1999 DODGE STRATUS Complaints

WHENEVER BRAKES WERE APPLIED THEY WOULD MAKE SQUEAKING NOISE. BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO TO FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, ALMOST FAILED TO STOP.*AK

STEERING HAS BECOME DIFFICULT AT LOW SPEEDS, LIKE EXITING DRIVEWAYS OR PARKING LOTS OR TURNING ONTO OTHER ROADS. WHEN DRIVING STRAIGHT, STEERING IS FINE. STEERING IS VERY HARD AND THE STEERING WHEEL JERKS BACK AND FORTH DURING A TURN. OPINION OF MECHANIC IS FAILURE OF STEERING RACK AND PINION. POWER STEERING FLUID LEVEL IS CORRECT.*AK

VEHICLE HAS HAD A CONTINUOUS BRAKE PROBLEM THAT STILL HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. WHILE APPLYING BRAKES, BRAKE PEDAL FEELS FIRM OR CATCHES LIKE IT IS SLOWING DOWN TO STOP VEHICLE. BRAKE PEDAL GETS SOFT, GOES TO THE FLOOR,AND CAUSES VEHICLE TO ROLL. MECHANIC HAS CHANGED FRONT AND REAR PADS, BUT PROBLEM SEEMED TO HAVE GOTTEN WORSE. IT WAS RECOMMEND THAT CONSUMER GO TO A DODGE DEALER TO SEE IF PROBLEM COULD BE RECTIFIED.*AK

INFORMED THAT HEAD GASKEKT WAS BLOWN,EXTENDED WARRANTY EXPIRED BY 14 MILES. SUSPECT INACCURATE ODOMETER READING .I NOTICED MY ODOMETER INCREASE AMOUNT WHEN DRIVING ODDLY THIS OCCURRED RIGHT AROUNED MY WARRATY EXPERATION. POSSIBLY SUSPECT ODOMETER TAMPERING. REVIEWED MILAGE HISTORY AND NOTICED A LARGE MILAGE AMOUT IN UNREALISTIC PERIODS OF TIME . I CALUCLATED KNOWN MILAGE DISTANCE AND COMPARED ODOMETER READING ,APPEARED TO BE INACURATE. I FURTHER FEEL THAT I WAS SOLD THE WRONG VEHICLE AT PURCHASE TIME. DH ODO. PLEASE ADVISE AND ASSIST A. *AK

OIL LIGHT WAS FLASHING ON. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND MECHANIC STATED IT WAS A HEAD GASKET LEAK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS THERE ARE SUDDEN AND UNEXPLAINED DECREASES OF ABOUT 500 RPM AND A MINOR REDUCTION IN SPEED. DEALER IS UNABLE TO RESOLVE AND WARRANTY IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE. FRIEND REPORTS SAME PROBLEM WITH A CHRYSLER SIRRUS AND CHRYSLER SAYS CARS WERE DESGINED THAT WAY. I CONSIDER THIS A SAFETY HAZARD THAT DESERVES RESOLUTION. *AK

WIRING HARNESS INSIDE FUEL TANK GOT HOT ENOUGH TO MELT PART OF PLUG AND WELD PINS TOGETHER, EVEN AFTER THIS THE 20 AMP FUSE DID NOT BLOW.I HAVE DIGITAL PICTURES I WILL SEND YOU OF THE FAILED PART IF I GET AN E-MAIL ADDRESS. I BYPASSED THE PLUG AND THE PUMP FUNCTIONED FINE BUT BECAUSE OF THE BURNT PLUG I HAD TO PURCHASE A NEW FUEL PUMP, I HAVE BEEN TO TWO DEALERSHIPS, CONTACTED THE FACTORY AND HAVE SHOWN IT TO THE DODGE MECHANICS I KNOW AND THEY SAY IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS FAILING INSIDE THE GAS TANK DOES NOT SOUND VERY SAFE TO ME.

TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT INTO ANOTHER GEAR. VEHICLE WILL SHIFT INTO PARK AND REVERSE WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS DEFECT WAS CAUSED FROM AN INTERNAL PROBLEM WITHIN TRANSMISSION, WHICH WILL RESULED IN TRANSMISSION BEING REBUILT AT CONSUMERS EXPENSE.ORIGINALLY GOING TO CHARGE CONSUMER $1900.00, BUT CHANGED PRICE TO $800.00. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.*AK

DURING NORMAL OPERATION OF VEHICLE AND WHEN PUSHING DOWN ON PEDAL, PEDAL WOULD PUSH BACK, AND THERE WAS VIBRATION. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND CAUSE OF THIS DEFECT WERE WARPED FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. ALSO, REAR BRAKE DRUMS WARPED/ FRONT AND REAR BRAKE PADS SEPARATED. THIS DEFECT HAS BEEN COVERED BY VEHICLE'S WARRANTY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

BRAKE PEDAL AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL ARE TOO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. THIS IS CAUSING PEDAL MISAPPLICATION. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE CONSUMER IS MISTAKING ACCELERATOR PEDAL FOR BRAKE PEDAL. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK