Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the child seat. No safety recall has been issued.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical System | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Child Seat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 DODGE STRATUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, A FIRE ERUPTED FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE AND DRIVE TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 215,000.
INSTALLED MY DAUGHTER'S SEAT WITH LATCH, MY SON RODE IN IT ONCE BEFORE SHE WAS BORN (HE HAD BEEN SICK AND LOST ENOUGH WEIGHT THAT HE WAS UNDER THE WEIGHT LIMIT SO I LET HIM WHEN HE ASKED), AND THE LATCH CAME UNDONE!! I THEN REINSTALLED IT USING THE SEAT BELT, GOOD TIGHT INSTALL. BROUGHT HER HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL, NO MORE PROBLEMS WITH THE SEAT. AS SOON AS SHE GOT BIG ENOUGH TO CLICK THE HARNESS UP ONE, THE HARNESS WAS NOT TIGHTENING EASILY AND IT WAS LOOSENING ITSELF. I WOULD RETIGHTEN AND THEN ONE SIDE WOULD BE TOO TIGHT AND THE OTHER TOO LOOSE BECAUSE IT WAS NOT TIGHTENING EVENLY AND THEN WOULD LOOSEN UP AGAIN. ALSO THE HEADREST RATTLES WHEN BROUGHT ABOVE THE 3RD POSITION. I HAVE CONTACTED GRACO AS I KNOW THIS HARNESS ISSUE IS A PROBLEM FOR MANY WITH THE SIZE4ME70/MYSIZE70 AND HAVE HAD RETURNS AND REPLACEMENTS MADE. I WILL BE RECEIVING A REPLACEMENT WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND PLAN TO GIVE IT ANOTHER TRY. (RELATED VEHICLE INFORMATION: MODEL YEAR=2014, MAKE=STRATUS, MODEL=DODGE). *TR
2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.
| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 — this page | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2006 | 74 | 3 | 3 | 0 | Routine |
| 2005 | 62 | 6 | 2 | 0 | Routine |
| 2004 | 144 | 7 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2003 | 75 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2002 | 150 | 6 | 4 | 0 | Routine |
| 2001 | 186 | 14 | 2 | 1 | Fatalities reported |
| 2000 | 216 | 9 | 64 | 0 | High concern |
| 1999 | 251 | 7 | 59 | 2 | Fatalities reported |
| 1998 | 272 | 7 | 17 | 0 | Above average |
| 1997 | 349 | 7 | 32 | 0 | High concern |
| 1996 | 554 | 11 | 36 | 1 | Fatalities reported |
| 1995 | 318 | 11 | 13 | 0 | Above average |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.