1995 Dodge Stratus complaints

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE DROVE IN FRONT OF CONSUMER. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY PROPERLY. *AK

AIR CONDITIONER COMRESSOR/EXPANSION VALVE FAILED.

THE VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AND GOT REAR ENDED FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE BRAKING FROM 65MPH, AND NEITHER THE DRIVER'S NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN LOOKED AT YET. *AK

KEY STUCK IN IGNITION. TOLD BY REPAIR SHOP THAT THE SHIFT CYLINDER IS THE CAUSE OF KEY BEING STUCK.

WHILE DRIVING REAR BALL JOINTS ARE COMING OUT OF THEIR SOCKETS, CAUSING THE TIRE TO WOBBLE AND ALMOST LOSING CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. DEALER REPLACED CONTROL ARM AND BALL JOINTS. THE RIGHT REAR BALL JOINT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED ALSO. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AT 50 MPH THE SUN ROOF SHATTERED WITHOUT WARNING. ALSO SUN ROOF WAS OPEN AT THE TIME. CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK

CLUTCH CABLE FAILED DUE TO A BENT CLUTCH FORK.

BRAKE LINE LOCATION CAUSES CHAFFING, WHICH RESULTED IN A HOLE IN THE LINE.

OWNER NOTICED AN OIL LEAKAGE FROM VEHICLE. WHEN TAKEN TO DEALER, DEALER STATED THAT THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN, WHICH IS A KNOWN PROBLEM. *AK

DEFECT IN HEAD GASKET CAUSED THE OIL TO LEAK OUT, RESULTING IN LEAKAGE ONTO ENGINE/LOSS OF POWER. DEALER CLAIMS PART IS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER. *AK

OIL IS LEAKING OUT OF ENGINE GASKET.

TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER REGARDING RECALL ON LOWER CONTROL ARM, AND HAD IT INSPECTED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN FIXED AS PER RECALL (97V-201). *AK

IN A 35 MPH IMPACT THE DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE OFF FROM THE SEAT RAIL, CAUSING THE DRIVER'S SEAT TO COLLAPSE BACKWARDS, CAUSING MORE INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANT. *AK

TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR RECALL REPAIR OF LOWER CONTROL ARM. ALL THE MECHANIC DID WAS TO OPEN THE HOOD AND LOOK UP/UNDER IT, AND SAID THE THE VEHICLE WAS FINE. THE VEHICLE STILL HAS SUSPENSION -LOWER CONTROL ARM PROBLEMS (97V-201). *AK

WIRING HARNESS BURNED OUT/REPLACED. IN ADDITION, ENGINE CRANK SENSOR FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL/DISTRIBUTOR CAP AND ROTOR MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING STALLING. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET LEKAS OIL, SPILLS OIL ALL OVER BACK OF ENGINE/POWER STEERING AND AIR PUMP BELT, CAUSING LOSS OF POWER AND STEERING SLIPPAGE. *AK

ANTI LOCK BRAKES SYSTEM CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS EVEN AFTER SEVERAL REPAIR ATTEMPTS.

ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION SEALS FAILED TOO SOON.

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE (96V075000). CALLED DEALER. TOOK VEHICLE IN. SUPPOSED TO REPAIR BRAKES. PICKED UP VEHICLE, NOTICED NO BRAKING POWER. CALLED DEALER, THEY REFUSED TO CORRECT PROBLEM W/BRAKES. CALLED MANUFACTURER. & WAS TOLD WORK WAS DONE & NOTHING COULD BE DONE. OWNER NOT SATISFIED AT ALL. *AK

ENGINE GASKET FAILURE. RECALLED FOR OIL GALLEY PLUG.

THE CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT DISENGAGE WHEN DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE SPEED INCREASED FROM 60-90 MPH. DRIVER HAD TO HIT THE OFF BUTTON ON THE STEERING COLUMN TO DISENGAGE SYSTEM. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

BRAKE PADS FAILED.

VEHICLE STARTED MAKING STRANGE SOUND UPON IGNITION. OIL LEVEL WAS 1.5 QUARTS LOW DUE TO A LEAKING GASKET.

RECALL WORK DENIED DUE TO NO PROBLEMS BEING FOUND WITH THE LOWER BALL JOINT, HOWEVER A FEW DAYS LATER BALL JOINT COLLAPSED CAUSING DAMAGE.

POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED CAUSING NOISE TO EMIT FROM STEERING COLUMN.

MASTER CYLINDER PISTON AND HCU GREASE RECALLED.

FAILED ENGINE GASKET ALLOWING OIL TO LEAK ONTO EXHAUST MANIFOLD.

BALL JOINT FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL.

HEAD GASKET FAILED, CAUSING OIL LEAK.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE & WHEN CONSUMER WAS AT AN INTERSECTION AT A GREEN LIGHT WAITING FOR THE TRAFFIC TO PASS SO HE COULD MAKE A TURN, BUT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM BECAUSE THE VEHICLE LOST POWER, LEAVING CONSUMER WITH A STALLED VEHICLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THE CONSUMER HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO DEALER COUPLE 0F TIMES AND MANUFACTURER CONTACTED. THE CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO ADD THIS PROBLEM DOES NOT HAPPEN AT ALL TIMES, JUST SOMETIMES. *AK *SLC

DURING REAR IMPACT AT 45 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT CAME OFF OF THE SEAT TRACK, CAUSING DRIVER TO SUSTAIN INJURIES. *AK

BALL JOINT FAILED.

REAR SHOCK FAILED. MJS

AIR CONDITIONER: EXPANSION VALVE MALFUNCTIONED. *AK

DURING EMERGENCY STOPPING, EXPERIENCING LONG STOPPING DISTANCE, RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT.

WHILE DRIVING THE HOOD CAME UNLATCHED AND FLEW BACK INTO THE WINDSHIELD. THE DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

AIR CONDITIONER BEGAN SMOKING/GRINDING, REPLACED COMPRESSOR. *AK

ANTI LOCK BRAKES FAIL, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SKID.

TRANSMISSION FAILED.

ABS BRAKE FAILURE. ALSO, REAR WHEEL CYLINDER AND BRAKE ROTORS FAILED. *AK

TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING/OIL LEAKS FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE CAR DOES NOT SHIFT INTO GEAR. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

TRUNK LID HAS NO HYDRAULIC SUPPORT ROD, TRUNK CRASHES DOWN WHEN EVER PUSHED UP, AS RESULT, LID HAS FALLEN ON OWNERS HEAD SEVERAL TIMES CAUSING INJURY, MFR. INDICATES IT WAS MANUFATURED THAT WAY AND NO ADJUSTMENT CAN BE MADE.

VEHICLE STALLS ON HOT DAYS AFTER BEING DRIVEN FOR A WHILE.

ENGINE MISSES WHEN SHIFTED FROM THIRD TO FOURTH GEAR .

WHILE DRIVING CAR WAS MAKING A HUMMING NOISE FOR ABOUT 3 MILES WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED A KNOCKING NOISE CAME FROM BRAKES DRIVING AT OR ABOUT 5 MPH. MANUFACTURER CONTACTED, INFORMED THE OWNER THAT A RECALL WAS ON THE BRAKE SHOES AND THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. AFTER THE BRAKES WERE FIXED, THE PROBLEM REOCCURRED 5 TIMES, CAUSING PREMATURE WEAR ON THE BRAKES. *AK

GEARSHIFT CAN BE MOVED FROM DRIVE TO THIRD GEAR WITHOUT USING THE "SAFETY " BUTTON/ALSO CAN BE SHIFTED WITH KEYS OUT OF IGNITION SWITCH.

ENGINE BACK FIRES, CAUSING SUDDEN ACCELERATION.

AIRBAG PANEL BROKE LOOSE, CAN SEE THE AIRBAG COMPONENTS, CAN EASLY DEPLOY WITHOUT WARNING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, LOWER BALL JOINT BROKE, DROPPED DOWN, DAMAGED WHEEL/LOWER CONTROL ARM AND BALL JOINT, CAUSED FIRE IN LEFT FRONT BRAKE CALIPER; ACCORDING TO DEALER, ALL PARTS NEED REPLACING, INCLUDING BRAKE PADS. VEHICLE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION. *AK

THE BRAKE CALIPER/DRUM DISC AND THE TRANSMISSION WERE REPLACED THREE TIMES, HAVING OTHER PROBLEMS AS WELL, WILL EXPLAIN AND SEND COPY OF PAPER WORK . *AK