Dodge Stratus Complaints

2,721 consumer complaints on file.

#724417June 22, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
BLOWN HEAD GASKET......OCCURRENCE WAS SHORTLY AFTER SERVICE DEPT. AT BRIAN BEMIS LEFT A SMALL PIECE OF HOSE IN THE THROTTLE AND STUCK THE THROTTLE OPEN, THE OIL LEAK STARTED SHORTLY AFTER. BRIAN BEMIS' SERVICE SAID THE OIL LEAK WAS CAUSED BY A BLOWN HEAD GASKET, W/ A QUOTE OF 750.00 TO REPAIR. THE QUOTE WAS GIVEN TO US IN JAN. OF 2000. CAR LEAKS APPROX. 2-4 QUARTS/DAY. HEAD GASKET NOT FIXED DUE TO COST, HUSBAND IS FULL TIME STUDENT, MOTHER AT HOME W/ KIDS, CAN'T AFFORD REPAIR. PLEASE HELP.
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No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724357June 21, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, STEERING:LINKAGES
4 MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED THIS CAR, I STARTED HAVING MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH IT. I'VE HAD TO PAY $830 FOR A HEAD GASKET AT 82,000 MILES, $318 FOR SUSPENSION + ALIGNMENT BECAUSE MY TIERODS BUSTED OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT 92,000 MILES. I STILL CANNOT GET THE FUEL INJECTION PROBLEM FIXED, BECAUSE I'M OUT OF MONEY. I HAD TAKEN THIS CAR IN TWICE FOR THE STALLING, ENGINE DYING, AND SHAKING PROBLEM, AND IT HAS NEVER BEEN FIXED (STARTED 4 MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR). *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863758June 19, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE HAD STARTED TO LEAK OIL ONTO THE ENGINE. TOOK TO MECHANIC & INFORMED VEHICLE NEEDED TO GO TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. MECHANIC AT DEALER'S INDICATED THE ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD WAS LEAKING OIL FROM THE GALLEY PLUG. IT CAUSED A LITTLE SMOKE TO APPEAR. VEHICLE NOT ON RECALL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863771June 19, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
AT 61,000 MILES OIL STARTED LEAKING FROM ENGINE HEAD GASKET. THIS CAUSED VEHICLE TO USE MORE FUEL/ STALL, AND ENGINE TO BLOW OUT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
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No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863703June 16, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE IS LEAKING OIL. CONSUMER HAS TO PUT TWO TO THREE QUARTS OF OIL INSIDE OF VEHICLE. *AK
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No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
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#724082June 15, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT MY 1996 DODGE STRATUS HAS EXPERIENCED HEAD GASKET FAILURE AND A CAM SEAL LEAK. THE FIRST TIME, MY VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. FOR THIS TO HAPPEN TWICE ON A CAR THAT NOT EVEN FIVE YEARS OLD AND WITH LESS THAN 50,000 MILES ON IT IS ODD. I WONDERED IF OTHER CONSUMERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEREFORE DECIDE TO CONTACT YOU IN CASE THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM SO THAT THERE MAY BE A RECALL. I WOULD HOPE THAT I AM THE ONLY ONE. I HAVE ALL MY REPAIR RECEITS IF THAT WILL AID IN THE INVESTIGATION, IF THERE IS ANY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723967June 13, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WAS REPAIRED, ALOMOST ONE MONTH LATER THE TRANSMISSION BRAIN HAS NOW GONE OUT.*AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863449June 12, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT AND SPILLED OIL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863271June 8, 2000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
DRIVER'S SEATBACK REST FAILED, CAUSING SEAT TO COLLAPSE BACKWARD WHILE DRIVING. SEAT WAS REPLACED BY AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. HOWEVER, PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S RECALL, AND REPAIRS WOULD ONLY BE DONE AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863035June 5, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT, CAUSING TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE . THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE WILL ADD MOR INFORMATION.
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No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#863010June 5, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE)
SEAT BELT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FAILS TO LATCH PROPERLY. LOCKING MECHANISM IN BUCKLE FAILS CATCH LATCH PLATE. BUCKLE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. MAY NEED TO HAVE EGR VALVE CHANGED. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723512June 2, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VECHICLE INVOLVED IN A CRASH WITH A DUMPTRUCK AT 70 MILES PER HOUR, WAS HIT ON ALL FOUR CORNERS WHEN COLLIDED WITH GUARDRAIL, IN ADDITION TO BEING HIT IN THE FRONT AND AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#723435June 1, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, POWER TRAIN
THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT HAS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR. MOST OF THE TIME THE DEALSHIPS HAVE TOLD ME IT WAS A FALSE CODE. IN DEC. OF 99 I TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION PLACE AND THEY SAID THEIR COMPUTER TOLD THEM THAT THE CAR HAD BURNED A SHIFT CLUTCH IN THE TRANSMISSION AND IT WOULD COST 1200 BECAUSE THEY HAD TO TEAR INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE TACHOMETER ALSO STAYS AT ZERO MOST OF THE TIME, BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE IT WILL WORK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#862672May 30, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY CAME TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT ON WET PAVEMENT, APPLIED BRAKES AND THE WHEELS LOCKED UP. ALSO, WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL WOULD EITHER GO STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR OR SLOW DOWN, WHICH MIGHT BE DUE TO A MASTER CYLINDER LEAK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#862581May 25, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE HEAD GASKETS HAD DEVELOPED A CRACK & WAS LEAKING FLUIDS. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC & THE HEAD GASKET WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. CHECKED EXHAUST MANIFOLD WHICH WAS NEXT TO FIREWALL. THE FUMES WOULD ENTER THE VENTS & THE HEATER. THE OIL LEAKING FROM HEAD GASKET BLEW ONTO THE EXHAUST PIPE, CAUSING FUMES. CHRYSLER CONTACTED & SHIPPED NEW HEAD GASKETS. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723195May 25, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
ENGINE HEAD GASKET LEAK, OIL WENT INTO COOLENT SYSTEM CAUSES DEFECTS IN SYSTEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#723133May 24, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I AM ALSO TOLD THAT I HAVE A BAD HEAD GASKET AND I DONT KNOW IF THE RECALL FOR IT WAS DONE ON THE VEHICLE. HOW DO I CHECK TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT BEING LIED TO. THE RECALL I BELEIVE FOR AN OIL PLUG. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#783966May 23, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
THE HEAD GASKET FAILED RESULTING IN OIL LEAKAGE, THE OIL INDICATOR NEVER WORKED PROPERLY. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#784648May 22, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET FAILED 3 TIMES, CONSUME BELIEVES THIS IS EXCESSIVE AND IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#862289May 22, 2000
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROUTE 80 HEARD A LOUD BREAKING NOISE, CAR WAS SMOKING. PULLED OVER, WENT TO PUT VEHICLE IN PARK, AND VEHICLE WON'T HOLD IN PARK. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE DIFFERENTIAL BROKE. TOLD THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS VEHICLE. TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPAIRED AND IS FUNCTIONING, BUT DOES NOT "FEEL" THE WAY IT SHOULD. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
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