2000 DODGE STRATUS Complaints

WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS THERE WAS A CLUNKING NOISE. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE PITTED AND CHIPPED. ALSO,THERE WAS A SQUEAKING NOISE.ALSO, DEALER REPLACED TIE RODS. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

I HAD TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO CONTACT THE ADDITIONAL INSURANCE AND THE DEALERS AND NO ONE EVER RESPONDED TO ME.. I REPLACED THE BRAKES ALSO BEFORE I HAD THE ACCIDENT. *AK

DRIVER'S DOOR JAMMED WHEN IT IS OPENED, WOULD OPEN APPROX. 1 INCH. DOOR PANEL WAS COMING LOOSE. PLASTIC CLIPS HOLDING PANEL WERE COMING OFF. PANEL WOULD SHIFT, AND CAUSE JAMMING PROBLEM. WOULD NEED TO KICK FROM INSIDE TO OPEN DOOR. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND WAS INFORMED NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 15-20 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO FRONT OF VEHICLE.*AK

MY HUSBAND HIT A TRUCK AT ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE ACCIDENT INVOLVED 4 CARS,OURS BEING THE LAST IN LINE. MY HUSAND HIT THE TRUCK WITH SUCH FORCE THAT IT THREW THE TRUCK INTO THE MEDIAN.*AK

BRAKES MAKE A HORRIBLE SOUND EACH TIME APPLIED, SOMETIMES SEEMS I HAVE NO BRAKES. I HAVE HAD THE DEALERSHIP TO CHECK OUT EVERY 3 MONTHS. THEY SAY , THEY LOOK LIKE NEW AND THEY WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE BAD SOUND BECAUSE THEY CAN'T USE ASBESTOS IN BRAKES ANYMORE.*AK

WE HAVE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR, EXTREMELY HARD DOWN SHIFT FROM 3 TO 2, HUNTING FOR GEARS & HARD SHIFTING IN GENERAL. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN 5 TIMES FOR REPAIR ATTEMPT. AT LAST ATTEMP WE WERE TOLD THAT THE MANUFACTURER IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO REMEMDY AND TO KEEP DRIVING THE VEHICLE. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAD TO HAVE THE ROTORS REPLACED AT 14,000 MILES AND ARE EXPERIENCING INTERMITENT GRINDING AS WELL AS LOUD SQUEALING FROM THE BACK BRAKES DAILY. WE HAVE ALSO HAD TROUBLE WITH THE POWER STEERING, HARD STARTING IN COLD WEATHER AND A GRINDING NOISE WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE.*AK

THIS IS THE NUT THAT HOLDS THE WHEEL ON THE CAR. IT KEEPS COMING LOOSE. WE NOTICED IT BEFORE THE WHEEL FEEL OFF, AND TIGHTENED IT BACK UP. THE DEALER REFUSES TO FIX IT AS THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE!!! WHEN THE NUT COMES LOOSE, THERE IS NOTHING TO PREVENT IT FROM FALLING OFF ON THE TIRE COMING OFF THE CAR AS YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.*AK

BRAKES SEEM TO PUMP WHILE BRAKING IN THE SPEED RANGE OF 20MPH AND BELOW. PROBLEM DOES NOT ALWAYS HAPPEN AND DEALERS SERVICE CENTER COULD NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK

THE BRAKES ON MY CAR WERE SQUEAKING ABOUT EVERY OTHER TIME I BRAKED FROM THE TIME I GOT THE CAR, AND THE DEALER COULD NEVER DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, UNTIL I HAD BROUGHT MY CAR IN FOR THE SIX TIME AND THE BRAKES WERE SQUEAKING AS I PULLED INTO THE SHOP. THE DEALER REPLACE MY BRAKES AT AROUND ABOUT 5000 MILES. I INFORMED THE DEALER THAT WHEN EVER I DROVE MY CAR AND PARKED IT, NOT ONLY WAS THE BRAKES STILL SQUEEKING, BUT I ALSO WOULD GET BURNING SMELL COMING FROM THE REAR LEFT WHEEL. I TOOK THE CAR BACK OVER 5 TO 6 TIMES AND THEY STILL COULD NOT SMELL OR DULICATE THE PROBLEM. I CONTACTED DAIMLER CHRYSLER AND INFORM THEM OF THE PROBLEMS I WAS HAVING WITH MY BRAKES AND THE DEALER NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND A PROBLEM, THEIR SUGGESTION WAS TO TAKE MY CAR TO ANOTHER DEALER SINCE IT IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. I WAS TOLD BY THIS DEALER THAT MY BRAKES WERE GOING TO SQUEEK, BECAUSE THEY HAD TO SWITCH MATERIALS, THAT IT ROAD SALT, IT DIRT FROM THE ROAD. I WAS GIVEN SO MANY BOGUS EXCUSES, THAT I DECIDED TO TRY ANOTHER WAY. I NEED HELP. I AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR BECAUSE MY BRAKES HAS ALREADY FAILED TO STOP MY CAR ONCE. *AK