1999 Dodge Stratus complaints

WHENVER I TRY TO BRAKE CAR, MY STEERING WHEEL SHAKES EVEN I GOT NEW ROTORS. PROBLEM WITH ROTORS - ROTORS SEEMS TO MESS UP EVERYONE 1 YEAR, SOMETHING MUST BE WRONG WITH ROTORS AND PADS ASSEMBLY IN THIS MODEL. ALSO, MICHELIN XW4 TIRES THAT COME WITH THE NEW MODEL IN 1999, WORE OUT REAL QUICKLY. IT NEVER REACH 60,000 MILES WARRANTY WHICH MICHENLIN "STATED IN WARRANTY". TOO MANY DEFECTS IN MICHELIN TIRES, WHEN I BOUGHT NEW CAR AFTER 2 MONTHS I HAD FLAT TIRE WIHTOUT ANY NAILS OR ANYTHING. THEN, AGAIN ANOTHER TIRE BLEW UP AFTER 8 MONTHS WITH 6 INCH HOLE IN TIRE. THERE IS A BIG EFFECT IN MICHELIN XW4....I HOPE I CAN GET MONEY BACK FOR TIRES AND ROTORS WHICH I SPENT AT SHOP.*AK (TIRESIZE: 195-70-R14)

WHILE TRAVELING, TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO NEXT GEAR CORRECTLY. WOULD SUDDENLY SLAM INTO GEAR, AND CAUSE VEHICLE TO JERK FORWARD. *AK REAR BRAKES MAKE NOISE. CONSUMER STATES STEERING WHEEL LOCK UP. WINDSHIELD WASHER IS NOT WORKING. REAR BUMPER IS COMING LOOSE. THE VEHICLE ALSO HAS NOISY A SUSPENSION. *YH

WHENEVER BRAKES WERE APPLIED THEY WOULD MAKE SQUEAKING NOISE. BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, ALMOST FAILED TO STOP.*AK

STEERING HAS BECOME DIFFICULT AT LOW SPEEDS, LIKE EXITING DRIVEWAYS OR PARKING LOTS OR TURNING ONTO OTHER ROADS. WHEN DRIVING STRAIGHT, STEERING IS FINE. STEERING IS VERY HARD AND THE STEERING WHEEL JERKS BACK AND FORTH DURING A TURN. OPINION OF MECHANIC IS FAILURE OF STEERING RACK AND PINION. POWER STEERING FLUID LEVEL IS CORRECT.*AK

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL FROM UNDERNEATH. *AK

VEHICLE HAS HAD A CONTINUOUS BRAKE PROBLEM THAT STILL HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. WHILE APPLYING BRAKES, BRAKE PEDAL FEELS FIRM OR CATCHES LIKE IT IS SLOWING DOWN TO STOP VEHICLE. BRAKE PEDAL GETS SOFT, GOES TO THE FLOOR,AND CAUSES VEHICLE TO ROLL. MECHANIC HAS CHANGED FRONT AND REAR PADS, BUT PROBLEM SEEMED TO HAVE GOTTEN WORSE. IT WAS RECOMMEND THAT CONSUMER GO TO A DODGE DEALER TO SEE IF PROBLEM COULD BE RECTIFIED.*AK

INFORMED THAT HEAD GASKEKT WAS BLOWN,EXTENDED WARRANTY EXPIRED BY 14 MILES. SUSPECT INACCURATE ODOMETER READING .I NOTICED MY ODOMETER INCREASE AMOUNT WHEN DRIVING ODDLY THIS OCCURRED RIGHT AROUNED MY WARRATY EXPERATION. POSSIBLY SUSPECT ODOMETER TAMPERING. REVIEWED MILAGE HISTORY AND NOTICED A LARGE MILAGE AMOUT IN UNREALISTIC PERIODS OF TIME . I CALUCLATED KNOWN MILAGE DISTANCE AND COMPARED ODOMETER READING ,APPEARED TO BE INACURATE. I FURTHER FEEL THAT I WAS SOLD THE WRONG VEHICLE AT PURCHASE TIME. DH ODO. PLEASE ADVISE AND ASSIST A. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

