2000 Dodge Stratus complaints

I WAS DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY 2 HEADED EAST AND I NEEDED TO PULL OVER AND GET SOME GAS. I NOTICED THAT MY STEERING WAS MAKING THE SOUND THAT IT MAKES WHEN YOU MIGHT BE LOW ON FLUID. I PULLED INTO AN ARMOR STATION THAT WAS SELF SERVE PAY AT THE PUMP ONLY. THE FIRST ONE DID NOT WORK SO I STARTED MY CAR AGAIN AND PULLED UP TO THE SECOND PUMP. I NOTICED SMOKE WAS COMING OUT FROM UNDER MY HOOD. I GOT OUT AND IT STARTED TO SHOOT OUT FLAMES. I PANICKED AS I WAS TRYING TO GET MY 2 YEAR OLD SON OUT OF THE CAR. THE DOORS AUTO LOCK WHEN YOU TAKE OFF AND HIT 10 MPH. TWO GENTLEMEN CAME WHIPPING IN THE STATION AND HELPED ME. HIS SON CALLED 911 AND HE GOT IN MY CAR TO MOVE IT AWAY FROM THE PUMPS. HE COULD ONLY MOVE IT 5 FEET BECAUSE IT WAS SO HOT IN THE CAR FROM THE FLAMES. THE SHERIFF SHOWED UP AND SLAMMED INTO THE BACK END OF MY CAR AND MOVED IT AWAY FROM THE PUMPS MAYBE 20 FEET NOW. BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOWED UP AT LEAST 5 MINUTES HAVE PAST AND MY CAR IS IN MAJOR FLAMES IN THE FRONT END. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT THE FLAMES OUT BUT MY CAR COULD NOT BE SAVED. THE WHOLE FRONT END IS DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND EVERYTHING. BECAUSE OF THIS FIRE MY SON AND I WERE STRANDED IN FLOODWOOD, MN ABOUT 1.5 HOURS FROM HOME. LUCKILY MY BROTHER- IN- LAW LIVED IN THAT TOWN AND WE STAYED THERE UNTIL SOMEONE COULD COME AND GET US. IT WAS A VERY TRAUMATIC DAY, TRYING TO GET MY SON OUT OF THE CAR AND THEN WATCHING AS MY CAR BURNED UP AND I COULD NOT SAVE IT. I BELIEVE THAT THE POWER S

2000 DODGE STRATUS DRIVER'S POWER SEAT MOVES FORWARD WHILE COMING TO A STOP. *KB THE CONSUMER HEARD A WHINNING NOISE IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN MAKING TURNS. *NM

2000 STRATUS POWER STEERING PROBLEMS. *TS THE POWER STEERING PRESSURE HOSE DEVELOPED A LEAK. *NM

2000 DODGE STRATUS CAUGHT FIRE DUE TO FLUID LEAKAGE ON THE HIGH PRESSURE POWER STEERING HOSE. *KB ***NAR*** THE VEHICLE WAS DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS. *NM

2000 DODGE STRATUS RECALL REPAIRS WERE MADE BY INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, DEALER REFUSED TO REIMBURSE FOR REPAIRS. *KB THE MANUFACTURER TOLD THE CONSUMER THEY WOULD ONLY REIMBURSE FOR THE COST OF THE PART. *JB

WHEN PUTTING CAR IN REVERSE, LIGHTS FAIL AND BLOWS THE FUSE. AM USING APPROPRIATE FUSE CALLED FOR IN OWNERS MANUAL. ALSO, NOTICED TRUNK LIGHT BULB WAS BURNT AND MELTED, WHEN I PURCHASED IT. TOOK IT BACK TO DEALER THAT SOLD ME THE CAR, SAID THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM STILL REMAINS. *NM

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THE CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE WHEN I CUT THE CAR OFF. NOTHING WAS DONE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. BEFORE THE INCIDENT I HAD THE CAR CHECK FOR PROBLEM THE COMPUTERS AT SHOP STATED IT WAS THE 02 SENSOR. *NM

2000 DODGE STRATUS ENGINE FAILURE LOSS OF OIL TO LIFTERS DUE TO TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER LOOSING OIL FROM MACHINING "FLASH" FROM MANUFACTURER OF ENGINE. *JB

APPROXIMATE DATE SHOWN BELOW. RUST ALONG FRONT EDGE OF HOOD. CLEAR FINISH PEELING OFF OF SPOILER. *JB

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR,NOTICED WHITE SMOKE I PULL OVER TO LOOK UNDER THE HOOD NOTICED THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM BEHIND WHERE THE SPARK PLUGS ARE JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE POWER STEERING CAP(WHILE LOOKING AT ENGINE WITH THE HOOD UP). SMOKE SUBSIDED CONTINUED TO DRIVE NOTICED SMOKE 2 OTHER OCASSIONS THE SAME DAY SAME AREA OF ENGINE, PULLED CAR INTO DRIVEWAY AND APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES PASSED MY 2000 DODGE STRATUS WAS IN FLAMES FROM UNDER THE HOOD. *NM

MY CAR WAS A DODGE STRATUS SE 2000, 2.4 CYLINDER. ON FEB.13TH WHEN PULLING OUT FROM MY GARAGE I NOTICE LEAKAGE ON THE GROUND FROM THE CAR. I OPENED THE HOOD AND NOTICE OIL ON TOP OF THE STEERING WHEEL HYDRAULIC BOX. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING I DECIDED TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT. WHEN DRIVING TOWARDS THE BODY SHOP PLACE THE CAR STARTED WITH FUMES UNDER THE HOOD. 10 MINUTES LATER CAR WAS CAUGHT UP ON FIRE. I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE CAR IMMEDIATELY AND CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION BEING THAT 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT I DROPPED OFF MY KIDS AT SCHOOL. THE CAR WAS BURNED IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. I REPORTED TO MY INSURANCE BUT BELIEVE THAT THE COMPANY WHO BUILT THIS CAR SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE AND SHOULD CONSIDER HOW DANGEROUS THIS SITUATION IS. THE CAR HAS GIVEN ME NO PROBLEMS FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS. I LOST MY CAR WHICH I PAID ALMOST $22,000. INSURANCE WILL RECOGNIZE VALUE FROM BLUE BOOK. CONSIDERING THAT I PAID UP THE CAR TWO YEARS AGO I HAVE LOST $13,000. MY CAR IS A TOTAL LOSS. *NM

MY DODGE STRATUS 2000, 65,071 MILEAGE, CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. EVERYTHING UNDER THE HOOD "MELTED." THE FIRE DID NOT REACH THE INSIDE COMPARTMENT OF THE CAR. THE FIREFIGHTERS WERE SPEEDY AT PUTTING OUT THE FIRE. THERE WAS SMOKE COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD AFTER ABOUT 10 MIN. OF DRIVING. AND A BURNING SMELL WHICH I THOUGHT WAS ENGINE OIL. I TOOK IT TO A DODGE DEALER FOR REPAIR. THEY REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION PAN, THE VALVE COVER GASKET, SPARK PLUGS AND BELTS. THE CAR CONTINUED TO SMOKE AND, AS I TOLD MY HUSBAND, I THOUGHT THERE WAS LIKE SOOTY ASHES BEING DEPOSITED ON TOP OF THE HOOD. I ASSUMED IT WAS BURNING OFF THE OLD OIL THAT HAD SPILLED ON THE ENGINE. AFTER TWO DAYS OF DRIVING I CALLED THE DODGE DEALER IN THE MORNING WHEN I CONFIRMED THAT THE CAR WAS STILL LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID AND OIL AND STILL SMOKING. THEY SAID TO BRING IT BACK ON MONDAY. I WENT HOME THAT EVENING, PICKED UP ONE CHILD FROM DAY CARE AND THEN WE BOTH WENT TO PICK UP ANOTHER CHILD FROM HER AFTER-SCHOOL PLACE. WE WALKED OUT ABOUT 12 MINUTES LATER AND HALF THE STREET WAS ENGULFED IN THICK SMOKE. I COULD SEE FIRE UNDER THE FRONT OF THE CAR. WE RAN BACK IN AND CALLED THE FIRE DEPT. MY INSURANCE INVESTIGATORS COULD NOT DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE FIRE BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS MELTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THEY TOTALED THE CAR. THE DEALER SAID LEAKING OIL DOES NOT CAUSE FIRES. THEY BELIEVED IT WAS ELECTRICAL. *NM

