Dodge Stratus Complaints

2,721 consumer complaints on file.

#10111767February 18, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE ON ITS OWN 10 MINUTES AFTER IT WAS PARKED. RESULTS SHOWED THAT THERE WAS A WIRE SHORT IN THE ENGINE WHICH CAUSED THE FIRE.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10111668February 16, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH VEHICLE STALLED. DRIVER WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE AND IT WAS TOWED TO A GARAGE FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110406February 12, 2005
STRUCTURE
1. NO WARNING 2. VEHICLE HAS A LEAK WHICH CAUSES WATER(FROM RAIN OR SNOW) TO LEAK ONTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR BOARD. I HAVE VACUUMED OUT AS MUCH AS 5 GALLONS OF WATER AT A TIME. I HAVE LOOKED VERY CAREFULLY AND CANNOT DETERMINE THE LEAK PATH. 3. NO CORRECTION HAS BEEN FOUND. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110240February 10, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
I WAS JUST PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY GOING LESS THAN 5 MPH WHEN I HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A GUNSHOT. I PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE AND LOOKED OVER MY RIGHT SHOULDER AND SAW NOTHING. I PAUSED APPROX. 5 SECONDS BEFORE DECIDING TO PULL FORWARD AND TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO INVESTIGATE. I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND AS THE CAR BEGAN TO ROLL FORWARD THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS EXPLOSION AND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED, SHATTERING MY WINDSHIELD. I HAVE ASTHMA AND HAVE BEEN HAVING SIGNIFICANT BREATHING PROBLEMS SINCE THE OCCURRENCE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10111091February 8, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING. JUST A FEW BLOCKS FROM HOME, THE ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON. THEN A LADY IN ANOTHER VEHICLE SUGGESTS TO MY WIFE THAT HER VEHICLE MAY BE OVERHEATING AS LITTLE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. MY WIFE CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK, BUT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS TOTALED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10111413February 7, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE HEAT IN THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE STOPPED WORKING AT ONLY 32,000 MILES. *BF *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10110052February 7, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I TURNED ON MY CAR AND THE ENGINE ACCELERATED TO 3,500 RPM. THE GAS PEDAL IS NOT ENGAGED AND THE ENGINE WILL NOT SLOW DOWN. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10109615February 2, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE ENGINE BLEW. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE CAUSE WAS NOT DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10108333February 1, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ON 12/18/1997 I PURCHASED A 1996 DODGE STRATUS AT A BUY HERE PAY HERE LOT THAT WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF OWNING THE VEHICLE I WAS BACKING OUT OF A SLOPED DRIVEWAY. I FELT A BUMP AND KEPT DRIVING. BEFORE I COULD REACH THE END OF THE STREET MY OIL LAMP CAME ON. I STOPPED AT THE GAS STATION CHECK THE OIL AND DISCOVERED I NEEDED OIL. I PUT OIL IN THE CAR AND GOT ON THE INTERSTATE. MY CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN STOPPED PULLING. AFTER THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE SHOP THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT THE OIL PAN HAD A HOLE IN IT AND MOST LIKELY GOT IT DURING THE BUMP. I HAD TO GET A NEW MOTOR FOR THE CAR WHICH A $500 DEDUCTIBLE HAD TO BE PAID BY ME AND THE OTHER $3600 WAS PAID BY ALLSTATE(MY INSURANCE COMPANY). LAST YEAR IN LATE APRIL THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN AND THE CAR HASN'T BEEN REPAIRED SINCE OR OF COURSE DRIVEN. THE SECOND TIME THE CAR STARTED SMOKING AND SOMEONE CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I THEN HAD THE CAR TOWED HOME.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10108312January 31, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SOLENOID LEAKING ALONG WITH TRANSMISSION HOSE LINES. SOLONOID WAS COVERED IN WARRANTY. HOSE LINES AND CLAMPS WERE NOT. CAR HAD ONLY 60K. BOOK SPECIFIES TRANSMISSION SERVICE AT 100K. I CONTEND THAT THE CLAMPS USED ON THE LINES ARE NOT ABLE TO ADJUST TO THE AGING HOSE AND CANNOT LAST THE RECOMMENDED SERVICE TIME. ADJUSTABLE CLAMPS WERE EMPLOYED TO CORRECT THE ISSUE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10109201January 28, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON, THEN SUDDENLY ENGINE STALLED. WHEN TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER TO BE SERVICED IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT WAS DUE OIL PUMP FAILURE. WHEN SERVICING THE OIL PUMP THE ENTIRE ENGINE WAS FLOODED WITH OIL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103659January 26, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED CONSUMER NOTICED FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK RECALL CAMPAIGN; NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 96V006000. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HAVE THE RECALL SERVICE DONE AND THE PROBLEM BECAME WORSE. *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10107909January 25, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, SEAT BELTS, SUSPENSION
I HAVE MY AUTOMOBILE ROUTINELY MAINTAINED, EVERY 6-8 MONTHS, (OIL, TUNE UP,...)OIL SLUDGE BAKING IN ENGINE BLOCK-CYLINDER AT 50,000 AND AGAIN 114000. CORROSION BUILD UP & GUNK IN CYLINDER BLOCK, COILS & SPARK PLUG CORROSION CAUSING BAD-STRONG ORDER IN AUTOMOBILE AND SPUTTERING, POOR EMISSION. TRANSMISSION SLIPS FROM TIME TO TIME AT 25,000 AND NOW AGAIN AT 114000, WITH LEAKS WHICH WE CAN SMELL VERY STRONG IN AUTOMOBILE. EXCESSIVE BRAKE LOCKAGE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BREAK IN NORMAL-AVERAGE SPEED OF 25 MILES. CONSTANTLY HAVING TO HAVE THE BREAKS REPAIR ALTHOUGH I HAVE LIFE WARRANTY ON BREAKS. REPAIRER STATES ITS THE AUTOMOBILE. SAFETY BELT DOES NOT ALWAYS LATCH PROPERLY AND HAS UNLATCHED ALL BY ITSELF WHILE IM DRIVING WITH MY SON, (6 YRS OLD). DRIVERS BELT ALSO UNLATCHES FROM TIME TO TIME. WHILE DRIVING I NOTICE THE CAR TENS TO SWAY TO THE RIGHT. I HAVE HAD THIS AUTO ALIGNED AS WELL AS, ROUTINE TIRE ROTATION, BALANCING, ECT,...YET IT STILL DOES THIS TO DATE. BALL JOINTS, STRUTS WEARING OUT AT 25,000. I AM TIRED OF INVESTING SO MUCH IN THIS AUTOMOBILE. MORE THAN I REALLY SHOULD HAVE TO. I ALSO FEEL UNSAFE TO DRIVE THIS AUTOMOBILE. SHOULD MY AUTOMOBILE CAUSE ANY SUDDEN FIRE DUE TO GUNK IN A HOT RUNNING ENGINE & TRANSMISSION, I WILL FILE A LAW SUIT. AS A CONSUMER I FEEL THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD REPAIR MY AUTO AND REIMBURSE ME FOR ALL I HAVE PAID SIMPLY SO THAT MY SON AND I CAN FEEL & BE SAFE DRIVING IN THIS AUTOMOBILE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10128034January 19, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
1998 DODGE STRATUS DEVELOPED PROBLEMS WITH THE HEAD GASKET.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10107548January 19, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET FAILURE. CANNOT AFFORD TO REPLACE, JUST HOPE THE ENGINE WILL NOT CATCH FIRE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10106372January 15, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I BROUGHT CAR TO DEALERSHIP BEFORE WARRANTY ENDED FOR TRANSMISSION WORK. THE SAID THEY FIXED IT BUT 17,000 MILES LATER TRANSMISSION WENT COMPLETELY OUT. DEALER SAYS IT IS NOW MY PROBLEM TO GET FIXED. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10128073January 10, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
2001 DODGE STRATUS OIL PUMP WAS REPLACED AND SLUDGE WAS FOUND INSIDE.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10106068January 10, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
I TOOK MY CAR IN TO GET THE OIL CHANGED, AND THE GUY TOLD ME THAT I WAS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID FROM THE COOLER HOSES. WHEN I GOT HOME I LOOKED IT UP ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM, NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID#01V011002. SO THIS MORNING I CALLED THE LOCAL DODGE DEALER(LLITHIA) AND ASKED HIM ABOUT THE PROBLEM. HE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NO SUCH RECALL, AND THAT IT WOULD COST AROUND 150.00 TO FIX. I TOOK IT TO A DIFFERENT MECHANIC, AND THEY PUT SOME HOSE CLAMPS ON IT FOR 64.00, BUT I THINK THAT IS A TEMPORARY SOLUTION. I AM DISGUSTED BY LITHIA DODGE CALLING ME A LIAR, AND NOT WANTING TO FIX THE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10107044January 7, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
CONSUMER JUMP STARTED THE VEHICLE IT STARTED UP, AND THEN STALLED. A POPPING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE BATTERY EXPLODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105846January 6, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
BATTERY LIGHT INDICATOR ON PANEL COMING ON/OFF LEADING TO LIGHT GLITCHES ON SPEED INDICATOR PANEL, RADIO CLOCK, INTERIOR LIGHTS, HEADLIGHTS, REAR DEFROST COMING ON BY ITSELF AND GLITCHING ON THE ODOMETER READING. CAR BATTERY SHOWING 11 VOLTS OUT OF 12 FOR COLD START AND ALTERNATOR ALREADY CHANGED OUT HAVE RECEIPT TO SHOW THIS PAST MONTH.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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