1995 Dodge Stratus complaints

VEHICLE IS LEAKING OIL FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE, HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK *JB

CONSUMER STATED OIL IS LEAKING FROM ENGINE HEAD GASKET, THE PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, OIL IS LEAKING CLOSE TO THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD, WHICH COULD CAUSE A FIRE. *JG *AK

OIL IS LEAKING FROM GASKET CYLINDER HEAD. HAD THIS PROBLEM FIXED ONCE, BUT SAME PROBLEM RETURNED. CONTACT CHRYSLER, AND THEY STATED THAT THEY WERE AWARE IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH GASKETS. *AK

THE CAR WAS STOPPING NORMALLY ON CLEAN DRY PAVEMENT FROM 35 MPH AND WHEN SLOWED TO ABOUT 25 MPH THE BRAKE PEDAL DROPPED APPROXIMATLY .25 INCHES A WHIRRING NOISE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND THE BRAKES SEEMED TO TOTALLY FREE WHEEL. I PUMPED THE BRAKES TO NO AVAIL AND STEPPED ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AS HARD AS I COULD AND THE CAR CONTINUED TO ROLL WITH NO APPARENT BRAKING. I LOOKED AT THE DASH AND NO WARNING LIGHTS WERE LIT . AFTER I CAREFULLY LIMPED HOME WITH ONE HAND ON THE PARKING BRAKE I CHECKED THE FLUID AND IT WAS NORMAL.*AK

WITH STEADY PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE PEDAL AT STOP LIGHT,THE PEDAL WILL SLOWLY SINK TO THE FLOORBOARD AND BRAKES WILL GO AWAY AND CAR WILL ROLL AS IF THERE WERE NO BRAKES APPLIED. I HAVE NOT CONTACTED DEALER SERVICE CENTER YET. *AK

WE ARE ON OUR THIRD TRIP TO HAVE OUR CAR REPAIRED FOR STALLING AT ANY TIME OR SPEED FOR THE THIRD TIME IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO THANK YOU. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR IN TOWN AT APPROX. 30 MPH WHEN I STARTED LOSING POWER AND SAW WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT OF MY EXHAUST. I KNEW FROM AN EXPERIENCE MY FATHER HAD WITH HIS CAR, THAT IT WAS THE HEAD GASKET. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED THE CAR OVER AND HAD IT TOWED TO MY LOCAL DODGE DEALER. KEEP IN MIND THAT AT THIS POINT THE CAR WAS RUNNING WITH NO OTHER PROBLEMS OTHER THAN THE LOSS OF POWER AND THE SMOKE.UPON HEARING FROM THE DEALER, I WAS SHOCKED WHEN HE TOLD ME THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN AND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE MOTOR. I COULDNT POSSIBLY AFFORD THE $3000 OR $4000 ESTIMATE THEY GAVE ME, SO I TOLD THEM TO LEAVE IT ALONE AND WOULD HAVE IT TOWED OUT OF THEIR LOT. WHEN I MET THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WITH THE TOW TRUCK ON THEIR LOT, I NOTICED THAT MY CAR HAD BEEN DRIVEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THEIR LOT.WHEN I TOLD THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ABOUT WHAT IT WAS DOING WHEN I GAVE CONTROL OF MY CAR TO THE DEALER, HE TOLD ME THAT THERE IS NO WAY THE MOTOR WAS BLOWN. THEY WERE JUST TRYING TO GET SOME MONEY OUT OF ME. HE THEN TOLD ME TO START THE CAR AND LET HIM SEE WHAT IT WAS DOING. WHEN IT STARTED IT WAS MAKING A LOT OF NOISE. NOISE IT WAS NOT MAKING WHEN I SHUT THE MOTOR OFF. WE COULD ONLY COME TO THE CONCLUSION AFTER SEEING WERE THE CAR WAS PARKED THAT THE DEALER MECHANICS HAD DRIVEN IT AGAINST MY INSTRUCTIONS AND CAUSED THE MOTOR TO BLOW. SO INSTEAD OF WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A REPLACED HEAD GASKET, TURNED INTO A MOTOR REPLACEMENT. AFTER CONTACTING CRYSTER CUSTOMER SERVICE, THEY REFUSED

FIRST INCIDENT INVOLVED LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL ON A RIGHT TURN. STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND I HAD TO BRAKE HARD. SECOND INCIDENT WAS AGAIN A RIGHT HAND TURN IN AN INTERSECTION, THE WHEELS LOCKED AND THOUGH I WAS TURNING RIGHT THE CAR WENT STRAIGHT TOWARDS ONCOMING TRAFFIC. BRAKED HARD, LUCKY CAR BEHIND ME SWERVED. THERE IS STEERING RELATED SAFETY RECALL ON 95 STRATUS, BUT DEALER SAYS MY CAR IS NOT COVERED AND WANTS ME TO PAY OVER 600 $ FOR REPAIRS. CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE IS RUDE AND CALLOUS, REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE STEERING FAILURE AS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THERE SEEMS TO BE A CONTINUING PROBLEM WITH THE HEAD GASKET AND OIL LEAKAGE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS VEHICLE WAS COVERED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID#96V006000 AND IF SO, WAS THE WORK EVER COMPLETED? WE HAVE ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE THE HEAD GASKET (JAN. OF 1999) AND HAVE BEEN TOLD IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN!*AK

THIS CAR HAS HAD 2 REPLACED COMPUTERS AND 2 OXYGEN SENSORSTHAT I KNOW OF, ALSO I HAVE BEEN TO SEVERAL SHOPS INCLUDING THE DOGE DEALER SHIPS TO SEE WHY THE CHECK INGINE LIGHT IS ON AND ACCORDING TO THEIR MACHINES THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. BUT THEIR IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS CAR, AFTER DRIVING IF ON A HOT DAY ONCE YOU TURN OFF THE CAR AND LET IT SET , WHEN YOU GO TO START IT AGIAN IT WILL NOT START IT ACTS LIKE IT HAS NO GAS, IT STARTS POPPING AND DIEING OUT, IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE IT IS VAPOR LOCKING. I WAS TOLD THESE CAR DO NOT VAPOOR LOCK , BUT THIS ONE SURE ACT LIKE IT . I HAVE BEEN BACK TO THE DEALER SHIP I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM AND THEY HAVE WORKED AND WORKED ON THIS CAR FOR THE SAME PROBLEMS AND NOBODY CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS ! I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT ANY INFORMATION ON THIS CAR THAT I CAN , MAYBE THERE WAS A RECALL BEFORE I BOUGHT THE CAR AND THE ORGINAL OWNER NEVER TOOK THE CAR IN .

WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY RIGHT TIE ROD BROKE. CONSUMER REPAIRED IT HIMSELF.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN THE TIE ROD BROKE, ALL STEERING CONTROL WAS LOST. TRANSMISSION FAILED. *SLC

THERE IS AN EXTREME OIL LEAK, AND A BURNING SMELL. CONSUMER THINKS IT MAY CATCH ON FIRE. A MECHANIC SAID IT WAS ENGINE OIL GALLEY PLUG. *AK

WHEN TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY TRANSMISSION SLIPPED INTO NEUTRAL AN VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN TO 35MPH. THEN VEHICLE JERKED AND WENT INTO SECOND GEAR. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. NOTED THAT TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED LAST YEAR. *AK

BRAKES LOCKED ON LEFT SIDE OF CAR WHEN COMING TO A STOP. *AK

KRANE CHRYSLER HAS LOOKED AT CAR TWICE FOR THIS. REPLACING FUSES ABOUT 4 TIMES OR MORE A WEEK NOW. *AK

CONSUMER CHECKED RADIATOR FLUID AND NOTICED THAT OIL WAS PRESENT IN RADIATOR AND OVERFILL COMPARTMENT. A PRIVATE MECHANIC WAS CURRENTLY REPLACING HEAD GASKET. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ ATTACHMENTS. *AK

VEHICLE WILL JUMP OUT OF GEAR WHILE BEING DRIVEN.*AK

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLYING BRAKES OR WHILE AT A STOP VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE WITHOUT WARNING. *AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE JERKS WHILE DRIVING, WHICH CAUSES DOORS TO LOCK AND CRUISE CONTROL GOES OFF, ENGINE REVS HIGHER THAN NORMAL WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP AND WHILE DRIVING FORCING CONSUMER TO KEEP HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO KEEP FROM GOING TO FAST. *JB

1. A/C PAST 3 TEARS HAS FAILED. CONTROL MODE FAILURE. A/C REPAIRED 2X IN WARRENTY. 2. ABS SENSOR FAILED AT 42000. 3.DISTRIBUTOR FAILED AT 90000 3. TRANSMISSION-FRONT PUMP SEAL STARTED LEAKING AT 90000. 4. SPARK PLUG RING SEALS(6) FAILED AT 90000.

HEAD GASKET BEGAN TO LEAK OIL. VEHICLE TAKEN IN FOR REPAIR. REPAIR COSTS $1100. THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO LEAK PROFUSELY AT 60,000 MILES. THE COST FOR THAT REPAIR WHICH HAS NOT BEEN DONE YET IS ESTIMATED AT $2500. *AK

CAR CUTS OFF WHEN I SLOW DOWN TO TURN, YEILD, STOP, BACKUP. *AK

TRANSMISSION WILL DOWNSHIFT INTO A LOWER GEAR WHEN TRAVELING ABOVE 25 MPH. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

OIL LEAK DUE TO BLOWN HEAD GASKET. *AK

MY DODGE STRATUS BLEW A HEAD GASKET WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT AND CRACK A HEAD.

