2004 Dodge Stratus complaints

CAR AFTER RUNNING THE FIRST FEW MILES,WHEN STOPPED AT A LIGHT THE CAR ACCELERATE BY IT SELF. YOU CAN FEEL IT PULLING WHEN BRAKES ARE ON. HAVE TAKEN IT THEY DRIVE IT DOES NOT DO IT THEY SAY CAR IS OK. IT'S TRUE THIS HAPPENS MAY BE ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH. BUT I NEED TO KNOW IF THEIR HAS BEEN ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45MPH WITH STEADY BRAKE PRESSURE APPLIED, THE ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP RESULTING IN A REAR END COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER AND SLID INTO A TELEPHONE POLE COMING TO A FINAL STOP ON ITS SIDE. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ALTHOUGH THE CONTACT WAS WEARING A SEATBELT, NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. THE POLICE WERE ON THE SCENE AND A REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE INSURANCE ADJUSTOR, AS WELL AS A FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE, INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE IS A 2004 DODGE SRT4. *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE THE AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITHOUT ANY PRIOR PROBLEMS. CALLED CHRYSLER DEALER , WHO STATED PROBLEM COULD BE SERIOUS, NOT KNOWING WHICH SENSOR MALFUNCTIONED. THE AIR BAG COULD DEPLOY WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. THE MECHANIC AT THE DEALER SHOWED CONCERN AND INITIALLY WANTED TO HELP, BUT AFTER FINDING OUT THAT THE VEHICLE HAD 70,000 MILES ON IT, HE INDICATED THERE WERE TOO MANY MILES PAST THE WARRANTY, AND THE DEALER WOULD NOT COVER IT. THE CONTACT INSISTED THAT IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THAT MILEAGE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. HOWEVER, DEALER REFUSED TO FIX IT. *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED DURING FILLING UP THE VEHICLE, THE GAS TANK DOES NOT CLICK ALERTING THE CONTACT IT IS FULL CAUSING GASOLINE SPILLAGE. THE DEALERSHIP HAS NOT BEEN ALERTED.

VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING A VARIETY OF NOISES FROM THE FRONT WHEEL AREA OVER 20,000 MILES. DEALERSHIP HAS MADE SEVERAL REPAIRS, INCLUDING REPLACING BRAKE PADS AND INSTALLING NEW DESIGN RIVETS, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THE BRAKE CALIPER BOLTS LOSE AND ALMOST SEPARATED FROM THE CALIPER-- IF THE CALIPER HAD BECOME SEPARATED WITH THE VEHICLE IN MOTION, IT MAY HAVE CONTACTED THE WHEEL RIM CAUSING FRONT WHEEL LOCK-UP. *NM

DEALER SAID I HAD TO HAVE REAR LATERAL LINK REPLACED TO ALIGN CAR PROPERLY. DODGE STRATUS SXT HAD 31,000 MILES ON IT BUT DEALER SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER 3YR 36,000 MILE WARRANTY. MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED AND THEY SAID IT WAS COVERED. DEALER WOULD NOT REFUND COST TO REPLACE PART. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE REVVED AND THE TIRES SPUN. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED THE HIT THE CONSUMER'S GARAGE. THE VEHICLE AND GARAGE SUSTAINED DAMAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED, HOWEVER NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. UPDATED 3/20/2006 - *NM

AT 19000 MILES, THE FRONT ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WARPAGE. DEALERSHIP SAYS IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AFTER 12000 MILES. NOW THE CAR HAS 22000 MILES ON IT AND NEEDS FRONT ROTORS REPLACED AGAIN. I REFUSE TO AGAIN PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE A LIFE EXPECTANCY OF 55000 MILES OR MORE. DEALERSHIP MECHANIC SAYS IT IS A DEFECT IN THE ROTORS BUT IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. WHY????????? *NM

