2004 Dodge Stratus complaints

2004 DODGE STRATUS LEFT AXLE BROKE OFF WHILE DRIVING. CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT THE TIRE FELL OFF, BRAKE ROTOR WAS REPLACED AND THEN THE BALL JOINT WENT BAD. *KB THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE TRANSMISSION GASKET WAS REPLACED TWICE AND THE VEHICLE SMELLED HOT. *JB

I HAVE A 2004 DODGE STRATUS THAT I RECENTLY WAS HAVING ROUGH IDLE AND ENDED UP STALLING ON ME. THE PROBLEM STARTED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND I HAD A TUNE UP DONE ON THE CAR AND THE SPARK PLUGS WHERE REPLACED. I THEN CONTINUED TO HAVE ISSUES AND THE INDEPENDENT SHOP REPLACED THE IGNITION WIRES. THEY SAID THE COMPUTER WAS NOT GIVING A CODE HOWEVER THEY COULD MONITOR THE SYSTEM AND SEE A MISFIRE ON CYLINDER ONE. THEY CHANGED THE WIRE ON 1 TO 3 AND 3 TO 1 AND THEN THE SAME BEHAVIOR OCCURRED ON CYLINDER 3. I HAD THE CAR FOR ABOUT 3 DAYS AND AFTER STARING IT UP AND LETTING IT WARM UP ON A COLD WINTER MORNING I WOULD HEAR IT RUNNING ROUGH. THE CAR SOUNDED LIKE IT COULD STALL AND THE ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE INDEPENDENT DEALER AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I ASKED THEM ABOUT A TSB I FOUND THAT WAS RELATED WITH FLASHING THE PCM AND RELATED WITH COLD STARTS. I HAD THE PCM FLASHED AT A DODGE/CHRYSLER DEALER WHO SAID THEY NEVER HEARD OF THE ISSUE AND DID NOT THINK THE PCM NEEDED UPDATED. THEY SAID THEY HOOKED UP THE COMPUTER AND FOUND THAT IT DID NEED TO BE UPDATED. I HAVE BEEN RUNNING THE CAR FOR ABOUT 1 MONTH AND SO FAR NO ISSUES. I BELIEVE THEIR IS A KNOW PROBLEM WITH THE 2004 DODGE STRATUS AND THE ORIGINAL PCM CODE CAUSING THE CAR TO RUN ROUGH AND CAUSE THE ENGINE LIGHT TO TURN ON. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE STRATUS. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS. THE "ENGINE WARNING" LIGHT INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A ROUGH RUNNING DURING PERFORMANCE. THE WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED UNTIL THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS WITH REPLACEMENT OF THREE DIFFERENT COMPUTER CHIPS. CURRENTLY, THE VEHICLE IS BEING SERVICED AT AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO REPROGRAM THE COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE STRATUS. WHILE IDLING, THE VEHICLE SURGES FORWARD SPORADICALLY WITHOUT WARNING. WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURS THE RPM'S RAPIDLY INCREASE AND BRAKING CAPABILITY IS REDUCED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT THEY CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN REMEDIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 56,500. UPDATED 6/8/09 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN STOPPED AT A LIGHT, THE ENGINE WOULD SUDDENLY START TO RACE JUST OVER 2000 RPM'S. UPDATED 06/11/09.*JB

I WAS DRIVING AT 30MPH COMING TO STOP WHERE I HEARD THIS LOUD CLUNK LIKE IF I RAN OVER A LARGE ROCK AND BOTTOMED OUT ON IT. NOTHING HAPPENED TO THE CAR FROM WHAT I CAN SEE BUT I SEE THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS FOR THIS ISSUE ON THIS CAR. *TR

FUEL PUMP IN 2004 DODGE STRATUS, NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, HOWEVER I'VE NOTICE THESE MAKES AND MODELS STRATUS DO HAVE A RECALL PROBLEM. *TR

