Dodge Stratus Complaints

2,721 consumer complaints on file.

#837318May 3, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THERE IS A SQUEAKING AND RUBBING NOISE THEN THE PEDAL RELEASES PRESSURE AND GOES TO THE FLOOR. DEALER SAYS THERE IS NO SOLUTION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#608508April 27, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET REPLACED DUE TO FAILURE, REPLACEMENT FAILED ALSO RESULTING IN LEAKAGE. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#608514April 27, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET REPLACED, REPLACEMENT FAILED RESULTING IN LEAKAGE. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#545232April 27, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR
THE LOWER BALL JOINT / LOWER CONTROL ARM / THE SHAFT AND THE FRONT WHEEL DRIVE FAILED, PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (97V201000). *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#837135April 27, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE MAIN HEAD GASKET LEAKED OIL UNTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHICH MAY CAUSE A FIRE AND ENGINE PROBLEMS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#837161April 27, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE HEAD GASKET HAS PREMATURELY BLOWN, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO MALFUNCTION. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#706033April 27, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
OIL HAS LEAKED SINCE FEB '99. IT CANNOT BE FOUND WHERE OIL LEAKAGE IS COMING FROM. ALSO MANIFOLD GASKET IS NOT FUNCTIONING-LOUD NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE FROM SPEED OF 5MPH OR MORE. MANIFOLD GASKET NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#545100April 20, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
WHILE SHIFT LEVER IN PARK THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO ROLL BACKWARD AND INTO AN INBANKMENT, RESULTING IN INJURY TO CONSUMER, RECALL ON SHIFT INTERLOCK SYSTEM FOLLOWING INCIDENT (98V-183).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#705689April 16, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT INITIALLY ENGAGE WHEN STARTING CAR IN THE MORNING. TRANSMISIION WOULD SLIP AND EVENTUALLY KICK INTO GEAR. CAR OUT OF 3 YEAR WARRANTY. DEALER STATED THAT TORQUE CONVERTER WAS BAD , INTERIOR SEALS WERE LEAKING. TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY REBUILT. MANUFACTURER PICKED UP 70 % OF COST. WHEN DISCUSSING IMPACT OF PRIOR SYSTEM FAILURES ON THIS CAR (BLOWN HEAD GASKETS, REPLACED BRAKE SYSTEMS) DEALER SUGGESTED AN EXTENDED SERVICE CONTRACT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#544934April 13, 1999
STEERING:RACK AND PINION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, STEERING:LINKAGES:KNUCKLE:SPINDLE:ARM
RACK AND PINION STEERING FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#836632April 9, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKETS LEAK OIL IN PUDDLES. DEALER /MANUFACTURER CONTACTED AND AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, NO RECALL ESTABLISHED, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#705413April 8, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
INTERMITTENT DELAYED ENGAGEMENT AT VEHICLE START UP. ACCELERATION SHUDDER DURING TORQUE CONVERTER EMCC OPERATION AT 28-42MPH DUE TO LEAK IN TRANSMISSION FRONT PUMP. THIS IS CHRYLSER'S A604 TRANSMISSION THAT WAS RENAMED TO 41TE TRANSMISSION IN 1992. IF I HAD KNOWN CHRYLSER KNEW THEY WERE PUTTING A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION IN THEIR NEW STRATUS, I WOULD NOT HAVE BOUGHT ONE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704988March 27, 1999
POWER TRAIN
THE ODOMETER SHOWS "DOOR" LIKE A DOOR IS OPEN WHILE VEHICLE IS IN GEAR EVEN THOUGH NO DOOR IS OPEN. HAVE NO IDEAL WHAT ODOMETER READS UNLESS YOU LOOK BEFORE YOU PUT VEHICLE IN GEAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#544655March 25, 1999
AIR BAGS:ON-OFF SWITCH ASSEMBLY
CONSUMERS DEALER HAVING PROBLEM FINDING ON/OFF SWITCH KIT TO PERFORM AIR BAG ON/OFF SWITCH REPAIR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704894March 25, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
SEVERE OIL LEAK. DEALER DIAGNOSED AS HEAD GASKET FAILURE, BUT WANTS TO CHARGE ME FOR REPAIRS. LEAKING 1-2 QUARTS PER 250 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704845March 24, 1999
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
I HAVE REPLACED MORE PARTS ON THIS CAR THAN I SHOULD HAVE HAD TO ON A MUCH OLDER CAR. THIS IS A PEICE OF JUNK AND THE DEALERSHIP WILL NOT WORK WITH ME EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW THAT THE A/C COMPRESSOR WAS DEFECTIVE. THERE IS A HUGE HOLE IN THE SIDE OF IT AND MECHANICS TELL ME THAT IS BECAUSE THE STEEL WAS TOO THIN IN ONE PLACE. THEY WANT ABOUT $800.00 TO FIX IT. THIS IS CRAZY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704878March 24, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
EXCESSIVE OIL LEAK;-TOOK TO DEALER. NEEDED HEAD GASKET REPLACED. STILL LEAKING OIL WHEN I PICKED IT UP. TOOK BACK TO DEALER. REAR MAIN SEAL LEAKING OIL. MANY OTHERS WITH SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE MAKE CHRYSLER RECALL THESE ITEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704774March 22, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
THERE IS A BURNING SMELL AFTER DRIVING ON INTERSTATE. REPORTED TO DEALER TWICE. DEALER STATED THAT THERE WERE TWO WIRES TOO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER WHICH CAUSED THE COVERING OF ONE TO BURN. DEALER MOVED WIRES. BURNING SMELL CONTINUES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#836030March 22, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE IN AN ACCIDENT, DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#704751March 22, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
REPORTED OIL LEAK, LEAK IN ENGINE HEAD GASKET, DISSASSEMBLY OF ENGINE ALSO REVEALED CRACK IN THE SHOCK BLOCK ( BOTTOM HALF OF ENGINE BLOCK NEAR CYLINDER #3). *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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