1995 DODGE STRATUS Complaints

TRANSMISSION FAILED, 145,000 MILES WITH NO INDICATION OR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THE TRANSMISSION WAS RUNNING FINE THEN FAILED AND LEAKED A QUART AND A HALF OF FLUID FROM THE RIP IN THE PAN. *AK

AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, WENT INTO THE HOUSE, AND A FRIEND CAME TO NOTIFY CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE PERMANENT REGISTRATION ON THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN RECEIVED. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER. CALLED A DEALER, AND WAS TOLD TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN. AFTER WAITING SHE WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO PARTS. CONSUMER MADE ANOTHER APPOINTMENT, AFTER ARRIVING AND WAITING FOR TWO HOURS THE PART WAS NOT IN, AND SHE WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE ONE MONTH. THE RECALL WAS ON SHIFT INTERLOCK.*AK

REQUEST FOR REFUND FOR ALL REPAIRS MADE TO TRANSMISSION THAT WAS IN THE RECALL .*MR THE CONSUMER'S TRANSMISSION FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION. THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE COST OF THE REPAIR. THE RADIATOR WAS REPLACED. THE ENGINE MOUNT ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. THE IGNITION WAS REPLACED. *NM

CAR WILL KICK OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD OR WON'T GO PAST FIRST GEAR WHEN STARTING IT. I'VE REPLACED ABOUT EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE TRANSMISSION AND THE ENGINE.

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO PAST FIRST GEAR. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO REBUILT THE ENGINE. CURRENTLY, TRANSMISSION WAS DOING THE EXACT SAME THING AGAIN. *AK

VEHICLE DYING OUT AND WAS REPAIRED THREE TIMES WITH NO RESULT. *LA THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED SEVERAL TIME WHILE DRIVING UNDER NO CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE EGR VALVE, CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND POWER DISTRIBUTION UNIT BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STALL. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE SERVICE SHOP FOR SEVEN WEEKS. *NM

WE HAVE HAD OUR 1995 DODGE STRATUS AT SERRAMONTE AUTO PLAZA'S DODGE SERVICE FOR OVER 7 WEEKS NOW. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR DYING OUT. IT DIES AT ANY TIME AND UNDER NO SPECIFIC CONDITION. WHEN IT DIES, AS IF ALL POWER FAILS, WHICH IT DOES EVENTUALLY, AND IS OUT OF GAS. THERE HAS BEEN A TOTAL OF 2 SERVICE PROVIDES AND NOW A THIRD TO FIGURE THIS PROBLEM OUT. MY REAL ISSUE IS WITH THE CERTIFIED EXPERT DEALER SERVICE WHO 1) REPLACED AN ERG VALVE - IT DID NOT FIX THE DYING OUT PROBLEM, THEN AFTER MORE THAN 15 SERVICE HOURS LATER THEY SAID IT WAS THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER $750 MORE AND THAT DID NOT FIX NOR WAS THE PROBLEM. PRIOR TO GOING TO THE DODGE DEALER, I HAD THE CAR AT VISITATION AUTO SERVICE IN SF WHO INFORMED US THAT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE POWER DISTRIBUTION UNIT $1000 TO REPLACE INCLUDING PARTS (NEVER SAW THE OLD UNIT- WAS TOLD THAT IT HAD TO GO TO THE MANUFACTURER), NOR ARE WE SURE THAT ANY OF THESE REPAIRS AND PARTS WERE JUSTIFIED - NEEDED, BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN NO IMPROVEMENT AT ALL, THE CAR STILL DIES WHEN EVER IT FEELS LIKE IT, AND IT DIES ON THE FREEWAY, DRIVE WAY, CITY STREET, AND WILL ONLY START AGAIN AFTER A REST PERIOD OF SAY 15 MINUTES. AND THEN YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL KILL AGAIN. BEING THAT THE STRATUS HAS POWER WINDOWS, CASSETTE, 51,000 MILES, AND IS VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH NO ACCIDENTS AND EXCELLENT MAINTENANCE RECORD THE CAR'S VALUE IS $3500-$4000 BUT BECAUSE THE DEALER KNOWS OF THE ISSUE OF DYING OUT AND THEIR OWN REPAIR SHOP CAN NOT FIX IT, INFORMED US OF IT BEING WORTH $1000 - $1500, THIS IS LESS THAN THE AMOUNT WE INVESTED TO REPAIR IT, AND THEY WILL NOT OFFER US ANOTHER THATS EQUAL IN MILEAGE, CONDITION AND VALUE. SO ARE WE AT A MAJOR LOSS BECAUSE DODGE CAN NOT REPAIR THIS PROBLEM WITH THEIR VEHICLE? *LA

THE TRANSAXLE OFTEN SLIPS AND FAILS TO SHIFT INTO DRIVE. EVENTUALLY, THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED. *NLM

THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE CAME APART ON THE DRIVER SIDE REAR SEAT BELT. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT IT WAS A DEFECTIVE CINCH PLATE. *NLM