Consumer Complaint Detail

DODGE / STRATUS / 2002

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005040380 Incident Date: Sep, 21 2005
Consumer's City: HAVELOCK Consumer's State: NC
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Model Name: STRATUS Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1B3EL46X82N Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 26 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 25 2002
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: The automatic transmission failed at 59,000 miles on my 2002 dodge stratus. the vehicle started to make a popping sound under the hood on the drivers side. the sound was intermittent for about 3 months. on september 22, 2005, the vehicle began to make a loud whistling sound and started to shift hard and/or delay shift. i took the vehicle to a repair shop and it was diagnosed with a hard part transmission failure. the total cost of repair was $2100.00 and the vehicle went out of warranty at 50,000 miles. *jb