1997 Dodge Stratus

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/31/2011· TIRES

  TIRE HAD A BULGE AT THE BEAD LINE. HAD A SLOW LEAK AND WAS OUT OF BALANCE. I RETURNED THE TIRE TO FIRESTONE. THEY SHOWED ME THAT THE TIRE WAS MISSING RUBBER AT ALONG THE TIRE BEAD AND WAS NOT REPAIRABLE. THE TIRE WAS REPLACED AT NO CHARGE. *KB

• 12/31/2001· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  VEHICLE IS LEAKING OIL. WHEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER, HE NOTED THAT GASKET HAD A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT, AND NEEDED TO BE CHANGED.*AK

• 12/31/1998· FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER

  SENDER CONTINUALLY FAILS.

• 12/29/1999· VISIBILITY

  THE HEATER WILL ONLY BLOW OUT ON HIGH SPEED AND THE VENTILATION SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY AS IT SHOWS ON THE DIAL. *AK

• 12/29/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  TIMING BELT IDLER PULLEY BROKE DAMAGING THE TIMING BELT.

• 12/27/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT. DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR IT FREE OF CHARGE. *AK

• 12/27/1999· POWER TRAIN

  GEAR SHIFT MOVES WHEN CAR IS IN PARK. THIS ITEM WAS RECALLED, AND CAR WAS SUPPOSE TO BE FIXED. BUT HAS BEEN IN SHOP 3 TIMES, AND STILL WASN'T FIXED. RECALL 98V183000. *AK

• 12/26/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  DEC/99 I NOW HAVE ANOTHER OIL LEAK. THE REPLACEMENT WORK HAS ALSO FAILED. THE FIRST REPAIR UNDER THE WARRANTY THE WAS $2578.65. IT HAS ONLY BEEN 3000 MILES SINCE THE FIRST REPAIR. I ONLY HAVE APPROX. 6 MONTHS LEFT ON MY WARRANTY. I'M WORRIED IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN & I'LL HAVE TO PAY MYSELF.

• 12/24/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKES WOULD MAKE NOISES WHENEVER APPLIED. THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO FLOOR VERY EASILY. VEHICLE DID NOT STOP READILY. TOOK TO DEALER & NOTHING WAS FOUND TO BE OUT OF PLACE.*AK

• 12/23/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  DAMPNER CAME DEFECTIVE FROM FACTORY.

• 12/23/1997· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  HEADLIGHTS DO NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE ILLUMINATION UNDER NORMAL OR ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS.

• 12/22/2003· STEERING,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,VISIBILITY

  1997 DODGE STRATUS 2.0 SOHC MOTOR, BLOWN HEAD GASKET, BROKEN POWER STEERING PUMP, EGR VALVE STOPPED WORKING, LEAKS ALOT OF OIL OUT OF CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR, HEATER CORE RUPTURED, HEATER HOSE RUPTURED ALSO, OIL PRESSURE SENDING UNIT STOPPED WORKING . *AK

• 12/21/2004· STEERINGFire

  POWER STEERING SUPPLY HOSE RUPTURED. FLUID DRIPPED ON TO EXHAUST AND CAUSED A FIRE. *AK

• 12/20/2001· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING OIL AND ANTIFREEZE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

• 12/19/2003· SUSPENSION

  WHEN TURNING THE TIRES MAKE A NOISE DUE TO PREMATURE WEAR OF THE UPPER BALL JOINTS. *AK

• 12/18/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  HEAD GASKET REPLACED AT 65K MILES. CHRYSLER PAID FOR PART.

