2000 Dodge Stratus complaints

CONSUMER WAS ON A BUSY BRIDGE WHEN TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING, AND IT WOULDN'T KICK INTO NEXT GEAR. ODOMETER WENT DOWN TO ZERO. VEHICLE COULDN'T GO PASS 15MPH. VEHICLE WAS AT DEALER BEING INSPECTED.*AK

BRAKE DRUMS AND ROTORS KEEP GETTING WARPED CAUSING VIBRATION, PULLING AND LOSS OF PEDAL. TRANSMISSION ERRATIC - DROPS OUT OF GEAR AT 45MPH AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK.

WHILE STOPPING ABRUPTLY THE BRAKES LOCKED UP AND DID NOT SLOW THE VEHICLE CAUSING CONSUMER TO REAR END THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, DRIVER AND OCCUPANTS SUFFERED HEAD AND NECK INJURIES. NLM

THE BRAKES LOCKED UP AND DID NOT STOP THE VEHICLE PROPERLY RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLISION, NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAGS DURING COLLISION RESULTED IN INJURIES. *MJS

WINDSHIELD WIPER ON FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW DOES NOT COVER ENTIRE WINDOW, CLOSE TO DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD. THIS PROBLEM HAS LEFT SIDE WINDSHIELD FULL OF SNOW. DODGE HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

THIS VEHICLE IS OWNED BY THE STATE OF VIRGINIA: I OPERATE THIS VEHICLE IN CONJUNCTION WITH MY POSITION WITH THE GOVERNMENT. SINCE BEING ASSIGNED THE CAR, I HAVE HAD MORE THAN A DOZEN INSTANCES OF THE GAS PEDAL "STICKING"; I HAVE HAD OUR STATE VEHICLE MAINTAINANCE PEOPLE CHECK THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL; IT WAS SPRAYED WITH A LUBRICANT. WHEN BEGINNING ACCELERATION FROM A STOP OR AFTER BRAKING, EITHER THE PEDAL IS NOT COMPRESSING OR THE VEHICLE IS NOT RESPONDING AT INITIATION, THEN SUDDENLY LURCHES FORWARD. WHILE ON AN EXIT RAMP, THIS CAUSED ME TO BUMP A VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME AT APPROXIMATELY 3MPH - THE INCREASE IN SPEED FROM A NEAR STOP TO THE VEHICLE'S SPEED AT A "LURCH". THE VEHICLE DID THIS AGAIN LEAVING FROM THE ACCIDENT, AND WILL BE SENT TO STATE MAINTAINANCE FOR EVALUATION.*AK

BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS WHEN ROADS ARE WET, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SKID WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. ALSO, BRAKING SYSTEM EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. *AK THE CUSTOMER SAYS THE STICKER ON THE VEHICLE'S WINDOW INDICATE THAT THE VEHICLE DOES NOT HAVE ABS. *YH

WHEN JACKING VEHICLE TO CHANGE A TIRE, THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE RAISES AS WELL AS THE FRONT. *SLC

THE HOOD MAT HAS A WORN SPOT IN IT THAT GOES THROUGH TO THE PAINT FROM A HOSE THAT IS RUBBING IT.MY BROTHER HAS THE SAME KIND OF CAR AND HIS IS LIKE THIS AS WELL

TRANSMISSION HAS A HARD DOWNSHIFT FROM 3 TO 2 GEAR

WHILE DRIVING THE ANGLE OF THE WINDSHIELD MAKES THE DASHBOARD ILLUMINATE ONTO THE CENTER MAKING IT HARD TO SEE THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD. NLM

WINDSHIELD ANGLE IS SO SEVERE THAT IT ILLUMINATES DASHBOARD INTO WINDSHIELD, THIS MAKES WINDSHIELD VERY DARK SO CONSUMER CANNOT SEE ROAD AT ALL. ALL HE CAN SEE IS THE DASHBOARD. TOOK TO DEALER , AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO, IT'S THE DESIGN OF VEHICLE. *AK

DESIGN OF THE TRUNK LIGHT WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE BODY OF THE CAR, CAUSING THE TRUNK LIGHT TO BECOME EXTREMELY HOT WHEN OPENING THE TRUNK WHICH, IN RETURN, CAUSED ITEMS IN THE TRUNK TO BURN. THIS WAS A RENTAL VEHICLE. THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER. *AK.ET.

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT SPEED AT 45 MPH TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF GEAR INTO NEUTRAL, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER. *AK

REAR WINDOW DOES NOT HAVE A DEFOGGER. DURING BAD WEATHER/STORMS THERE IS NO REAR VISION DUE TO THE FOGGING UP OF THE WINDOW. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

AUTO MAKES LOUD WHINING NOISE AT 30MPH & ABOVE WHEN PRESSING ON THE GAS PEDAL...SOUND IS SUGGESTIVE OF FINAL DRIVE GEAR SHIFT PROBLEM...ALSO WHEN BRAKING CAR FREQUENTLY 'KICKS'...TOLD BY WELTON MOTORS REPRESENTATIVE WHO ACKNOWLEDGED THE WHINING NOISE AND 'KICK' THAT THESE ISSUES ARE TYPICAL IN THE STRATUS & PRESENT NO PROBLEM. QUESTION...IF IT IS TYPICAL THEN WHY DIDN'T I EXPERIENCE THESE SAME PROBLEMS IN THE 1995 STATUS WHICH I OWNED FOR 4 YEARS PRIOR TO BUYING THE STRATUS 2000??