I OWN A 2000 DODGE STRATUS AND HAVE THAT HAS A HIGH PRESSURE HOSE ON THE POWER STEEERING THAT IS LEAKING. IT IS DRIPPING ONTO THE ENGINE AND CAUSING SMOKE TO COME OUT FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I HAVE CONTACTED DODGE BUT EVEN THOUGH OTHER 2000 DODGE STRATUS WITH A 2.4 ENGINE HAVE BEEN RECALLED, BUT MINE WAS NOT INCLUDED PER DODGE. I FEEL DODGE NEEDS TO REEVALUATE THIS RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE IS HARMED FROM THERE NEGLECT. THIS CAR IS SMOKING AND COULD CATCH ON FIRE.*AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE EXITING THE INTERSTATE WHITE SMOKE CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT. ALTHOUGH THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE REMAINED AT A NORMAL LEVEL THE SMOKE PERSISTED AND THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DRIVE HOME. ONCE PULLED OVER THE HOOD WAS OPENED AND FLAMES SHOT OUT OF THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT CLOSED THE HOOD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME, BUT THE CLOSED HOOD ALREADY EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A FIRE REPORT WAS TAKEN, BUT DID NOT IDENTIFY A SOURCE OF IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER. THE DEALER DID NOT REPLACE THE ENGINE, BUT REPAIRED THE PARTS OF THE ENGINE THAT WERE DAMAGED BY THE FIRE. OVER A YEAR LATER, UNDER THE SAME DRIVING CONDITIONS, THE CONTACT NOTICED WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM THE SEAM OF THE HOOD AND FENDER. THE CONTACT IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED AND A REPORT WAS FILED, BUT AGAIN THEY WERE UNABLE TO IDENTIFY THE SOURCE OF THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER DID NOT REPLACE THE ENGINE, BUT REPAIRED THE PARTS OF THE ENGINE THAT WERE DAMAGED BY THE FIRE. AFTERWARDS, THE ENGINE STARTED BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT ACCELERATE AT A NORMAL SPEED, AND DISTRIBUTED A LOUD NOISE FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *AK

WHILE I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE TWICE WITHIN ONE YEAR. FIRST IN 3/13/2003 THEN IN 4/2004 BOTH TIMES FIRE DEPT WAS DISPATCHED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND REPORTED TO CHRYSLER. *JB

OK MY CAR MAKES A HUMMING NOISE WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES HARD. ITS A LOUD HUMMING SOUNDS. I THOUGHT IT JUST MIGHT BE SOMETHING WRONG (EVERYDAY THING) BUT WHEN I GOT ANOTHER CAR THAT DID THE SAME THING IT MADE ME WONDER. . .SOMETHING MUST BE DEFECTED. MY LAST CAR WAS TOTALED. SOMEONE PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME. . AND I SOMETIMES THINK THAT THE BRAKE SYSTEM HAD A DEFECT. IT SEEMED LIKE FOR EVER FOR MY CAR TO STOP AT LOW SPEED EVEN. AND THE HUMMING NOISE BOTHERS ME, ITS SCARY. I THINK ITS DANGEROUS AND IT MUST BE ON MORE CARS IF THIS IS MY 2ND CAR WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. 2000 DODGE STRATUS. PLEASE CONTACT ME AND LET ME KNOW. . . PS. . .I RECENTLY GOT THIS CAR (AFTER I FOUND OUT MY OTHER ONE GOT TOTALED) AND I DON'T KNOW OF ANY PAST RECALLS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DONE. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME! -ROBERT MCFADDEN PS. . .PLEASE LET ME KNOW SOMETHING!. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED BOTH REAR SIDE SEAT BELT ADJUSTORS BROKE. THIS OCCURRED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ADJUST THE SEAT BELTS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BY A DEALER. *AK UPDATED 02/07/06. *JB

