Safety Score
58
Average
Recalls
3
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (3)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-03-20 | 98V063000 |
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE | 91,544 | — | Details |
| 1996-05-02 | 96V074000 |
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | 90,000 | — | Details |
| 1996-01-11 | 96V006000 |
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | 40,000 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-07-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | FUEL PUMP ,GASOLINE. *TR |
| 2009-04-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I HAVE 1995 DODGE STRATUS SHIFTING DOWN GOING DOWN THE ROAD!!!! AFTER REBUILD ON THE TRANNY NOT ONCE BUT TWICE… |
| 2008-01-21 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, MY CAR STARTED TO OVERHEAT. WHEN I PULLED OVER, THE COOLANT WAS POURING OUT OF T… |
| 2007-10-11 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS | No | 0 | DODGE HAS RECALLED 1999-2000 STRATUS BECAUSE POWER STEERING FLUID IS LEAKING ON BACK OF ENGINE IN 2.4 LITER CARS. FIRE… |
| 2007-05-19 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 DODGE STRATUS. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR WITHOUT WARNING, W… |
| 2007-03-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM | No | 0 | I HAD THE REAR BRAKES FOR THE 1995 DODGE STRATUS REPLACED ON 3/01/2007 BECOUSE BRAKES WERE WORN OUT, AND HAVE SINCE … |
| 2006-12-29 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | PURCHASED VEHICLE WITH CLEAN CARFAX RECORD IN FEB 06 WITH 75K MILES. AT 81K MILES TRANSMISSION STARTED GOING INTO LIMP … |
| 2006-10-18 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS TO LIMP MODE CAUSING A HIGHLY PROBABLE DANGER SITUATION THAT MAY LEAD TO SERI… |
| 2006-10-17 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | FUEL LINE QUICK COUPLER FAILED CAUSING GREAT AMOUNT OF GAS LEAKAGE AND POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD. *NM |
| 2006-08-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AUTO TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS AT FREEWAY SPEEDS, THROWING DRIVER TOWARDS WINDSHIELD. PROBLEM BEGAN 2003. HAVE MANY, MAN… |
| 2006-07-30 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT, FLAMES ERUPTED FROM UNDER THE HOOD WITHOUT WARN… |
| 2005-08-13 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | DT: WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE. SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, THEY TOLD HER THAT THE L… |
| 2005-08-10 | STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | NUMEROUS FAILURES-SINCE I BOUGHT THIS "95 DODGE STRATUS WITH ONLY 30,000 MILES. 1) ENGINE MAKING A KNOCKING NOISE-I T… |
| 2005-07-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I HAVE A 1995 DODGE STRATUS WHEN TRAVELING ABOUT 45 MPH MY CAR AUTOMATICALLY SLIPS INTO NEUTRAL THE VEHICLE JERKS AND S… |
| 2005-07-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | 1995 DODGE STRATUS CAUGHT ON FIRE. *TS THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE CO… |
| 2005-05-08 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS | No | 0 | TOOK MY CAR TO GET THE POWER STEERING FIXED AFTER IT STOPPED WORKING. THE REPAIR SHOP CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THE CAR'S … |
| 2005-04-02 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | DT: SINCE THE CONSUMER PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IT WOULD SHIFT INTO LOW GEAR OR NEUTRAL ON ITS OWN WHILE DRIVING. THE VEH… |
| 2005-02-07 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I PURCHASED THE CAR AND THE CAR WOULD START TO BOUNCE DOWN TO FIRST GEAR AND NOW WILL NOT COME OUT OF FIRST GEAR.I HAVE… |
| 2005-02-04 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT WITH RESPECT TO A 1995 DODGE STRATUS. THE DODGE STRATUS IS EQUIPPED WITH A DEVICE WHICH I A… |
| 2005-01-05 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILED, 145,000 MILES WITH NO INDICATION OR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. THE TRANSMISSION WAS RUNNING FINE THEN FAI… |
| 2004-11-19 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP | No | 0 | PLASTIC FUEL FILLER NECK THAT ATTACHES TO THE METAL FLANGE THAT ATTACHES TO BODY OF CAR THAT HAS THE GAS CAP ON. THE ME… |
| 2004-08-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, WENT INTO THE HOUSE, AND A FRIEND CAME TO NOTIFY CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. CO… |
| 2004-07-21 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT | No | 0 | CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER. CALLED A DEALER, AND WAS TOLD TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN. AFTER WAITING SHE WAS TOLD … |
| 2004-07-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | CAR HAS HAD TRANSMISSION REBUILT THREE TIMES. FIRST TIME IT WAS REBUILT BY DEALER AT APPROXIMATELY 85000 MILES BECAUSE … |
| 2004-01-06 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT GO PAST FIRST GEAR. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO REBUILT THE… |
| 2003-08-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | CAR WILL KICK OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD OR WON'T GO PAST FIRST GEAR WHEN STARTING IT. I'VE REPLACED ABOUT… |
| 2003-06-26 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CRANKCASE (PCV) | No | 0 | WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY VEHICLE IS LEAKING OIL AND SMOKING. *AK |
| 2003-05-21 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | REQUEST FOR REFUND FOR ALL REPAIRS MADE TO TRANSMISSION THAT WAS IN THE RECALL .*MR THE CONSUMER'S TRANSMISSION FAILED… |
| 2003-04-22 | SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER | No | 0 | THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE CAME APART ON THE DRIVER SIDE REAR SEAT BELT. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT IT WAS A DEFECTIVE CINCH PL… |
| 2003-04-14 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | Yes | 0 | THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, WHEN THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. *JB PRIOR TO FIRE, VEHICLE WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND USED A LOT … |
| 2003-03-11 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER | No | 0 | MY WIFE COMPLAINED OF BRAKE PEDAL TRAVEL FURTHER THAN NORMAL. UPON INVESTIGATION, I DISCOVERED THAT ONE OF THE BOLT STU… |
| 2002-12-25 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THE CAR LEAKS OIL BADLY, I SEE ITS HAD BEEN A OIL RECALL UNDER/ THE ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD OIL GALLERY PLUG/ IT SMOKES TH… |
| 2002-11-10 | EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT | No | 0 | I ATTEMPTED TO USE THE JACK TO CHANGE A TIRE AND THE JACK FAILED. THE ALUMINUM HOUSING IN WHICH THE SCREW TURNS IS VERY… |
| 2002-09-15 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THAT THE CORRECT STRUTS FOR VEHICLE ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE. CONSUMER STATES OVER TIME THE FRONT END M… |
| 2002-09-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THAT BRAKES DO NOT STOP VEHICLE EFFECTIVELY. CONSUMER ADVISED THAT WHILE DRIVING BRAKES PEDAL BECOMES … |
| 2002-06-24 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | CHRYSLER HAS BEEN ENTIRELY UNHELPFUL WITH THIS SITUATION. YOU WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD SEE SOMETHING IS WRONG AFTER … |
| 2002-04-17 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | NEEDS NEW ENGINE DUE TO HEAD GASKET FAILURE - ESTIMATED TOTAL $4,500.00. THIS CAR IS NOT OLD ENOUGH TO NEED A NEW ENGI… |
| 2002-04-09 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 60-65 MPH TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTED HARSHLY TO 15 MPH, DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE POWERTRAIN SENSOR FAILED… |
| 2002-04-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | 2ND HEAD GASKET FAILURE IN LESS THAN 2 YEARS AFTER 1ST FAILURE WAS REPLACED. *AK |
| 2002-03-25 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT 15MPH INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL IMPACT WITH A POLE. UPON IMPACT, NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED.*AK |
| 2001-12-26 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | OIL IS LEAKING FROM GASKET CYLINDER HEAD. HAD THIS PROBLEM FIXED ONCE, BUT SAME PROBLEM RETURNED. CONTACT CHRYSLE… |
| 2001-12-05 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | THE CAR WAS STOPPING NORMALLY ON CLEAN DRY PAVEMENT FROM 35 MPH AND WHEN SLOWED TO ABOUT 25 MPH THE BRAKE PEDAL DROPPED… |
| 2001-10-24 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ABS BRAKE COMPUTER FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO HAVE NO BRAKES.*AK |
| 2001-10-15 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 2001-10-01 | STEERING:LINKAGES | No | 0 | FIRST INCIDENT INVOLVED LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL ON A RIGHT TURN. STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND I HAD TO BRAKE HARD. SECOND… |
| 2001-08-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | WE ARE ON OUR THIRD TRIP TO HAVE OUR CAR REPAIRED FOR STALLING AT ANY TIME OR SPEED FOR THE THIRD TIME IS THERE ANYTHI… |
| 2001-07-20 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 2001-06-08 | STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WHILE BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY RIGHT TIE ROD BROKE. CONSUMER REPAIRED IT HIMSELF.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN THE TIE… |
| 2001-04-23 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL) | No | 0 | VEHICLE WILL JUMP OUT OF GEAR WHILE BEING DRIVEN.*AK |
| 2001-04-23 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLYING BRAKES OR WHILE AT A STOP VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE WITHOUT WARNING. *AK CONSUMER … |