MY CASE IS SIMILAR TO ODI CASE 10151711. I PERFORM MOST OF MY CAR MAINTENANCE FROM OIL CHANGES TO BRAKE PAD REPLACEMENT. I HAD RECENTLY REPLACED MY PADS AND MADE SURE EVERY BOLT WAS TIGHTENED CORRECTLY. ONE WEEK LATER I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT AN APPROXIMATE SPEED OF 70 MPH AND HEARD A CLUNK AND IT SOUNDED LIKE I HAD RAN OVER SOMETHING AS THE OBJECT HIT THE BOTTOM OF MY CAR. I THOUGHT SOMEONE THREW SOMETHING OUT THEIR WINDOW. ABOUT A MILE DOWN THE ROAD I HEARD A NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE I HAD A FLAT TIRE. AS I BEGAN TO BRAKE AND PULL OVER THE NOISE WENT AWAY. CONFUSED BY THE SUDDEN STOP OF THE NOISE, I PROCEEDED ANOTHER MILE OR SO DOWN THE HIGHWAY UNTIL THE NOISE FROM THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE STARTED UP AGAIN AND SOUNDED LIKE GRINDING. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AT THIS POINT AND CAME TO A SKIDDING STOP. I TRIED TO PULL FORWARD AS I WAS OFF THE ROAD BUT VERY CLOSE TO THE SHOULDER. THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD REGARDLESS OF THE PRESSURE ON THE GAS PEDDLE. I DECIDED TO TRY AND BACK UP AND I WAS SUCCESSFUL AND PULLED FURTHER OFF THE SHOULDER. I SAW THAT MY CALIPER HAD COME FREE AND BEGAN TO TAKE CHUNKS OUT OF THE ALLOY RIM. I AM VERY FORTUNATE THAT I DID NOT LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE OR DAMAGE ANY OTHER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER AND SERVICE MANAGER STATED THEY NEVER SAW ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. $497.66 LATER (NEW BOLTS AND A RIM) MY CAR WAS MOBILE. I WAS OVER TWENTY MILES FROM HOME WHEN THIS OCCURRED. PHOTOS AND BILL AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE STRATUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25-30 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND WAS UNEXPECTEDLY REAR-ENDED. THE TRUNK SUSTAINED SEVERE DAMAGE DUE TO THE MASSIVE IMPACT. THE REAR SPOILER DETACHED FROM THE TRUNK AND WENT THROUGH THE REAR GLASS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE POLICE WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION CENTER. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 37,000. UPDATED 12/30/08. *LJ UPDATED 01/05/09. *JB

THROUGH NORMAL DRIVING I EXITED OFF A HIGHWAY RAMP AND HEARD A LOUD CLANG AND THOUGHT MY CAR HAD BOTTOMED OUT. WHEN I LOOKED UNDER THE CAR THE PART THAT ATTACHED MY REAR DRIVERS SIDE TIRE TO THE SHOCK HAD BROKEN FREE. A NEIGHBOR TOLD ME IT WAS THE UPPER LINK TO THE REAR VIEW. MY CAR IS NOW UNDRIVEABLE. THE REAR WHEEL TILTS ONTO THE SHOCK AND RUBS, ALSO EVERY SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD SOUNDS AND FEELS LIKE THE CAR IS BOTTOMING OUT. *TR

1. IGNITION- MS. FAULKNER WAS TRANSPORTING ME TO PICK UP MY VEHICLE AND HER VEHICLE ENGINE SHUT OFF JUST BEFORE SHE CAME TO A STOP. SHE STATED THAT THIS HAD OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE DID NOT STALL THE DAY I DROVE IT BUT WHEN I STOPPED AT A SIGNAL LIGHT THE ENGINE SURGED MOMENTARY FOR APPROXIMATELY 3-4 SECONDS AND THEN IT RETURNED TO IT?S NORMAL IDLE. HAD I NOT HAD THE BRAKE PEDAL ENGAGED THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE SURGED FORWARD 2. TRANSMISSION ? WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT SPEED LIMIT AND SPEED CONTROL SET, UPON RESUMING SPEED AFTER COASTING DOWN A HILL, THERE WAS A VERY DISTINCT CLUNK THAT CAME FROM THE TRANSMISSION/TRANSAXLE. THIS SAME CLUNK OCCURRED AGAIN AT SLOW SPEEDS WHEN I SLOWING DOWN FOR A SIGNAL. *TR

