1995 DODGE STRATUS Complaints

ENGINE HEAD GASKET WOULD LEAK & CAUSE ENGINE TO SMOKE. WOULD REFILL THE OIL AT LEAST 3-4 TIMES A WEEK. TOOK TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED NOTHING WAS WRONG. ALSO, ABS LIGHT KEPT COMING ON. WAS INFORMED THAT SENSOR NEEDED TO BE SHUT OFF.*AK

BRAKE SYSTEM HAS MANY PROBLEMS WITH POSSIBLE DESIGN FLAW, WHICH CAUSES EXCESSIVE WEAR AND SYMPTOMS OF MASTER CYLINDER LEAKING AND THE CALIPERS STICKING.

WHAT I AM DOING IS TRYING TO GET HELP; MY VEHICLE IS BADLY LEAKING OIL, THE RECALL IS FOR GALLEY PLUGS, BUT THE DEALER IN PHOENIX SAYS IT IS THE HEAD GASKET AND NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL, APPROXIMATELY. $900.00 TO FIX. THE DEALERSHIP SAID TO ME ON THE PHONE, "AT THAT MILEAGE IT WON'T BE THE GALLEY PLUGS, IT'L BE THE HEAD GASKET, THAT'S WHAT IT ALWAYS IS WITH THOSE STRATUS'"(EMPHASIS MINE). WHAT I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT IF IT IS A COMMON OF ENOUGH PROBLEM FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO SAY THAT, AS WELL AS A HEAD GASKET TO BE SHOT AT SUCH A LOW MILEAGE, WHY ISN'T THIS JUST AS MUCH AS A RECALL AS THE GALLEY PLUGS, ALLOWING ME AND I'M SURE MANY OTHERS TO BE HELPED. CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE ANSWER THIS REQUEST, I CALLED THE CHRYSLER FACTORY ABOUT THIS AND THEY COULD HAVE CARED LESS. *AK

HEAD GASKET & CAMSHAFT SEAL HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE AT 52,000 & 75,000. I AGAIN HAVE AN OIL LEAK AT 82,000. *AK

BLOWN HEAD GASKET......OCCURRENCE WAS SHORTLY AFTER SERVICE DEPT. AT BRIAN BEMIS LEFT A SMALL PIECE OF HOSE IN THE THROTTLE AND STUCK THE THROTTLE OPEN, THE OIL LEAK STARTED SHORTLY AFTER. BRIAN BEMIS' SERVICE SAID THE OIL LEAK WAS CAUSED BY A BLOWN HEAD GASKET, W/ A QUOTE OF 750.00 TO REPAIR. THE QUOTE WAS GIVEN TO US IN JAN. OF 2000. CAR LEAKS APPROX. 2-4 QUARTS/DAY. HEAD GASKET NOT FIXED DUE TO COST, HUSBAND IS FULL TIME STUDENT, MOTHER AT HOME W/ KIDS, CAN'T AFFORD REPAIR. PLEASE HELP.

DRIVER'S SEATBACK REST FAILED, CAUSING SEAT TO COLLAPSE BACKWARD WHILE DRIVING. SEAT WAS REPLACED BY AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP. HOWEVER, PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER MANUFACTURER'S RECALL, AND REPAIRS WOULD ONLY BE DONE AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *AK

SEAT BELT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FAILS TO LATCH PROPERLY. LOCKING MECHANISM IN BUCKLE FAILS CATCH LATCH PLATE. BUCKLE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. MAY NEED TO HAVE EGR VALVE CHANGED. *AK *ML

THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT HAS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR. MOST OF THE TIME THE DEALSHIPS HAVE TOLD ME IT WAS A FALSE CODE. IN DEC. OF 99 I TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION PLACE AND THEY SAID THEIR COMPUTER TOLD THEM THAT THE CAR HAD BURNED A SHIFT CLUTCH IN THE TRANSMISSION AND IT WOULD COST 1200 BECAUSE THEY HAD TO TEAR INTO THE TRANSMISSION. THE TACHOMETER ALSO STAYS AT ZERO MOST OF THE TIME, BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE IT WILL WORK. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY CAME TO A TRAFFIC LIGHT ON WET PAVEMENT, APPLIED BRAKES AND THE WHEELS LOCKED UP. ALSO, WHEN APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL WOULD EITHER GO STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR OR SLOW DOWN, WHICH MIGHT BE DUE TO A MASTER CYLINDER LEAK. *AK

WINDOW MOLDING/COVER CRACKED AND DETERIORATED WHICH ALLOWED WATER TO ENTER INTO VEHICLE. THIS PROBLEM COULD ENABLE WATER TO GET INTO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND RESULT IN AN ELECTRICAL SHORT OR FIRE; DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED FOR POSSIBLE RECALLS. *AK