2000 DODGE STRATUS Complaints

CHRONIC FAILURE IN BLOWER MOTOR FOR THE HEATING/AC. UNIT HAS MODEL SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH OVERHEATING PRESENTING A FIRE HAZARD AS WELL AS A DRIVING HAZARD. BLOWER MOTOR OVERHEATS CAUSING MALFUNCTIONS IN THE TRANSISTORS AND/OR THE DIFFUSERS WHICH IN TURN CAUSES THE HEATING/AC FAN TO MALFUNCTION WHICH MAKES DRIVING DANGEROUS WHEN DEFROST OR DEFOG IS NEEDED. REPLACED THREE TIMES IN AND OUT OF WARRANTY. JB

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON 07/30/06 THE 2000 DODGE STRATUS WAS PARKED IN A PARKING GARAGE. AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE IT BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS OR ANY INDICATION OF A FAILURE. SHE STATED THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT ABLE TO TELL THE CONTACT WHAT CAUSED THE FIRE DUE TO THE EXTENT DAMAGE. THE CONTACT DIDN'T HAVE ANY REPORTS FOR THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE. THE FIRE DAMAGED ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS PARKED NEXT TO HER VEHICLE. SHE STATED THAT SHE HAD NO INSURANCE ON HER VEHICLE, AND HAD TO PAY FOR THE DAMAGE OF THE OTHER VEHICLE OUT OF POCKET. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WILL BE ABLE TO OBTAIN THE INSURANCE CLAIM FROM THE OTHER VEHICLE OWNER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE BOTH 87000.*AK

PLEASE TELL ME IF THERE IS AN RECALL FOR THE CONTROL THAT TURNS ON THE HEAT AND THE AIR? I HAD MINE REPLACED AND THE KNOB THAT TURNS ON KEEPS ON BREAKING, NOW IT ONLY WORKS ON HIGH, I ALSO HAD THE LIGHTS LOOKED AT ON THE INSIDE OF THE CAR, THE OVER HEAD AND THE DASH BOARD, MILEAGE I CAN'T SEE BECAUSE IT SAID DOOR IS AJAR. ALL THIS HAS BEEN LOOKED AT BY AN DODGE DEALER AND CLAIMED TO BE FIXED BY THEM . BUT IT'S NOT,WHEN I PUT A NEW FUSE IN IT WORKS FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES, THEN IT GOES OUT. THERE MUST BE AN SHORT SOME WHERE I DON'T KNOW. CAN'T YOU PLEASE CHECK INTO TO THIS FOR ME. *JB

I RECEIVED A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE ON 12-22-2006 RE MY 2000 DODGE STRATUS , BUT TO NO AVAIL MY VEHICLE BURNT UP ON 12-06-2006 AND I TRIED TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM WITH DAIMLER CHRYSLER OVER THE PHONE THEY WERE RUDE AND UN PROFESSIONAL I WOULD LIKE SOME RESULTS DUE TO THE FACT THE REASON FOR THIS WAS THE SAME AS THE RECALL PER THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. *NM

MY DAUGHTERS DRIVE A 2000 MODEL DODGE STRATUS. ON ONE WE HAVE REPLACED THE HEATER RESISTOR SWITCH THAT CONTROLS THE FAN ON LOW SPEEDS THREE TIMES. ON THE OTHER ONE WE HAVE REPLACED IT ONCE. *JB

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE STRATUS THAT SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN NHTSA RECALL 06V001000 CONCERNING STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON THE STREET IT CAUGHT ON FIRE BENEATH THE HOOD. EVERYTHING UNDERNEATH THE HOOD MELTED, AND THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH MANUFACTURER ABOUT HAVING VEHICLE COVERED UNDER THE REC ALL, BUT THEY STATED THAT THE FIRE WAS NOT CAUSED BY THE SAME FAILURE AS THE RECALL. THE CURRENT MILEAGE AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE 125000. *AK THE CONSUMER NOTICED THE STEERING WHEEL WAS HARD TO TURN. HE CHECKED THE POWER STEERING AND IT WAS EMPTY. UPDATED 03/19/07. *JB

AC BLOWER MOTOR WOULD ONLY WORK ON HIGH. REPLACED THE RESISTOR 4 TIMES. WHEN I ASKED ABOUT AT THE DEALERS THEY SAID MOST LIKELY THE BLOWER MOTOR WAS BAD. REPLACED THE BLOWER MOTOR AND THAT SEEMS TO HAVE FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR NOW. *JB

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNSA A 2000 DODGE STRATUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE HIGH PRESSURE POWER STEERING HOSE. THE CONTACT FOUND OUT THAT THE POWER STEERING HOSE WAS LEAKING, AND DROVE THE VEHICLE 10 MILES TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. BEFORE THE VEHICLE COULD BE REPAIRED WHILE SITTING AT THE DEALERSHIP THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT CALLED DAIMLER CHRYSLER 8-10 TIMES AND SPOKE WITH 8-10 DIFFERENT PEOPLE. THE CONTACT WAS TOLD IT THAT THE SITUATION WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION, AND THEN TWO WEEKS LATER HE WAS TOLD THAT THE PHOTOS WERE NOT CLEAR, AND SOMEONE WAS SENT TO TAKE PHOTOS AGAIN. THREE DAYS LATER HE WAS TOLD THAT DAIMLER CHRYSLER HAD MADE A DECISION AND THAT THEY WOULD MAIL A LETTER OF EXPLANATION. THE CONTACT CALLED AGAIN, AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD TAKE 7 TO 8 DAYS MORE BEFORE SHE WOULD RECEIVE A LETTER. DAIMLER CHRYSLER REFUSED TO TELL THE CONTACT WHAT DECISION HAD BEEN REACHED CONCERNING HER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT HAS BEEN ALMOST A MONTH. THE CONTACT'S CAR COULD NOT BE MOVED, WORKED ON, DRIVEN OR USED UNTIL DAIMLER CHRYSLER PROVIDES HER WITH A DECISION, THE CONTACTS REFERENCE NUMBER WAS 15882168. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WERE BOTH 125000 MILES. AK

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 DODGE STRATUS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE HIGH PRESSURE POWER STEERING HOSE OF HIS VEHICLE. THE CONTACT FOUND OUT THAT THE POWER STEERING HOSE WAS LEAKING, AND DROVE THE VEHICLE 10 MILES TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. BEFORE THE VEHICLE COULD BE REPAIRED AND VWHILE SITTING AT THE DEALERSHIP THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT CALLED DAIMLER CHRYSLER APPROXIMATELY 8-10 TIMES AND SPOKE WITH 8-10 DIFFERENT PEOPLE. THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE SITUATION WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION, AND THEN TWO WEEKS LATER, HE WAS TOLD THAT THE PHOTOS WERE NOT CLEAR AND SOMEONE WAS SENT TO TAKE PHOTOS AGAIN. THREE DAYS LATER HE WAS TOLD THAT DAIMLER CHRYSLER MADE A DECISION AND THAT THEY WOULD MAIL A LETTER OF EXPLANATION. THE CONTACT CALLED AGAIN,AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD TAKE 7 TO 8 DAYS MORE BEFORE SHE WOULD RECEIVE A LETTER. DAIMLER CHRYSLER REFUSED TO TELL THE CONTACT WHAT DECISION HAD BEEN REACHED CONCERNING HER VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT HAS BEEN ALMOST A MONTH. THE CONTACTS CAR COULD NNOT BE MOVED, WORKED ON, DRIVEN OR USED UNTIL DAIMLER CHRYSLER PROVIDED HER WITH A DECISION, THE CONTACTS REFERENCE NUMBER IS 15882168. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WERE BOTH 125000 MILES.*AK

CUSTOMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE BUT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN DESTROYED BY THE DEFECT. **NAR*CC THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE PRIOR TO RECEIVING THE RECALL FOR THE HIGH PRESSURE STEERING HOSE. *NM