• 12/14/2005· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,AIR BAGS

  WE HAD FREQUENT ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WITH THE CAR AND TOOK IT TO THE LIBERTY DEALERSHIP IN JOHNSTOWN, OH TO GET THEM FIXED UNTIL WE GOT TO THE POINT THAT IT WAS GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN THE CARE WAS VALUED TO GUARANTEE THE FIX. THESE ITEMS WERE NOT COVERED UNDER OUR WARRANTY. ONE DAY AFTER PULLING INTO OUR DRIVEWAY AFTER WORK, I SHUT THE CAR OFF, OPENED THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WHILE PULLING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, GIVING ME A PRETTY GOOD SHOT IN THE FACE. THE CAR WAS SITTING STILL AND NOT RUNNING. THE KEYS WEREN'T EVEN IN THE IGNITION. I CALLED CHRYSLER'S CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE AND FILED AN INCIDENT. THEY ASSIGNED A.L. GILBERT TO WORK ON THE CASE. A INVESTIGATOR WAS DEPLOYED FROM A PRIVATE COMPANY OUT OF DAYTON, OH. HE TOOK THE CAR TO A DEALERSHIP IN MT. VERNON, OH AND DETERMINED BY LOOKING AT THE CAR'S COMPUTER THAT IT HAD BEEN WRECKED. OBVIOUSLY, THIS WASN'T THE CASE AS THERE WASN'T A DENT OR SCRATCH ON THE CAR AND I WAS SITTING STILL IN THE DRIVEWAY. HOWEVER, CHRYSLER REFUSED TO CHANGE THEIR DETERMINATION. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS REQUESTED MULTIPLE TIMES, A COPY OF THE REPORT FROM THE INVESTIGATOR FROM DAYTON, OH WAS NEVER PROVIDED ME. A.L. GILBERT BLATANTLY CALLED ME DISHONEST BECAUSE HE SAID THE COMPUTER DIDN'T LIE. I CONVINCED HIM TO LET ME TAKE IT TO THE LIBERTY DEALERSHIP AND HAVE THE SERVICE MANAGER LOOK AT THE CAR WHILE ON THE PHONE WITH HIM. THE LIBERTY SERVICE MANAGER TOLD A.L. GILBERT THAT THERE WAS NO VISIBLE EVIDENCE OF ANY ACCIDENT ON THE CAR. A.L. GILBERT SAID THERE ABSOLUTELY HAD TO BE SOMETHING BECAUSE THE COMPUTER SAID SO. THE LIBERT SERVICE MECHANIC SAID, IN FACT THE ONLY SCRATCH I SEE IS ON THE UNDERCARRIAGE AND LOOKS LIKE HE'S DRIVEN ON A GRAVEL ROAD. GILBERT RESPONDED AND SAID THAT WAS ALL THE EVIDENCE HE NEEDED AND THAT THE DECISION STOOD. I STILL DRIVE THE CAR TODAY BUT WITHOUT AIR BAGS AND WITH A DASH THAT LIGHTS UP LIKE A CHRISTMAS TREE BECAUSE OF THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *NM

• 12/14/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,SEATS

  'HEAD GASKET' - WE BOUGHT A NEW 1997 DODGE STRATUS IN MARCH OF 1997. AT 20,718 MILES THE HEAD GASKET FAILED BADLY. IT TOOK SEVERAL WEEKS TO GET IT FIXED (UNDER WARRANTY) WHILE THE PART WAS REDESIGNED. THE HEAD GASKET WAS FINE UNTIL 72,000 MILES - AT THAT POINT IT FAILED AGAIN. I DO NOT FEEL I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR AN OBVIOUS DESIGN DEFECT. I KNOW THE PROBLEM IS WIDESPREAD AND THE PART HAS BEEN REDESIGNED SEVERAL TIMES. 'HEADRESTS' - ON OUR 1997 DODGE STRATUS THE ADJUSTABLE HEADRESTS HAVE BROKEN - THE PADDED HEADREST BREAKS FREE FROM THE METAL POSTS HOLDING IT TO THE CHAIR. WE HAD THE PASSENGER HEADREST REPLACED - IT IS NOW BROKEN AGAIN AS WELL AS THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THEY BREAK FROM THE PRESSURE OF ADJUSTING THE HEIGHT OF THE HEADREST. THIS SEEMS UNSAFE TO ME - THEY BREAK QUITE EASILY.