FUEL TANK IS LEAKING AT TOP WHERE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY IS FASTENED TO TANK. MECHANIC SAID HE GOT WORD THAT A LOT OF THE SEALS ARE FAILING, THAT THIS IS A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM. CAR LEAKS CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF GAS, THIS COULD BE A SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM. *AK

DODGE HAS SEVERAL ITEMS WRONG WITH THERE FRONT ENDS.NEVER TELLING THE PUBLIC.MY DODGE HAS STEERING NOISE FROM DAY ONE.DODGE HAS 29 ITEMS IN THERE SYS.19 COMPUTOR ,IHAVE THE TOP 5 ITEMS WRONG WITH MY DODGE.NO DEALER AROUND ME HAVE EVER REPLACED A RETURN LINE FROM THE STEERING COOLER,THIS LINE HAS VERY LITTLE PSI. IN IT.WHEN THE SAID LINE LETS GO YOU LOSE ALL STEERING FLUID AND STEERING.DODGE WILL NOT HELP WITH THIS MATTER I MUST DO THIS REPAIR MY SELF,ABOUT 8HRS. LABOR AND $17.00 IN PARTS. *AK

FRONT LEFT LOWER BALL JOINT STARTED MAKING NOISE, THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER REQUEST REPAIR UNDER RECALL 97V-201, THE DEALER REFUSED NO-COST REPAIR STATING THAT THE BALL JOINT PASSED ALL THEIR TEST SO THEY DID NOT HAVE TO REPLACE IT UNDER RECALL, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

HAD AN OIL LEAK ON CATALYTIC CONVERTER WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE, HEAD GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED. *SLC

OIL IS LEAKING FROM ENGINE DUE TO CRACKED CYLINDER HEAD. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, CAUSING POOR STEERING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THERE WAS A PROBLEM FROM THE START WITH HEADGASKET LEAK BUT I WASN'T AWARE OF IT UNTIL KNOW IHAVE BEEN TOLD BY MECHANICS THAT THEI HAVE BEEN SEVERAL CARS CAME IN FOR REPAIRS BUT THEY WERE TOO LATE BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THE DEFECTS CAUSING ENGINE PROBLEMS WHICH CHYRSLER SHOULD HAVE MADE A RECALL BUT DIDN'T I CONTACTED THEM AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO HELP ME I THINK THEY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE AND STANDBY THEIR PRODUCTS , THEY ALSO SHOULD PAY EVERY ONE WHO HAD THIS REPAIR DONE . ICONTACTEDEE. *AK

I WAS ON MY WAY TO MY JOB AND I MAY A FULL STOP ON A RED LIGHT THE ENGINE STOP SO I PROCEEDED TO CHECK THE CONTROL PANEL TO VIEW ANY ANORMAL SIGNAL. AFTERWARDS I TURNED THE IGNITION ON AND PUT THE CAR ON DRIVE, I TURNED RIGHT ON THE INTERSECTION . AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 100 FEET THE ENGINE STOPPED AGAIN AND WHEN I TRY TO TURNED IT ON THERE WAS A BIG EXPLOSION AND A BIG FLAME CAME OUT FROM THE ENGINE. INMEDIATEDLY I GOT OUT FROM THE CAR AND SOME PASSBYERS CALLED THE POLICE AND FIREMEN. UP TO THIS MOMENT I LACK KNOWLEDGE OF WHY THIS OCCURRED. THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOST. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY INFOR MATION ABOUT THIS OR ANY SIMIILAR ACCIDENTS OF THIS CAR'S TRADEMARK AND MODEL.*AK

I ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE WATER PUMP REPLACED.ALONG WITH THE SENSOR ON THE EXHUST PIPE,SEEMS LIKE JUST WHEN THE WARRENTY GOES OFF , AND I HAD THE EXTENDED WARRENTY,EVERYTHING HAPPENS. *AK

