1998 DODGE STRATUS Complaints

DT: THE CALLER'S SON WAS DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE THROTTLE STUCK. HE TRIED TO PULL THE FOOT PEDAL UP WITH HIS FOOT BUT IT DID NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. HE WENT THROUGH A STOP SIGN AND ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, BUT FINALLY GOT THE VEHICLE TO STOP BY TURNING OFF THE IGNITION. THE CALLER SAID THE BRAKES WERE ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT CALLED. THE VEHICLE REACHED THE SPEED OF 80 MPH. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. WILL TAKE VEHICLE TO HER OWN MECHANIC. MANUFACTURER SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL AND SHE SHOULD TAKE THE VEHICLE TO DEALER TO GET IT REPAIRED.*AK THE PROBLEM WAS THE CRUISE CONTROL MODULATOR. *JB

DT: CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS SMOKING , AND TOOK IT TO THE REPAIR SHOP. THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. THE FIRE STARTED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN USE. IT STARTED SMOKING WHERE THE OIL FILTER WAS THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED TO SEE WHY THE FIRE STARTED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DID COME, BUT THE REPORT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TODAY OR TOMORROW. THIS HAPPENED ON SUNDAY JULY 24, 2005. THE BRAKES WERE SERVICED ABOUT 5 DAYS AGO. ALSO A POLICE REPORT WAS ISSUED. *AK

DT: CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR PANEL. THE POWER WINDOWS DID NOT WORK. CONSUMER BELIEVED THIS WAS THE SOURCE OF THE FIRE. THE CAR WAS NOT DRIVABLE. TOOK IT TO A LOCAL DEALER. *AK

IN SEPTEMBER OF 2003 MY BROTHER THE ORGINAL OWNER OF THE 1998 DODGE STRATUS SOLD ME THE CAR. AND THEN RIGHT AFTER HE DIED. HE PURCHASED THE CAR 6 MONTHS BEFORE HE DIED IN MARCH 03. WHEN I RECEIVED THE CAR I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP TO GET AN OIL CHANGE AND THE TRANSMIISON FLIUD CHANGED. WHEN I DID THIS THE OIL MAN TOLD ME THAT I HAD NO OIL OR TRANSMISSON FLUID TO CHANGE IT HAD ALL LEAKED OUT. THE OIL MAN TOLD ME TO GET TO A MACHANIC AS SOON AS I COULD. I TOOK THE CAR TO GET IT FIXED AND THE AMCO TRANSMISSON PLACE CHAGED OVER 1,000.00 DOLLARS TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. I SEE THAT IT WAS 3 RECALLS ON THIS CAR AND ONE HAD TO DO WITH THE POWER TRAIN, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSON/LEVEL AND LINKAGE. I CALLED DODGE AT THE NUMBER PROVIDED AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THE WARRANTY WAS UP AND THAT IF I HAD AREADY PAID TO GET THESE THING FIXED IT WOULD NOT BE REFUNDABLE.THE TRANSMISSON FLIUD HAD ALL LEAKED OUT THAT I HAD TO ALMOST REDO THE HOLD ENGINE. I DONOT HAVE THE OLD PARTS BUT I DO HAVE THE RECEIPT OF REPAIRS DONE.

COMPLAINT REGARDING THE WAITING TIME CONSUMER HAD TO ENDURE WHEN HAVING RECALL REPAIRS PERFORMED ON 1998 DODGE STRATUS. *MR THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP HAD COME ON. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT. THE 02 SENSOR FAILED. THE 02 SENSOR WAS REPLACED AND RESET AND MAY HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE FOR THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. RECALL CAMPAIGN #04V021000. *SC

DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE IS INOPERATIVE. THE BUCKLE DOES NOT LOCK. DRIVER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE BUCKLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK....A PENNY WAS FOUND STUCK IN THE RECEIVER. ONCE REMOVED THE SEAT BELT PERFORMED PERFECTLY. *AK

1998 DODGE STRATUS DEVELOPED PROBLEMS WITH THE HEAD GASKET.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR *NM

HEAD GASKET FAILURE. CANNOT AFFORD TO REPLACE, JUST HOPE THE ENGINE WILL NOT CATCH FIRE. *NM

BATTERY LIGHT INDICATOR ON PANEL COMING ON/OFF LEADING TO LIGHT GLITCHES ON SPEED INDICATOR PANEL, RADIO CLOCK, INTERIOR LIGHTS, HEADLIGHTS, REAR DEFROST COMING ON BY ITSELF AND GLITCHING ON THE ODOMETER READING. CAR BATTERY SHOWING 11 VOLTS OUT OF 12 FOR COLD START AND ALTERNATOR ALREADY CHANGED OUT HAVE RECEIPT TO SHOW THIS PAST MONTH.*AK

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED CONSUMER NOTICED FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. IT WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TIE ROD FELL OFF. *TC