2001 Dodge Stratus

SIX MONTHS AGO, WE PURCHASED A USED 2001 DODGE STRATUS WITH A 2.7 ENGINE AND LOVED IT - - - UNTIL THE ENGINE FAILED AT 80,000 MILES! WE WERE DRIVING DOWN A RURAL HIGHWAY IN FREEZING TEMPERATURES WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY DIED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. WE WERE AN HOUR FROM HOME AND HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED BACK TO OUR HOMETOWN. HE DODGE SERVICE DEPARTMENT IN OUR AREA SEEMED TO KNOW THAT IT WOULD NEED A NEW ENGINE BEFORE EVER LOOKING AT IT! (THEY ALSO TRIED TO SAY THAT LACK OF OIL CHANGES CAUSED THE PROBLEM.) AFTER HEARING THAT DODGE NO LONGER OFFERS THE EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE 2.7 ENGINE AND THAT THEY "UPGRADED" THE TIMING CHAIN IN REBUILT ENGINES, WE KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM. WE CONTACTED THE DODGE-CHRYSLER CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND AFTER BEING TREATED VERY POORLY, WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THIS ENGINE. IT JUST ISN'T FAIR TO THE UNSUSPECTING CONSUMER THAT DODGE-CHRYSLER ISN'T TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE ENGINE REPLACEMENT COST US $3,605. HOWEVER, WE REPLACED THE ENGINE WITH A USED 2001 SEBRING BECAUSE A REBUILT ONE WAS TWICE AS MUCH. WHICH MEANS THE POTENTIAL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM STILL EXISTS!*AK

ENGINE FAILURE 10/02 @ 22,816 MILES. FOSTER MOTORS (DAIMLER/CHRYSLER DEALER) CLAIMED OWNER NEGLECT. SECOND ENGINE FAILURE 5 MILES FROM DEALERSHIP AFTER USED ENGINE INSTALLED. THIRD ENGINE NOW AT 39K MAY FAIL AS GOSS DODGE SAID THAT THERE MIGHT BE A HEAD GASKET PROBLEM. CAR IS NO LONGER ON WARRANTY. BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER ANYWAYS, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T COVER IT WHEN IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. CATALYTIC CONVERTER WENT IN FIRST MONTH OF OWNING CAR. NOT TO MENTION OTHER LITTLE THINGS. THE SERVICE MANAGER EVEN SAID THAT IF WE WERE THINKING OF TRADING IT NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME BEFORE THE HEAD GASKET WENT.

DODGE STRATUS ENGINE DIE OUT DUE TO CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR THAT CAME IN CONTACT W/ A PROTECTIVE SHIELD, WHICH CONSEQUENTLY CAUSED A GROUTED CIRCUIT. THEREBY CAUSING MY ENGINE TO DIE OUT. MY VEHICLE IS A LEASE, AND THE WARRANTY IS UP, AND I NEVER RECEIVED ANY RECALL INFORMATION. RECALL INFO ON THIS CALL, AND THE PRIOR YEAR ARE NUMEROUS DEADLY ONE. THOSE WHICH CAN POSSIBLY CAUSE INJURY, OR DEATH. I WAS ALMOST A STATISTIC TODAY WHEN MY VEHICLE DIED OUT COMPLETELY IN AN EXIT RAMP OFF THE HIGHWAY. PLEASE HELP ME FIND OUT HOW RESPONSIBLE THE DEALERSHIP IS BECAUSE I NEVER RECEIVED ANY!!!! RECALL LETTERS. I RECEIVED THEIR BILL, BUT YET NO RECALL INFO. THIS VEHICLE IS ONLY THREE YEARS OLD. I HAVE PRIOR TO THIS VEHICLE PURCHASED THREE OTHER VEHICLES FROM YONKERS AVENUE DODGE, AND HAVE TRADED THEM IN FOR NEW ONES, BUT THEY TOO HAD PROBLEMS, AND THE DEALER NEVER GAVE ME ANY BREAKS IN PRICE. THEY JUST SAW A FEMALE WALK IN, AND READ THE "SUCKER" SIGN ON MY FOREHEAD. ANYHOW MY CAR IS NOW STUCK IN A SHELL GAS STATION, WHICH WAS CONSEQUENTLY OFF THE RAMP I WAS STUCK ON. I WAS PUSHED THERE TO GET ME OUT OF HARMS WAY. I WILL NOT ALLOW THIS DEALER TO CONTINUE TO STICK PEOPLE, OR CHRYSLER TO STICK PEOPLE WITH THE BILL TO A CAR THAT DIES OUT BEFORE THE LEASE IS UP!! IF YOU CAN HELP PLEASE EMAIL ME. AS WELL AS LET OTHER DODGE STRATUS SE OWNERS KNOW THAT THE NUMEROUS PROBLEMS THESE CARS SUFFER FROM BEFORE THESE OWNERS GET KILLED, OR KILL OTHERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. RESPECTFULLY, [XXX]. *CB INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

2001 STRATUS 2.7 LITER V-6 ENGINE. DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, CAR CUTS OFF. START CAR UP AGAIN AND THERE IS A KNOCKING NOISE. TAKE IT TO THE DODGE DEALERSHIP, THEY SAY THAT I NEED A NEW ENGINE. CALL ABOUT MY WARRANTY, THEY SAY THAT ALL OIL CHANGE RECEIPTS HAVE TO BE GIVEN TO THEM FOR THE PAST 15 MONTHS. NOW KEEP IN MIND CAR WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW. THEY SAY THAT IT WILL NOT BE COVERED UNLESS THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE GIVEN TO THEM. BUT LOOKING AT SOME OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS DOCUMENTATION OF PROPER MAINTENANCE WILL NOT MAKE THEM COVER THE COST. AND ACCORDING TO SOME OF THE PROBLEMS REPORTED WITH THESE CARS, THERE ARE A LOT OF THE SO CALLED OIL SLUDGE BUILD-UP THAT IS FOUND THAT HAS CAUSED THE ENGINE TO SHUT DOWN. THEY SAY THAT THEY WILL NOT COVER THIS 6,000.00+ BILL AND I AM NOT EITHER. *LA

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE STRATUS WITH A 2.7 MAGNUM ENGINE. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE LOCAL DODGE DEALERSHIP THAT THE ROD BEARINGS ARE BAD. WE HAD PURCHASED THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WHEN WE PURCHASED THE CAR WHICH COVERS ALL ENGINE COMPONENTS. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD US THAT THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AS OIL CHANGES WERE NOT DONE EVERY THREE THOUSAND MILES. HOWEVER, THE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE IN THE OWNERS GUIDE STATES THAT OIL CHANGES ARE ONLY REQUIRED EVERY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED MILES. THIS PROBLEM CAN ONLY BE FIXED BY A NEW ENGINE, WHICH IS $7,000. *LA