1996 DODGE STRATUS Engine And Engine Coolingengine Problems

JUNE 2000 - FREEZE PLUG POPPED OUT OF RADIATOR, CAUSED THE CAR TO OVERHEAT, OCTOBER 2000 - PROBLEMS ACCELERATING, DECEMBER 2000 - LEARNED THAT NEEDED THE HEAD GASKET REPLACED. *AK

RECALL 96 V 006 000. VEHICLE IS LEAKING OIL FROM GALLEY PLUG. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL DUE TO VIN. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED.*AK ENGINE HAD MASSIVE AMOUNT OF OIL LEAKING, ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE AND CONSUMER BURNED HER HAND, THERE WAS $2800 WORTH OF DAMAGE, MECAHNIC REPLACED GULLY PLUG AND HEAD GASKETS ALONG WITH BURNED HOSES AND BELTS, MECHANIC STATED HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING VERY LARGE AMOUNTS OF OIL, ALSO STATED THAT FIRE WAS PROBABLY RELATED TO GULLEY PLUG OIL LEAK. *SLC

I HAD AN OIL LEAK TOOK TO DEALERSHIP THEY ADVISE ME MY HEAD GASKET IS BLOWN WHICH I ALWAYS HAD AN OIL CHANGE EVERY THREE MONTHS. *AK

HEAD GASKETS BLEWOUT, CAUSING OIL LEAKAGE. DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK

GALLEY PLUGS IN ENGINE WOULD LEAK OIL. WOULD NEED TO CONTINUOUSLY PUT OIL IN VEHICLE. HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS , ANDWAS INFORMED THAT COULD NOT DO ANYTHING BECAUSE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. REPAIRS WILL NOT BE DONE.*AK

OIL IS LEAKING FROM OIL CYLINDER HEAD, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

CYLINDER HEAD GASKET LEAKING; WORSE AS TIME GOES ON. *AK

WAS DRIVING WHEN THE HEAD GASKET BLEWOUT. VEHICLE WAS PARKED , AND NOTICED OIL LEAKING OUT AFTER MOVING VEHICLE. HAD OIL IN THE WATER. TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSTED AS HEAD GASKET LEAKING. *AK

VEHICLE HAS LEAKING HEAD GASKET , AND WAS TOLD THAT GASKET WAS TOO SMALL WHICH COULD BE CAUSING LEAK. CONSUMER MUST KEEP CHECKING OIL LEVEL BEFORE IT CAN DAMAGE ENGINE. *AK

CONSUMER HAS INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE STALLING AND NOT STARTING. WHEN VEHICLE STALLS, IT LOSES STEERING & BRAKES. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN IT TO 3 DIFFERENT DEALERS, WHO COULDN'T FIND A REMEDY. CRANKSHAFT WAS REPLACED, BUT DIDN'T REMEDY PROBLEM. A DIAGNOSTIC TEST DIDN'T GIVE A READING. *AK

HEAD GASKET BLEW OUT ON VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL, AND CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. MECHANIC STATED THAT HEAD GASKET WAS CRACKED. PROBLEM WAS REMEDIED BY MECHANIC. *AK THE TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING. *YH

HEADGASKET BLEWOUT SINCE PURCHASE. ALSO, CONSUMER HAS HAD TO REPLACE MASTER CYLINDER, POWER STEERING PUMP, CATALYTIC CONVERTER, AND VALVE COVER GASKET. *AK *SLC

SEAL OF ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD IS NOT SEALED PROPERLY CAUSING GASOLINE TO LEAK ALL OVER ROAD. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK DEALERSHIP WILL NOT FIX DUE TO OUT OF WARRANTY. *SLC

ENGINE OIL LEAK. DEALER MECHANIC DIGNOSED HEAD GASKET. LEAK GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. NOW HAVE OIL MIXED IN WITH COOLANT IN RADIATOR. ASSUME COOLANT IN OIL PAN. PREVIOUSLY COMPLIED WITH RECALL 96V006, BUT UNSURE IF THIS PROBLEM COULD BE RELATED.*AK

ENGINE LEAKS OIL. DEALER SAID THE CYLINDER HEAD GASKET NEEDS REPLACING. *AK

HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING OIL ONTO BACK SIDE OF ENGINE, POSSIBLY FIRE HAZARD. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

OIL LEAKAGE DUE TO A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

HEAD GASKET LEAKING AND SPRAYING OIL OVER THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR. I HEARD OF OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD THIS REPAIRED AND 6 MO LATER, HAD THE SAME PROPLEM. SOUNDS LIKE POOR DESIGN AND I AM CONCERNED OF FIRE UNDER THE ENGINE.*AK

IT IS LEAKING OIL FROM HEAD GASKET. WHEN I WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG HE INFORM ME THAT THEY HAVE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS MODEL AND HE HAS HAD TO REPLACE SEVERAL HEAD GASKET FROM OTHERS. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE BELIEVES IT IS A DESIGN PROBLEM AND THE MAKER SHOULD RECALL THE CAR. IT IS ALSO GOING TO COST OVER $800.00 TO REPAIR. *AK