• 12/11/2001· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  VEHCILE WAS LEAKING OIL. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT CAR WAS ASSEMBLED WITH A PAPER THIN GASKET.*AK *YH

• 12/11/1999· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  CARPETED FLOOR MAT GOT CAUGHT IN COTTER PIN IN BOTTOM OF STEERING COLUMN WHILE TURNING IN A PARKING LOT. *AK

• 12/11/1998· POWER TRAIN

  AFTER PARKING VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ROLL DOWN DRIVER'S DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS IN PARK POSITION WHEN THIS OCCURRED. ALSO CONSUMER RECEIVED A MFR. RECALL NOTICE CONCERNING PARKING PAWL. *AK *ML

• 12/10/1998· STEERING

  VEHICLE EXPERIENCING SERVICE BULLETIN PROBLEM WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE POWER STEERING LINE CAUSING NOISE.

• 12/09/1998· STRUCTURE

  POWER DOOR LOCK MOTOR INOPERATIVE. IF THE DOOR IS LOCKED IT DOES NOT UNLOCK.ALSO IF THE DOOR IS UNLOCKED IT WOULDN'T LOCK.

• 12/08/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK. TOOK TO DEALER, AND DEALER SAID IT WAS A HEAD GASKET PROBLEM.*AK

• 12/07/1998· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLCrash

  WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE UP AND PUTTING IT INTO REVERSE THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND HIT A WALL. DEALER HAS VEHICLE. *AK

• 12/04/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  THE HEAD GASKETS ON THE CAR HAVE GONE OUT TWICE, ONCE AT 37,000 MILES AND NOW AT 65,000 MILES. NOW THE DODGE DEALER IS SAYING THAT THE TIMING BELT PULLEY HAS LOCKED UP AND HAS SHREDDED THE BELT AND THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD IS CRACKED. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAS TOLD ME THAT THE PULLEYS NEVER GO OUT AT THIS LOW OF MILEAGE. HOWEVER, I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME THING HAPPENING TO OTHER 1997 STRATUS OWNERS. I HAVE ALSO READ THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE HEAD GASKETS. THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER ALSO WENT OUT ON THE CAR, I WONDER IF THIS WAS DUE TO THE OIL LEAKING ON IT FROM THE BLOWN HEADS. THIS PART IS STILL UNDER THE EMISSIONS WARRANTY, BUT WHAT IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN AFTER 80,000 MILES? I CANNOT IMAGINE WHY DODGE HAS NOT RECALLED THESE VEHICLES WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM? MAYBE THEY ARE WAITING ON A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM THE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL DUE TO THE TIMING BELT FAILURE, OR FROM FIRES CAUSED BY THE OIL DRIPPING ON THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. I CAN NOT AFFORD TO REPLACE THE HEAD GASKETS EVERY 30,000 MILES AND I CAN'T AFFORD TO TRADE THE CAR BECAUSE I OWE WHAT THE CAR RETAILS FOR. I HOPE SOMEONE WILL HELP THOSE OF US WHO WERE UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BUY THIS LEMON BEFORE LOTS OF DEATHS OCCUR. IF DODGE DOESN'T WANT TO HELP US. I THINK A CLASS ACTON LAW SUIT WOULD BE VERY APPROPRIATE. DT

• 12/04/2000· STEERING

  THE TIE RODS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *MJS

• 12/02/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHILE MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALMOST ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. THE PEDAL FELT SOFT AND SPONGY. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST TWO OTHER OCCASIONS IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. AFTER THIS HAPPENS I TRY TO DUPLICATE THE DEFECT BUT IT WON,T HAPPEN AGAIN.