OIL LIGHT WAS FLASHING ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC STATED IT WAS A HEAD GASKET LEAK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

BRAKE FAILURE. *AK

RIGHT REAR RESTRAINT BUCKLE HAS BROKEN. THE DEALER WILL REPAIR VEHICLE.*AK

AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THERE ARE SUDDEN AND UNEXPLAINED DECREASES OF ABOUT 500 RPM AND A MINOR REDUCTION IN SPEED. DEALER IS UNABLE TO RESOLVE AND WARRANTY IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE. FRIEND REPORTS SAME PROBLEM WITH A CHRYSLER SIRRUS AND CHRYSLER SAYS CARS WERE DESGINED THAT WAY. I CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY HAZARD THAT DESERVES RESOLUTION. *AK

WIRING HARNESS INSIDE FUEL TANK GOT HOT ENOUGH TO MELT PART OF PLUG AND WELD PINS TOGETHER, EVEN AFTER THIS THE 20 AMP FUSE DID NOT BLOW.I HAVE DIGITAL PICTURES I WILL SEND YOU OF THE FAILED PART IF I GET AN E-MAIL ADDRESS. I BYPASSED THE PLUG AND THE PUMP FUNCTIONED FINE BUT BECAUSE OF THE BURNT PLUG I HAD TO PURCHASE A NEW FUEL PUMP, I HAVE BEEN TO TWO DEALERSHIPS, CONTACTED THE FACTORY AND HAVE SHOWN IT TO THE DODGE MECHANICS I KNOW AND THEY SAY IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS FAILING INSIDE THE GAS TANK DOES NOT SOUND VERY SAFE TO ME.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT INTO ANOTHER GEAR. VEHICLE WILL SHIFT INTO PARK AND REVERSE WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS DEFECT WAS CAUSED FROM AN INTERNAL PROBLEM WITHIN TRANSMISSION, WHICH WILL RESULED IN TRANSMISSION BEING REBUILT AT CONSUMERS EXPENSE.ORIGINALLY GOING TO CHARGE CONSUMER $1900.00, BUT CHANGED PRICE TO $800.00. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

DURING NORMAL OPERATION OF VEHICLE AND WHEN PUSHING DOWN ON PEDAL, PEDAL WOULD PUSH BACK, AND THERE WAS VIBRATION. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND CAUSE OF THIS DEFECT WERE WARPED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. ALSO, REAR BRAKE DRUMS WARPED/ FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS SEPARATED. THIS DEFECT HAS BEEN COVERED BY VEHICLE'S WARRANTY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

BRAKE PEDAL AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL ARE TOO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. THIS IS CAUSING PEDAL MISAPPLICATION. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE CONSUMER IS MISTAKING ACCELERATOR PEDAL FOR BRAKE PEDAL. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

HAD CAM SENSOR FIXED ON 4/2/2001, CAR BEGAN TO MAKE A LOUD NOISE AND SPUTTER, THEN WOULD SLOW DOWN. CAR FINALLY STOPPED AND STALLED AND WON'T RESTART.*AK

DRIVER'S POWER ADJUSTED SEATBACK BROKE. DEALER STATED IT WOULD TAKE 2-3 WEEKS TO GET PART IN. *AK THE CONSUMER BEING SHORT, BARELY REACH THE STEERING WHEEL AFTER THE BACK OF THE SEAT BROKE. *YH

THE PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES IS THAT THEY DO NOT STOP THE CAR. IT FEELS LIKE WHEN YOU HIT THE BRAKES THAT THE TRANSMISSION WON'T DISENGAGE. IT MAY NOT REALLY BE A DISENGAGEMENT PROBLEM BUT THE BRAKES HAVE NEVER BEEN GOOD AT STOPPING THE CAR. WHEN YOU HIT THE BRAKES THE CAR NOSEDIVES BUT FEELS LIKE IT WON'T STOP. IT IS LIKE YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE SEAT AND STAND ON THE BRAKES. THE FEEL IS LIKE THE OLD BRAKES THAT HAD HEAT BUILD UP. YOU WOULD GET THAT OUTGASSING THAT WOULD RESIST PEDAL PRESSURE. THIS HAS RESULTED IN MANY NEAR ACCIDENTS AND FINALLY AN ACCIDENT. I ALSO DRIVE A PICK UP TRUCK AND THOSE BRAKES WORK MUCH BETTER. I BELEIVE THERE IS AN INHERENT DEFECT WITH THE BRAKES. IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THERE IS A FRAME PROBLEM. I DON'T SEE HOW A LESS THAN 10 MPH ACCIDENT COULD CRUSH THE HOOD AND THE FRONT END TO OVER 2600 BUCKS OF DAMAGE. NO DAMAGE TO THE CAR I HIT EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE OF CHIPS IN THE PAINT ON THE BUMPER. *AK

