1999 DODGE STRATUS Complaints

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHEN IT WAS PARKED AND ENGINE TURNED OFF. FIRE STARTED FROM THE LEFT FRONT COMPARTMENT PER THE FIRE REPORT, BUT WHERE THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM WAS UNDETERMINED. *AK

MY 1999 DODGE STRATUS VIN # [XXX] 2.4 LITER MOTOR HAD A BAD FUEL PUMP. UPON REPLACEMENT MY MECHANIC NOTICE THAT THE SENSOR WIRING THAT CONNECTS TO THE PUMP INSIDE OF THE GAS TANK HAD BURNT UP AND MELTED . THE ONLY THING THAT POSSIBLE KEPT THE VEHICLE FROM BLOWING UP WAS THE GAS CAP WAS ON TIGHT AND THERE WAS NO AIR IN THE TANK. IT MAKES ME FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE DRIVING THE CAR NOW KNOWING WHAT STILL OR WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO MY WIFE AND KIDS IF THE GAS TANK EXPLODED OR CAUGHT ON FIRE I KEPT THE PUMP TO SHOW THE BURNT CONNECTIONS. PLEASE CONTACT ME ON WHAT TO DO TO ENSURE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN OR SO SOMEONE ELSE.*AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

IN HOT WEATHER, THE DASH LIGHTS/ WINDSHIELD WIPERS, AND AIR CONDITIONER DID NOT WORK. THE VEHICLE WAS BEEN TAKEN TO SEVERAL DEALERS, THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. *AK *TS *JB

A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD OF MY CAR (DODGE STRATUS 1999) AFTER I PARKED IT AFTER DRIVING FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR. THERE WAS NO PRIOR INDICATION OF ANYTHING AMISS. FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT THE FIRE, BUT I AM TOLD THE CAR CANNOT BE REPAIRED. I HAVE HAD REGULAR MAINTENANCE ON THIS CAR. *JB

TOOK MY '99 STRATUS TO MY MECHANIC FOR AN OIL LEAK. I WAS TOLD IT WAS A HEAD GASKET PROBLEM AND THAT IS COMMON IN THAT YEAR. DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND A NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS CONFIRMING THIS. I CALLED DODGE AND THEY DENY HAVING ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROBLEM. WHEN I TOLD THEM ABOUT THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS AND OTHER SITES HE AGAIN DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF IT. I WAS TOLD THAT IT'S MY PROBLEM NOT THEIRS. AFTER THIS EXPERIENCE THERE IS NO WAY I WILL EVER BUY A CHRYSLER PRODUCT AGAIN AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE SHOULD.*AK

WASHER JETS AND HOSES FOR WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE CLOGGING AND RESULT IN SYSTEM FAILURE TO OPERATE. THIS TOOK THREE SERVICE CALLS TO RESOLVE AND SHOULD BE COVERED AS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT. I WAS FORCED TO REPLACE MOTOR THAT OPERATES THE SPRAYERS LAST YEAR AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. PER DEALERSHIP, THIS PROBLEM IS KNOWN AND HAS NOT BEEN PUBLISHED WHICH MEANS OWNERS ARE BEING FORCED TO PAY FOR DEFECTIVE PARTS. *NLM

MY WIFE DROVE ABOUT 25 MINUTES TO A FLEA MARKET. BYSTANDERS THERE TOLD HER THAT THERE WAS SMOKE COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. WHEN SHE STOPPED, THEY TOLD HER THAT HER VEHICLE IS ON FIRE AND TO GET OUT. SHE IMMEDIATELY GOT HER CHILDREN OUT. A MAN THERE POPPED THE HOOD AND SAW THAT THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE VEHICLE RAN FINE THE DAY BEFORE.

WHILES PARKING THE VEHICLE AND MOVING BACK AND FORTH THE FRONT WHEEL BROKE (SUSPENSION). *NLM

THERE IS AN OIL LEAK (FROM THE HEAD GASKET) ON MY 1999 DODGE STRATUS. I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT EVERY DODGE STRATUS THAT HE HAS SEEN WITH AN OIL LEAK HAS BEEN COMING FROM THE HEAD GASKET AND I HAVE HEARD OTHER STRATUS OWNERS COMPLAIN OF THE SAME PROBLEM. *JB

REAR ENDED A TRUCK WHERE THE FRONT END OF THE STRATUS WENT UNDER THE TRUCK'S BUMPER. POINT OF IMPACT WAS JUST UNDER WHERE THE HOOD LATCHES CAUSING THE HOOD TO BUCKLE UP, DOING DAMAGE TO BOTH FRONT QUARTER PANELS, BROKE RADIATOR AND PUSHED IT BACK INTO THE ENGINE, BROKE AIR COMPRESSOR, BOTH HEAD LIGHTS, AND CAUSED 'CRACKING' IN THE WINDSHIELD. NOT SURE OF SPEED AT TIME OF IMPACT BUT SPEED OF CAR BEFORE IMPACT WAS AROUND 45 MPH, DRIVER HIT BRAKES HARD BUT NOT ENOUGH DISTANCE TO STOP - THERE WERE SKID MARKS ABOUT 2 FEET IN LENGTH. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY!