NHTSA Complaint #735926 — 1998 DODGE STRATUS ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

Complaint Details

ODI Number	735926
Vehicle	1998 DODGE STRATUS
Component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
Date of Incident	February 9, 2000
Date Filed	November 15, 2000
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	Yes
State	VA

Consumer Description

THIS CAR HAS BEEN A MAJOR PROBLEM. HEAD GASKET FAILED AT APPROX 11,000 ON MY WAY TO AIRPORT TO PICK UP FAMILY ON APRIL 10, 1999. COULDN'T GET IT IN FOR SERVICE UNTIL APRIL 14, 1999. TRANSMISSION CLUTCH STARTED CATCHING OR SCRAPING ON SOMETHING SHORTLY AFTER HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED, I WAS TOLD WHEN WORK WAS COMPLETED (REPLACED CABLES ON 11/18/1999) THAT PROBLEM WAS MANUFACTURER DEFECT MILEAGE WAS 18,373. WAS AGAIN EXPERIENCING SAME PROBLEM WITH CLUTCH ON 2/29/2000. UPON SPEAKING WITH SERVICE TEAM, WAS TOLD THERE WAS A BAD BEARING IN THE TRANSMISSION AND THEY WOULD BE REPLACING BOTH THE CABLES AND TRANSMISSION PARTS; I ALSO ASKED FOR THEM TO CHECK THE ENGINE LIGHT , BECAUSE IT WAS COMING ON AND HAD A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE; VACCUM SYSTEM WAS REPLACED. ON 3/24/2000 INTERNAL PARTS OF TRANSMISSION WERE REPLACED AT 22,349 MI. ON 06/05/2000 ENGINE STALLED AND WAS DIFFICULT TO RESTART, ENGINE WAS RUNNING REALLY ROUGH, REPLACED MAPPING COMPUTER @25,008 MI. CAME HOME FROM WORK ON 8/23/2000 STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE. OPENED HOOD AND WATCHED GAS LEAKING ALL OVER EXHAUST MANIFOLD. HAD IT TOWED TO DEALERSHIP ON 8/24/2000 W/ 29,539 MI. REPLACED CRACKED FUEL INJECTORS AND LEAKING HOSES. THE CAR IS NOW IN AGAIN BECAUSE OF YET THE SAME TRANSMISSION/CLUTCH PROBLEM PREVIOUSLY COMPLAINED ABOUT. THINK . . . I'M DRIVING DOWN I 95 WITH MY FAMILY IN MY CAR. TRANSMISSION FAILS, BIG TRUCK RUNS THE CAR OVER . . . DOES CHRYSLER WANT THAT HEADACHE?

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