BRAKE PEDAL FALLS AWAY AT SLOW SPEED AND BRAKES ARE VERY NOISY.

BRAKES KEEP WEARING OUT WITHOUT WARNING. CONSUMER HAS CHANGED BRAKES TWICE SINCE OWNING VEHICLE.*AK

FRONT BRAKE PAD WAS BROKEN IN HALF AND THE RIGHT ROTOR WAS WARPED. *SLC

WHEN VEHICLE WAS PUT IN REVERSE IT ACCELERATED SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY, RESULTING IN COLLISION, AND CAUSING MINOR INJURIES. DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM.*AK

CONSUMER PRESSED DOWN ON THROTTLE & IT STUCK TO FLOOR. VEHICLE WOULDN'T STOP EVEN AFTER PRESSING BRAKES & PULLING UP PARKING BRAKE. VEHICLE CONTINUED TO JUMP CURVE ONTO SIDEWALK BACK INTO PARKING LOT. CONSUMER STEERED VEHICLE AWAY FROM WALL. WAS ABLE TO TURN MOTOR OFF. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER. ALSO, MANUFACTURE DOCUMENTED THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN A RATTLING NOISE OCCURRED UNDER HOOD. SHORTLY AFTERWARD, VEHICLE COMPLETLEY SHUT DOWN DUE TO A MALFUNCTION WITHIN TRANSMISSION. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN HILL STEP ON BRAKES PEDAL AND WITH LACK OF BRAKING, VEHICLE WILL NEVER STOP. NOT A NOTICE ISSUED TO BE ALERTED.*AK

NO SUMMARY

RAN IN THE BACK OF A TRAILER, DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE, ALSO DAMAGE TO BUMPER

WHILE TRAVELING AT 30 MPH CONSUMER NOTICED ABS INDICATION LIGHT FLASHING. WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKES VEHICLE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL, CAUSING POOR STOPPING DISTANCE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

TRANSMISSION WAS REPAIRED, ALOMOST ONE MONTH LATER THE TRANSMISSION BRAIN HAS NOW GONE OUT.*AK

CONSUMER REFUSES TO TAKE VEHICLE TO ORIGINAL DEALER FOR RECALL 99V-244 OF THE BRAKE TUBE BECAUSE HE BELIEVES HE WAS CHARGED FOR RECENT BRAKE PARTS THAT WERE NOT REPLACED. NLM

I DISCOVERED RECENTLY THAT THE TRANSMISSION CAN BE SHIFTED INTO DRIVE WITHOUT THE BRAKE BEING DEPRESSED. THIS WAS DISCOVERED ACCIDENTLY, ALMOST RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE ROLLING AWAY. IT CAN BE SHIFTED ONLY WHEN THE IGNITION IS IN THE ON POSITION, BUT IS LOCKED WHEN IGNITION IS OFF. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH DRIVER REARENDED A TRUCK ,DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES. MANUFACTURER CLAIMED AIRBAGS WERE NOT DEECTIVE.PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE STALLS AT LOW SPEED OF 40 MPH & UP TO HIGH SPEED OF 70 MPH. ALSO, STALLS WHILE TURNING AND COMING TO A STOP POSITION. BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM IS REOCCURRING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 50MPH NOTICED COW IN ROAD, SLAMMED ON BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING COW, BUT HIT THE COW. UPON IMPACT WITH THE COW, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. ENTIRE RIGHT FRONT WAS DAMAGED. THE WINDSHIELD WAS BROKEN. VEHICLE WAS DECLARED TOTALLED BY INSURANCE COMPANY. FIVE INDIVIDUALS RECEIVED EMERGENCY ROOM TREATMENT DUE TO ACCIDENT. *AK