DRIVING AT 35 MPH AND STOPPING AT A LIGHT A LOUD NOISE (CLUNK) WAS HEARD FROM THE TRANSMISSION AREA. "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT ELIMINATED. RETURNED TO RESIDENCE AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER INFORMED ME THAT ONE OF THE SPEED SENSORS HAD FAILED. DEALER RECOMMENDED THAT BOTH INPUT AND OUTPUT SPEED SENSORS BE REPLACED, DROP TRANSMISSION PAN FOR INSPECTION, AND PERFORM TRANSMISSION FLUSH. AUTHORIZED THE REPAIR. CONTACTED CHRYSLER CORP TO INQUIRE ABOUT POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. WAS ADVISED THAT THE SPEED SENSOR WAS NOT PART OF THE POWER TRAIN AND THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD A 3YR/36,000 WARRANTY ON THE POWER TRAIN. BELIEVE THIS IS INCORRECT DUE TO WARRANTY BOOK RECEIVED WITH VEHICLE INDICATES THAT THE POWER TRAIN MODULE IS 7YR/70,000. INVESTIGATING FURTHER. BELIEVE THAT THIS SENSOR SHOULD BE COVERED BY THE POWER TRAIN SINCE IT PROVIDES CONTROL TO THAT COMPONENT. *NM

AFTER DRIVING MY VEHICLE A SHORT DISTANCE TO THE LOCAL STORE, I PARKED MY VEHICLE AND ENTERED THE STORE. APPROXIMATELY. 15 MINUTES LATER THE TAG NUMBER OF VEHICLE WAS ANNOUNCED OVER THE INTERCOM SYSTEM, STATING THAT THE OWNER NEED TO REPORT TO THE PARKING LOT IMMEDIATELY. I WENT TO THE PARKING LOT TO FIND THAT MY VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND WAS EXTINGUISHING THE FLAMES BEFORE I WAS ABLE TO GET TO MY CAR. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD BROKEN THE DRIVER'S DOOR WINDOW TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE HOOD RELEASE. THE ENTIRE ENGINE HAD APPEARED TO BE BURNED. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO RALLYE DODGE IN OCALA FLORIDA WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED BY OUR INSURANCE COMPANY THAT IT WAS A TOTAL LOSS. DOMINICK, ONE OF THE MECHANICS AT RALLYE DODGE SAID THAT THERE WAS NO WAY OF DETERMINING THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE AND THE CAR COULD BE REPAIRED AT A COST OF APPROX. $5000. BACK ON MARCH 16, 2005, I HAD TO REPLACE THE PCM AT THE SAME DEALER AT A COST OF $999.91. NOW 7 MONTHS LATER I AM OUT A $1000 COMPUTER AND A $5000 CAR. WHAT HAPPENS NOW? HOW AND WHEN WILL CHRYSLER BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE POOR ENGINEERING OF THEIR VEHICLES? *JB

DT: CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE STRATUS. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2005. FRONT END TIE ROD ENDS CAME APART FROM THE WHEEL. HAD NO WARNINGS SIGNS THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. CONTACT'S 171/2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WENT TO PICK UP A FRIEND, WHILE PULLING OUT FROM DRIVEWAY THE TIE ROD ENDS BROKE . AS SHE WAS PULLING OUT A FRIEND'S FATHER HEARD THE NOISE OF THE TIE ROD END BREAKING . HE CHECKED THE VEHICLE, AND TOLD HER WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO CONTACT'S HOME. IN THE MEANTIME CONTACT FOUND PART AVAILABLE AT ADVANCE AUTOMOBILE, AND CONTACT'S HUSBAND FIXED THE TIE ROD ENDS. NO CRASHES. NO POLICE REPORTS. NO FIRES.*AK

