6.0

fairly significant
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
13,333 miles

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problem #3

May 012001

Stratus 4-cyl

  • Manual transmission
  • miles
I failed to mention on my complaint 10003001 that I had taken my car in to be looked at due to 'popping' in the clutch. You could hear and feel this pop when switching gears. This issue would come and go - nothing was ever done about it. Why? B/C by the time I could get an appointment for my car the popping would stop. We never did get it where the mechanic could find the problem. This would occur on an irregular intravals - and would last maybe a day - maybe up to 3 days and then quit. Was able to get it to the dealership the first time it happened and the service guy and a mechanic heard it - but they could do nothing about it that day - gave me an appointment to return for them to look at it more completely - by then it had quit and they still looked it over - could not find anything that looked out of the ordinary.

- Midlothian, VA, USA

problem #2

Jun 212002

Stratus 4-cyl

  • Manual transmission
  • 40,000 miles
On June 22, 2002 I was dirving my car to wv. Half way there the transmission 'popped' out of 5th gear. I pulled off at the next exit in search of assistance where I found the transmission would not remain in 3rd gear either. In this small town I was unable to find anyone who could/would look at my car so I proceeded to charleston where my dad and a cousin who could look at my car were. It was found that my transmission had no fluid in it - so this was replaced with fluid as close to the original as possible so we could get back to richmond. All 360 miles I had to drive holding my gear shift into 5th gear or 3rd gear when needed in order to make it home. The dealership was wonderful! they said my clutch cable was broken and I had several oil leaks! they repaired everything and it was all covered under the power train warrenty. Thank you for that warrenty! my car only had a little over 40,000 miles at the time.

- Midlothian, VA, USA

problem #1

Oct 142002

Stratus 4-cyl

  • miles
Consumer experienced head gasket failure. Other failures included rear seat belt problems, no power on the back windows, egr valve failure, transmission shifting problems and speed sensor failure.

- Kawkawlin, MI, USA