CONSUME R NOTICED THAT VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. NGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON THE PANEL. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILURE, SEVERE OIL LEAK. *AK

COMPUTER CONTROLLER,IDLER ARM AND PULLEY,TIMING BELT,AND BOTTOM CRANK GEAR ALL WENT OUT AT SAME TIME.HEAD GASKET WAS FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE WHILE IN SHOP FOR TIMING BELT REPAIRS.CHRYSLER HAS AGREED TO PAY FOR 500 OF THE 725 DOLLARS IT WOULD COST TO FIX HEAD GASKET,BUT NOTHING ON ALL THE TIMING BELT RELATED PROBLEMS AT 525.00.AUTO WAS 4,000 MILES AND 1 YEAR OUT OF WARRANTY WHEN PROBLEMS OCCURRED.JUST SEEMS ODD THAT THE COMPUTER AND ALL THE TIMING BELT RELATED PROBLEMS HAPPENED AT THE SAME TIME.THE COMPUTER WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY.AFTER COMPUTER WAS REPLACED THE TIMING BELT PROBLEMS WERE DISCOVERED. *AK

CYLINDER HEAD GASKET FAILED AT APPROXIMATELY 48,000 MILES. CAR IS DRIVING FINE BUT LEAKING ABOUT TWO QUARTS OF OIL PER DAY. HEAD GASKETS SHOULD NOT FAIL AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE. I ALSO HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON 1995-1999 DODGE STRATUS, DODGE NEON, AND PLYMOUTH BREEZE.*AK

HEAD GASKET REPLACED AT 54500 MILES, NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN AFTER ONLY DRIVING 32,700 MILES. DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE ME $650.00 AGAIN TO REPLACE. DEALER ALSO REPLACED GASKET WITH OLD MODEL# AND NOT NEW MODEL#, BUT CHARGED ME TO REPLACE CAM SEALS WHICH WAS PART OF NEW TSB BULLETIN CHANGES. *AK

CONSUMER LOCATED RECALL 96V006000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 671 FOR ENGINE. RECALL DIDN'T APPLY TO THIS VEHICLE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO FOUND A LEAKY HEAD GASKET. VEHICLE WAS LOSING 3 QUARTS OF OIL AT LESS THAT 3,000 MILES. *AK

VEHICLE HAS A HEAD GASKET LEAK WITH ONLY 59000 MILES ON THE CAR. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FOR THIS PROBLEM AND CHRYSLER HAS NOT MADE ANY RECALLS.*AK

HEAD GASKET FAILURE AT REAR DRIVER'S SIDE OF ENGINE. HAVE READ OF MANY OTHER FAILURES, MUST BE A COMMON PROBLEM. HAVE READ OF A "SECRET WARRANTY" WHERE CHRYSLER WILL FIX FOR $100 (CONSTANT COMPLAINING REQUIRED). OBVIOUSLY CHRYSLER KNOWS OF A PROBLEM, BUT WILL NOT ADMIT ONE. SAFETY HAZARD OF CATCHING FIRE WITH OIL DRIPPING DOWN HOT ENGINE BLOCK. REDESIGNED GASKET PUT INTO PRODUCTION IN 1998, ALL PROBLEMS BEFORE THAT. *AK

HEAD GASKET OIL LEAK AT 45000 MILES,DEALER REPLACED HEAD GASKET.HEAD GASKET LEAKING OIL AGAIN AT 102000 MILES. HAS CHRYSLER ISSUED A RECALL? PLEASE HELP. *AK

HEAD GASKET LEAKS OIL BADLY & IS GETTING WORSE. DEALER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM, BUT HAS NO REMEDY.*AK

HAVE HEARD OTHER REPORTS OF HEAD GASKETS FAILING ON THIS MODEL, APPARANTLY IS A BIG PROBLEM.

REAR ENGINE OIL LEAK,DEALERSHIP FOUND BLOWN ENGINE HEAD GASKET,COST 679.00 TO REPAIR, IS THERE A RECALL ON THIS THAT I'M UNAWARE OF????

