1996 DODGE STRATUS Engine And Engine Coolingenginegasoline Problems

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE INTO REPAIR SHOP FOR OIL LEAK, AND FOUND OUT FROM MECHANIC THAT VEHICLE WAS RECALLED. HOWEVER, CHRYSLER CONFIRMED THAT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS NOT AFFECTED BY RECALL 96V006000/ ENGINE DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH IT HAD THE SAME DEFECTIVE PART. *AK

THE VEHICLE HAS A HISTORY OF STALLING WHILE DRIVING, AND MORE FREQUENTLY OF NOT STARTING ON OCCASION REGARDLESS AS TO WHETHER IT SAT OVERNIGHT OR ONLY A FEW MINUTES. THREE VISITS TO EITHER JAY CHEVROLET OR AL SERRA DODGE, HAS RESULTED IN ONLY THE TIMING CHAIN BEING FIXED. HOWEVER THIS SOLVED ONLY THE ORIGINAL STALL, BUT HAS NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM COMPLETELY, AND NO OTHER SOLUTION HAS BEEN OFFERED. ON SECOND TRIP TO DEALER, THE CAR WOULD NOT START WHILE ON THE TOW TRUCK, BUT DID START LATER WHEN SERVICE TRIED IT. THEY JUST KEPT SENDING THE CAR BACK WITH NO SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. I HAVE TWO CHILDREN DRIVING THIS CAR, AND DO NOT APPRECIATE THEM BEING STRANDED. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUTION FOR MY CHILDREN TO BE IN AND NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING AT 35MPH AND HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE. PULLED OVER, CHECKED OIL, NOTHING SHOWED ON THE DIP STICK, AND IT WAS ONLY ENOUGH FOR THE OIL FILTER. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHO INDICATED THAT CONSUMER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CHARGES. CONSUMER PICKED IT UP THE NEXT DAY. DEALER TOLD HER THERE WAS A KNOCKING IN THE VEHICLE. HAD TO REPLACE HEAD GASKETS, AND PUT NEW MOTOR IN. MANUFACTURER AGREED TO GO HALF & HALF ON MOTOR. *ML

HUGE PROBLEM WITH THIS, CAR DIES IN MIDDLE OF BUSY ROAD DUE TO THIS DEFECT. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 65 MPH CAR STARTED JERKING, AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. THEN IT LOCKED UP, AND CONSUMER HAD TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. CONSUMER HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED TO A MECHANIC, MECHANIC SAID CONSUMER NEEDED A NEW ENGINE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT VEHICLE HAD A MINOR OIL LEAK WHEN SHE PURCHASED VEHICLE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER SEARCHED FOR A PLACE TO TO FIND AN ENGINE. SHE FOUND AN ENGINE, AND IT HAD THE SAME DEFECT, AN OIL LEAK. *AK

I TOOK MY CAR INTO THE DEALER AFTER IMMEDIATELY FINDING OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. I AM FINANCING THIS CAR AND HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. THEY STATED THAT IT IS COVERED, BUT THAT THEY WON'T FIX IT DO TO ME NOT KEEPING OIL IN THE CAR. I HAVE HAD REGULAR MAINTENANCE/OIL CHANGES ON THIS CAR AND THIS IS A CROCK OF S---. I HAVE BEEN ON THE WEB AND FIND THAT THIS IS A COMMON DEFECT WITH DODGE NEONS AND STRATUSES. MY MECHANIC HAS EVEN OFFERED TO VOUCH FOR THIS PROBLEM. I REFUSE TO PAY FOR DAMAGES INCURRED BY FAULTY CONSTRUCTION OF THE CAR BY THE CHRYSLER COMPANY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS A *COVERED* PART. I WILL NEVER AGAIN BUY A DODGE CAR. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKE PADS/ ROTORS TWICE AND SEEM TO CONTINUOUSLY NEED "BELTS AND TUNE UPS". I AM THOROUGHLY UPSET THAT MY FIRST CAR...