DT: WHERE THE HOOD FASTENED THERE WAS A LEVER IN THE OUTER SKIN OF THE HOOD WHERE IT WAS NOT MOLDED PROPERLY. THEY DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH METAL TO MOLD IT PROPERLY. THE PAINT RUSTED THROUGH WHERE IT COULD CAUSE THE LATCH TO COME UNDONE AND THE HOOD FILE UP. NOTICED THIS ON ALL 2000 MODELS, AND ON CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2005. *AK

03/13/03 THEN 04/05 MY VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE I WAS DRIVING, BOTH TIMES THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE INCIDENT WAS INVESTIGATED BY CHRYSLER. *NM

WHILE CAR WAS PARKED AT MCDONALDS SOMEONE CAME IN SAYING A GREE CAR WAS ON FIRE IN THE PARKING LOT. IT WAS MY 2000 DODGE STRATUS. FIRE WAS IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND THEY PUT OUT THE FIRE. NOONE WAS IN THE CAR AT THE TIME. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE CAR IS A TOTAL LOSS.

FIRE UNDER HOOD IN 2000 DODGE STRATUS. *NM

AFTER HAVING USED MY 2000 DODGE STRATUS, I STATIONED IT IN MY HOUSE AND AS TO THE TO 30 MINUTES I SMELLED CABLE BURNING, WHEN I LEFT HOME, THE LEFT SIDE OF THE MOTOR WAS THROWING AWAY SMOKE AND IMMEDIATELY A FIRE ERUPTED, I CALLED 911 AND THE POLICE AND FIREMEN ATTENDED THE FIRE. WITH CHRYSLER OF PUERTO RICO AND I NOTIFY THEM OF WHAT HAPPENED BUT THEY ONLY TELL ME THAT ARE NOT HEADS, AT PRESENT I AM WORKING THAT CASE WITH MY INSURANCE COMPANY. MY CAR WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. *JB

DT: THE MAIN COMPUTER SHORTED OT AND CAUSED A FIRE. CONSUMER WAS WORKING WITH A MECHANIC AND THAT WAS WHEN THE COMPUTER SHORTED OUT. THEY WERE WORKING ON THE AIR CONDITIONER. ANOTHER MECHANIC STATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS VEHICLE, AND HE KNEW AT LEAST THREE OTHER PEOPLE THAT THIS HAPPENED TO WHILE THEY WERE DRIVING WITH THE AIR CONDITION TURNED ON. CONSUMER HAVD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY BECAUSE IT WOULD SHORT OUT BECUASE CCOULD NOT GET TO THE BATTERY QUICK ENOUGH BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE CAR WAS DESIGNED.*AK

DT: CAR BURNED IN DRIVEWAY. WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND THE CAR STARTED TO SMOKE. THE SMOKE STOPPED AFTER THE CONSUMER GOT HOME. ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER, THE CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A BODY SHOP. THE MANUFACTURER'S INVESTIGATORS CAME, AND CONSUMER'S CLAIM WAS DENIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE DASH LIGHTS WERE FLICKERING AND THE POWER STEERING MADE A LOT OF NOISES PRIOR TO THE FIRE INCIDENT.

VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. CONSUMER GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND SAW THERE WAS A FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK *BF *NM

THE CONSUMER HAD THE CAR FOR 3 YEARS AND IT PASSED THE EMISSION TEST FOR 2 YEARS THROUGH DEALER SHIP. THIS YEAR IT WILL NOT PASS BECAUSE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON WHEN THE CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE .

THE VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. THE CONSUMER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ON THE FUEL PUMP HAD SHORTAGE OUT. THE CONSUMER REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. THE OLD PART IS AVAILABLE FOR ANALYSIS. *JB

WHILE BEING PARKED FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. WHEN TAKEN TO DEALER FOR SERVICE IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE GAS TANK DUE TO WEAR AND TEAR.*AK VEHICLE WAS SUFFERING FROM GAS LEAK AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS SEPARATION AT THE WELD OF GAS TANK. *BF *NM

I HAD A 2000 DODGE STRATUS UNTIL TODAY. TODAY, MARCH 27TH, 2005, MY STRATUS HAD A HYDRAULIC LINE FOR THE POWER STEERING RUPTURE AND CAUSED MY ENTIRE ENGINE COMPARTMENT TO CATCH FIRE. PRIOR TO THE FIRE, I HAD OBSERVED POWER STEERING FLUID ON THE LINE FITTING AND THE LEAK FLUID DROPPED ONTO THE EXHAUST PIPE BELOW. I BOUGHT THE REPLACEMENT HOSE. HOWEVER, THE CAR CAUGHT FIRE BEFORE I GOT A CHANCE TO REPLACE LEAKY POWER STEERING HOSE. I WAS WONDERING IF THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT HAD A RECALL, OR WHAT I MIGHT DO TO RESEARCH THIS MORE AND FIND OUT IF SOMEHOW THIS IS A DEFECT, BECAUSE I KNOW SOMEONE THAT HAD THE SAME ISSUE, BUT CAUGHT IT IN TIME AND HAD IT REPAIRED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND READING THIS E-MAIL.

THE CONSUMER REQUEST THAT AN AIR BAG ON/OFF SWITCH BE INSTALLED IN HER 2000 DODGE STRATUS. *NM *JB

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. UPON IMPACT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER WAS INJURED, AND WENT TO THE HOSPITAL ON HER OWN. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED OUT BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *AK *TC

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING. JUST A FEW BLOCKS FROM HOME, THE ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON. THEN A LADY IN ANOTHER VEHICLE SUGGESTS TO MY WIFE THAT HER VEHICLE MAY BE OVERHEATING AS LITTLE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. MY WIFE CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK, BUT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS TOTALED.

THE HEAT IN THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE STOPPED WORKING AT ONLY 32,000 MILES. *BF *NM

I HAVE MY AUTOMOBILE ROUTINELY MAINTAINED, EVERY 6-8 MONTHS, (OIL, TUNE UP,...)OIL SLUDGE BAKING IN ENGINE BLOCK-CYLINDER AT 50,000 AND AGAIN 114000. CORROSION BUILD UP & GUNK IN CYLINDER BLOCK, COILS & SPARK PLUG CORROSION CAUSING BAD-STRONG ORDER IN AUTOMOBILE AND SPUTTERING, POOR EMISSION. TRANSMISSION SLIPS FROM TIME TO TIME AT 25,000 AND NOW AGAIN AT 114000, WITH LEAKS WHICH WE CAN SMELL VERY STRONG IN AUTOMOBILE. EXCESSIVE BRAKE LOCKAGE WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BREAK IN NORMAL-AVERAGE SPEED OF 25 MILES. CONSTANTLY HAVING TO HAVE THE BREAKS REPAIR ALTHOUGH I HAVE LIFE WARRANTY ON BREAKS. REPAIRER STATES ITS THE AUTOMOBILE. SAFETY BELT DOES NOT ALWAYS LATCH PROPERLY AND HAS UNLATCHED ALL BY ITSELF WHILE IM DRIVING WITH MY SON, (6 YRS OLD). DRIVERS BELT ALSO UNLATCHES FROM TIME TO TIME. WHILE DRIVING I NOTICE THE CAR TENS TO SWAY TO THE RIGHT. I HAVE HAD THIS AUTO ALIGNED AS WELL AS, ROUTINE TIRE ROTATION, BALANCING, ECT,...YET IT STILL DOES THIS TO DATE. BALL JOINTS, STRUTS WEARING OUT AT 25,000. I AM TIRED OF INVESTING SO MUCH IN THIS AUTOMOBILE. MORE THAN I REALLY SHOULD HAVE TO. I ALSO FEEL UNSAFE TO DRIVE THIS AUTOMOBILE. SHOULD MY AUTOMOBILE CAUSE ANY SUDDEN FIRE DUE TO GUNK IN A HOT RUNNING ENGINE & TRANSMISSION, I WILL FILE A LAW SUIT. AS A CONSUMER I FEEL THAT CHRYSLER SHOULD REPAIR MY AUTO AND REIMBURSE ME FOR ALL I HAVE PAID SIMPLY SO THAT MY SON AND I CAN FEEL & BE SAFE DRIVING IN THIS AUTOMOBILE. *NM