SUDDEN MASSIVE OIL LEAK DETECTED AT 3000 MI OIL CHG. GASKET REPLACED APPROX $800 AT CARLIN DODGE, COLO SPGS CO INV DOCS229243

LEAKING HEAD GASKET. THE ENGINE LEAKS OIL PROFUSELY AND HAS FOR AT LEAST A YEAR. THIS WEEK I FOUND THE DIPSTICK DRY. MY SERVICE STATION SAYS THE PROBLEM IS COMMON WITH THE DODGE STRATUS. *AK

VEHICLE WAS LEAKING OIL FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. LEAK WAS COMING FROM OIL PLUG. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THE DEALERSHIP WAS WAITING FOR THE PART. *AK

COMPLETE HEAD GASKET FAILURE- ENGINE SIEZED- CHRYLER DENIES ANY PROB

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED TWO HEAD GASKET FAILURES; FIRST OCCURRED AT 37,000 MILES. BOTH REPLACEMENTS WERE DONE BY TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS, AND HEAD GASKETS STILL LEAKING. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

I BOUGHT A 1996 DODGE STRATUS IN FEBRUARY 1997. IT HAD 16,000MILES ON IT AND IS CONSIDERED USED. DUE TO NUMEROUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS I PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY THROUGH MY CREDIT UNION TO PROTECT MYSELF FROM ONGOING REPAIRS. SINCE THAT WARRANTY HAS TAKEN EFFECT, THEY HAVE SPENT APPROXIMATELY $3,500.00 ON REPAIRING MY VEHICLE. A MAJORITY OF THIS REPAIR WAS A CONTINOUS OIL LEAK. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR TO KERNERSVILLE DODGE AT LEAST 6 TIMES SINCE MAY, 1999 TO HAVE THIS OIL LEAK REPAIRED, WITH NO LUCK. THEY HAVE REPORTEDLY REPLACED THE GASKETS TWICE, THE CYLINDER HEAD ONCE(WHICH THEY TOLD ME WAS FAULTY FROM THE BEGINNING), AND THE SEALS TWICE TO STOP THIS LEAK. UNFORTUNATELY THEY WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THESE REPAIRS WERE PAID FOR BY MY EXTENDED WARRANTY, I STILL HAD EXPENSE OF MY OWN, NOT TO MENTION THE INCONVENIENCE OF THEM KEEPING MY CAR FOR A...

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY FLOOR MAT BECAME ENTANGLED WITHIN THE STEERING COLUMN WHERE IT WENT DOWN TO THE FLOOR BECAUSE THIER WAS NO PROTECTIVE COVER TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. *AK HEAD GASKET AND TIMING BELT FAILED ALSO. *YH

HEAD GASKET FAILED. YH

TIMING BELT FAILED. YH

ENGINE LEAKING OIL. DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET SUSPECTED AS PROBLEM. *AK

ENGINE HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING. GASKET HAS BEEN LEAKING FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THAT MY 1996 DODGE STRATUS HAS EXPERIENCED HEAD GASKET FAILURE AND A CAM SEAL LEAK. THE FIRST TIME, MY VEHICLE WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. FOR THIS TO HAPPEN TWICE ON A CAR THAT NOT EVEN FIVE YEARS OLD AND WITH LESS THAN 50,000 MILES ON IT IS ODD. I WONDERED IF OTHER CONSUMERS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEREFORE DECIDE TO CONTACT YOU IN CASE THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM SO THAT THERE MAY BE A RECALL. I WOULD HOPE THAT I AM THE ONLY ONE. I HAVE ALL MY REPAIR RECEITS IF THAT WILL AID IN THE INVESTIGATION, IF THERE IS ANY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *AK

4 MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED THIS CAR, I STARTED HAVING MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH IT. I'VE HAD TO PAY $830 FOR A HEAD GASKET AT 82,000 MILES, $318 FOR SUSPENSION + ALIGNMENT BECAUSE MY TIERODS BUSTED OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT 92,000 MILES. I STILL CANNOT GET THE FUEL INJECTION PROBLEM FIXED, BECAUSE I'M OUT OF MONEY. I HAD TAKEN THIS CAR IN TWICE FOR THE STALLING, ENGINE DYING, AND SHAKING PROBLEM, AND IT HAS NEVER BEEN FIXED (STARTED 4 MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR). *AK

VEHICLE HAD STARTED TO LEAK OIL ONTO THE ENGINE. TOOK TO MECHANIC & INFORMED VEHICLE NEEDED TO GO TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. MECHANIC AT DEALER'S INDICATED THE ENGINE CYLINDER HEAD WAS LEAKING OIL FROM THE GALLEY PLUG. IT CAUSED A LITTLE SMOKE TO APPEAR. VEHICLE NOT ON RECALL. *AK

ENGINE IS LEAKING OIL. CONSUMER HAS TO PUT TWO TO THREE QUARTS OF OIL INSIDE OF VEHICLE. *AK

CHRYSLER REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEGE THEIR FAULTY HEAD GASKET PROBLEM AND EXPECTS CONSUMER TO PAY FOR NEW ENGINE.*AK

EXCESSIVE ENGINE OIL LEAKAGE OCCURS FROM HEAD GASKET - HAD TO REPLACE WITH MLS GK. *AK

I AM ALSO TOLD THAT I HAVE A BAD HEAD GASKET AND I DONT KNOW IF THE RECALL FOR IT WAS DONE ON THE VEHICLE. HOW DO I CHECK TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT BEING LIED TO. THE RECALL I BELEIVE FOR AN OIL PLUG. *AK