VEHICLE LEAKED APPROXIMATELY 1 QUART PER 1,000 MILES FROM DEFECTIVE HEAD GASKET. REPAIR SHOP INDICATED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN COMMON PROBLEM WITH BOTH THE 2.0 AND 2.4L ENGINES, BUT CHRYLSER CORPORATION HAS REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND ISSUE RECALL. *AK

ENGINE HAS SEVERE OIL LEAK FROM HEAD GASKET, POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD. *AK

CONSUMER HAD PROBLEMS GETTING RECALL REPAIR FOR ENGINE OIL GALLEY PLUGS AND MASTER CYLINDER PRIM. PISTON IN A TIMELY MANNER. YH

CONSUMER HAD PROBLEMS GETTING RECALL REPAIR FOR ENGINE OIL GALLEY PLUGS AND MASTER CYLINDER PRIM. PISTON IN A TIMELY MANNER. YH

CONSUMER HAD PROBLEMS GETTING RECALL REPAIR FOR ENGINE OIL GALLEY PLUGS AND MASTER CYLINDER PRIM. PISTON IN A TIMELY MANNER. YH

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

I AM VERY UNSATISFIED WITH THE DODGE STRATUS. I THINK IT IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS THAT I HAVE TO PAY $610 OUT OF MY POCKET FOR A PART THAT THE CHRYSLER MECHANICS THEMSELVES ADMIT TO BE A COMMON FAILURE. I THINK CHRYSLER SHOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT A LITTLE MORE AND REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE GASKET WHICH SEEMS TO BE DEFECTIVE ON ALL THE STRATUS AND NEON'S OF PEOPLE WHOM I KNOW.

ENGINE SUDDENLY LEAKS OIL AFTER DRIVING ONLY 5 MILES ON HIGHWAY...STRONG ODOR OF OIL FROM ENGINE...HAD TO REPLACE ONE AND ONE HALF QUARTS...GARAGE MECHANIC WARNED OF POSSIBLE ENGINE FIRE IF NOT FIXED...REPORTED TO MANUFACTURER, CITING NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 96V006000 FOR REFERENCE AS IT DESCRIBES THE PROBLEM EXACTLY. WAS INFORMED THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT A PART OF ANY RECALL BY THAT NUMBER....HAVE PULLED MANY CUSTOMER COMPLAINT REPORTS ABOUT VEHICLE WHICH CITE THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM I AM HAVING.....CANNOT DRIVE THE CAR AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS...

HEAD GASKET FAILURE CAUSING OIL LEAK

THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AT CERRITOS DODGE, 18827 STUDEBAKER ROAD, CERRITOS, CALIFORNIA 90703, PHONE 562-402-5335, SERVICE 562-924-8275. I WAS INFORMED THAT MY ENGINE HEAD GASKET WAS "BLOWN" AND LEAKING "BADLY" OVER THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WHICH IS A FIRE HAZARD IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE DESIGNED IN HAED GASKET FROM DODGE WAS INAPPROPRIATE FOR THE APPLICATION, AND THAT THE REPLACEMENT GASKET WAS APPROPRIATELLY THICKER WITH METAL LINING AS SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE IN THE FIRST PLACE. I FEEL THAT SINCE THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW AND FIRE HAZARD, THE 1996 DODGE STRATUS WITH THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE RECALLED BY THE MANUFACTURER. THE ESTIMATED COST FOR PART REPLACEMENT AND ADDITIONAL SERVICE NEEDED AFTER THIS PROCEDURE IS ESTIMATED TO BE $750 TO $1000.

I HAVE TO REPLACE IT AGAIN. THE CAR HAS ALWAYS SEEMED TO HAVE SOME FORM OF OIL LEAK SINCE PURCHASING OR IT HAS ALWAYS CONSUMED THE OIL. I HAD TO PAY THE ENTIRE COST THE FIRST TIME FOR THE REPAIRS AND WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF THE COMPANY WOULD TAKE CARE OF SOME IF NOT ALL OF THE COSTS THIS TIME. IF THEY DO NOT IT WILL BE THE LAST TIME I OWN A DODGE OR CHRSLER VEHICLE. I AM A VERY DISSATISFIED CUSTOMER . APRIL D. HOTT

I HAD THE HEAD GASKET REPLACED THE FIRST TIME NOT EVEN 20.000 MILES LATER I AM GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE IT AGAIN. I WOULD APPRECIATE THE CHRYSLER/DODGE CORP. HELPING TO PAY SOME IF NOT ALL OF THE COSTS THIS TIME. IF THEY DO NOT I WILL NOT EVER OWN ANOTHER DODGE OR CHRYSLER PRODUCT AGAIN. I AM VERY DISSATISFIED AT THIS TIME. A HAED GASKET SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE REPLACED EVERY 20,000 MILES OR SO. PLEASE RESPOND A.S.A.P,. APRIL D. HOTT

AIR CONDITIONER/ BRAKES AND ENGINE ARE NOT WORKING. CONSUMER WII LATER DESCRIBE THE PROBLEMS AND DEFECTS OF VEHICLE. *AK

CAR HAS BEEN SERVICED 4 TIMES FOR SAME FAILURE.

