1999 DODGE STRATUS Complaints

FIVE INCIDENCES WHERE THE CAR WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF 2ND GEAR. THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS PLACED IN DRIVE. IT LUNGES FORWARD BECAUSE IT IS ALREADY IN 2ND GEAR. WILL NOT SHIFT INTO 1ST OR 3RD GEAR FROM THERE. AUTO STICK IS STUCK IN 2ND ALSO. THIS CAUSES THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT TO BE DISPLAYED. THREE DIFFERENT DEALERS REPLACED SHIFTING SENSORS, SOLEONOIDS IN TRANSMISSION, REPLACED SEALS. AFTER LAST REPAIR, CAR MADE IT ONE BLOCK BEFORE PROBLEM AROSE AGAIN, AND THIS TIME THE SPEEDOMETER DID NOT MOVE FROM 0. THE CAR WAS OBVIOUSLY NOT TEST DRIVEN BEFORE WE WERE CALLED TO PICK IT UP. THIS PROBLEM HAS COST ME LOST WAGES WITH NO WAY TO GET TO WORK.*AK

IN HOT WEATHER THE INSTRUMENTS ON THE DASH DONT FUNCTION (TACHOMETER, SPEEDOMETER, TEMPERATURE GAUGE, POWER WINDOWS, DOOR LOCKS AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS), THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. *MJ

WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE GEAR WITH FOOT STILL ON T BRAKES, IT SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *AK

INTERMITTENTLY DURING HOT WEATHER INSTRUMENT PANEL WOULD GO OUT. POWER ACCESSORIES, SUCH AS DOOR LOCKS/WINDOWS AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECAME INOPERATIVE. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER AND DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK *YH

THIS WAS NOT THE RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT. AT 22,000 MILES THE BRAKE CYLINDER SHOULD NOT BE LEAKING FLUID.*AK

VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND VEHICLE WOULD SHIFT TO SECOND GEAR. CONSUMER COULD NOT GET OVER 20 MPH. CONSUMER FEELS VEHICLE MAY BE REAR ENDED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

MOTOR MOUNT BRACKET BROKE WHILE DRIVING. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIOANL INFORMATION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH FRONT RIGHT CONTROL ARM BROKE AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE.*AK

CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE LEAKS OIL DUE TO BLOWN HEAD GASKET. DEALER CONTACTED. NLM *YH

ON BOTH REAR AND ONE FRONT SEAT BELT THE LOCK THAT HOLDS THE SEAT BELT TIGHT IN CASE OF AN ACCICENT HAD "FALLEN OFF". MAKING PROPER PLACEMENT OF A CAR SEAT NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. I HAVE SINCE HAD THEM REPLACED BUT STILL FEAR THAT OTHERS TO WHOM DON'T KNOW ANY DIFFERENT MAY HAVE A UNKNOWN DANGER. I THINK THAT THE LOCK ITSELF IS POORLY MADE AND SHOULD HAVE SOME WAY TO MAKE IT TAMPER RESISTANT, OR SO THEY DON'T COME OFF AS EASILY AS MINE DID. THEY ARE ALSO NOT CHEAP TO HAVE REPLACED SINCE YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE SEATBELT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.*AKJLG