VEHICLE LOCKED UP THREE DIFFERENT TIMES MAKING LEFT HAND TURNS. FIRST TIME I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER THEY TOLD ME THERE WASN'T ANYTHING WRONG. THE SECOND TIME THEY TOLD ME THEY HAD TO CHANGE THE POWER STEERING FLUID. *AK

CONSUMER FEELS 26 DAYS IS TOO LONG TO WAIT TO HAVE RECALL REPAIRS MADE FOR BRAKES (RECALL # 99V244000). NLM

BOTH REAR VIEW MIRRORS ARE POWER AND WILL NOT GO DOWNWARD WITH POWER BUTTON. *AK

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE PEDAL DID NOT MOVE WHICH CAUSESD TOTAL BRAKE FAILURE. ABS BRAKE WARNING LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE, INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

THE RESTRAINT BELT WILL NOT "SNUG" UP, NOR WILL IT LOCK IN THE EVENT OF A COLLISION. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

BECAUSE OF POOR DESIGN OF STRUCTURE IT IS HARD TO HAVE FULL VIEW OF REAR AS WELL FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. YH

LIGHT BULB WITHIN THE TRUNK BURNED OUT DUE TO NO COVER OVER THE LIGHT BULB WHICH PUT A HOLE IN THE SLEEPING BAG THAT IS IN THE TRUNK OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

AFTER COMING TO A STOP VEHICLE WOULD SUDDENLY ACCELERATE FOR NO REASON. WOULD HAVE FOOT ON BRAKES WHEN THIS OCCURRED. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER & THUS FAR CAUSE OF ACCELERATION NOT FOUND. *AK

AIR CONDITIONER DESIGN WILL NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT COLD AIR IN THE PHEONIX,AZ WHEN AIR TEMPRATURE EXCEED 100 DEGREES F. DEALER AGREES THAT AIR CONDITIONER DOES NOT MEET THE PHOENIX,AZ CLIMATE NEEDS.

CONSUMERS DEALER HAVING PROBLEM FINDING ON/OFF SWITCH KIT TO PERFORM AIR BAG ON/OFF SWITCH REPAIR.

VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND CANNOT BE DRIVEN IN A NORMAL MANNER. NOTE: THIS IS CAR HAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. ALL THROTTLE (GAS PEDAL) MOVEMENT, ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION IS FOLLOWED BY A < SECOND APPLICATION OF FULL POWER OR FULL DECELERATION, FOLLOWED BY THE REVERSE APPLICATION OF FULL DECELERATION OR FULL POWER, RESPECTIVELY, UNTIL THE COMPUTER FIGURES OUT WHAT TO DO. AT NO LOAD, E.G. CRUISING AT 65 MPH, ESPECIALLY ON A SLIGHT SLOPE, THE COMPUTER NEVER FIGURES OUT WHAT TO DO. THE WHOLE SYSTEM GOES INTO OSCILLATION, WITH < SECOND ALTERNATE APPLICATIONS OF FULL POWER THEN FULL DECELERATION, THEN FULL DECELERATION, FOR AS LONG AS A CONSTANT THROTTLE POSITION IS MAINTAINED. IN ALL CASES, THE ENGINE WINDS UP ON ITS RUBBER MOTOR MOUNTS WITH A THUMP THAT CAN BE FELT THROUGHOUT THE CAR. THIS IS SO SEVERE THAT THE SHOP SUPERVISOR AT THE DEALER WAS GOING TO TRY REPLACING THE MOTOR MOUNTS. *AK

DEALER/CHRYSLER CONFIRM SAFETY AND POLLUTION PROBLEM ON ALL SIMILAR CARS, BUT HAVE NO FIX, REFUSED TO FIX AT THIS TIME.

WHILE DRIVING AT 30 TO 40 TO 45 MPH HIT A DITCH, DRIVER'S SIDE AND THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK