Dodge Stratus Complaints

2,721 consumer complaints on file.

#8008632April 25, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING AT 15MPH INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL IMPACT WITH A POLE. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#565432April 24, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL PROFUSELY OUT OF THE PRESSURE GALLEY HOLE WHERE OIL IS DELIVERED TO THE CYLINDER HEAD, THE OIL CONTINUED TO DRIP ONTO THE TRANSAXLE AND EXHAUST CAUSING A BURNING SMELL. CONSUMER WAS ADVISED THAT THE GASKET HAS A DESIGN FLAW, BUT WAS REDESIGNED DUE TO SO MANY FAILURES TO THE GASKET. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008539April 24, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT BETWEEN TWO CYLINDERS. OIL WAS LEAKING FROM BETWEEN THE HEAD AND ENGINE BLOCK. DEALER CONTACTED.*AK.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008415April 23, 2002
STEERING:LINKAGES:KNUCKLE:SPINDLE:ARM
WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH REAR KNUCLE BROKE AND CAUSED RIGHT REAR WHEEL TO TURN UNDER AND FORCE VEHICLE OUT OF CONTROL INTO A DITCH. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *YH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#761088April 23, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008212April 22, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
FRONT ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 4-5 TIMES, FIRST TIME AT 2000 MILES DUE TO VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING. ROTORS WERE WARPING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008250April 22, 2002
AIR BAGS
FRONT IMPACT COLLISION AIR BAG DEPLOYED, BUT CAUGHT ON FIRE, IMPACT OF THE AIRBAG CAUSED BODILY INJURIES TO DRIVER.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008268April 22, 2002
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
IN A FRONT END COLLISION SEAT BELT UNHOOKED, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO BE THROWN OUT THE VEHICLE.CAR TOTALLED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008276April 22, 2002
SEATS
IN A FRONT END COLLISION SEAT CAME OFF THE ANCHOR AND FLEW OUT VEHICLE WITH DRIVER INSIDE. VEHICLE TOTALLED.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008278April 22, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER STATES THAT IN A FRONT END COLLISION AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. VEHICLE TOTALLED.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008279April 22, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
OIL LEAKAGES WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALER AND INFORMED OF A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#760983April 21, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
NEEDS NEW ENGINE DUE TO HEAD GASKET FAILURE - ESTIMATED TOTAL $4,500.00. THIS CAR IS NOT OLD ENOUGH TO NEED A NEW ENGINE!. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#760721April 15, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
A SIGNIFICANT OIL LEAK DEVELOPED BECAUSE OF A FAILED HEAD GASKET IN 10/2000. MILEAGE AT TIME OF FAILURE AROUND 42,000. REPLACEMENT GASKET (DODGE REPLACEMENT AS PER SERVICE BULLETIN # 09-08-99 INSTALLED BY DODGE DEALERSHIP MECHANICS) FAILED IN 3/2002 AFTER 21,000 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8007391April 11, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING 60-65 AND WITHOUT WARNING TRANSMISSION SHIFTED TO A LOW GEAR, UP TO 15-20 MPH IN MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#564914April 4, 2002
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, CONSUMER HAD PROBLEMS WITH SHUTTING THE DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE DOOR, CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE DOOR LATCHES WERE COMING UNDONE, DEALER REPLACED AT OWNERS EXPENSE. *TT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#760208April 3, 2002
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006710April 1, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH FRONT RIGHT CONTROL ARM BROKE AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006717April 1, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER NOTICED OIL LEAKING FROM VEHICLE. CONSUMER CHECKED ENGINE, AND NOTICED THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM HEAD GASKET ABOVE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. DODGE HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759999March 30, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
MY DODGE STRATUS/98 HAS RECENTLY BEGAN GIVING ME A LOAD OF PROBLEMS.IT ALL BEGAN SUMMER 2001 WITH THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR NOT BEING ABLE TOO CLOSE.I DID NOT THINK ANYTHING WAS WRONG UNTILL I ATTEMPTED TO CONTINUOUSLY CLOSE MY DOOR AND IT WOULD NOT SHUT.SO I LOOKED CAREFULLY AND THE LATCH THAT LOCKS THE DOOR IN PLACE WAS COMMING UNDONE.I THAN TRIED TO MAKE THE DOOR SHUT BUT THE PROBLEM WAS GREATER THAN THAT.THE SCREW WAS GONE AND THE SECOND WAS ALMOST OUT OF TACT.THE LABOR AND SCREW REPLACEMENT ALONG WITH THE TOWE COST ME AROUND $60.00.THAN LUCK WOULD HAVE IT THE SAME INCIDENT OCCURED AGAIN ON THE LEFT-HAND FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WITH LABOR AND PARTS COSTING $30.00.THE PROBLEM WITH MY ENGINE BEGAN IN NOVEMBER, I HAD NOTICED THAT MY CAR OIL AND ENGINE WARNING HAD APPEARED SO I TOOK MY CAR TO A MECHANIC HAD OIL-FILTERS,AIR-CONDITION FLUID,WATER,& ENGINE ALL CHECKED AND REPAIRED.THE MECHANIC TOLD ME ALL I NEEDED AND $360.00 WAS WELL INVESTED.I THOUGHT ALL WAS FINE BUT THE SERVICE SIGNAL FOR OIL AND SOMETIMES ENGINE WERE CONSTANTLY APPEARING. I TOOK MY CAR BACK AND THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED MORE OIL AND WHEN DID I LAST HAVE MY CAR CHECKED,I ADVISED HIM THAT IT WAS NOT LONG AGO HE THAN EMPHASIZED THAT I WAS LUCKY MY CAR HAD NOT LOCKED.THE NEXT WEEK THE SAME THING BUT ANOTHER MECHANIC.HE TOLD ME MY OIL WAS LEAKING HE COULD NOT DETERMINE FROM WHERE SO HE RECOMMENDED I CHANGE MY OIL-FILTERS,OIL BRAND AND PUT CAR ON MACHINE DIALIYSIS.HE DID ALL THIS TOTALING $73.00.YET A WEEK LATER I'M HAVING TO PLACE UP TO THREE QUARTS OF OIL EVERY WEEK.I CONTACTED A LOCAL DODGE DEALER HERE IN EASTMAN GA 31023 AND HE TOLD ME OF DAIMLER LUCK WOULD HAVE IT YOU ALL HAD JUST SENT ME NOTIFICATION OF BRAKE CHANGE. I MADE THE COMPLAINT AND NO ONE CONTACTED ME SO NOW TODAY I HAD A BAD ACCIDENT MY CAR COMPLETLY STOPPED LEAVING ME STRANDED AND WHEN MY CAR STOPPED IT JERKED ME LEAVING ME STUNNED BUT CONCIOUS AND MY CAR IS NOW OUT OF SERVICE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8006656March 29, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE DRIVING OIL LIGHT CAME ON AND VEHICLE STALLED LOSING ALL POWER. TOOK VEHICLETO DEALER, AND DEALER REPLACED TIMING BELT AND PULLEY. TIMING BELT HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. ALSO HAD COMPUTER REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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