• 12/02/1998· SUSPENSION

  CONSUMER EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT AREA OF THE VEHICLE; WHENEVER CONSUMER MAKES A TURN OR ROLLS OVER A BUMP, THE VEHICLE WOULD MAKE A GRINDING SOUND. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT DEALER SHOP ON FOUR OCCASIONS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN INSPECTED /REPAIRED, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK

• 11/30/2001· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  I HAVE A 1997 DODGE STRATUS THAT I TOOK IN FOR OVERHEATING THEY REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT, FLUSHED THE RADIATOR, AND REPLACED A BELT. THEN THREE DAYS LATER MY CAR WAS STILL OVERHEATING SO I BROUGHT IT IN AGAIN AND THIS TIME THE HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN DUE TO OIL LEAKING AND THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED. THIS WAS NOT CHEAP TO FIX ALL OF THIS AND PRIOR TO THIS HAPPENING I HAD TO PAY $650 TO GET BRAKES IN FRONT AND BACK, ROTERS, AND REPLACE THE HYDRAULICS IN THE REAR BRAKES. BOTH TIE RODS HAVE BROKE ALSO IN THE PAST TWO YEARS. SO OVERALL I HAVE HAD TO STICK A LOT OF MONEY IN TO A FAIRLY NEW VEHICLE. I DON'T EXPECT TO REPLACE THIS MUCH STUFF ON VEHICLE UNLESS IT IS 10 YEARS OR OLDER. I WOULD LIKE TO CONTACT CHRYSLER TO SEE IF THEY WOULD PROVIDE ANY HELP. I SEE BY THE OTHER COMPLAINTS LISTED THAT THE HEAD GASKET SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. *AK

• 11/30/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  APPARANTLY ALL DODGE STRATUS HEAD GASKETS ARE FAILING AND IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. I GUESS DODGE WILL SELL YOU A CHEAP CAR AND MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE BY CHARGING YOU A FORTUNE TO FIX THEIR MISTAKES. *AK

• 11/30/1998· SUSPENSION

  CONSUMER STATES THAT THE RECALL REMEDY DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM WHICH HAS REOCCURRED. RECALL NUMBER 97V210000. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 11/29/2007· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,AIR BAGSCrash

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE STRATUS. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE CONTACT REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE NORMAL. SHE NOTICED OIL LEAKING AFTER THE CRASH. THE REPAIR SHOP STATED THAT A NEW HEAD GASKET WAS NEEDED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 81,000. UPDATED 03-04-08 *BF

• 11/28/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  CONSUMER NOTICED LARGE AMOUNT OF OIL UNDER VEHICLE ON DRIVEWAY . CONTACTED DEALER WHO STATED THAT ENGINE HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

• 11/28/1997· SEAT BELTS

  SEAT BELT HAS A MISSING PART, CAUSING BELT TO TWIST.

• 11/25/2003· SUSPENSION

  THE DEALERSHIP IS PROVIDING INCORRECT INFORMATION ABOUT THE RECALL FOR THE LOWER CONTROL ARM 97 V 201 000. THE DEALERSHIP IS INDICATING THAT IF THEY REPAIR THE CONTROL ARM AS STATED IN THE RECALL, IT WILL CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE SWAY BAR. THERE ALSO SOME DISCREPANCY ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE VIN IS PART WITHIN THE REMEDY SCOPE. *PH THE VEHICLE'S BALL JOINTS WERE REPLACED AT THE CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. *NLM

• 11/25/1998· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROLCrash

  WHILE BACKING OUT OF PARKING SPACE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE & A WALL. HAD FOOT ON BRAKES IN BEGINNING. WHEN FOOT CAME OFF OF BRAKES, THAT WAS WHEN VEHICLE ACCELERATED. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK

• 11/22/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

• 11/20/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN

  ON MAY 27,1998 I CALLED THE DEALER TO HAVE MY CAR LOOKED AT BECAUSE I WAS HAVING A MAJOR OIL LEAK.WHEN THE DEALER GOT IT IN FOR SERVICE THEY NOTICED IT WAS A BLOWN HEAD-GASKET AND FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR ME.ON NOV. 11,1998 AT 38616 MILES I NOW HAVE A BAD TRANSMIISION AND I'M WONDERING IF IT IS A DEFECT,I HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER WHO OWNS A 1996 DODGE STRATUS AND SHE WAS EXPRIENCING SOME PROBLEMS WITH HER TRANSMISSION.THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT GO INTO 3RD. OR 4TH. GEAR, ALL I HAVE IS 2ND. GEAR EVEN IF I WERE TO PUT IT IN 3RD. GEAR MANUALLY.