OIL LEAK ON ENGINE HAS BEEN CONTINOUS SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR.

ENGING LIGHT &AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON WHEN THE GAUGAES STO WORKING THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IT HAS HAPPEN THE DEALER STATED THERE WAINTING ON A PHONE CALL FROM TE CRYSTLER COPERATION TO BE ABLE TO FIX PROBLEM THIS WIRING DEFECT IS A MAJOR PROBLEM MIGHT NEED TO BE CHECKED INTO FOR RECALLS INSTRUMENT PANEL GOES OUT FUEL SPEEDOMETER WATER GAUGES ALL STOP WORKING THEN THEY WILL COME BACK ON WORK FOR A MINUTE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ALONG WITH AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT MADE A LOUD NOISE . ALSO, BRAKES GAVE IN AND ENGINE BLEW UP. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOTALED. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILURE RESULTING IN LEAKAGE DUE TO POSSIBLE RECALL RELATED FAILURE (96V-006). MJS

NO SUMMARY LISTERD FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

OIL HAS LEAKED SINCE FEB '99. IT CANNOT BE FOUND WHERE OIL LEAKAGE IS COMING FROM. ALSO MANIFOLD GASKET IS NOT FUNCTIONING-LOUD NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE FROM SPEED OF 5MPH OR MORE. MANIFOLD GASKET NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

EXCESSIVE OIL LEAK;-TOOK TO DEALER. NEEDED HEAD GASKET REPLACED. STILL LEAKING OIL WHEN I PICKED IT UP. TOOK BACK TO DEALER. REAR MAIN SEAL LEAKING OIL. MANY OTHERS WITH SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE MAKE CHRYSLER RECALL THESE ITEM.

RACK & PINION REPLACED ONCE, POWER STEERING NOT WORKING WHEN COLD. ALSO, OIL LEAKING FROM ENGINE

NO SUMMARY

ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND THEN THREW A ROD. UPON VEHICLE INSPECTION FOUND A HOLE IN ENGINE BLOCK THE SIZE OF A BASKETBALL.

NO SUMMARY FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED AN OIL LEAK WHICH MAY CAUSE A FIRE IF A SOURCE OF IGNITION. CAUSE UNKNOWN. HAS NOT BEEN TO DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

ENGINE IS LEAKING OIL. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

INCREASING ENGINE OIL LEAKAGE EVIDENT FROM BETWEEN THE ENGINE TO TRANSMISSION JUNCTION BUT DOES NOT APPEAR TO ORIGINATE FROM THE HEAD ASSEMBLY (I.E. VALVE COVER), POSSIBLY THE MAIN BEARING OR ?OIL GALLEY PLUG?

NO SUMMARY PROVIDED BY CONSUMER

ENGINE CONTINUALLY LEAKING OIL, REPLACEMENT OF THE FAULTY HEAD GASKET DID NOT REMEDY LEAKS.

DEFECTIVE OIL GALLEY PLUG WHICH IS LOCATED AROUND CYLINDER HEAD IS CAUSING EXCESSIVE OIL LEAKAGE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED*AK

WHILE PARKED IN GARAGE THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. INSURANCE COMPANY THINKS ITS DUE TO A RECALL. *AK

ENGINE FIRE.

ENGINE STALLED.

VEHICLE HAS HAD MULTIPLE ENGINE SHUT DOWN WHILE DURING TRAVEL OR FAILURES TO START.

VEHICLE FIRE.

VEHICLE FIRE.

UPON STARTUP HAD TO PUMP GAS TO START VEHICLE, VEHICLE IS FUEL INJECTED. *AK

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE DUE TO OIL LEAK.

THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING BECAUSE THE WORK WAS NOT PERFORMED UNDER THE RECALL AFTER THREE TIMES OF TAKING IT IN TO BE REPAIRED. PLEASE DESCRIBE IN DETAIL. *AK

VIRGINIA BEACH DODGE 96V006. UPON COMPLETION OF RECALL PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. THIS DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK