Dodge Stratus Complaints

2,721 consumer complaints on file.

#10029950July 23, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE WAS SERVICED BY DEALER, TECHNICIAN NOTICED ENGINE MANIFOLD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, BUT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10029966July 23, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE
CONSUMER STATES MANIFOLD HAS CRACKED, CAUSING FUMES TO SEEP INTO THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10029999July 23, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEED VEHICLE IS JERKING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10029890July 22, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY
WHILE DRIVING, HEARD A "SCREECHING" NOISE AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM VEHICLE. DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR UPPER BALL JOINTS HAD FAILED AND THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WERE READY TO FAIL. DEALER ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THE TIE RODS WERE LOOSE. RELATED INVESTIGATION PE03-032
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10029891July 22, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
CONSUMER ADVISED THAT VEHICLE WAS EXCESSIVELY OVERHEATING WHENEVER DRIVEN. DEALER SERVICED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT COULD NOT DIAGNOSE PROBLEM. RECENTLY, DEALER DISCOVERED ALUMINUM SHAVINGS WERE PRESENT INSIDE OF CYLINDER "HEAD" CAUSING OVERHEATING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10028581July 18, 2003
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AT ANY GIVEN TIME, ONE OF MY THREE BRAKE LIGHTS IS NOT WORKING. THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ANY REASON AS THE SAME LIGHT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY NOT WORKING WILL WORK WHILE A DIFFERENT ONE WILL BE OUT WITHOUT ANY WORK BEING DONE ON THE CAR TO TRY TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. SOME TIMES, ONLY ONE LIGHT IS WORKING OR NONE OF THEM ARE WORKING. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM. IN ADDITION, THE TRANSMISSION LEAKS FLUID ON A REGULAR BASIS. I HAVE HAD MY PERSONAL MECHANIC TO REFILL THE TRANSMISSION AT LEAST TWICE AFTER LESS THAN 3,000 MILES AND HAD HOSES CHECKED TO MAKE SURE THERE WERE NO APPARENT LEAKS. NONE WERE FOUND. THE LAST TIME THE TRANSMISSION WAS FILLED WAS AT THE END OF MAY AND IT IS JERKING REALLY HARD AGAIN AFTER IT WAS REFILLED LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AGO. THAT DOES NOT APPEAR NORMAL TO ME.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10019994July 18, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS BECAME DIM WHILE DRIVING. *NLM THE DASH LIGHTS FLICKERED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. REPAIR WAS AVAILABLE FOR THE CONSUMERS TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. SERVICE BULLETIN# L4-148 *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10029618July 17, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE EQUIPMENT ON 2000 DODGE STRATUS.*MR DURING HIGH HUMIDITY, THE BRAKES MADE A GRIND NOISE AND SQUEALED. *TS. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER IT WAS DUE TO NORMAL WEAR AND TO WASH THE BRAKES THE NEXT TIME THE CAR WAS WASHED, THE CONSUMER COMPLIED, HOWEVER IT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10028477July 17, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
I'VE STARTED EXPERIENCING BOTH HEAD GASKET LEAKS AS WELL AS AIR CONDITION ISSUES. I HAVE PAID OUT OVER $2,500 COMBINED OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS. NOW, I READ THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE THAT HAS A 1998 DODGE STRATUS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10029573July 17, 2003
STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
THE VEHICLE VIBRATES WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO TIGHTENED THE TIE ROD BOLT AND ADJUSTED THE BRAKE CABLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10027072July 11, 2003
SEAT BELTS
VEHICLE WAS STARTED UP AND SUDDENLY THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT MECHANISM WAS ACTIVATED. IT HELD PASSENGER TOO TIGHT, UNABLE TO BREATH. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024339July 10, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
IN HOT WEATHER, THE DASH LIGHTS/ WINDSHIELD WIPERS, AND AIR CONDITIONER DID NOT WORK. THE VEHICLE WAS BEEN TAKEN TO SEVERAL DEALERS, THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK *TS *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025542July 7, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
