2004 DODGE STRATUS Complaints

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