2001 DODGE STRATUS COUPE Structure Problems

PURCHASED THIS 2001 DODGE STRATUS R/T COUPE IN JULY OF 2009. AUGUST 2ND THERE ARE HUGE CRACKS IN THE DASH AND THE DEFROST VENTS HAVE DISINTEGRATED. ONCE THE DASH COMPLETELY CRACKS IT EXPOSES WIRING TO THE ELEMENTS, WHICH COULD CAUSE ARCING OR A FIRE..... *TR

CLEAR COAT ON BLACK PAINT HAS TURNED WHITE AND FLAKING OFF. STARTED ON THE ROOF OF THE CAR IN THE FALL OF 2006. DEALER AND LETTER TO MANUFACTURER BOTH OFFERED NO HELP. THE CLEAR COAT PROBLEM HAS SPREAD TO THE HOOD, SIDES, AND TRUNK ALSO. *TR

THE DASHBOARD OF MY 2001 DODGE STRATUS R/T HAS BECOME SEVERLY CRACKED. I FIRST NOTICED A SMALL CRACK LAST YEAR SHORTLY AFTER I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. A FEW MONTHS LATER I NOTICED THAT THE CRACK HAD BECOME EVEN LARGER AND THAT ANOTHER CRACK WAS FORMING. THEN DURING THE WINTER MONTHS I NOTICED A THIRD CRACK NEAR THE DEFROSTER VENT! I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP THAT I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM AND EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM TO THEM. THEY TOLD THAT THEY WERE UNFAMILIAR WITH ANY SUCH PROBLEM AND THAT SINCE THE CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO HELP ME. I NOTICED A 4TH CRACK A FEW WEEKS AGO AND DID SOME SEARCHING ONLINE TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE WAS EXPERIENCING THIS SAME PROBLEM AND FOUND THAT ALOT OF PEOPLE HAVE! I HAVE READ WHERE OTHERS HAVE HAD THE DASHBOARD REPLACED/REPAIRED ONLY TO HAVE THE CRACKING...

DASH IS CRACKED IN SEVERAL PLACES. WORST SPOT IS FROM THE COMPASS/TEMPERATURE POD TO THE DEFROSTER VENT. *TR

THE DASHBOARD ON MY 01 STRATUS COUPE HAS CRACKED WITHOUT ANY FORCE OR CAUSE. I HAVE HAD AN ANNOYING RATTLE HAS A RESULT OF THIS CRACK. *TR

THE DASH IN OUR '01 STRATUS COUPE IS CRACKING IN ABOUT 5 DIFFERENT PLACES. THE DEALER WILL NOT HELP. *TR

DASHBOARD SEVERELY CRACKED AFTER ONLY 40,000 MILES. *TR

MY DASH CRACKED RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. IF IT IS NOT MENDED IT WILL SPREAD AND CRACK THROUGH THE ENTIRE THING, SPLITTING IT INTO 2 PIECES. *TR

I HAVE A 2001 DODGE STRATUS R/T AND THE WHOLE DASH BOARD IS CRACKING ALL OVER, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE AIRBAG POD. I HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF REVIEWS IN WWW.2GSTRATUS.ORG OF THE SAME THING HAPPENING ON OTHER MEMBERS DASHES. ALONG WITH SOME OTHER CLUBS SUCH AS MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. MITSUBISHI DESIGNED THE CAR. I AM AFRAID THAT IF THE DASHES CONTINUE TO CRACK AND THEN SAG THAT THE AIRBAG WILL ALSO DROP FROM THE DASH YANKING THE WIRES AND SETTING OFF THE SENSOR CAUSING THE AIR BAG TO DEPLOY AND POSSIBLE INJURIES OR DEATH MAY BE OBTAINED. *NM