1. IGNITION- MS. FAULKNER WAS TRANSPORTING ME TO PICK UP MY VEHICLE AND HER VEHICLE ENGINE SHUT OFF JUST BEFORE SHE CAME TO A STOP. SHE STATED THAT THIS HAD OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE DID NOT STALL THE DAY I DROVE IT BUT WHEN I STOPPED AT A SIGNAL LIGHT THE ENGINE SURGED MOMENTARILY FOR APPROXIMATELY 3-4 SECONDS AND THEN IT RETURNED TO IT?S NORMAL IDLE. HAD I NOT HAD THE BRAKE PEDAL ENGAGED THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE SURGED FORWARD 2. TRANSMISSION ? WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT SPEED LIMIT AND SPEED CONTROL SET, UPON RESUMING SPEED AFTER COASTING DOWN A HILL, THERE WAS A VERY DISTINCT CLUNK THAT CAME FROM THE TRANSMISSION/TRANSAXLE. THIS SAME CLUNK OCCURRED AGAIN AT SLOW SPEEDS WHEN I SLOWING DOWN FOR A SIGNAL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE STRATUS. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED ON JUNE 13, 2005 AND THE OIL LIGHT HAS BEEN ILLUMINATING ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL EVER SINCE. THE DEALER ATTEMPTED TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS; HOWEVER, THEY STATED THAT CLEANING SOME PARTS WOULD CORRECT THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE CONTINUED TO PERSIST. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC STATED THAT THE OIL SWITCH AND PLUGS WERE NOT IN PLACE. HE REPLACED THEM WITH PARTS THAT WERE PURCHASED FROM THE DEALER, BUT THE OIL LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. FOUR MONTHS AGO, A DEALER DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE DUE TO NOISE PRESENT IN THE ENGINE AREA. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT THE COST OF $3,000; HOWEVER, SHE COULD CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2008, THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS TOWED TO HER RESIDENCE. THE TIE ROD ALSO FAILED ON ANOTHER OCCASION WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH. SHE WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE WITHOUT INCIDENT AND IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. THERE WAS NO WARRANTY FOR THE VEHICLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 33,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 107,000. UPDATED 10/14/08. *LJ THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. UPDATED 10/16/08. *JB

THERE WAS A DISTINCTIVE RATTLE COMING FROM THE RIGHT REAR SUSPENSION. THE FAILURE WAS THE UPPER STRUT MOUNT. THE RIGHT AND LEFT STRUT MOUNTS WERE REPLACED. THE ORIGINAL MATERIAL WAS ALUMINUM AND THE REPLACEMENT WAS PAINTED STEEL. THE DEALER SAID A FEW MONTHS AGO THERE WAS A WAITING LIST OF THOUSANDS OF THESE PARTS. DO NOT HAVE THE OLD PARTS LEFT AT TIRE STORE. *TR

THIS LETTER IN REGARDS TO MY SERVICE CONTRACT #23013588 FOR # 2004 DODGE STRATUS. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE ON 10/14/06 AND IT HAD 50,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE PUT APPROXIMATELY 36,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE AND HAVE DONE ROUTINE OIL CHANGES EVERY 3 ? 4,000 MILES. I HAVE CHANGED THE OIL MYSELF BY DRAINING THE OIL AND REPLACING THE OIL FILTER AND NEW OIL. I HAVE NO RECEIPTS FOR THIS AND WAS NOT AWARE I WAS REQUIRED TO KEEP DETAILED RECORDS OF THIS. NOWHERE IN MY SERVICE DO I SEE ANYTHING THAT SAYS TO. ON 08/10/08 MY CAR BEGAN STALLING AND I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TOWED TO JACK POWELL CHRYSLER DODGE IN ESCONDIDO, CA FOR SERVICE. MIKE LEWIS RECOMMENDED I HAVE THE ENGINE DISMANTLED TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM. UPON HIS INVESTIGATION HE SAW METAL SHAVINGS AND ?SLUDGE? NEAR THE BEARINGS. CHRYSLER SENT A 3RD PARTY INVESTIGATOR TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROBLEM. IT WAS THE INSPECTOR?S DECISION THAT THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE AND THE REPAIRS WOULD NOT BE COVERED. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY PREPOSTEROUS! I HAVE TAKEN EXCELLENT CARE OF MY CAR AND WAS A VERY HAPPY CUSTOMER UNTIL THIS INCIDENT. I AM REQUESTING IN WRITING AN APPEAL TO THIS DECISION AND DEMAND THAT THE CAR BE REPAIRED AS DESIGNATED IN MY SERVICE CONTRACT. I PURCHASED THE ADDITIONAL WARRANTY FOR THE COMFORT OF KNOWING THAT IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS WERE TO HAPPEN I WOULD CERTAINLY BE COVERED. I CONTACTED YOUR COMPANY AND WAS TOLD THIS IS THE PROPER CHANNEL TO MAKE THIS REQUEST. THE PERSON I SPOKE TO SAID YOU REPLACE ENGINES EV