3 SEPARATE INCIDENTS AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. *NM

WHILE BRAKING AND CHANGING LANES A LOUD SOUND WAS HEARD FROM THE RIGHT FRONT AND THE WHEEL ON THAT SIDE LOCKED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LOOSE CONTROL. WHEN I LOOKED AT THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL THE BRAKE PARTS HAD BEEN PUSHED THROUGH THE WHEEL TO THE OUTSIDE AND THE BOLTS CONNECTING THE WHEEL PARTS HAD SHEERED APART. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED A VEHICLE AT 40 MPH. UPON IMPACT, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE BUMPER WAS CRACKED, BUT THE FRAME WAS NOT DAMAGED. DAIMLER/CHRYSLER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, BUT THE CONTACT RECEIVED NO REPORT. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED. *AK UPDATED 02/13/06.*JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED VEHICLE HAD A PROBLEM STOPPING. THE RPMS REVVED WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED. THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD WHILE TRYING TO STOP. THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE INTERMITTENT. THE CONTACT OWNED THE CAR SINCE JULY 205, AND THIS HAPPENED FIVE TIMES. SHE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEALER TO SEE IF THE PROBLEM COULD BE RESOLVED. THE DEALER HAS DONE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND FOUND NO SOLUTION. CHRYSLER OFFERED HER NO SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OR ANY FREE REMEDY. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN TO THE DEALER TWICE. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED A CAR AS A RESULT OF THE SURGING.*AK

CLICK SOUND IN LEFT FRONT AREA WHEN ACCELERATING (FWD AND REVERSE) AND BREAKING. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH STRATUS R/T AND THE SIMILAR MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. SIMILAR COMPLAINTS AND DISCUSSION CAN BE FOUND HERE. HTTP://WWW.ECLIPSEFORUMS.ORG/FORTOPIC8583-0-ASC-0.HTML. *NN

MY CAR SOMETIMES SHUTS OFF WHILE IN PARKING LOTS OR AT RED LIGHTS. WHEN I GOT OUT LAST TIME I LET MY CAR SIT FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES AND UNDERNEATH THE HOOD WAS ALL HOT! THE DEALER CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT ONLY HAPPENS SPONTANEOUSLY AND THEY WOULD NEED TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I READ A WEBSITE FORUM FULL OF STRATUS' THAT ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY STOP WITHOUT WARNING, THE RADIO STAYS ON AND EVERYTHING! THIS COULD LEAD TO A WRECK!*JB

DT: WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. CALLER SAAID THAT SHE HAD TO GET THE VEHICLE JUMPED THAT SAME DAY THAT FAILURE HAPPENED. ON THE WAY TO THE DEALER THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS DID FLICKER BEFORE THE VEHICLE STALLED. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC SAID BATTERY WAS UNDER THE FENDER, AND IT COULD NOT KEEP THE CABLES ON. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. CALLER DID RUN UP ON A CURB.*AK

IGNITION LOCKED UP AS IF CAR IS IN DRIVE AND WILL NOT RELEASE THE KEY. *NM

DT: 2004 DODGE STRATUS RT. LAST THURSDAY CONSUMER'S CAR WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER LET SOMEONE BARROW THE CAR, AND WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS BETWEEN 80 AND 100 MPH , THE CAR HIT CONCRETE POLES AND TOTALED THE CAR. THERE WERE NO INJURIES; THE SEAT BELTS WERE WORN. THE POLICE CAME, BUT CONSUMER WAS IF A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. *AK

THE LEFT REAR LOWER ARM CONTROL SNAPPED CAUSING DAMAGED TO THE LEFTSIDE DRIVETRAIN COMPONENTS INCLUDING FRAME AND CROSS MEMBER THE WHOLE REAR WAS REPLACED INCLUDING THE GAS TANK

DT: WHILE DRIVING HOME TODAY AND AS CONSUMER ROUNDED A CORNER THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT CAME OUT OF THE BASE AND TURNED OVER. CONSUMER'S CHILD WAS IN THE SEAT. THE CHILD WAS VERY UPSET AND CRYING. CONSUMER STOPPED TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM AND THE CHILD SEAT SNAPPED BACK INTO POSITION WITH OUT ANY PROBLEMS. *TT *NM

CAR STALLS AT LEAST ONCE A DAY WHILE IN TRAFFIC OR AT A RED LIGHT. ILL BE GOING ABOUT 20 MPH AND IT STALLS. THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. ALSO IT JERKS WHEN LEAVING A STOP LIGHT OR SIGN.