OWNER OF 1996 DODGE STRATUS, A CERTIFIED LEMON WITH REPEATED HEAD-GASKET LEAKS/TRANSMISSION LEAKS. I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE REPAIRED TWICE FOR HEAD GASKET LEAKAGE AND TWICE FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025452July 5, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHEN THE CAR WAS PUT INTO REVERSE THE ENGINE RACED, WITH MY FOOT STILL ON THE BRAKE THE CAR WAS PROPELLED BACKWARDS AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE RPM GADGE REGISTERED 8,000. I QUICKLY PUT THE CAR INTO PARK,IT HEISITATED THEN THE CAR WAS PROPELLED US FORWARD AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED FOR ABOUT THIRTY FEET ON OUR DRIVEWAY, UNABLE TO STOP, HAVING THE BRAKES LOCK, THE CAR CRASHED INTO MY OTHER PARKED CAR AND THE PORCH OF MY HOUSE. FINALLY AFTER THE STRATUS PUSHED THE OTHER CAR TEN FEET TOWARDS THE ROAD ,MY HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO PULL THE KEYS OUT OF THE CAR. MY DAUGHTER RECEIVED A SLIGHT CONCUSSION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. BY THE GRACE OF GOD THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN AT MY DAUGHTER SCHOOL FAIR TO WHICH WE WERE ON OUR WAY. CHRYLER WAS NOTIFIED CONCERNING THEIR PRODUCT DEFECT. A GENTLEMEN REPRESENTING THEM HAS INVESTIGATED, WE ARE AWAITING HIS FINDINGS. PLEASE MKE SURE TO CHECK THE THROTTLE SENSOR, YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT!*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10025289July 2, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER ARM, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
MY CAR MAKES A LOUD CLICKING/GRINDING NOISE WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES AND TURNING. I HAVE HAD THE STEERING RACK REPLACED, THE UPPER AND LOWER CONTROL ARMS REPLACED TWICE, THE BALL JOINTS REPLACED TWICE, THE CONTROL ARM BRACKET REPLACED, THE SWAY BARS REPLACED. THE NOISE STOPPED AFTER THE BRACKET WAS REPLACED BUT CAME BACK AFTER A MONTH. THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN SEVEN TIMES WITH NO RESOLVE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023937June 28, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
BRAKES, ROTOR ROTORS ARE WARPED FAR TO EARLY FOR AGE OF CAR. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023912June 27, 2003
SEATS
DRIVERS SIDE SEAT CUSHIONING HAS COLLAPSED. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS OCCURRED IN THIS VEHICLE, WITH THE FIRST INCIDENT IN JULY OF 2001 (3 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR). IT WAS REPLACED THEN BY THE DEALERSHIP, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A ONE-TIME OCCURRENCE, HOWEVER THE SAME PROBLEM HAS SURFACED AGAIN ON JUNE 7TH OF THIS YEAR, AGAIN NEEDING TO HAVE THE SEAT BE REPLACED. THIS NOT ONLY MAKES IT HIGHLY PAINFUL TO DRIVE, IT LEAVES ME WITH BACK PAIN FOR HOURS AFTERWARDS BECAUSE THE RESULT IS SITTING ON STEEL BARS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025042June 26, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
COMPLAINT ABOUT ENGINE/OIL LIGHT SYSTEM. *MR THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN IT DIED OUT WITH LITTLE TO NO WARNING. (THE OIL LIGHT HAD COME ON SECONDS BEFORE THE INCIDENT) THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE MOTOR WAS GONE. THE CONSUMER WAS SHOCKED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO DARK SMOKE, KNOCKING, NOR DID THE OIL LIGHT COME ON. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED A PAYMENT FOR THE ENGINE REPAIR COST. *SCC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025038June 26, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CRANKCASE (PCV)
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY VEHICLE IS LEAKING OIL AND SMOKING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023860June 26, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, EQUIPMENT, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, VISIBILITY, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, SUSPENSION:MULTIPLE AXLE
I AM SO DISSATISFIED WITH MY 2002 DODGE STRATUS SE. EVER SINCE I BOUGHT MY CAR IN JAN 2003, I HAVE HAD MORE PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR THAN ANY OTHER. MY CAR LEAKS FLUIDS CONSTANTLY, MY BREAKS DON'T WORK WHEN APPLIED, MY CAR HESITATES IN ALL WEATHER CIRCUMSTANCES, MY WINDSHIELD MAKES A CRACKLING NOISE, MY DOORS SQUEAK ALONG WITH MY TRUNK LID. NOT TO MENTION THAT I GET ANYWHERE FROM 10-15 MILES PER GALLON FOR GAS. I DRIVE FOR ABOUT 40 MIN AND HALF OF MY GAS IS GONE!!! THIS VEHICLE IS A HAZARD TO THE ROAD AND ANYONE OR THING IT COMES IN CONTACT WITH :-( I NEVER RECOMMEND MY CAR TO ANYONE AND AM ASHAMED TO SAY IT'S MINE. DODGE IS DEFINATELY ONE DEALER THAT I WIL NEVER EVER EVER BUY ANOTHER CAR FROM!!!!! *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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