2000 DODGE STRATUS Complaints

03/13/03 THEN 04/05 MY VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE I WAS DRIVING, BOTH TIMES THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE INCIDENT WAS INVESTIGATED BY CHRYSLER. *NM

WHILE CAR WAS PARKED AT MCDONALDS SOMEONE CAME IN SAYING A GREE CAR WAS ON FIRE IN THE PARKING LOT. IT WAS MY 2000 DODGE STRATUS. FIRE WAS IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND THEY PUT OUT THE FIRE. NOONE WAS IN THE CAR AT THE TIME. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE CAR IS A TOTAL LOSS.

AFTER HAVING USED MY 2000 DODGE STRATUS, I STATIONED IT IN MY HOUSE AND AS TO THE TO 30 MINUTES I SMELLED CABLE BURNING, WHEN I LEFT HOME, THE LEFT SIDE OF THE MOTOR WAS THROWING AWAY SMOKE AND IMMEDIATELY A FIRE ERUPTED, I CALLED 911 AND THE POLICE AND FIREMEN ATTENDED THE FIRE. WITH CHRYSLER OF PUERTO RICO AND I NOTIFY THEM OF WHAT HAPPENED BUT THEY ONLY TELL ME THAT ARE NOT HEADS, AT PRESENT I AM WORKING THAT CASE WITH MY INSURANCE COMPANY. MY CAR WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. *JB

DT: THE MAIN COMPUTER SHORTED OT AND CAUSED A FIRE. CONSUMER WAS WORKING WITH A MECHANIC AND THAT WAS WHEN THE COMPUTER SHORTED OUT. THEY WERE WORKING ON THE AIR CONDITIONER. ANOTHER MECHANIC STATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS VEHICLE, AND HE KNEW AT LEAST THREE OTHER PEOPLE THAT THIS HAPPENED TO WHILE THEY WERE DRIVING WITH THE AIR CONDITION TURNED ON. CONSUMER HAVD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY BECAUSE IT WOULD SHORT OUT BECUASE CCOULD NOT GET TO THE BATTERY QUICK ENOUGH BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE CAR WAS DESIGNED.*AK

DT: CAR BURNED IN DRIVEWAY. WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND THE CAR STARTED TO SMOKE. THE SMOKE STOPPED AFTER THE CONSUMER GOT HOME. ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER, THE CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS. HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A BODY SHOP. THE MANUFACTURER'S INVESTIGATORS CAME, AND CONSUMER'S CLAIM WAS DENIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE DASH LIGHTS WERE FLICKERING AND THE POWER STEERING MADE A LOT OF NOISES PRIOR TO THE FIRE INCIDENT.

VEHICLE SHUT DOWN. CONSUMER GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND SAW THERE WAS A FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK *BF *NM

THE CONSUMER HAD THE CAR FOR 3 YEARS AND IT PASSED THE EMISSION TEST FOR 2 YEARS THROUGH DEALER SHIP. THIS YEAR IT WILL NOT PASS BECAUSE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT COME ON WHEN THE CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE .

THE VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING. THE CONSUMER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ON THE FUEL PUMP HAD SHORTAGE OUT. THE CONSUMER REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP. THE OLD PART IS AVAILABLE FOR ANALYSIS. *JB

WHILE BEING PARKED FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. WHEN TAKEN TO DEALER FOR SERVICE IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE GAS TANK DUE TO WEAR AND TEAR.*AK VEHICLE WAS SUFFERING FROM GAS LEAK AND WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS SEPARATION AT THE WELD OF GAS TANK. *BF *NM

I HAD A 2000 DODGE STRATUS UNTIL TODAY. TODAY, MARCH 27TH, 2005, MY STRATUS HAD A HYDRAULIC LINE FOR THE POWER STEERING RUPTURE AND CAUSED MY ENTIRE ENGINE COMPARTMENT TO CATCH FIRE. PRIOR TO THE FIRE, I HAD OBSERVED POWER STEERING FLUID ON THE LINE FITTING AND THE LEAK FLUID DROPPED ONTO THE EXHAUST PIPE BELOW. I BOUGHT THE REPLACEMENT HOSE. HOWEVER, THE CAR CAUGHT FIRE BEFORE I GOT A CHANCE TO REPLACE LEAKY POWER STEERING HOSE. I WAS WONDERING IF THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT HAD A RECALL, OR WHAT I MIGHT DO TO RESEARCH THIS MORE AND FIND OUT IF SOMEHOW THIS IS A DEFECT, BECAUSE I KNOW SOMEONE THAT HAD THE SAME ISSUE, BUT CAUGHT IT IN TIME AND HAD IT REPAIRED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND READING THIS E-MAIL.