1997 DODGE STRATUS Complaints

VEHICLE DEVELOPED OIL LEAK. DIAGNOSED AS HEAD GASKET LEAK. WARRANTY WILL NOT COVER REPAIR. THERE SEEMS TO BE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS PERTAINING TO THIS ISSUE YET THE MANUFACTURER APPEARS TO BE IGNORING THE PROB LEM (APPARENT DESIGN/MANUFACTURER FLAW). WHY IS CHRYSLER CORP. NOT BEING FORCED TO ADDRESS AND RESOLVE THIS ISSUE? IF THEIR POSITION ON THIS ISSUE IS ONE OF WE DONT CARE,WHICH IS WHAT I HEAR BY READING ALL THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT HEAD GAS KETS AND THEIR FAILURE TO COVER THE REPAIR, MAYBE THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO BOYCOTT TH EIR PRODUCTS. I KNOW THAT I WILL NEVER OWN ANOTHER ONE OF THEIR PRODUCTS. QUAL ITY SEEMS TO BE A THING OF THE PAST WITH THEM. I JUST HOPE THAT ONE DAY MANAGEME NTS FAMILY MEMBERS GET STUCK SOMEWHERE IN ONE OF THEIR PRODUCTS LIKE THE I DID. MAYBE THEYLL START CARING ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT BUY THEIR PRODUCTS AND KEEP TH EM IN BUSINESS. I CAN ONLY HOPE. *AK

ENGINE DEVELOPED SERIOUS OIL LEAK. REFERRED TO DEALER. ADVISED THAT HEAD GASKET BLEW AND THAT CAMSHAFT OIL SEAL FAILED. ADVISED THAT ENGINE IS MAKING SOUND INDICITIVE OF INTERNAL COMPONENT FAILURE. DEALER INSISTS HEAD GASKET AND CAM SHAFT OIL SEAL AND OTHER DAMAGE UNRELATED. CURRENTLY AWAITING ESTIMATE FOR REPAIR, POSSIBLE COMPLETE ENGINE OVERHAUL.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING 35MPH VEHICLE STALLED OUT. WAS NOT ABLE TO RESTART. VEHICLE TOWED TO GARAGE. WAS RESTARTED AT GARAGE AND TEST DRIVEN. NOTHING HAPPENED. HOWEVER, MUCH LATER PROBLEM REAPPEARED. TOOK VEHICLE TO INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, AND FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY AND FUEL FILTER WAS REPLACED.*AK *SLC

THE PROBLEM ACTUALLY STARTED IN DECEMBER OF 1997, IT HAD AROUND 50,000 MILES. THE VEHICLE IS SLUGGISH WHILE IN DRIVE AND WILL STALL AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT. WE HAD THE MAP & THROTTLE SENSOR REPLACED AT THAT TIME. WE HAVE HAD RECURRENT PROBLEMS WITH THE SENSORS SINCE THEN, UNTIL THIS PAST MAY WHEN WE REPLACED THEM FOR A SECOND TIME. THE VEHICLE STILL STALLED DURING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION WE FOUND THE HEAD GASKET WAS CRACKED. WE ONCE AGAIN PROCEEDED WITH THE RECOMMENDED REPAIRS. UNFORTUNATELY THE PROBLEM STILL REMAINS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REFLECTS THERE IS A PROBLEM, HOWEVER THE DIAGNOSTIC CONTINUALLY NOTES THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE SENSORS. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE DODGE STRATUS, YET DODGE IS RELUCTANT TO RECALL THE PART(S) INVOLVED. FOR EXAMPLE, THREE OTHER DODGE STRATUS/PLYMOUTH BREEZE VEHICLES WERE BROUGHT IN TO THE SAME REPAIR SHOP DURING THE SAME WEEK OUR STRATUS WAS BEING REPAIRED. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE STALLING AT THE MOST IN OPPORTUNE TIMES ( IN THE MIDDLE OF LEFT HAND TURNS IN BUSY INTERSECTIONS, ETC...*AK

HEAD GASKET BLEW AT 60,000 MILES. BALL JOINT REPLACED./ REAR OIL SEAL REPLACED.*AK

HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED ONCE AT THE DEALER. THE NEXT TIME I NOTICED THE HEAD GASKET LEAKING, WE WERE OUT OF WARRANTY. THEREFORE DUE TO THE HIGH COST OF A RECURRING HEAD GASKET FAILURE, THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. THANK YOU FOR LETTING OUR VOICE BE HEARD!*AK

HEAD GASKETS BLEWOUT, LEAKING COOLANT ONTO ENGINE AND CRACKING THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. DEALER IS INSPECTING AND WILL REPAIR VEHICLE. *AK CONSUMER ADDS THAT THE REAR SEAL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO THE LEAK, TOTAL COST OF REPAIRS WERE $1600 DEALER STATED COLD WEATHER PLAYED A MAJOR PART IN DAMAGE. *TT

THERE WAS A NOISE WHEN MAKING TURNS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. VEHICLE TAKEN TO REPAIR SHOP. TIE ROD: INNER WAS CRACKED, AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK

CONSUMER INFORMED BY INDEPENDENT SERVICE AGENT THAT VEHICLE'S HEAD GASKET WAS BAD AND THAT THIS HAD BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF VEHICLE.*AK

CONSUMER STATES BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED ON THREE OCCASSIONS, AND WERE REPLACED BY DEALER.*JB