1995 DODGE STRATUS Complaints

I PAID OVER $1000 TO REPLACE MY BLOWN HEAD GASKET, ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR TROUBLES. I AM LOOKING TO BE REIMBURSED AS I AM A FINANCIALLY CHALLENGED RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATE. EVERY CENT COUNTS IN GETTING BY! I AM ALSO A FORMER INTERN TO DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORP. AND THIS MANUFACTURING DEFECT NEEDS TO BE FIXED! IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO! PLEASE ADVISE ACCORDINGLY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. *AK

THE HEAD GASKET TO MY 1995 DODGE STRATUS IS LEAKING. THE REPAIR COST FOR THIS PROBLEM IS APPROXIMATLEY $700 TO $1,000. THE HEAD GASKETT SHOULD NOT BE LEAKING AT 78,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN LEAKING OIL FOR SOME TIME, BECAUSE IT IS ALL OVER THE ENGINE. I DID NOT BECOME AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM UNTIL I SAW OIL ON THE GROUND. *AK

I HAD MY OIL CHANGED, AND THE SERVICE PEOPLE SAID THAT MY HEAD GASKET WAS BAD. I CONTACTED PARKWAY DODGE AND HAD THEM REPLACE THE HEAD GASKET. THEY BROKE AN EGR VALVE DOING THE REPLACEMENT. NOW MY DODGE HAS A VIBRATION IN IT, AND IS WORSE WHEN THE CAR IS IN DRIVE. THE DEALERSHIP HAS TOLD ME THAT THEY AND CHRYSLER CORP. ENGINEERING CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. MY ENGINE IS STILL VIBRATING. *AK

TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE OF VEHICLE BEING HARD TO START, OR STALLING FOR NO REASON. NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DISCOVER THE PROBLEM. CAR WOULD STALL AFTER BEING DRIVEN ON HOT DAY, STALL WHILE TRYING TO MAKE A TURN, STALL WHEN STOPPED FOR LIGHT,ETC., SOMETIMES IT WOULD BE HARD TO START. HAD TO PLACE MY FOOT ON THE ACCELORATOR AND QUICKLY SHIFT INTO REVERSE TO GET THE CAR GOING. FINALLY, AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRED, VEHICLE LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND WHILE ENGINE HAD BEEN SITTING ALL DAY. THE CAR COULD NOT BE STARTED. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE DISTRIBUTOR AT A COST OF $900.00 TO ME. DEALERSHIP NO HELP. TOLD THAT THE CAR WAS TOO FAR OUT OF THE WARRANTY EVENTHOUGH I HAD REPORTED SIMILAR PROBLEMS DURING THE WARRANTY PERIOD. HAVE HAD MANY OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR AS WELL. TOO MANY TO LIST. ALMOST ALL COMPONENT ARE INVOLVED AT SOME POINT. COULD NHTSA DO ANYTHING. THERE SEEMS TO BE A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. OTHER CAR OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME DIFFICULTY. I'M SURE THAT EVENTUALLY THE CAUSE OF THEIR CARS STALLING WILL END UP BEING THE DISTRIBUTOR AS WELL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGWAY SPEEDS OF 55 TO 60 MPH VEHICLE WILL AUTOMATICALLY DOWNSHIFT ON ITS OWN, REDUCING THE SPEED VERY QUICKLY. THIS HAS NEARLY RESULTED IN A DRIVER'S WHIPLASH. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

ENGINE WOULD STALL WITHOUT INDICATION AT ANY SPEED. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE 11 TIMES. HOWEVER, PROBLEM RETURNED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT INDICATION. DEALER REPAIRED VEHICLE 11 TIMES. HOWEVER, PROBLEM RETURNED. PLEASE PROVIDE FUTHER INFORMATION. *AK .

ABS BRAKE PROBLEMS CONTINUALLY, SEVERAL COMPONENT REPLACEMENTS (EXCESSIVE PREMATURE WEAR). *MJS

NEED INFO IF POSS IF FD DODGE IN ERROR PER RECALL WHAT MY OPTIONS ARE??I HAVE NO VEC, MY INSURA HAS BN FILED, NO INFO YET,I WAS DRIVG MAYBE 8-10 MIN WHN NOTICED SMOKE AND THEN PULLED OVER AN BECAME INGULFED IN FLAMES. *AK

THE FRONT END STARTED TO SQUEAK GOING OVER BUMPS AS THE SUSPENSION MOVED. THE CAR WAS TAKEN INTO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME THE RIGHT BALL JOINT/LOWER CONTROL ARM WAS FAILING AND THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM, RECALL #750. I WAS REFERRED TO DAIMERCHRYSLER'S TOLL FREE NUMBER. I CALLED THEM ON 02-17-2000 AND 02-18-2000. BOTH TIMES THEIR REPRESENTITIVE TOLD ME MY CAR DIDN'T FALL UNDER THE RECALL BECAUSE THE VIN NUMBER DIDN'T MATCH THE NUMBERS IN THE RECALL. I TOLD THEM NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR DOESN'T CAUSE BALL JOINT PROBLEMS UNTIL WELL INTO THE 100,000 MILE RANGE. I ALSO TOLD THEM OF THE CARS LOW MILEAGE AND THEY STILL REFUSED TO REPAIR. DAIMERCHRYSLER'S FILE NUMBER IS 6833820. THIS PROBLEM IS A SAFETY HAZARD, THE YEAR, MAKE, MODEL OF MY CAR FALLS UNDER THE RECALL AND CHRYSLER REFUSES TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *AK