MY VEHICLE FAILED INSPECTION BECAUSE THE REAR STRUT MOUNTS NEED TO BE REPLACED. MY MECHANIC REPORTS THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON OCCURRENCE IN DODGES AND THOUGHT THEIR MIGHT EVEN BE A RECALL ISSUED ON THIS PART BUT MY RESEARCH INDICATED THAT IS NOT THE CASE. *TR

MY 2004 DODGE STRATUS HAD THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR STRUT MOUNT FAIL. IT WAS OXIDIZED AND BROKE WHEN GOING OVER A BUMP. I BROUGHT IT IN FOR REPAIR AND THERE IS NO PARTS FOR THIS. THEY ARE ON BACK ORDER. *TR

2004 DODGE STRATUS - APPROX 90,000 MILES AT FIRST, I NOTICED A THUMPING ON THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE. AFTER CONTINUING TO DRIVE THE CAR WHILE TRYING TO DETERMINE CAUSE, THE REAR STRUT MOUNTING BRACKET BROKE. AFTER LOOKING UNDER THE CAR, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE MOUNTING BRACKET BROKE DUE TO CORROSION. IT WAS ALSO SEEN AT THIS TIME THAT THE DRIVER SIDE REAR BRACKET WAS BROKE AS WELL, LEAVING THE CAR UNDRIVABLE AND UNSAFE. AFTER WE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP, THEY TOLD US THERE IS A NATIONAL BACKORDER ON THIS PART AND NO FORESEEN DATE OF WHEN THEY WILL GET THE PARTS TO FIX MY CAR. WE HAVE ALSO CONTACTED LOCAL SALVAGE YARDS TO FIND REPLACEMENTS UNTIL THE NEW PARTS ARRIVE, WITH NO SUCCESS. *TR

2004 DODGE STRATUS 67,000 MILES THE REAR STRUT TOWER BROKE OFF OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO CORROSION CAUSING THE TOWER TO BECOME LODGED INTO THE TIRE, DAMAGING THE TIRE, WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. THIS ISSUE WAS CAUGHT PRIOR TO AN ACCIDENT. CHRYSLER IS UNABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND FOR THESE PARTS, LEADING ME TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN ON GOING ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE. THERE IS A NATIONAL BACK-ORDER ON THE REAR STRUT MOUNTS AND MOUNTING PLATES AND THE DEALERSHIP IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A TIME AS TO WHEN MY VEHICLE CAN BE REPAIRED. *TR

CAR STALLS, SPUTTERS, JUMPS, KICKS AND ALL WITHOUT WARNING. SHAKES A BIT WHILE DRIVING BUT REALLY ACTS UP WHEN SLOWING OR STOPPED. *TR

FAILURE OF THE REAR UPPER STRUT MOUNTS ON A 2004 DODGE STRATUS SXT DUE TO CORROSION. WAS TOLD BY DODGE DEALER "OVER 9000" OF THESE ITEMS ARE BACK ORDERED. THE CAR IS UN-DRIVABLE AND DANGEROUS AS IS. ONE HAS COMPLETELY FAILED THE OTHER IS ALMOST CORRODED THROUGH. PARTS ARE UN-AVAILABLE THROUGH MANUFACTURER AND THIRD PARTY VENDORS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE STRATUS. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, SHE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN, FELT A BUMP AND LOUD NOISES UNDER THE HOOD. SHE IMMEDIATELY DROVE THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS A RESULT OF THE UPPER ALUMINUM STRUT MOUNTS AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED IMMEDIATELY. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PARTS WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL 08/14/08. THE VEHICLE IS PARKED AND HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 80,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE STRATUS. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD THERE WAS A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. WHEN HER HUSBAND DROVE THE VEHICLE, HE EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE. THE FAILURE FELT AS IF THE REAR END WAS LOOSE OR UNSTABLE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD ORDER THE PART FOR THE REPAIR, BUT DID NOT KNOW WHEN IT WOULD ARRIVE BECAUSE IT WAS ON BACK ORDER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,300 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,700. UPDATED 09/16/08. *LJ UPDATED 09/18/08. *JB