• 11/19/2004· AIR BAGS,SEATSCrash

  DODGE CARAVAN 97 MODEL VIN#[XXX]. STAT FARM INSURANCE # [XXX]. THE ABOVE DODGE CARAVAN WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY A SCHOOL BUS ON TUE. 16TH NOV 04 ON ROUTE 516 OLD BRIDGE, NJ 08857. THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED TO THE UTILITY POLE. *AK THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO WORK. THE DRIVER SEAT AND PASSENGER SEAT COLLAPSED BACKWARD INSTEAD OF PROTECTING US FROM NECK AND BODY INJURY. THE VEHICLE IS WITH STATEFARM INSURANCE. THEY MAY REMOVE IT FROM ITS TEMPORARY STORAGE IN COUPLE OF DAYS. YOU MAY CONTACT THEM OR THE OLD BRIDGE POLICE IN CASE YOU WANT TO INSPECT THE FAILED SAFETY SYSTEMS. UPDATED 08/03/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

• 11/16/2010· STEERING

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 DODGE STRATUS. THE POWER STEERING HIGH PRESSURE HOSE WAS LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE. THE 2.4 LITER ENGINE HAD A LEAK DIRECTLY ABOVE THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED AND INFORMED HIM THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS OR WARRANTIES FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 147,000.

• 11/16/1998· AIR BAGSCrash

  ON JULY 27 1998 I WAS DRIVING MY DODGE STRATUS SOUTH ON STATE ST IN SPRINGVILLE I WAS SLOWING DOWN FOR A LIGHT I CHANGED LANES TO THE RIGHT WHEN MY DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED RIPPING MY HAND OFF THE STEERING WHEEL I STOPPED THE CAR . MY GIRLFREIND AND HER KIDS WHERE IN THE CAR. AND JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR WHEN I STOPPED. MY ARM WAS CUT UP FROM THE COVER ON THE AIRBAG. I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL. WHERE THEY REMOVED PLASTIC FROM MY FORARM. I CALLED THE POLICE AND REPORTED IT. I CALLED DOUG SMITH AND TOLD THEM WHAT HAPPEND THEY LOOKED AT THE CAR AND SAID THEY WHOULD NOT COVER IT BECAUSE IT WAS OUT OF WARANTY, BUT I HAVE EXSTENDED WARANTY THEY SAID TO HAVE MY AUTO INSURANCE TAKE CARE OF IT. MY AUTO INSURANCE WONT COVER FATORY DEFECTS. I WAS LUCKY I WAS'NT ON THE FREEWAY OR I WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED AND OTHER MAY HAVE BEEN HURT. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS NO ONE ELSE WOULD GIVE ME THERE TIME. THANK YOU.

• 11/15/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,VISIBILITY

  WHILE HAVING THE HEATER CORE REPAIRED DEALERSHIP INDICATED THAT HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING OIL INTO THE COOLING SYSTEM AND ONTO THE GROUND. THIS WAS A COMMON FAILURE WITH THIS VEHICLE, AND THERE WERE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS LISTED ON THIS ISSUE. *AK

• 11/15/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  A FAN BELT WAS LOOSE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT IT WAS A BAD LEAK COMING FROM CYLINDER HEAD GASKET. CONSUMER IS STILL HAVING THE PROBLEM. *AK