MY HEADGASKET HAS BEEN LEAKING FOR A LONG TIME. I HAVE TRYED TO GET CHRYSLER TO PAY FOR THIER MISTAKE. I REPLACED THE GASKET. THE NEW ONE IS A LOT THICKER THEN THE OLD ONE.SO, IF THEY MODIFIED THE NEW GASKET, THEN SOMETHING MUST BE WRONG WITH THE ORIGINAL ONE. THAT'S WHY ALL THESE CAR OWNERS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH A LEAKING GASKET ON THEIR DODGE STRATUSES AND NEONS. THIS COULD BE LOOKED AT AS A SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD, BECAUSE THE LEAKING OIL ON THE ENGINE COULD CATCH ON FIRE AND THE LEAKING OIL ON THE GROUND CAN GET INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. I PAID FOR THE HEAD GASKET WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR, NOW I'M HAVING TO PAY FOR IT AGAIN. I FEEL. *AK (DOT NUMBER: 0 TIRESIZE: 0)

OIL LEAK AT HEAD GASKET CAUSE THE CYLINDER HEAR TO FAIL. SEEMS TO BE PREVELENT PROBLEM. *AK

THIS IS THE 3RD HEAD GASKET TO FAIL ON THIS VEHICLE. IN ONE EVENT, THE MANIFOLD WAS CRACKED AS WELL. A DIFFERENT DEALER HAS ACKNOWLEDGE HEAD GASKET PROBLEMS WITH MANY STRATUS MODELS. THEY ARE TALKING TO REGIONAL REP TO REPLACE AT N/C. *AK

DODGE HAS A PROBLEM WITH HEAD GASKETS IN THEIR 4 CLYNDAR CARS - 2 TIMES IT HAS GONE ON A 1995 STRATUS.*AK

POSSIBLE BRAKE LOSS, TRYING TO FIND OUT IF THIS CAR HAD THE RECALL COMPLETED. *AK

WHILE PUSHING POWER WINDOW BUTTON WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL DOWN, WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

ON 9/19/00 WE TOOK OUR CAR TO TIRE MART, IN STAUNTON, VA TO HAVE TIRE PRESSURE CHECKED. WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE TIRES HAD STRESS CRACKS AND THAT THE TREAD APPEARED TO BE STARTING TO SEPARATE FROM THE TIRE. THIS WAS ON ALL FOUR TIRES. THE DOT ICUR P21 HAS A BOX WITH A # IN EACH BOX, WHICH IS 488, 099, 488, AND 448. WE DON'T KNOW IF THIS NUMBER IS SIGNIFICANT BUT HAVE INCLUDED IT. WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT TO DO, AS WE FELL THAT OUR SAFETY MAY BE IN JEOPARDY? WE HAVE E-MAILED BRIDGESTONE AND HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING BACK FROM THEM. THANK YOU, HAZEL AND HINMAN STRANGE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: ICUR P21 TIRESIZE: P205/65R15)

CAR CONTINUES TO CUT OFF AT WILL EVEN WHEN DRIVING. *AK

FALSE DASH SIGNALS DISPLAYED THAT BRAKE SYSTEM WAS OUT OF ORDER. *SLC

NO SUMMARY

ENGINE HEAD GASKET WOULD LEAK & CAUSE ENGINE TO SMOKE. WOULD REFILL THE OIL AT LEAST 3-4 TIMES A WEEK. TOOK TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED NOTHING WAS WRONG. ALSO, ABS LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. WAS INFORMED THAT SENSOR NEEDED TO BE SHUT OFF.*AK

BRAKE SYSTEM HAS MANY PROBLEMS WITH POSSIBLE DESIGN FLAW, WHICH CAUSES EXCESSIVE WEAR AND SYMPTOMS OF MASTER CYLINDER LEAKING AND THE CALIPERS STICKING.

WHAT I AM DOING IS TRYING TO GET HELP; MY VEHICLE IS BADLY LEAKING OIL, THE RECALL IS FOR GALLEY PLUGS, BUT THE DEALER IN PHOENIX SAYS IT IS THE HEAD GASKET AND NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL, APPROXIMATELY. $900.00 TO FIX. THE DEALERSHIP SAID TO ME ON THE PHONE, "AT THAT MILEAGE IT WON'T BE THE GALLEY PLUGS, IT'L BE THE HEAD GASKET, THAT'S WHAT IT ALWAYS IS WITH THOSE STRATUS'"(EMPHASIS MINE). WHAT I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT IF IT IS A COMMON OF ENOUGH PROBLEM FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO SAY THAT, AS WELL AS A HEAD GASKET TO BE SHOT AT SUCH A LOW MILEAGE, WHY ISN'T THIS JUST AS MUCH AS A RECALL AS THE GALLEY PLUGS, ALLOWING ME AND I'M SURE MANY OTHERS TO BE HELPED. CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE ANSWER THIS REQUEST, I CALLED THE CHRYSLER FACTORY ABOUT THIS AND THEY COULD HAVE CARED LESS. *AK

HEAD GASKET & CAMSHAFT SEAL HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE AT 52,000 & 75,000. I AGAIN HAVE AN OIL LEAK AT 82,000. *AK

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.