FAILURE OF MOUNTING BRACKET FOR REAR STRUTS: 2004 DODGE STRATUS, DATE OF MFG 09/2003. *TR

EVENTS LEADING UP TO FAILURE WAS JUST NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR 79,500 MILES. THE FAILURE WAS A REAR STRUT MOUNT BREAKING AND LOSING SUSPENSION IN THE REAR. THIS IS A PERMANENT FAILURE AND THE OPPOSITE SIDE IS SHOWING A CRACK AND IS READY TO BREAK AS WELL. AS OF NOW THE VEHICLE IS NOT OPERABLE AND IF IT WERE TO HAVE BROKE AT A DIFFERENT TIME IT COULD HAVE CAUSED LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. TO CORRECT THE FAILURE SERVICE WILL BE NEEDED BUT THERE IS A MULTIPLE MONTH WAIT FOR PARTS ACCORDING TO LOCAL DEALERSHIPS. THE OLD PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE ONCE REPLACEMENT PARTS CAN BE PROVIDED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE STRATUS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE ENGINE WAS BETWEEN 4 TO 5 RPM'S, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE FORWARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 96,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 95,500.

2004 DODGE STRATUS REAR UPPER STRUT MOUNTS BREAKING FROM CORROSION. I HAVE PICTURES AND THE PARTS THAT I CAN SEND. *TR

2004 DODGE STRATUS WITH REAR END PROBLEMS. CONSUMER HAD THE RESONATOR REPLACED, AND THEN WAS TOLD THE REAR STRUTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WHEN HER DAD WAS REPLACING THE STRUTS THEY BROKE INTO PIECES BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE CORROSION. *KB THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN SHE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS A MINOR PROBLEM WITH THE HORN. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE THINKS THERE MAY BE A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. AS THE VEHICLE CHANGES GEARS, IT WILL NOT CHANGE SMOOTHLY AND ENDS UP JERKING BACK AND FORTH AS SHE TRIES TO INCREASE SPEED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IT, IS TO TAKE HER FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR AND THEN ACCELERATE THROUGH TO THE NEXT GEAR *TR

MULTI-FUNCTION STALK TO THE LEFT OF THE STEERING WHEEL WITH THE HEADLAMP AND TURN SIGNAL SWTICHES HAS MALFUNCTIONED TWICE NOW. THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. WHEN IT MALFUNCTIONS, THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WILL NOT ILLUMINATE, AND THE TAIL LAMPS WILL NOT ILLUMINATE. THE FIRST TIME THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE PART. THE SECOND TIME, I TOOK IT APART AND CLEANED IT, AND IT FIXED THE PROBLEM. *TR

2004 DODGE STRATUS. LTR FORWARDED FROM FMCSA REQUESTING INVESTIGATION OF CONSUMER COMPLAINT RE NON-DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIRBAGS IN HER CHRYSLER VEHICLE. *KB THE CONSUMER HIT A UTILITY POLE. THE CONSUMER SUFFERED INJURIES TO HER FACE. THE MANUFACTURER DENIED THE CONSUMERS CLAIM FOR ANY ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURERS INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE THRESHOLD FOR AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT WAS NOT MET. THE IMPACT WAS ABSORBED BY THE VEHICLE'S CRUSH POINTS. ALSO, DURING THE ELECTRONIC TESTING, NO FAULT CODES APPEARED THAT WOULD HAVE INDICATED ANY MALFUNCTION AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. *JB

AT 28,000 MILES THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. THE DEALER SAID IT WAS A SEAT BELT RETRACTOR. THEY REPLACED IT. I HAVE HAD THE AIR BAG LIGHT COME ON EVERY FEW MONTHS. THEY HAVE REPLACED SEAT BELT COMPONENTS AND MESSED WITH THE CONNECTORS. I HAVE HAD IT IN 5 TIMES NOW. *TR

EVERY SINCE I HAVE HAD THIS CAR, THERE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR STALLING WHILE I AM DRIVING. I CALLED THE 800 NUMBER FOR DODGE TO LET THEM KNOW THAT I SAW THAT THEY HAD A RECALL FOR THE PROBLEM THAT I AM HAVING ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT MY CAR IS NOT COVERED IN THIS RECALL. *TR

