10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
40,000 miles

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problem #2

Aug 152007

Stratus

  • Automatic transmission
  • 80,000 miles
When my fuel goes below 3/4 of a tank, it dies on me. It starts to jerk like its shifting hard, then looses power. When I try to start it back up, it turns over but doesn't act like its getting any fuel. Then the battery goes dead. If I get gas and fill it back up it runs fine. I have spent many hrs broke down on the hwy. I was never in an accident.

- Wichita, KS, USA

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problem #1

May 041997

Stratus

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Son was driving, smelled something burning. Other drivers noticed flames under vehicle. Pulled off thoroughfare & parked vehicle; got out of vehicle; vehicle burst into flames. Fire dept arrived & put flames out. Insurance adjustor said it was gas line rupture. Vehicle totaled.

- Williston Park, NY, USA

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