2004 DODGE STRATUS Complaints

DT: THE CONTACT STATED VEHICLE HAD A PROBLEM STOPPING. THE RPMS REVVED WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED. THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD WHILE TRYING TO STOP. THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO BE INTERMITTENT. THE CONTACT OWNED THE CAR SINCE JULY 205, AND THIS HAPPENED FIVE TIMES. SHE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEALER TO SEE IF THE PROBLEM COULD BE RESOLVED. THE DEALER HAS DONE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND FOUND NO SOLUTION. CHRYSLER OFFERED HER NO SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OR ANY FREE REMEDY. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN TO THE DEALER TWICE. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED A CAR AS A RESULT OF THE SURGING.*AK

CLICK SOUND IN LEFT FRONT AREA WHEN ACCELERATING (FWD AND REVERSE) AND BREAKING. SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH STRATUS R/T AND THE SIMILAR MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. SIMILAR COMPLAINTS AND DISCUSSION CAN BE FOUND HERE. HTTP://WWW.ECLIPSEFORUMS.ORG/FORTOPIC8583-0-ASC-0.HTML. *NN

MY CAR SOMETIMES SHUTS OFF WHILE IN PARKING LOTS OR AT RED LIGHTS. WHEN I GOT OUT LAST TIME I LET MY CAR SIT FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES AND UNDERNEATH THE HOOD WAS ALL HOT! THE DEALER CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM BECAUSE IT ONLY HAPPENS SPONTANEOUSLY AND THEY WOULD NEED TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I READ A WEBSITE FORUM FULL OF STRATUS' THAT ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY STOP WITHOUT WARNING, THE RADIO STAYS ON AND EVERYTHING! THIS COULD LEAD TO A WRECK!*JB

DT: WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. CALLER SAAID THAT SHE HAD TO GET THE VEHICLE JUMPED THAT SAME DAY THAT FAILURE HAPPENED. ON THE WAY TO THE DEALER THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS DID FLICKER BEFORE THE VEHICLE STALLED. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC SAID BATTERY WAS UNDER THE FENDER, AND IT COULD NOT KEEP THE CABLES ON. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. CALLER DID RUN UP ON A CURB.*AK

DT: 2004 DODGE STRATUS RT. LAST THURSDAY CONSUMER'S CAR WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER LET SOMEONE BARROW THE CAR, AND WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS BETWEEN 80 AND 100 MPH , THE CAR HIT CONCRETE POLES AND TOTALED THE CAR. THERE WERE NO INJURIES; THE SEAT BELTS WERE WORN. THE POLICE CAME, BUT CONSUMER WAS IF A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. *AK

THE LEFT REAR LOWER ARM CONTROL SNAPPED CAUSING DAMAGED TO THE LEFTSIDE DRIVETRAIN COMPONENTS INCLUDING FRAME AND CROSS MEMBER THE WHOLE REAR WAS REPLACED INCLUDING THE GAS TANK

DT: WHILE DRIVING HOME TODAY AND AS CONSUMER ROUNDED A CORNER THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT CAME OUT OF THE BASE AND TURNED OVER. CONSUMER'S CHILD WAS IN THE SEAT. THE CHILD WAS VERY UPSET AND CRYING. CONSUMER STOPPED TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM AND THE CHILD SEAT SNAPPED BACK INTO POSITION WITH OUT ANY PROBLEMS. *TT *NM

CAR STALLS AT LEAST ONCE A DAY WHILE IN TRAFFIC OR AT A RED LIGHT. ILL BE GOING ABOUT 20 MPH AND IT STALLS. THIS COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. ALSO IT JERKS WHEN LEAVING A STOP LIGHT OR SIGN.

DT: CONSUMER SAYS VEHICLE SHAKES AT 50 MPH. ALSO, SHAKES WHEN CONSUMER FIRST STARTED VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT SHAKING WAS CAUSED BY SPARK PLUG WIRES. CONSUMER STATED WIRES WERE CHANGED FOUR TIMES ALREADY, AND IT DID NOT GET BETTER. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER TO HAVE WIRES CHANGED. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED REGULARLY. VEHICLE DIED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE OF VEHICLE.*AK

I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND COMING TO A SLOW FOR A STOP LIGHT WHEN IT SOUNDED LIKE IT HAD A FLAT TIRE. I STARTED TO PULL OVER WHILE CONTINUING TO SLOW THE CAR WHEN IT CAME TO A SHARP STOP AND I COULD GO NO FURTHER TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. I GOT OUT TO LOOK, AND SAW NO FLAT TIRE, BUT NOTICED FRONT RIGHT BRAKE GRINDED INTO RIM. I HAD IT TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP NEAR MY HOME, AND THEY ASSESSED THAT A LARGE BOLT FELL OUT FROM THE BRAKE CALLIPER, AND CAUSED MY BRAKE TO SLIP OUT AND COLLIDE WITH THE RIM. MY CAR IS JUST OVER A YEAR OLD, AND I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY BRAKE WORK DONE THUS FAR. THEY FOUND A REPLACEMENT BOLT FOR ME, AND I THEN DROVE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE IF IT WAS WARRANTY COVERED, THEY SAID NO. THEY SUGGESTED THAT I NOT DRIVE ON THE RIM FOR FEAR OF NOT KNOWING WHETHER OR NOT THERE WERE FRACTURES THAT WERE NOT VISIBLE, AND THAT HITTING ONE POT HOLE COULD COLLAPSE THE RIM AND DO FURTHER DAMAGE. *AK