DASH IS CRACKING. SEPARATING FROM DEFROST VENTS. *JB

THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR ON THE AIR CONDITIONER/HEATER WILL ONLY BLOW ON HIGH. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE IS A RECALL ON THIS MALFUNCTION. THIS MALFUNCTION MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO HEAR THE RADIO AND TO REGULATE AN COMFTORABLE ATMOSPHERE INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE INTERIOR BULB STOPPED FUNCTIONING ABOUT THREE WEEKS AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AT 67,990 MILES AND THE CHILD SAFETY DOOR LOCKS DO NOT WORK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE STRATUS. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A POLE. THE FRONT MIDSECTION OF THE VEHICLE WAS DAMAGED. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE DRIVER WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT, BUT SUFFERED INJURIES TO HER FACE AND BACK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND DETERMINED TO BE DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE ENGINE SIZE, NUMBER OF CYLINDERS, AND A VALID VIN WERE UNKNOWN. THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 87,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE STRATUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD IS FAILING. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG IS BEGINNING TO RAISE FROM THE DASHBOARD AND BECOME VISIBLE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DASHBOARD HAD NEVER BEEN PROTECTED FROM SUN EXPOSURE, HOWEVER, WHEN THE FAILURE BEGAN, THE CONTACT COVERED THE DASHBOARD WITH A TOWEL AND USED A SUN SHIELD. THE VIN, ENGINE SIZE, AND NUMBER OF CYLINDERS WERE UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 51,000.

I HAVE AN 04 STRATUS COUPE I BOUGHT USED, THE DASH IS COMING APART AT THE DEFROSTER VENT. IT SEEMS TO BE COMING APART AT THE SEAMS. IT ONLY HAS 55000 MILES ON IT. UPDATED 01/11/08. *LJ UPDATED *JB

THE EVENTS LEADING UP THE FAILURE OF MY VEHICLE WERE, THE CAR KEPT TURNING OFF. I COULD RESTART IT AFTERWARDS WITHOUT A PROBLEM. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DODGE DEARLERSHIP AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE WARRANTY. AFTERWARDS, THE CAR STALLED A FEW TIMES AND I COULD RESTART. THE LAST TIME IT STALLED I COULD NOT RESTART IT AND I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT I NEEDED A NEW FUEL PUMP. I PAID FOR THE REPAIR SERVICES AND THE NEXT SEARCHED THE RECALLS ON THE INTERNET. I JUST WANT MY $724.13 REFUNDED. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL, # 03V443000, REGARDING THE FUEL SYSTEM/FUEL PUMP AND ANOTHER NHTSA RECALL, # 04V313000, REGARDING THE FUEL SYSTEM/FUEL PUMP AS WELL. *TR

THE IGNITION INTERLOCK ON MY 2004 DODGE STRATUS IS INOPERATIVE. AT LEAST TWICE, THE KEY WAS REMOVED AFTER THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF BY WHILE THE CAR WAS IN DRIVE. THE CAR THEN BEGAN TO ROLL AWAY. THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED, THE CAR RAN INTO AN OBSTRUCTION AND SUFFERED 25 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN DAMAGE. *TR

HEARD LOUD CLANKING WHILE DRIVING. WHEN HOME INSPECTED RIGHT REAR UPPER STRUT MOUNT AND FOUND IT BROKEN. CALLED DEALER, WHO REPLACED BOTH SIDES. LEFT SIDE WAS ERODED FROM THE TOP AROUND THE SPRING CUP WHERE SALT WATER WAS PROBABLY SITTING IN WINTER, CAUSING SEVERE EROSION COUPLED WITH THE JOUNCING OF THE STRUT WHICH CAUSED BREAKAGE. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 DODGE STRATUS. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE AT THE HEAD OF THE ENGINE. THE CONTACT PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED. HE DISCOVERED THAT THE MACHINE HEAD WAS CONSTRUCTED INCORRECTLY, WHICH PREVENTED OIL FROM REACHING THE CYLINDER. THE HEAD WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE CONTACT HAD TO PAY A $100 DEDUCTIBLE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE EXPENSES WOULD BE TAKEN UP WITH THE CHRYSLER DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 31,000.