DT: CONSUMER SAYS VEHICLE SHAKES AT 50 MPH. ALSO, SHAKES WHEN CONSUMER FIRST STARTED VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT SHAKING WAS CAUSED BY SPARK PLUG WIRES. CONSUMER STATED WIRES WERE CHANGED FOUR TIMES ALREADY, AND IT DID NOT GET BETTER. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER TO HAVE WIRES CHANGED. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED REGULARLY. VEHICLE DIED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE OF VEHICLE.*AK

I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND COMING TO A SLOW FOR A STOP LIGHT WHEN IT SOUNDED LIKE IT HAD A FLAT TIRE. I STARTED TO PULL OVER WHILE CONTINUING TO SLOW THE CAR WHEN IT CAME TO A SHARP STOP AND I COULD GO NO FURTHER TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. I GOT OUT TO LOOK, AND SAW NO FLAT TIRE, BUT NOTICED FRONT RIGHT BRAKE GRINDED INTO RIM. I HAD IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP NEAR MY HOME, AND THEY ASSESSED THAT A LARGE BOLT FELL OUT FROM THE BRAKE CALLIPER, AND CAUSED MY BRAKE TO SLIP OUT AND COLLIDE WITH THE RIM. MY CAR IS JUST OVER A YEAR OLD, AND I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY BRAKE WORK DONE THUS FAR. THEY FOUND A REPLACEMENT BOLT FOR ME, AND I THEN DROVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF IT WAS WARRANTY COVERED, THEY SAID NO. THEY SUGGESTED THAT I NOT DRIVE ON THE RIM FOR FEAR OF NOT KNOWING WHETHER OR NOT THERE WERE FRACTURES THAT WERE NOT VISIBLE, AND THAT HITTING ONE POT HOLE COULD COLLAPSE THE RIM AND DO FURTHER DAMAGE. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE IS PARKED AND THE OWNER INSERTS THE KEY IN THE IGNITION THE SWITCH WILL NOT MOVE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO START. CONSUMER IS NOT ABLE TO USE THE VEHICLE. OWNER IS AWARE OF OTHER SIMILAR MODELS THAT WERE RECALLED BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT RECALLED DUE TO MODEL YEAR. *AK

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN HEAD ON COLLISION, WHEREBY THE SEAT BELT DID NOT SECURE THE CONSUMER, CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE HIS HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL, THEN, THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED ONLY BECAUSE HIS HEAD HIT THE STEERING. CONSUMER BROKE HIS NOSE, AND HAD OTHER MULTIPLE INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK

JACKING 2004 DODGE STRATUS. I USED THE JACK THAT WAS SUPPLIED BY THE MANUFACTURER TO JACK MY CAR TO ROTATE MY TIRES. THE REAR JACK POINTS (AS OUTLINED BY THE OWNER'S MANUAL) WERE USED. THE JACK POINTS ARE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE CAR. THE CAR WILL SLIDE (CAR WAS ON LEVEL SURFACE). I BROUGHT MY CAR TO HENDRICKS DODGE IN CARY NC AND WE LOOKED AT FIVE OTHER DODGE STRATUS. EACH ONE WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. THE CONCLUSION WAS THAT THE DODGE REP NEEDED TO BE CONTACTED. TODAY, DODGE IS STATING THAT THE JACK AND JACK POINTS ON THE 2004 DODGE STRATUS ARE TO BE USED ONLY FOR EMERGENCY USE. THE JACK AND JACK POINTS ARE NOT TO BE USED FOR JACKING THE CAR FOR TIRE ROTATIONS. I FEEL THAT THERE IS A DANGER THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HURT, ESPECIALLY IF THEY JACK THEIR CAR ON THE SIDE OF A ROAD TO CHANGE A FLAT TIRE. *JB

AT AROUND 32,000 MILES THE BRAKE SHOE BOLTS BROKE, AND THE SHOE GOT CAUGHT IN THE RIM CAUSING 1: THE RIM (INSIDE) TO GRIND AGINST THE SHOE AND FOREVER CHANGING THE SHAPE OF THE RIM. 2: BENDING THE CALLIPER. AND 3: HAVING THE BREAKS GRIND THE ROTOR IN AN UNUSUAL MANNER IN WHICH THEY NEEDED TO BE GRINDED DOWN. I WAS SLOWING DOWN FOR THE STOP LIGHT (SPEED LIMIT WAS 25, I WAS GOING MAYBE 20), AND STARTED TO BREAK, THE BRAKES LOCKED UP, AND WAS PULLING TO THE LEFT. IT WAS A VERY VIOLENT STOP. FOR A SECOND, I THOUGHT THAT I MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN A FLAT TIRE, BUT I GOT OUT SIDE OF THE CAR AFTER PUTTING IT IN PARK, AND TURNING ON MY HAZZARDS. LOOKING AT THE FRONT LEFT TIRE, I SAW THAT IT WAS FINE, LOOKED AT ALL OF THE OTHER TIRES, AND THEY ARE ALL FINE AS WELL. GOT BACK INTO THE CAR, AND PUT IT IN DRIVE. CAR DIDNT MOVE. PUT IT IN REVERSE...CAR DIDNT MOVE EITHER. WONDERING WHAT WAS HAPPENING, I PUT THE CAR AGAIN, IN PARK, AND LOOKED AT THE TIRES AGAIN. I NOTICED AT THIS TIME THAT SOMETHING LOOKED DIFFERENT WITH THE RIM. I GOT IN FOR A CLOSER LOOK, AND NOTICED IT WAS PRETTY BADLY DAMAGED. I PROCEEDED TO LIFT THE CAR, TAKE THE TIRE OFF, AND AS SOON AS I TOOK THE TIRE OFF, THE SHOE WAS HANGING AND WASNT BOLTED IN WHERE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. HOLY CRAP, WAS I MAD. THEN WENT INTO ADVANCE AUTO, TO GET REPLACEMENT BOLTS, AND FOUND SOME, ABOUT 3 HOURS LATER BECAUSE THEY DIDNT HAVE ANY IN STOCK, AND THEY HAD TO CALL AROUND. AFTER PUTTING THE BOLTS ON, I DROVE HOME AT ABOUT 20 MPH, USING ABOUT HALF A

