Dodge STRATUS engine problems
104 complaint narratives mention engine terms.
Key facts
2,123 owner complaints analyzed
27 distinct recall campaigns
76,000 mi median reported failure mileage
Scope: 1992 to 2007 model years. Data snapshot: . 902 complaints include usable failure mileage.
Engine operation evidence
104 of 2,123 complaints match this topic (4.9%). The keyword filter can include complaints that mention a transmission without reporting its failure. View matching rules.
Owner report 10051716 · 2003-12-15 (December 15, 2003)
VEHICLE DYING OUT AND WAS REPAIRED THREE TIMES WITH NO RESULT. *LA THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED SEVERAL TIME WHILE DRIVING UNDER NO CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE EGR VALVE, CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND POWER DISTRIBUTION UNIT BUT THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO STALL. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT THE SERVICE SHOP FOR SEVEN WEEKS. *NM
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Owner report 719037 · 2000-02-21 (February 21, 2000)
VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO 2 DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS. THE FIRST WAS FREEDOM DODGE OF LEXINGTON AND THE REPLACED THE ABS MODULAR. THE PROBLEM WE WERE HAVING WITH THE CAR IS THAT WE COULD BE TRAVELING AT 55 MPH OR 5 MPH AND THE CAR WOULD STOP RUNNING. RESULTING NO POWER. FREEDOM COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM, SO WE TOOK IT TO SUPERIOR DODGE AND THE DID A SOFTWARE UPDATE TO THE COMPUTER AND STILL SAME PROBLEMS HAPPENED. INSTALLED A CO-PILOT AND FOUND THE DIST. CAP SENSOR WAS BAD. REPLACED, PICKED THE CAR UP AND WITHIN 24 HOURS THE CAR STALLED 5 TIMES. THIS V…
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Owner report 720112 · 2000-03-14 (March 14, 2000)
TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE OF VEHICLE BEING HARD TO START, OR STALLING FOR NO REASON. NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DISCOVER THE PROBLEM. CAR WOULD STALL AFTER BEING DRIVEN ON HOT DAY, STALL WHILE TRYING TO MAKE A TURN, STALL WHEN STOPPED FOR LIGHT,ETC., SOMETIMES IT WOULD BE HARD TO START. HAD TO PLACE MY FOOT ON THE ACCELORATOR AND QUICKLY SHIFT INTO REVERSE TO GET THE CAR GOING. FINALLY, AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRED, VEHICLE LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND WHILE ENGINE HAD BEEN SITTING ALL DAY. THE…
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Owner report 739017 · 2001-01-08 (January 8, 2001)
I WAS ON MY WAY TO MY JOB AND I MAY A FULL STOP ON A RED LIGHT THE ENGINE STOP SO I PROCEEDED TO CHECK THE CONTROL PANEL TO VIEW ANY ANORMAL SIGNAL. AFTERWARDS I TURNED THE IGNITION ON AND PUT THE CAR ON DRIVE, I TURNED RIGHT ON THE INTERSECTION . AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 100 FEET THE ENGINE STOPPED AGAIN AND WHEN I TRY TO TURNED IT ON THERE WAS A BIG EXPLOSION AND A BIG FLAME CAME OUT FROM THE ENGINE. INMEDIATEDLY I GOT OUT FROM THE CAR AND SOME PASSBYERS CALLED THE POLICE AND FIREMEN. UP TO THIS MOMENT I LACK KNOWLEDGE OF WHY THIS OCCURRED.…
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Owner report 753152 · 2001-10-12 (October 12, 2001)
I WAS DRIVING MY CAR IN TOWN AT APPROX. 30 MPH WHEN I STARTED LOSING POWER AND SAW WHITE SMOKE COMING OUT OF MY EXHAUST. I KNEW FROM AN EXPERIENCE MY FATHER HAD WITH HIS CAR, THAT IT WAS THE HEAD GASKET. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED THE CAR OVER AND HAD IT TOWED TO MY LOCAL DODGE DEALER. KEEP IN MIND THAT AT THIS POINT THE CAR WAS RUNNING WITH NO OTHER PROBLEMS OTHER THAN THE LOSS OF POWER AND THE SMOKE.UPON HEARING FROM THE DEALER, I WAS SHOCKED WHEN HE TOLD ME THE ENGINE WAS BLOWN AND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE MOTOR. I COULDNT POSSIBLY…
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