2004 DODGE STRATUS Complaints

CAR AFTER RUNNING THE FIRST FEW MILES,WHEN STOPPED AT A LIGHT THE CAR ACCELERATE BY IT SELF. YOU CAN FEEL IT PULLING WHEN BRAKES ARE ON. HAVE TAKEN IT THEY DRIVE IT DOES NOT DO IT THEY SAY CAR IS OK. IT'S TRUE THIS HAPPENS MAY BE ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH. BUT I NEED TO KNOW IF THEIR HAS BEEN ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VEHICLE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45MPH WITH STEADY BRAKE PRESSURE APPLIED, THE ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP RESULTING IN A REAR END COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER AND SLID INTO A TELEPHONE POLE COMING TO A FINAL STOP ON ITS SIDE. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ALTHOUGH THE CONTACT WAS WEARING A SEATBELT, NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. THE POLICE WERE ON THE SCENE AND A REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE INSURANCE ADJUSTOR, AS WELL AS A FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE, INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE IS A 2004 DODGE SRT4. *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED DURING FILLING UP THE VEHICLE, THE GAS TANK DOES NOT CLICK ALERTING THE CONTACT IT IS FULL CAUSING GASOLINE SPILLAGE. THE DEALERSHIP HAS NOT BEEN ALERTED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE THE AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITHOUT ANY PRIOR PROBLEMS. CALLED CHRYSLER DEALER , WHO STATED PROBLEM COULD BE SERIOUS, NOT KNOWING WHICH SENSOR MALFUNCTIONED. THE AIR BAG COULD DEPLOY WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. THE MECHANIC AT THE DEALER SHOWED CONCERN AND INITIALLY WANTED TO HELP, BUT AFTER FINDING OUT THAT THE VEHICLE HAD 70,000 MILES ON IT, HE INDICATED THERE WERE TOO MANY MILES PAST THE WARRANTY, AND THE DEALER WOULD NOT COVER IT. THE CONTACT INSISTED THAT IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THAT MILEAGE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. HOWEVER, DEALER REFUSED TO FIX IT. *AK

VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING A VARIETY OF NOISES FROM THE FRONT WHEEL AREA OVER 20,000 MILES. DEALERSHIP HAS MADE SEVERAL REPAIRS, INCLUDING REPLACING BRAKE PADS AND INSTALLING NEW DESIGN RIVETS, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THE BRAKE CALIPER BOLTS LOSE AND ALMOST SEPARATED FROM THE CALIPER-- IF THE CALIPER HAD BECOME SEPARATED WITH THE VEHICLE IN MOTION, IT MAY HAVE CONTACTED THE WHEEL RIM CAUSING FRONT WHEEL LOCK-UP. *NM

DEALER SAID I HAD TO HAVE REAR LATERAL LINK REPLACED TO ALIGN CAR PROPERLY. DODGE STRATUS SXT HAD 31,000 MILES ON IT BUT DEALER SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER 3YR 36,000 MILE WARRANTY. MANUFACTURER WAS CALLED AND THEY SAID IT WAS COVERED. DEALER WOULD NOT REFUND COST TO REPLACE PART. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE VEHICLE, THE ENGINE REVVED AND THE TIRES SPUN. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED THE HIT THE CONSUMER'S GARAGE. THE VEHICLE AND GARAGE SUSTAINED DAMAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED, HOWEVER NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. UPDATED 3/20/2006 - *NM

AT 19000 MILES, THE FRONT ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WARPAGE. DEALERSHIP SAYS IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AFTER 12000 MILES. NOW THE CAR HAS 22000 MILES ON IT AND NEEDS FRONT ROTORS REPLACED AGAIN. I REFUSE TO AGAIN PAY FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE A LIFE EXPECTANCY OF 55000 MILES OR MORE. DEALERSHIP MECHANIC SAYS IT IS A DEFECT IN THE ROTORS BUT IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. WHY????????? *NM

WHILE BRAKING AND CHANGING LANES A LOUD SOUND WAS HEARD FROM THE RIGHT FRONT AND THE WHEEL ON THAT SIDE LOCKED AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LOOSE CONTROL. WHEN I LOOKED AT THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL THE BRAKE PARTS HAD BEEN PUSHED THROUGH THE WHEEL TO THE OUTSIDE AND THE BOLTS CONNECTING THE WHEEL PARTS HAD SHEERED APART. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED A VEHICLE AT 40 MPH. UPON IMPACT, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE BUMPER WAS CRACKED, BUT THE FRAME WAS NOT DAMAGED. DAIMLER/CHRYSLER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, BUT THE CONTACT RECEIVED NO REPORT. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED. *AK UPDATED 02/13/06.*JB