2002 Dodge Stratus

CAR HESITATED TO GO INTO GEAR, NEXT DAY, JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND IT STOPS PULLING. THE TRANSMISSION WENT COMPLETELY OUT,RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION!HAULED IT TO A GARAGE, THE TRANSMISSION IS COMPLETELY SHOT. WILL COST $1200.00 TO $1500.00 TO REPLACE. IF SOMEONE WAS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC WHEN THIS HAPPENED THIS WOULD BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN READING THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM IN THESE VEHICLES. IT IS A 2002 DODGE STRATUS SE.I WILL HAVE TO BORROW THE MONEY TO HAVE IT FIXED, AS SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ABOUT THESE AND MANY OTHER DODGE VEHICLES. *JB

I WAS DRIVING ALONG THE ROAD AND THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE UPPER BALL JOINT SEPARATED AND THE CAR STARTED SWAYING. LUCKILY I WAS ON A SIDE ROAD WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT WAS 30 MPH AND NOTHING SERIOUS HAPPENED, BUT IF I HAD BEEN TRAVELING DOWN THE INTERSTATE OR OTHER MAJOR HIGHWAY MY FAMILY AND I COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT OR EVEN KILLED. I HAD THE CAR REPAIRED AT DARLINGS AUTO SALES IN ELLSWORTH MAINE THEY HAVE THE EXACT DATE IT HAPPENED AND REPAIR INFO IF YOU NEED IT. THEY CONTACTED CHRYSLER TO SEE IF IT WAS COVERED OR NOT. I AM NOT SURE IF THEY DID OR NOT AS I PURCHASED EXTENDED WARRANTY WHEN I PURCHASED THE CAR ( IT IS A 2002 DODGE STRATUS) THE CAR HAD JUST OVER 36000 MILES WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT MUCH ABOUT IT BUT I WAS WATCHING TV AND THEY WAS SHOWING THE DODGE DURANGO AND DAKOTA HAVING THE SAME THING HAPPENING. *JB

1ST OCCURREE WAS SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, NEEDED NEW EGR VALVE. AFTER FULL INSPECTION OF VEHICLE ON A VERY BRIGHT DAY I FOUND SLICES IN SIDE WALLS OF TWO TIRES AND THE DOOR PANEL DRIVERS SIDE WAS BROKEN. CAR BROUGHT TO DEALER, SAID TO HAVE ORDERED PARTS AND REPLACED TIRES. TIRES NOT REPLACED. FEW WEEKS LATER, FRONT TIRE BLOW OUT. MAJOR ORDEAL WITH DEALER AND WARRANTY COMPANY TO BE RE-IMBURSED. SHORTLY AFTER THAT CAR BECAME VERY SLUGGISH, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND AN ODOR OR BURNING RUBBER WAS PRESENT. BROUGHT VEHICLE TO DEALER WAS INFORMED THE SOLEINOID TO TRANSMISSION WAS CLIGGED ANDWAS REPLACED AT MY COST. TWO WEEKES LATER THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION WENT VEHICLE HAD 58,000 MILES. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER CLOSE BY TO HAVE REPAIRS COMPLETED, PLACE OF PURCHASE DEALER STATED NOONE WORKS ON OUR VEHICLES. CAR TRANSPORTED AND TRANSMISSION REPLACED. NEXT AFTER TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED, SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AND VEHICLE BECAME DISABLED, RESULTS A SPEED CONTROL SENSOR IN TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT MY COST OUT OF POCKET. AGAIN JUST YESTERDAY, VEHICLE BECAME DISABLED, TOWED TO DEALER NOW AWAITING DISPOSITION. *AK

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A USED 2002 DODGE STRATUS SE. I PURCHASED THIS CAR WITH 35,000 MILES AND EVERYTHING APPEARED IN ORDER. SUDDENLY ONE DAY A LOUD CLICKING NOISE STARTED COMING FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE IN FOR A BRAKE INSPECTION FOR THE CLICKING NOISE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR ROTER WAS WARPED. I EXPLAINED THAT THE NOISE WAS EMANATING FROM THE FRONT END. THE REPAIR SHOP STATED THAT THE NOISE ORIGINATED IN THE REAR ROTERS AND TRAVELED THROUGH THE FRAME TO THE FRONT END.THE REAR ROTERS WERE RECUT. A FEW DAYS LATER THE NOISE RETURNED. I CALLED THE REPAIR SHOP BACK AND RELATED THAT THE NOISE WAS STILL COMING FROM THE FRONT END. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS SHOP HAS SEEN NUMEROUS STRATUS'S AND MANY HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM. THE REPAIR SHOP DOES NOT KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND TO TAKE IT TO A DEALERSHIP. ADDITIONALLY,AFTER THE CLICKING NOISE WAS DISCOVERED I EXPIRIENCED THE BRAKES LOCKING UP TWICE. THE ABS DOES NOT SEEM TO BE WORKING. THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRENTY NOW AND THE DODGE DEALERSHIP I SPOKE WITH STATED THAT THEY COULD FIX THE CLICKING NOISE AND THE ABS PROBLEM FOR $1500.00 A SEARCH OF YOUR DATA BASE REVEALED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS CONCERNING A SIMILIAR FRONT END NOISE AND ABS FAILURE. IF THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS CONCERNING THIS VEHICLE'S SYSTEM THEN WHY ISN'T A RECALL BEING INITIATED. OR DOES IT TAKE A FATALITY TO GET THIS PROBLEM ADDRESSED.*AK

ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON 9/15/04, TOOK IT TO DEALER ON 9/16/04 AND WAS INFORMED THE TRANSMISSION WAS BAD AND NEEDED REPLACED. MY CAR AT THE TIME OF FALIURE HAD 43,125 MILES ON AND THAT IS IT, THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING OR KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRANSMISSION GOING BAD, I HAVE HAD THE CAR SERVICED JUST AS THE MANUAL SAYS TO AND THERE WAS NO WARNING. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS IS IT COST ME $1325 DOLLARS TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION RE-BUILT. THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE RE-BUILT.*A