2002 Dodge Stratus complaints

TRANSMISSION COOLER HOSES CRACKED CAUSING LEAK OF TRANSMISSION OIL. HOSES HAD TO BE REPLACED AT OWNER EXPENSE. OLD PART IS AVAILABLE. *JB

CAR HESITATED TO GO INTO GEAR, NEXT DAY, JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND IT STOPS PULLING. THE TRANSMISSION WENT COMPLETELY OUT,RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION!HAULED IT TO A GARAGE, THE TRANSMISSION IS COMPLETELY SHOT. WILL COST $1200.00 TO $1500.00 TO REPLACE. IF SOMEONE WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHEN THIS HAPPENED THIS WOULD BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN READING THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM IN THESE VEHICLES. IT IS A 2002 DODGE STRATUS SE.I WILL HAVE TO BORROW THE MONEY TO HAVE IT FIXED, AS SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ABOUT THESE AND MANY OTHER DODGE VEHICLES. *JB

I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE ROAD AND THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE UPPER BALL JOINT SEPARATED AND THE CAR STARTED SWAYING. LUCKILY I WAS ON A SIDE ROAD WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT WAS 30 MPH AND NOTHING SERIOUS HAPPENED, BUT IF I HAD BEEN TRAVELING DOWN THE INTERSTATE OR OTHER MAJOR HIGHWAY MY FAMILY AND I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT OR EVEN KILLED. I HAD THE CAR REPAIRED AT DARLINGS AUTO SALES IN ELLSWORTH MAINE THEY HAVE THE EXACT DATE IT HAPPENED AND REPAIR INFO IF YOU NEED IT. THEY CONTACTED CHRYSLER TO SEE IF IT WAS COVERED OR NOT. I AM NOT SURE IF THEY DID OR NOT AS I PURCHASED EXTENDED WARRANTY WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR ( IT IS A 2002 DODGE STRATUS) THE CAR HAD JUST OVER 36000 MILES WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT MUCH ABOUT IT BUT I WAS WATCHING TV AND THEY WAS SHOWING THE DODGE DURANGO AND DAKOTA HAVING THE SAME THING HAPPENING. *JB

THE HEADLIGHT CONTINOUSLY BLEW OUT WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALERSHP REPLACED THE LIGHT BULB, BUT COULD NOT IDENTIFY WHAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE HEAD LIGHT ASSMEMBLY APART AND NOTICED THAT THE WIRING SYSTEM HAD MELTED. *JB

1ST OCCURREE WAS SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, NEEDED NEW EGR VALVE. AFTER FULL INSPECTION OF VEHICLE ON A VERY BRIGHT DAY I FOUND SLICES IN SIDE WALLS OF TWO TIRES AND THE DOOR PANEL DRIVERS SIDE WAS BROKEN. CAR BROUGHT TO DEALER, SAID TO HAVE ORDERED PARTS AND REPLACED TIRES. TIRES NOT REPLACED. FEW WEEKS LATER, FRONT TIRE BLOW OUT. MAJOR ORDEAL WITH DEALER AND WARRANTY COMPANY TO BE RE-IMBURSED. SHORTLY AFTER THAT CAR BECAME VERY SLUGGISH, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND AN ODOR OR BURNING RUBBER WAS PRESENT. BROUGHT VEHICLE TO DEALER WAS INFORMED THE SOLEINOID TO TRANSMISSION WAS CLIGGED ANDWAS REPLACED AT MY COST. TWO WEEKES LATER THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION WENT VEHICLE HAD 58,000 MILES. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER CLOSE BY TO HAVE REPAIRS COMPLETED, PLACE OF PURCHASE DEALER STATED NOONE WORKS ON OUR VEHICLES. CAR TRANSPORTED AND TRANSMISSION REPLACED. NEXT AFTER TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AND VEHICLE BECAME DISABLED, RESULTS A SPEED CONTROL SENSOR IN TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT MY COST OUT OF POCKET. AGAIN JUST YESTERDAY, VEHICLE BECAME DISABLED, TOWED TO DEALER NOW AWAITING DISPOSITION. *AK

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A USED 2002 DODGE STRATUS SE. I PURCHASED THIS CAR WITH 35,000 MILES AND EVERYTHING APPEARED IN ORDER. SUDDENLY ONE DAY A LOUD CLICKING NOISE STARTED COMING FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR A BRAKE INSPECTION FOR THE CLICKING NOISE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR ROTER WAS WARPED. I EXPLAINED THAT THE NOISE WAS EMANATING FROM THE FRONT END. THE REPAIR SHOP STATED THAT THE NOISE ORIGINATED IN THE REAR ROTERS AND TRAVELED THROUGH THE FRAME TO THE FRONT END.THE REAR ROTERS WERE RECUT. A FEW DAYS LATER THE NOISE RETURNED. I CALLED THE REPAIR SHOP BACK AND RELATED THAT THE NOISE WAS STILL COMING FROM THE FRONT END. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS SHOP HAS SEEN NUMEROUS STRATUS'S AND MANY HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM. THE REPAIR SHOP DOES NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND TO TAKE IT TO A DEALERSHIP. ADDITIONALLY,AFTER THE CLICKING NOISE WAS DISCOVERED I EXPIRIENCED THE BRAKES LOCKING UP TWICE. THE ABS DOES NOT SEEM TO BE WORKING. THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRENTY NOW AND THE DODGE DEALERSHIP I SPOKE WITH STATED THAT THEY COULD FIX THE CLICKING NOISE AND THE ABS PROBLEM FOR $1500.00 A SEARCH OF YOUR DATA BASE REVEALED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS CONCERNING A SIMILIAR FRONT END NOISE AND ABS FAILURE. IF THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS CONCERNING THIS VEHICLE'S SYSTEM THEN WHY ISN'T A RECALL BEING INITIATED. OR DOES IT TAKE A FATALITY TO GET THIS PROBLEM ADDRESSED.*AK

CLOCK SPRING FAILURE...AIRBAG LITE IS ON IS THE 1ST SIGN OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

I WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT. I REAR ENDED THE SUV IN FRONT OF ME. THE FRONT OF MY CAR IS SMASHED PRETTY BAD. MY AIR BAG DIDN'T DEFLATE. I BELIEVE THAT IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFTEY HAZARD. *AK

ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON 9/15/04, TOOK IT TO DEALER ON 9/16/04 AND WAS INFORMED THE TRANSMISSION WAS BAD AND NEEDED REPLACED. MY CAR AT THE TIME OF FALIURE HAD 43,125 MILES ON AND THAT IS IT, THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING OR KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRANSMISSION GOING BAD, I HAVE HAD THE CAR SERVICED JUST AS THE MANUAL SAYS TO AND THERE WAS NO WARNING. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS IS IT COST ME $1325 DOLLARS TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION RE-BUILT. THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE RE-BUILT.*A

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. SUDDENLY THE ENGINE STALLED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHO, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WHILE STEPPING ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TRANSMISSION DID NOT GOE INTO GEAR. CONSUMER HEARD A WHINING SOUND, THEN VEHICLE POPPED, AND WENT INTO GEAR. HOWEVER, THE WHINING SOUND DID NOT NOT STOP. *AK

I AM SUBMITTING A COMPLAINT ON THE PAINT OF MY VEHICLE. I HAVE NOT CHECKED WITH MY WARRANTY YET. I LIVE IN A WARM CLIMATE THE CAR IS 2 YEARS OLD THE PAINT SHOULD NOT BE PEELING.*AK

ODOMETER WILL NOT REGISTER, IT WAS INOPERABLE, COULD NOT GET THE VEHICLE INSPECTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CONSOLE LIGHT WENT OUT. ONLY THE ODOMETER WAS DIGITAL. A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED, BUT NO FAILURE CODE WAS FOUND. DEALERSHIP NOR FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE COULD IDENTIFY WHAT WAS CAUSING THIS TO OCCUR. THE VEHICLE COULD NOT PASS STATE INSPECTION UNTIL THIS PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED. *AK

WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE ENGAGE INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE. *AK THE KNOB WAS EXTREMELY SENSITIVE AND THE LEAST LITTLE TOUCH AND OR BUMP WOULD CHANGE THE GEARS. *SC *JB

I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY SPEEDOMETER. I HAVE FOUND THAT WHEN I START MY STRATUS THE SPEEDOMETER LOOKS LIKE IT IS RACING TO 90 OR SO AND THEN BACK AGAIN. I HAVE HAD THE CAR IN THE DODGE DEALER ABOUT FIVE TIMES FOR THIS BUT THEY DON'T SEE A PROBLEM. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT A YEAR OR SO AND HAPPENS A COUPLE OF TIMES A WEEK. *LA

WHILE BRAKING AT 60 MPH CONSUMER WAS FORCED OFF THE ROAD DUE TO THE FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL LOCKING UP. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE PASSENGER REAR SEAT BELTS. THE BELTS FAIL TO RETRACT AFTER RELEASING BUCKLES DUE TO THE LOCK MECHANISM BREAKING. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM

I TOOK MY STRATUS INTO THE DEALERSHIP FOR ITS FREE OIL CHANGE. WHILE DRIVING THERE MY "BRAKE" IDIOT LIGHT FLICKERED ON A FEW TIMES WHEN STOPPING. I ASKED THE DEALER TO LOOK INTO THIS. *AK THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THE CAUSE WAS EXCESSIVE BRAKE WEAR. AT 26000 MILES ALL 4 PADS ARE SHOT AND BOTH FRONT ROTORS ARE WORN. CHRYSLER WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT THIS. I HAVE OWNED OVER 8 CARS AND USUALLY GET ABOUT 60,000 MILES OR SO OUT OF A SET OF BRAKES. I CALLED MIDAS AND THEY SAID THAT THEY HAVE DONT A LOT OF BRAKE JOBS ON DODGE STRATUS VEHICLES IN MY AREA.

WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, THERE WAS A WRAPPING NOISE IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO INDICATED THAT THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS HAD WORN PREMATURELY. THE PARTS WILL BE REPLACED. *JB

DRIVING 35 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CAUGHT IN FRONT OF THE CONSUMER. THIS CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO T-BONE THE VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. *LA

WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN ACCELERATING VEHICLE STARTS TO JERK/HESITATE. WHILE AT A LIGHT THE RPMS SURGE BETWEEN 1000 AND 3000 RPMS OR WHILE SITTING IN PARK. *LA

ENGINE FAILED AT 54,800 MILES ON MY 2002 DODGE STRATUS SE. CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR A SLIGHT ENGINE KNOCK. CAR HAD NO PROBLEM STARTING. WE LEFT THE CAR THERE FOR THEM TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THEY CALLED AND SAID THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE ENGINE (2.7L DOHC 24 VALVE V-6) AT NO COST TO ME THAT IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. WE AGREED AND 3 DAY'S LATER THEY CALLED AND TOLD ME THAT THE WARRANTY WAS CANCELED AND WOULD NOT TELL ME WHY. I GAVE THEM ALL MY MAINTENANCE RECORDS. WHEN WE ARRIVED TO PICK UP OUR CAR, THE SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD US THAT THE CAR MAY NOT START BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN SITTING THERE FOR 2 WEEKS. THAT'S BULL... HE THEN TOLD US THAT THE CAR HAD JUMPED TIME AND THAT THEY WOULD PUT IT BACK IN TIME FOR US AND SPLIT THE COST. WE AGREED YET AGAIN AND LEFT THE CAR THERE. HE THEN CALLED US AGAIN AND SAID THAT THE CAR DIDN'T JUMP TIME, BUT THAT THERE WAS SO MUCH ENGINE SLUDGE BUILT UP THAT IT WAS STARVING THE CAR FOR OIL. AND THAT'S WHY IT WONT START. BUT THE CAR HAD NO PROBLEM STARTING AND RUNNING BEFORE WE DROPPED IT OFF JUST A LITTLE ENGINE KNOCK AT IDLE. PLEASE HELP ME... THANK YOU. *JB

