Consumer Complaint Detail

DODGE / STRATUS / 1995

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 999033800 Incident Date: Sep, 30 1999
Consumer's City: REIDSVILLE Consumer's State: NC
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Chrysler (FCA US, LLC)
Model Name: STRATUS Model Year: 1995
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:ignition
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1B3EJ56H8SN Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 13 2000 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: May, 31 1995
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 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 car could not be started. the dealership replaced the distributor at a cost of $900.00 to me. dealership no help. told that the car was too far out of the warranty eventhough i had reported similar problems during the warranty period. have had many other problems with this car as well. too many to list. almost all component are involved at some point. could nhtsa do anything. there seems to be a widespread problem. other car owners are having the same difficulty. i'm sure that eventually the cause of their cars stalling will end up being the distributor as well. *ak