I HAVE AN 04 STRATUS COUPE I BOUGHT NEW, THE DASH IS COMING APART AT THE DEFROSTER VENT. IT ON HAS 7,500 MILES ON IT AND IS GARAGE KEPT. *TR

RIGHT REAR UPPER STRUT MOUNT CORRODED AND FAILED. THE REAR SUSPENSION HAD NO SUPPORT AS THE TOP OF THE STRUT BECAME DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. NO ACCIDENT RESULTED BUT THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY POOR DESIGN FOR AREAS OF THE COUNTRY WHERE SALT IS USED TO CLEAR SNOW FROM ROADS. PREVIOUS YEARS DESIGN OF THE UPPER MOUNT WAS A STEEL MOUNT. IN 2004 THE MOUNT APPEARS TO BE ALUMINUM AND VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO CORROSION. THE ONLY AVAILABLE REPAIR WAS REPLACEMENT OF THE MOUNT. I REPLACED BOTH MOUNTS AS THE OTHER WAS BEGINNING TO CORRODE AS WELL. *TR

TL*- THE CONTACT'A VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A SECOND VEHICLE WHICH HAD SPUN OUT IN FRONT OF HER VEHICLE DUE TO THE ICY CONDITIONS. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING AT 40 MPH WHEN SHE STUCK THE SECOND VEHICLE. BOTH VEHICLES PROCEEDED TO SLIDE DOWN A STEEP EMBACKMENT. ALTHOUGH THE VECHILE WAS RENDERED INOPERABLE THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, IT SEEMD THAT THE SEAT BELT PRETENTIONER DID ENGAGE AND KEPT THE DRIVER FROM HITTING THE STEERING WHEEL. BOTH THE OFFICER AT THE SCENE, AND THE INSURANCE AGENT WERE SURPRISED THAT THE AIR BAGS HAD NOT DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT HAD A POLICE REPORT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50900 MILES.

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE BACKING HER 2004 DODGE STRATUS (115111 FAILURE MILEAGE) AT 1 MPH INTO A PARKING, SHE HEARD A CLICKING IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND AIRBAG LIGHT DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND NOW THE HORN IS INOPERABLE. SHE STATED THAT THE CLOCK SPRING BROKE.

2004 DODGE STRATUS. 2006 BRITAX SAFE VOYAGE CAR SEAT HARNESS RETAINER CLIP IS THIN AND BENT AND DOES NOT HOLD THE HARNESS IN PLACE. *KB *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS OR WHILE AT AN IDLE, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. ALTHOUGH THIS WAS INTERMITTENT IN NATURE, AFTERWARDS THE ENGINE WAS EASILY RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THERE WAS A NHTSA RECALL, # 03V443000, REGARDING THE FUEL SYSTEM AND ANOTHER NHTSA RECALL, # 04V313000, REGARDING THE FUEL SYSTEM AS WELL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH ON WET ROADS, SMOKE BEGAN TO ERUPT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE STALLED COMPLETELY, AND COULD NOT BE RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHERE THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE FAN BLADES HAD DETACHED AND PIERCED THE RADIATOR.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT CAUGHT ON FIRE TWICE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DURING EACH INCIDENT THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH. ON THE FIRST INCIDENT THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL SHORT IN THE AIRBAG MODULE AND IN THE LEFT AND RIGHT FRONT SQUIDS. THE SEAT BELT TENSIONER WAS DETERMINED TO BE FAULTY. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE AIR BAG MODULE AND THE AIR BAG. THE SEAT BELT TENSIONER WAS REPAIRED. THE SECOND INCIDENT RESULTED IN INJURIES TO THE PASSENGER OF THE VEHICLE. THE AIR BAG MODULE WAS DETERMINED DEFECTIVE AND THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT RETRACTOR WAS FAULTY. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE AIR BAG MODULE, THE AIR BAG AND THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR. THE SEAT BELT IS MALFUNCTIONING AGAIN. THE AIR BAG LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH OF THE VEHICLE.

2004 STRATUS KEY WOULD NOT TURN IN IGNITION. *TS THE LOCK CYLINDER WAS BINDING. THE LOCK CYLINDER WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. *NM

2004 STRATUS MADE A WHISTLING NOISE THAT CAME FROM THE ENGINE WHEN DRIVING 70-80 MPH. *TS THE CONSUMER STATED IT SOUNDED AS IF THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WAS GOING TO FALL APART. THE CONSUMER THINKS SOMETHING IS LOOSE OR BROKE IN THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. HE THINKS IT MAY BE THE STEERING, TRANSMISSION OR THE RACK AND PINION. *JB