1999 DODGE STRATUS Complaints

I WAS BORROWING MY PARENTS 1999 DODGE STRATUS .I STAOPPED TO PICK UP MY CHILDREN AT THE DAYCARE.. LEFT THE CAR FOR ONLY 2 MINUTES AND WHEN I RETURNED TO LEAVE THE CAR WAS ON FIRE..THERE WAS A BLACK SMOKE BILLOWING OUT OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THE WHOLE MOTOR WAS ON FIRE..THE FIRE DEPT WAS CALLED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE NOTHING ON THE INTERIOR WAS RUINED ONLY THE HOOD ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND THE MOTER LOOKS LIKE A HEAP OF MELTED PLASTIC. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW WAS GOING UP AND DOWN ON ITS OWN SOMEDAYS IT WOULD BE STUCK UP AND SOMEDAYS IT WOULD BE STUCK DOWN.. LUCKILY MY PARENTS HAD INS TO COVER THE VEHICLE WHICH NOW IS A TOTAL LOSS BUT NOW THEY NEED MONEY FOR A DOWN ON ANOTHER VEHICLE.. ANYONE WITH AN ATTORNEY OR OTHER INFO PLEASE CONTACT ME. [email protected]

THE VEHICLE IS LOCATED AT A JUNK YARD. UPON INSPECTION, I REALIZED IT BURNED EXACTLY AS MINE (ALREADY REPORTED ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE). STEVE CHAN ASK ME FOR THE VEHICLE VIN NUMBER

MY WIFE DROVE FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES AND PARKED THE 1999 DODGE STRATUS. AT THAT MOMENT, MRS. APONTE SMELLED AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. BY THE TIME THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY FIREMEN, THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE FIREMEN TOLD HER THAT THE FIRE WAS DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL FAULT WITH THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE BURNED MORE BY THE DRIVER SIDE.

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH DRIVER WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION. UPON IMPACT THE FRONT DRIVER SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT. THIS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO SUSTAIN MINOR INJURIES, AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED OUTSIDE OF THE RESIDENCE AND FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. DRIVER CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE CAR WAS RUNNING FINE. THERE WAS NO WARNING OR RECENT REPAIR PRIOT TO THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND TOTALED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *AK

THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE ON ITS OWN 10 MINUTES AFTER IT WAS PARKED. RESULTS SHOWED THAT THERE WAS A WIRE SHORT IN THE ENGINE WHICH CAUSED THE FIRE.*AK

ON DEC. 12, 2004 MYSELF, MY DAUGHTER , & HER STEP-DAUGHTER WERE ON OUR WAY TO GO SHOPPING APPROXIMATELY 60 MILES FROM HOME. WE STOPPED AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MILES AND ATE LUNCH, THEN CONTINUED THE OTHER 15 MILES. WE EXITED THE 1999 DODGE STRATUS AND ENTERED THE STORE. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 5-10 MINUTES, AN IN-STORE PAGE WENT OUT THAT A VEHICLE OF OUR DESCRIPTION WAS SMOKING BADLY. WHEN I LOOKED OUT THE STORE WINDOW, I SAW THE VEHICLE WAS MINE. I RAN OUT TO THE PARKING LOT TO FIND MY CAR (1999 DODGE STRATUS) MOTOR WAS ON FIRE WITH FIRE COMING OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE MOTOR AND BLACK SMOKE BOILING OUT. BY THE TIME EMERGENCY VEHICLES ARRIVED (POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT), MY CAR WAS FULLY IN FLAMES. FIRE FIGHTERS EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE FINALLY, BUT MY CAR WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. THE HOT-SPOT ON THE HOOD WAS ON THE DRIVER SIDE NEAR THE WINDSHIELD. *JB

REAR SAFETY BELTS USED TO SECURE THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT BROKE. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND SAID THEY'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE. CONSUMER ALSO CALLED THE MANUFACTURER, BUT RECEIVED NO ASSISTANCE. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY.*AK

VEHICLE ACCELERATED WHILE CONSUMER'S FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE. THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES WHEN TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE ONLY PROBLEM FOUND WAS VEHICLE IDLING HIGH.*AK

MULTIPLE FAILURES, CONTINUALLY STEERING PROBLEMS. ENGINE LEAKED OIL, NO A/C OR HEATED, ECT. *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOOSE. THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AND HIT THE CURB DUE TO THE LOOSE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THERE MIGHT BE A PROBLEM WITH THE RIGHT SIDE AXLE. *TC