, HEARD A HIGH PITCHED SOUND AS ENGINE STARTED, BACKED VEHICLE IN GARAGE, AND PUT IN PARK. THEN, WANTED TO PULL VEHICLE FORWARD. CONSUMER PUT FOOT ON BRAKE, TOOK VEHICLE OUT OF PARK, AND IT SUDDENLY LURCHED FORWARD/ENGINE REVVED. CONSUMER PRESSED HARDER ON BRAKE PEDAL, THEN THREW VEHICLE IN PARK TO STOP IT. VEHICLE AT DEALER AT THIS TIME, DAMAGE $ 1600.00. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746698June 12, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
ENGINE STARTED SMELLING LIKE BURNT RUBBER, ALSO STARTED SMOKING, HEARING ELECTRICAL POPPING NOISE AND THEN ENGINE STARTED BURNING WITH THE GLOW OF FLAMES COMING FROM UNDER AND OUT OF THE ENGINE HOOD COMPARTMENT. MY CHILDREN AND I JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR CRYING AND VERY EXCITED, TRUAMATIZED BY THE SOLE FACT OF MAYBE GETTING BURNED UP IN THE CAR OR BLOWN UP. I THEN , WITHOUT HASTE, WENT TO MY APT. AND DIALED THE POLICE AT "911" AND WAS DISPATCHED OVER TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AFTER, APPROXIMATELY 10 MINS., THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED AND EXTINGHISED THE FIRE AND MADE THEIR REPORT AND SPEAKING WITH ME ABOUT THE TURN OF EVENTS PRIOR TO THE FIRE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746699June 12, 2001
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
1
#9003168June 11, 2001
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION), ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
POWER STEERING WENT OUT (65 MPH ON CURVE HOSE CAME OFF, HEAD GASKET REPLACED, STEERING GEAR REPLACED, NEW RACK WAS INSTALLED, REPLACED UP-STREM OXGEN SENSOR, POWER STEERING LEAK, DEALER COULD NOT FIND LEAK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890016June 8, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE IN FRONT PARKING LIGHT WHICH CAUSED A FIRE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889895June 6, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
CONSUMER HAS TO TURN ROTORS AND REPLACE BRAKE PADS EVERY 6 MONTHS. PADS ARE WEARING UNEVEN. BRAKING DISTANCE IS NORMAL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746465June 5, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THE BRAKES ON MY CAR WERE SQUEAKING ABOUT EVERY OTHER TIME I BRAKED FROM THE TIME I GOT THE CAR, AND THE DEALER COULD NEVER DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, UNTIL I HAD BROUGHT MY CAR IN FOR THE SIX TIME AND THE BRAKES WERE SQUEAKING AS I PULLED INTO THE SHOP. THE DEALER REPLACE MY BRAKES AT AROUND ABOUT 5000 MILES. I INFORMED THE DEALER THAT WHEN EVER I DROVE MY CAR AND PARKED IT, NOT ONLY WAS THE BRAKES STILL SQUEEKING, BUT I ALSO WOULD GET BURNING SMELL COMING FROM THE REAR LEFT WHEEL. I TOOK THE CAR BACK OVER 5 TO 6 TIMES AND THEY STILL COULD NOT SMELL OR DULICATE THE PROBLEM. I CONTACTED DAIMLER CHRYSLER AND INFORM THEM OF THE PROBLEMS I WAS HAVING WITH MY BRAKES AND THE DEALER NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND A PROBLEM, THEIR SUGGESTION WAS TO TAKE MY CAR TO ANOTHER DEALER SINCE IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. I WAS TOLD BY THIS DEALER THAT MY BRAKES WERE GOING TO SQUEEK, BECAUSE THEY HAD TO SWITCH MATERIALS, THAT IT ROAD SALT, IT DIRT FROM THE ROAD. I WAS GIVEN SO MANY BOGUS EXCUSES, THAT I DECIDED TO TRY ANOTHER WAY. I NEED HELP. I AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR BECAUSE MY BRAKES HAS ALREADY FAILED TO STOP MY CAR ONCE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889663June 4, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
BRAKE AND GAS PEDAL ARE TOO CLOSE. THE TWO DOOR MODEL IS FURTHER APART. ONE WAS ALMOST KILLED WHEN CAR JUMPED FOWARD IN TRAFFIC, BECAUSE FOOT WAS ON BRAKE, AND HITTING GAS AT THE SAME TIME.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889678June 4, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION SHIFTS OUT OF GEAR DUE TO DIFFERENTIAL. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746379June 4, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MANUFACTURER WILL NOT ASSIST WITH APPARENT KNOWN TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. MANUFACTURER AGREED TO PAY HALF FOR APPARENT KNOWN HEAD GASKET PROBLEM. WHEN WILL THERE BE RECALLS FOR THESE TWO KNOWN PROBLEMS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746287June 2, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
$800 HEAD GASKET REPAIR PLUS $300 TO REPLACE PARTS IT DAMAGED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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