I BOUGHT MY 2002 DODGE STRATUS BRAND NEW IN JULY 2002 AND HAD TO HAVE THE LEFT WHEEL BEARING REPLACED IN MARCH OF 2003. IN FEBRUARY OF 2004, I HAD TO GET MY RIGHT WHEEL BEARING REPLACED. I NOW HAVE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT IN MARCH 15,2004 TO GET MY WHEEL BEARINGS CHECKED AGAIN DUE TO NEEDING REPLACED. IF THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS PLEASE NOTIFY ME AT MY AVAILABLE MAILING OR WEB ADDRESS. IF NOT I WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE FILED AS A COMPLAINT. THANKS. *AK

I AM CONCERNED WITH A FEW THINGS ON MY 2002 DODGE STRATUS SE 4 DOOR. ONE, I FEEL THAT THE ABS SYSTEM ON MY CAR DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. I HAD TO DO AN EMERGENCY STOP WITH MY CAR IN WHICH MY WHEELS LOCKED UP AND THE CAR PROCEEDED TO "LAUNCH FORWARD" AT LEAST 10 FEET EVEN THOUGH MY FOOT WAS STILL ON THE BRAKE PEDAL.THERE WERE NO SKID MARKS. I ENDED UP HITTING A WOMAN IN FRONT OF ME WHO HAD JACKED UP. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT I WAS ONLY TRAVELING AT ABOUT 25 MPH HAVING JUST COME THROUGH A LIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, EVEN THOUGH I WAS WEARING MY SEATBELT, I STILL HIT THE DASHBOARD WITH MY KNEE AND THE STEERING WHEEL WITH MY CHIN. NORMALLY WHEN I COME TO A STOP AT A STOP SIGN MY SEAT BELT GETS TIGHTER WHEN I STEP ON THE BRAKES AND I HAVE TROUBLE LEANING FORWARD TO LOOK BOTH WAYS, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK. ALSO, MY AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THESE ISSUES. I LOVE MY CAR BUT I AM NOW AFRAID TO DRIVE IT ESPECIALLY WITH MY CHILDREN IN IT. WHAT HAPPENS IF I HAVE TO DO AN EMERGENCY STOP BECAUSE OF A CHILD RUNNING OUT IN THE STREET 20 FEET FROM WHERE I AM. WILL MY CAR STOP THEN. I KNOW CARS DON'T STOP ON A DIME BUT I FEEL AT THE RATE OF SPEED I WAS TRAVELING AND THE CONDITIONS OF THE ROAD, I SHOULD HAVE NEVER HIT THAT WOMAN. WHAT DO I DO? *AK

I WENT TO START THE CAR, IT MADE A HORRIBLE TICKING NOISE. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS IT FINALLY STARTED. IT DID THIS TWO TIMES. *JB

TRANSMISSION IS LEAKING ABOUT 1QT OF FLUID PER WEEK. ONLY 15,000. MILES ON THE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. *AK

ACORN NUTS SECURING ALUMINUM WINDSHIELD WIPER ARMS TO THEIR SPLINES LOOSEN UP. SPLINE HOLES IN WIPER ARMS "STRIP",CAUSING LOSS OF WIPER FUNCTION. WIPER MOTOR AND LINKAGE APPEAR TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. NO APPARENT USE OF LOCKING DEVICES (LOCK WASHER, LOCTITE, ETC.) TO KEEP NUTS TIGHT. *CB

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.................. *JB

THER IS A DEFINITE NOISE IN THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING AREA. IT ONLY SHOWS UP ON UNEVEN OR ROUGH SURFACE ROADS. THE DEALER KEEPS INSISTING THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE FRONT END. OF COURSE ALL OF THE ROADS THEY TEST DRIVE IT ON ARE SMOOTH. THEY WON'T LET ME TAKE A TECH ON A DRIVE IN MY AREA.