A CLANKING NOISE STARTED COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. RIGHT FRONT SIDE COLLAPSED ONTO THE GROUND. VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO MOVE, AND IT WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE STEERING KNUCKLE SHEARED OFF AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

PRESSURE BUILD-UP IN THE GAS TANK CAUSED THE FUEL PUMP ASS'Y SEAL TO BLOW OUT AND GAS TO POUR OUT ON THE GROUND AS WELL AS FUMES IN THE VEHICLE. I HAD ALSO SMELLED GAS ON THE 23RD WHEN I FIRST HAD FILLED IT UP ON THE DAY OF PURCHASE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS A SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR WHICH SOUNDED LIKE GRINDING IN THE WHEELS OR IN THE WHEEL WELLS. *BF THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW MADE A LOUD CLICKING NOISE WHEN IT WAS STOPPED. THE SOUND IN THE REAR WAS ESPECIALLY NOTICED WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS, SPEED BUMPS AND WHEN MAKING TURNS. *SC *JB

DRIVER FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL AND CRASHED INTO SCHOOL BUS HEAD ON. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, BUT DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR BRACKET BROKE. THE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RESTRAIN THE DRIVER, CAUSING EYE AND BACK INJURIES, AND DRIVER WAS TRANSPORTED BY HELICOPTER TO THE HOSPITAL. VEHICLE WAS TOWED, AND TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *AK

THE CAR WILL IDLE ROUGHLY AT SLOW SPEEDS AND STALL IN PARKING LOTS AND INTERSECTIONS, WITH JUST 6,000 MILES THE BRAKES ARE NOW GOING BAD AS WELL. IT ALSO WILL LUNGE FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING AT STOP LIGHTS AND STOP SIGNS, MY WIFE WAS ALMOST IN AN ACCIDENT YESTERDAY AND REFUSES TO DRIVE THE CAR. IT IS AT THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN FOR THE SAME PROBLEM TODAY. LAST TIME THEY TOLD ME I DID NO KNOW WHAT IT MEANS WHEN A CAR STALLS BECAUSE THE COMPUTER SAYS IT DID NOT AND THEY DROVE IT A FEW MILES AND DID NOT HAVE TROUBLE. I WISH I COULD GET RID OF IT TODAY. *NM

STALLING AT TOLL BOOTHS, STOPLIGHTS, AND CROSSING INTERSECTIONS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS VEHICLE STALLED. *AK AFTER THE VEHICLE STALLS IT CUTS OFF EVEN WHEN THE CONSUMERS FOOT IS ON THE ACCELERATOR. SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE THE GAS PEDAL HAS BEEN KICKED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE JERKS FORWARD. *TC

WHILE AT A STOP ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. VEHICLE THEN STARTED TO JERK FORWARD. CONSUMER PRECEDED TO DRIVE HOME. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN DRIVING FUEL GAUGE DROPPED TO EMPTY. AS A RESULT, CONSUMER WAS FORCED TO PUT FUEL INTO THE VEHICLE EVERYDAY. *AK

