1998 Dodge Stratus complaints

70 DEGREES, DRY LEVEL ROAD SURFACE, SLIGHT CURVE IN ROAD TO LEFT. FRONTAL IMPACT AT 40MPH INTO SIDE OF SECOND VEHICLE THAT RAN STOP SIGN. PRESSED BRAKE PEDAL WITH BOTH FEET AT MAXIMUM FORCE. BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO FLOOR AND CAR DID NOT SLOW OR STOP RESULTING IN IMPACT. NORMALY, ABS ACTIVATES AT THE SLIGHTEST SIGN OF ROAD IRREGULARITY. ABS SOUNDS NOT HEARD DURING ENTIRE INCIDENT. ABS PULSING SENSATION IN BRAKE PEDAL NOT FELT DURING ENTIRE INCIDENT. ALSO, FRONT DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.

I WAS HEARING NOISED COMING FROM THE BRAKES AND TOOK CAR IN FOR INSPECTION, I WAS HANDED A LIST OF NOISES THAT WERE TO BE CONSIDERED NORMAL. I WENT IN A SECOND TIME WITH BLACK DUST ON OUTSIDE OF HUBCAPS AGAIN I WAS TOLD IT WAS NORMAL. THEN MY BRAKES FAILED WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY. DEALER REPLACE NUMEROUS PARTS OF FACTORY DEFECTIVE PARTS. ALSO I WAS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND VEHICLE ACELLERATED ON ITS OWN, I ALMOST HIT A PEDESTRIAN AND WENT INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. I HELD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO TRY TO KEEP THE VEHICLE FROM MOVING. THE VEHICLE WAS JUMPING FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND SMOKING WHILE THE ENGINE WAS RACING AT MAX THROTTLE.

AT NEARLY ZERO SPEED THE ENGINE SPEED SURGE WITH THE FOOT ON THE BREAK.

WE HAVE PROBLEMS INSTALLING A CARSEAT IN THE REAR PAASENGER SIDES. THE SHOULDER STRAPS DO NOT LOCK, CAUSING THE CARSEAT TO FLOP AROUND. TRYING TO INSTALL A TODDLER CARSEAT WAS IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO THE SEAT BELT NOT BEING LONG ENOUGH NOR WOULD IT LOCK. WE HAVE CALLED THE DEALER IN OUR AREA SEVERAL TIMES TO HELP FIND A SOLUTION AND THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE US WITH ANY INFORMATION ON HOW TO FIX IT. WE NEED A WAY TO INSTALL THE CARSEAT BACKWARDS AND CAN NOT DO SO.

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WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THERE IS A SQUEAKING AND RUBBING NOISE THEN THE PEDAL RELEASES PRESSURE AND GOES TO THE FLOOR. DEALER SAYS THERE IS NO SOLUTION. *AK

FLOOR MAT STARTED MOVING WHILE MAKING A TURN. STEERING LOCKED BECAUSE FLOOR MAT WAS JAMMED AROUND THE COLUMN DUE TO STEERING COLUMN MECHANISM NOT BEING COVERED. DEALER CONTACTED, AND STATED IT WAS DESIGN OF VEHICLE. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE STEERING WENT OUT OF CONTROL WHILE DRIVING DUE TO THE REAR WHEEL COMING OUT OF PLACE. DEALER SAYS THE REAR LOWER CONTROL ARM NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED. *AK

I HAVE HAD THE BRAKES FAIL ON MY STRATUS 5 TIMES SO FAR (AND COUNTING) TO THE POINT WHERE I HAD NO BREAKING POWER AND WAS FORCED TO USE THE PARKING BRAKE ON ALL OCCASIONS TO STOP THE VEHICLE IN TIME BEFORE CRASHING INTO OTHER VEHICLES. ON ALL OCCASIONS I HAVE BEEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, ON DRY ROADS, FOR GENERALLY ONLY 15 -30 MINUTES AFTER GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER HAS LOOKED AT IT AND FOUND NO DIAGNOSABLE PROBLEM. I AM HAVING THEM LOOK AT IT ONE MORE TIME NEXT WEEK AND THEN IF IT IS NOT FIXED, I WILL HAVE THE NH MOTOR VEHICLE ARBITRATION BOARD ARBIRTRATE TO GET ME A NEW VEHCILE.

FLOOR SHIFT INDICATOR DOES NOT SHIFT PROPERLY. INDICATOR IS LOCATED ON DASHBOARD & NOT SHOWING WHAT GEAR VEHICLE IS LOCATED IN. ALSO, STEERING WHEEL TILTS WHERE IT OBSTRUCTS THE VIEW OF THE INDICATOR. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 55 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION ,HITTING A BARRIER IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHENEVER BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THEY WOULD MAKE LOUD SQUEALING NOISES. THEY WOULD LET GO WHILE BEING PRESSED. REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE WHEN THE BRAKES FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY AT 60 MPH. AT TIME OF IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES THERE IS A VERY LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES. ALSO, THE CONSUMER IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE PASSENGER'S WINDOW, WHERE THERE IS AIR COMING THROUGH THE WINDOW. IN ADDITION, THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THE COSNUMER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

VIOLENT DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION CAUSED THE AIR BAG TO EXPLODE RATHER THAT DEFLATE.

TRUNK IS SO HIGH THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE ANYTHING DIRECTLY BEHIND THE VEHICLE.

CONSUMER'S WIFE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT-END COLLISION. DURING THE ACCIDENT, THE AIRBAGS ON THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDES FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE WIFE WAS NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED, BUT SUFFERS FROM SORES AND BRUISES. WHEN THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AN INVESTIGATOR FROM CHRYSLER CAME OUT TO VIEW THE VEHICLE, BUT FAILED TO GIVE THE CONSUMER ANY INFORMATION PERTAINING TO VEHICLE. *AK

UNSPECIFIED.

LEFT REAR SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT PROPERLY. REQUIRES OWNER TO PLAY WITH THE BELT TO HAVE IT RETRACT.

GEAR SHIFT IS DEFECTIVE. WHEN MOVING IT THERE IS NO NEED TO PUT FOOT ON THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE SHIFTS GEARS ANYWAY. THE DEALER STATES THAT IS THE WAY THE GEAR SHIFT SHOULD BE BECAUSE OF FEDERAL STANDARDS. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLOOR CONSOLE DESIGN THROW FROM D TO R TO PARK IS TOO LONG RESULTING IN CONSUMER THINKING THAT THE VEHICLE IS IN PARK WHEN IN REVERSE.

WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIAMTELY 15-20 MPH, HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON WHICH WAS GOING ABOUT 30 MPH. DIRECT HIT AND AIRBAGS ON BOTH SIDES DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HIT STEERING WHEEL AND WINDSHIELD. *AK

THE FIRST DAY THAT CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE HOME HE EXPERIENCED BRAKE FAILURE. CONSUMER WAS BACKING UP AND THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP VEHICLE. A SECOND TIME, CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH WHEN A TRUCK STOPPED IN FRONT OF VEHICLE. WHEN DRIVER APPLIED BRAKES THERE WERE NONE, SHE REAR ENDED THE TRUCK . *AK