THE CONSUMER NOTICED A WINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT TO THE DEALER. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *JB.......*AK

DRIVING ON I 35 GOING NORTH MILE MARKER 34 , I SMELLED SMOKE, STOPPED CARE, GOT GRANDSON OUT. OPEN HOOD, AND FLAMES SHOT FROM CAR ENGINE. A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHT WAS BEHIND ME AND STOPPED AND PUT OUT THE FIRE. LATHROP FIRE STATION WAS NOTIFIED. AND THEY CAME JUST AS THE FIRE WAS OUT. I CALLED MY WIFE SALLY MEYER AND TOLD HER OF EVENTS AND MY GRAND SON AND I GOT A RIDE HOME. THE CARE WAS TOWED TO A-1 AUTO LOCATED IN CAMERON MISSOURI BY SCOTTY?S TOWING SERVICE OUT OF CAMERON M MISSOURI. OUR INSURANCE COMPANY AMERICAN FAMILY INSURANCE IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING IT. I HAVE NOTICED THERE ARE OTHER FIRES THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED FOR THIS YEAR. ARE YOU GOING TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS? OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A SERIOUS DESIGN FLAW IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. WE ARE NOW WITH OUT A CAR. IS THERE ANYONE THAT CAN HELP US WITH THE DODGE COMPANY TO REIN VERSE US FOR THIS DAMAGE?*AK

FUEL PUMP FAILURE. VEHICLE STALLED AND FAILED TO RESTART. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO MR. TIRE BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE PROBLEM AND RECOMMENDED TO TAKE IT TO MY DODGE DEALER. DODGE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THE FUEL PUMP FAILED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH FUEL FILTER. DEALER UNABLE TO PROVIDE CAUSE EXCEPT THAT IT FAILED. MENTIONED THAT MY RESEARCH SHOWED THAT A NUMBER OF NHTSA FUEL PUMP FAILURE COMPLAINTS POINTED TO THE CONNECTION. WAS ADVISED THAT FUEL PUMPS DON'T NORMALLY FAIL. $700.00 REPAIR BECAUSE WARRANTY EXPIRED 5 MONTHS AGO.

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO DO SO. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE FUEL LINES AND HOSES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *JB

STARTED CAR AND LOWERED WINDOW (POWER). MINUTES AFTER I STARTED TO DRIVE, THE POWER MIRRORS ON BOTH SIDES BEGAN TO MOVE BY THEMSEVES. MINUTES LATER SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT OF THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR PANEL. MINUTES AFTER THAT FLAMES SHOT OUT OF TOP OF DOOR PANEL. I PULLED OVER AND GOT OUT OF CAR. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY SOMEONE WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THE BODY SHOP EWALD CHRYSLER MAYFAIR ON MAYFAIR ROAD IN WAWATOSA WI REPLACED THE DOOR. TO MY KNOWLEDGE NO FUSED HAD TO BE REPLACED. I DON'T KNOW IF PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. *LA