THE CHECK ENGINE/TRANSMISSION LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. I BROUGHT IT IN ONCE THEY REPLACED A HOSE. A FEW DAYS LATER IT CAME BACK ON WE BROUGHT IT TO A DIFFERANT SHOP THEY RESET IT AND BLAMED ME FOR IT. STATING THAT I LEAVE MY CAR RUN WHEN I PUT GAS IN IT AND THAT IS WHY IT COMES ON. WELL THE LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND WE ARE WORKING ON MAKING A 3RD APPOINTMENT TO GET IT FIXED. IF ITS DOING ALL OF THIS NOW WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE WARRANTY!?

MY 2002 DODGE STRATUS SE'S 2.7 LITRE V6 200HP ENGINE COMPLETELY FAILED. THE MECHANIC AT THE FIRST SHOP SAID MY TIMING BELT WAS BAD, AND THAT MY ENGINE, EVEN THOUGH MAINTAINED WAS SLUDGED. MY VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD AT A DEALERSHIP FOR POSSIBLE REPAIR. THEY SAID THAT FOR $5850 I CAN HAVE A NEW ENGINE WITH A 12,000 MILE, OR 12 MONTH WARRANTY- I AM NOT SHELLING OUT NEAR $6000 FOR A NEW ENGINE WHEN IT HAS A 12,000 MILE WARRANTY.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AND ACCERLERATING, CAR STARTS TO JERK / HESITATE - POOR GAS MILEAGE - TAC FLUTTERS AND ENGINE REVS UP WHILE CAR IS PARK OR IN NEUTRAL. *LA

HAD PARKED VEHICLE. NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD NEAR THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. FIRE DEPT CALLED AND ARRIVED TO PUT OUT FLAMES. CAUSE OF FIRE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED BY FIRE DEPT. *AK

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED CONSUMER WOULD HEAR A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKE ROTORS. MECHANIC INDICATED NOISE WAS DUE TO ROTORS WEARING OUT PREMATURELY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH A PARKED VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A CITATION WAS PRESENTED TO THE CONSUMER BY THE POLICE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE CONSUMER.*AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEED VEHICLE IS JERKING. *AK

PROBLEMS WITH BRAKE EQUIPMENT ON 2000 DODGE STRATUS.*MR DURING HIGH HUMIDITY, THE BRAKES MADE A GRIND NOISE AND SQUEALED. *TS. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER IT WAS DUE TO NORMAL WEAR AND TO WASH THE BRAKES THE NEXT TIME THE CAR WAS WASHED, THE CONSUMER COMPLIED, HOWEVER IT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *JB

MY CAR MAKES A LOUD CLICKING/GRINDING NOISE WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES AND TURNING. I HAVE HAD THE STEERING RACK REPLACED, THE UPPER AND LOWER CONTROL ARMS REPLACED TWICE, THE BALL JOINTS REPLACED TWICE, THE CONTROL ARM BRACKET REPLACED, THE SWAY BARS REPLACED. THE NOISE STOPPED AFTER THE BRACKET WAS REPLACED BUT CAME BACK AFTER A MONTH. THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN SEVEN TIMES WITH NO RESOLVE.*AK

I AM SO DISSATISFIED WITH MY 2002 DODGE STRATUS SE. EVER SINCE I BOUGHT MY CAR IN JAN 2003, I HAVE HAD MORE PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR THAN ANY OTHER. MY CAR LEAKS FLUIDS CONSTANTLY, MY BREAKS DON'T WORK WHEN APPLIED, MY CAR HESITATES IN ALL WEATHER CIRCUMSTANCES, MY WINDSHIELD MAKES A CRACKLING NOISE, MY DOORS SQUEAK ALONG WITH MY TRUNK LID. NOT TO MENTION THAT I GET ANYWHERE FROM 10-15 MILES PER GALLON FOR GAS. I DRIVE FOR ABOUT 40 MIN AND HALF OF MY GAS IS GONE!!! THIS VEHICLE IS A HAZARD TO THE ROAD AND ANYONE OR THING IT COMES IN CONTACT WITH :-( I NEVER RECOMMEND MY CAR TO ANYONE AND AM ASHAMED TO SAY IT'S MINE. DODGE IS DEFINATELY ONE DEALER THAT I WIL NEVER EVER EVER BUY ANOTHER CAR FROM!!!!! *AK

WITHIN ONE WEEK OF PURCHASE THE CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE A NEW TRANSMISSION INSTALLED. NOW THE BRAKE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED WHEN THE VEHICLE MADE TURNS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THEY WILL NOT LOOK AT IT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THE CONSUMER WANTS TO KNOW WHAT SHE CAN DO. *NLM

DEFECTIVE TIMING BELT TENSION. PH

THE BRAKES ON MY WIFES 2002 DODGE STRATUS HAD FAILED TWICE, BRAKE PEDAL WAS AT FLOOR AND CAR DID NOT STOP. BOTH TIMES THE ROAD CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR. HAD DEALERSHIP INSPECT AND THEY FOUND NO PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES OR WITH THE MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER AND GAVE THE BRAKING SYSTEM A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH. THE BRAKES HAVE FAILED ONCE MORE SINCE TAKING CAR TO DEALERSHIP (THIS IS ALL WITHIN A THREE WEEK PERIOD). FORTUNALTY NO ACCIENT HAS OCCURED. PER SERVICE DEPARTEMENT THE ONLY REMEDY IS TO LEAVE CAR AT DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THEM DRIVE ON A REGULAR BASIS TO SEE IF BRAKES FAIL AGAIN.

THE VEHICLE WAS SOLD WITHOUT THE LOWER SEAT BELT ANCHOR. CONSUMER FEELS THIS WOULD BE AN UNSAFE VEHICLE FOR A CHILD PASSENGER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. PH

WHEN CONSUMER IS MAKING A TURN, THE VEHICLES' STEERING WHEELS MAKES A LOUD NOISE. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED BY A DEALERSHIP WHO INDICATED THAT THE POWER STEERING WAS LEAKING FUEL, AND PARTS ARE ON BACK OTHER, CAUSE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM.

WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN ACCELERATING VEHICLE STARTS TO JERK/HESITATE AND ACCELERATE WHICH MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.*AK

DRIVNG APPROX 40MPH WHEN ENGINE JUST SHUT OFF LIKE IT RAN OUT OF GAS (FULL TANK-ONLY 25 MILES ON THAT TANK USED). WOULD NOT RESTART, SOUNDED LIKE IT WANTED TO CATCH, BUT COULDN'T. TOWED TO DEALER-NOTHING FOUND. 8 HOURS LATER, CAR IDLING IN DRIVEWAY WHEN IT SPUTTERED AND DIED. RESTARTED AFTER A FEW MINUTES, TAKEN TO DEALER, NOTHING FOUND. NLM

CONSUMER NOTICED BOTH REAR RIMS AND FRONT PASSENGER SIDE RIM WERE BENT AT 4000 MILES. DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE THEM UNDER WARRANTY.*AK LEFT DOOR CLICKS WHEN OPENING. *TT

BRAKES FAILED WHILE APPLYED AT 55 MPH, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, AND CAUSED A VEHICLE CRASH. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK THE VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER THREE TIMES EJECTING THE PASSENGER AND INJURING THE DRIVER CRITICALLY. THE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING THE ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE HAD CRUISE CONTROL AND SEAT BELT PROBLEM AND EXPERIENCED A TIRE BLEW OUT. *YH