CAR DOES THE FOLLOWING AT RANDOM- WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS IT DIES, SOMETIMES WHEN PULLING INTO PARKING SPACES THE ENGINES SURGES AND CAUSES CAR TO LUNGE FORWARD. ONCE WHEN I BACKED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE IT SURGED AND LUNGED FORWARD. THE ENGINE, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS HAS IDLED VERY ROUGHLY, THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON ONCE AND THE OTHER TIME IT FLASHED 5 OR 6 TIMES AND QUIT. NOE THE MOTOR IN THE REAR WINDOW IS DEFECTIVE! I HAVE HAD THIS CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP 6-7 TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM AND "THEY CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM".THE LEMON LAW IN TENNESSE REQUIRES 4 VISITS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM, HAVE EXCEEDED THAT BY FAR! I AM DONE WITH DODGE/CHRYSLER AND ALL THEIR PRODUCTS. I WILL BUY A FOREIGN CAR BEFOR I EVER BUY ANOTHER PRODUCT FROM THEM!!!*AK

PURCHASED A 2004 DODGE STRATUS IN JULY OF 2003. BY DEMEBER 2003, AT 6,00 MILES, THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WARPAGE. IN JULY 2004, APX 12,000 MILES, THE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN DUE TO WARPAGE. I BEGAN TO SEE THIS FOR WHAT IS IS; A PERPETUAL PROBLEM SOON TO BE EXCLUDED FROM WARRANTY WORK. I TOOK A LOSS OF 1,500. ON THE VEHICLE SIMPLY TO GET OUT FROM UNDER IT. I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS DUE TO MY DRIVING STYLE, WHICH IS THE STANDARD LINE BEING GIVEN TO DODGE OWNERS. DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE WEB TO SEE IF OTHER DODGE OWNERS EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM AND IT APPEARS IT COMES STANDARD WITH MOST DODGE VEHICLES. IT APPEARS THE FINAL SOLUTION INVOLVES SHELLING OUT 400 BUCKS OUT OF POCKET FOR A HIGHER QUALITY ROTOR. CALL ME CRAZY, BUT I EXPECT STANDARD MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT ON A VEHICLE TO ACTUALLY DO WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO DO. I HAVE NEVER HAD ROTOR PROBLEMS ON ANY OTHER VEHICLE I'VE OWNED. (GRANTED, THIS IS MY FIRST DODGE) THIS ISSUE CRIES OUT FOR A RECALL!!!!!!!!!!!!*AK

CAR WAS SITTING IN PARKING LOT FOR ABOUT 8 HOURS, STARTED CAR, LOUD SQUEALING NOISE WHILE IN PARK AND NO RADIO OR AIR CONDITIONING, PUT INTO DRIVE AND REVERSE..NO NOISE. PULLED OUT OF PARKING LOT AND WENT APPROX. 1 BLOCK WHEN CAR JUST DIED AND RADIO/AIR CAME ON. CAR THEN STARTED BACK UP AND HAS SO FAR BEEN OK. DEALERSHIP FOUND NOTHING. *AK

WHEN I TOOK MY 04 STRATUS TO HAVE THE TIRES ROTATED AT 5000 MILES, THE PROFESSIONAL SHOP I TOOK IT TO TRYED TO TORQUE THE TIRES AT RECOMENDED PRESSURE WHEN 3 OF THE STUDS BROKE OFF. NO METAL SHOULD BREAK AT 100FTLBS. LUCKY I WAS NOT ON THE ROAD WITH MY FAMILY WHEN THEY DECIDED TO BREAK.*AK

I PURCHASED A 2004 DODGE STRATUS ON 4/13/04. ON 5/22/04 I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A SERVICE CENTER FOR THE FIRST OIL CHANGE. UPON PLACING THE VEHICLE ON THE RACK , THEY DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS WIDESPREAD SEVERE CORROSION TO THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE VEHICLE, INCLUDING TIE RODS, THE EXHAUST SYSTEM, ETC.. THEY ADVISED ME THAT THEY FELT THAT, LEFT UNCORRECTED, THE SITUATION PRESENTED A SAFETY HAZARD. *AK I HAVE JPEG IMAGES OF SOME OF THE AFFECTED AREAS THAT CAN BE SENT BY E-MAIL. FROM WHAT I CAN SEE, THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE.

WHILE COMING TO A STOP VEHICLE REVVED AT A HIGH RATE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHEN PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE IT SURGED BACKWARDS. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND HIT A BRICK WALL. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON I-290 ( 3 LANE SUPER HIGHWAY JUST OUTSIDE CHICAGO) THE ASD (AUTOMATIC SHUT DOWN) SWITCH ACTIVATED AND TURNED MY CAR OFF. I COASTED TO AN EXIT BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT RESTART.*AK

WHEN THE GEAR SHIFTER WAS BUMPED IT SHIFTED FROM DRIVE TO NEUTRAL. *NM