AC BLOWER ONLY WORKS ON HIGH SPEED, REPLACED RESISTOR 3 TIMES. DIODE IS BLOWING ON RESISTOR. THIS WILL BE #4. DEALERSHIP DOESN'T SEEM TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. IM NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. LETS GET SOMEONE TO HELP US FIGURE THIS OUT. *LA

2000 DODGE STRATUS SE REAR PASSANGER AND DRIVER SIDE RETRACTABLE SHOULDER SEATBELTS DO NOT "CATCH" TO PROPERLY RESTRAIN PERSON. ANGLE OF INSTALL PREVENTS MECHANISM FROM PROPERLY WORKING. PROVED TO SERVICE MANAGER DUANE NELSON BONNEVILL & SON MANCHESTER, NH 603-624-9280X558. DUANE CALLED CHRYSLER AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY DESIGNED IT THAT WAY SINCE REAR PASSENGERS MOVED AROUND ALOT OR CHILD SEATS WERE FREQUENTLY USED (THEREFORE NULLIFYING THE RESTRAINT FEATURE OF THE SHOLDER PORTION). THEY DIDN'T WANT THE BELT TO BE TOO RESTRICTING. FURTHERMORE CHRYSLER STATED THAT IN A CRASH OR HARD STOP THE FRONT OF THE CAR IS FORCED DOWNWARD AND THE REAR UPWARDS, RESULTING IN THE SEATBELT MECHANISM BEING IN A PROPER ANGLE AND ENGAGING. SEEMS LIKE A VERY POOR DESIGN AS ANY OTHER VEHICLE I HAVE PULLED ON A SEAT BELT WITH MY AND AND IT QUICKLY CATCHES. I HAVE NO FAITH IN THIS AND DON'T CARE TO GET IN AN ACCIDENT WITH MY CHILDREN IN BACK TO FIND OUT IF THEY ARE TELLING THE TRUTH OR NOT! I WAS MORTIFIED AFTER DRIVING MY CHILDEREN AROUND FOR 3 YEARS IN THIS CAR THAT THE SEATBLETS WERE APPARENTLY DEFECTIVE. PLEASE SEE COMPLAINT NUMBER 10015524 AS PROOF OF THIS FAILURE.*AK

FAILURE OF FUEL PUMP MOUNTED IN FUEL TANK. GROUND CONNECTION INSIDE FUEL TANK (MALE TO FEMALE CONECTORS) MELTED PLASTIC HARNESS POSSIBLE SPARK INGITION EXPLOSION IN FUEL TANK WHEN TANK IS NEAR EMPTY. LIKE TWA 800 . *AK REPLACE FUEL PUMP

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED BRAKE PADS WORE OUT EXCESSIVELY. DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT PADS AND ROTORS TWICE. ALSO, TIE RODS WERE REPLACED TWICE . HOWEVER, THE PROBLEMS RECURRED AT THIS TIME. *AK

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A STATE INSPECTION, AND THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE POWER STEERING PUMP FAILED. CONSUMER HAD THE POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACED. *AK THE STEERING RACK AND TIE ROD ENDS WERE WORN. THE CONSUMER WAS ALSO TOLD THE VALVE COVER GASKET HAD A SLIGHT LEAK AND THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED DUE TO A LOOSE GAS CAP. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. A LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC REPLACED BOTH ROTORS AND OTHER BRAKE PARTS. *AK *SC THE TIE RODS FAILED. *JB

CAR IS HAVING A MISFIRE OR SOME KIND OF FLUTTER WHILE DRIVING. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON FOR FLASHES DURING THIS OCCURRENCE.*AK

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE LOSING POWER DUE TO MELTED PLASTIC CONNECTOR WIRE. *MR THE ELECTRICAL WIRING FAILED AT THE GAS TANK CONNECTOR WHICH MELTED DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT CREATING A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THIS GAVE AN INDICATIONS THAT THE PROBLEM WAS A FAULTY FUEL PUMP. *SCC *JB