Consumer Complaint Detail

DODGE / STRATUS / 2001

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 002258964 Incident Date: Oct, 13 2002
Consumer's City: NEW HAVEN Consumer's State: VT
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Model Name: STRATUS Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:engine
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1B3EJ46U51N Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 11 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 13 2001
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 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.