• 11/13/1998· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  WHENEVER CONSUMER IS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT 50-70 MPH WITH CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED AND THE VEHICLE APPROACHING A DOWN HILL SLOPE, THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE TO 4000 RPM, BUT THE SPEED WOULD REMAIN THE SAME. CONSUMER WOULD COMMENCE TO DISENGAGE CRUISE CONTROL WITH BUTTON, WHICH FAILED TO DEACTIVATE. APPLIED BRAKE PEDAL WHICH DEACTIVATED CRUISE CONTROL. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT DEALER SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND INFORMED THAT NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. *AK *ML

• 11/11/2006· POWER TRAIN

  HAVE CONTACTED DODGE/DAIMLER-CHRYSLER SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT TRANSMISSION ON MY 1997 DODGE STRATUS GOING OUT. HESITATION ON SHIFTING INTO GEAR, SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR AND BACK IN ON TURNS, TRANS LEAKS, SLIPPING INTO GEAR SUDDENLY AND JERKING THE CAR, AND SO ON. CAR HAS ONLY 66,000 MILES ON IT NOW AND I GOT IT IN 2001 WHEN MY FATHER PASSED AWAY. IT HAD ONLY 53,000 MILES ON IT THEN. A TRANS SHOULDN'T BE GOING OUT AT 50-60,000 MILES. IF DODGE HAS A BAD PRODUCT THEY SHOULD CORRECT IT THEMSELVES. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY TO REPAIR A PROBLEM DODGE ALREADY KNOWS ABOUT AND ISN'T DOING ANYTHING ABOUT. I NEVER HAUL OR PULL ANYTHING AND I ONLY PUT 13,000 MILES ON IT IN FIVE YEARS. NOT HEAVY DRIVING. I SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS AT ALL AND DODGE REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING OR PAY FOR REPAIR- JUST SAYING "IT'S PAST WARRANTY". I CANNOT AFFORD TO REPAIR BUT I SHOULD HAVE A VEHICLE COMPANY THAT IS PROUD OF IT'S PRODUCT ENOUGH TO STAND BEHIND IT. I ONLY GET $867 A MONTH RETIREMENT AND I'M 60 YEARS OF AGE. DAIMLER-CHRYSLER SHOULD HAVE MADE REPAIRS WHEN I FIRST CONTACTED THEM A YEAR AGO. THIS IS A DAILY PROBLEM AND GETTING WORSE. HUNDREDS OF FAILURES. I HAVE TO USE THE CAR FOR PET CARE SO JUST CONTINUE TO PUTT ALONG UNTIL IT (THE TRANS) GOES OUT COMPLETELY. *NM

• 11/08/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ELECTRICAL SYSTEMCrashFire

  UPON BEING STRUCK IN THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL WELL, NEAR THE BATTERY, MY CAR BURSTED INTO FLAMES. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL ANOTHER 200 FEET DESIPITE VARIOUS METHODS OF APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES. I THEN DEPLOYED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE VEHICLE DIDN'T STOP UNTIL THE POWER CUT OFF AND THE FINALLY DIED.

• 11/07/2001· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  IF I AM DOING MORE THAN 40 MILES PER HOUR THE CAR DOESN'T STOP COMPLETELY WITHOUT SLIDING. *AK

• 11/07/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  LEAKY HEAD GASKET-CHYLR "FEELS NO RESPONSIBILTY" TO ASSUME LIABILITY W/OBVIOUS DEFECT. *AK

• 11/06/1999· POWER TRAIN

  THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED 3 TIMES IN MY DODGE STRATUS, WONT SHIFT OUT OF 2ND GEAR,IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES THEY SAID THEY FIXED IT THE FIRST 2 TIMES BUT IT WAS NOT FIXED PROPERLY. IT IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER AGAIN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAVE TALKED TO 3 OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS IN THEIR CHRYSLER VEHICLES HOWEVER, CHRYSLER CORP MAIN OFFICE DENIES ANY PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION...NOT THAT I THOUGHT THEY WOULD SAY SO. BUT SOMEONE AT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF MY DEALER ADMITS THAT CHRSYLER KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM BUT WILL NOT GO PUBLIC.