1999 DODGE STRATUS Engine And Engine Coolingenginegasoline Problems

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IF I REPORTED THIS BEFORE I APOLOGIZE. CAR OVERHEATED ON 10-14-02. PULLED ASIDE LET COOL DOWN. DROVE HOME CHECKED UNDER HOOD. COOLANT IN RESERVOIR, OIL IN ENGINE. STARTED CAR THE NEXT DAY, NO HEAT FROM HEATER, TEMPERATURE GAUGE DID NOT MOVE OFF OF COLD. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, CAR DECELERATED AND OIL PRESSURE LIGHT WENT ON. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD, CALLED FOR TOW. CAR TOWED TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP. COMPRESSION TEST DONE, THEY SAID BLOWN HEAD GASKET. TWO DAYS LATER, CAR TOWED TO SELLING DEALERSHIP, AUTHORIZED TEAR DOWN OF ENGINE. THEY STATE CAR OVERHEATED, SEVERELY DAMAGED ENGINE TO POINT WHERE SOME COMPONENT WAS CRYSTALIZING. THEY SAID NOTHING ABOUT A BLOWN HEAD GASKET. DEALER REFUSES TO HELP. DAIMLER CHRYSLER REFUSES TO ASSIST AND WILL NOT EVEN LOOK AT THE CAR. HAVE MADE CALLS TO CHRSYLER CORPORATION CUSTOMER SERVICE AND FILED COMPLAINT, WROTE A LETTER TO CHRYSLER. THEN SENT A FAX TO CHRYSLER ONLY...

CAR WAS SERVICED ON 09/07/02. ON 10/14/02, LOOKED UP TO SEE TEMPERATURE GAUGE IN THE "H" RUNNING HOT. NO WARNING, NO DASHBOARD LIGHT WARNING. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD, CAR COOLED OFF DROVE HOME. POPPED HOOD, COOLANT IN RESERVOIR AND CHECKED OIL, OIL IN ENGINE. NEXT DAY, 10/15/02, STARTED CAR, STARTED FINE. NOTICED THE TEMP GAUGE WAS NOT MOVING OFF THE "C" FOR COLD, NO HEAT COMING FROM THE HEATER STARTED OFF TO WORK. WAS DOING ABOUT 68, WHEN CAR IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO DECELERATE AND IMMEDIATELY THE LITTLE "RED GENIE LOOKING OIL LAMP LIGHT" WENT ON. IMMEDIATELY PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD AS CAR WAS OBVIOUSLY LOOSING POWER. CALLED FOR TOW TRUCK. CAR WAS TOWED NOT TO THE SELLING DEALERSHIP BECAUSE OF ON-GOING SERVICE PROBLEMS, BUT TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP. I AUTHORIZED THEM TO CHECK THE ENGINE. THEY DID A COMPRESSION TEST AND TOLD ME "BLOWN HEAD GASKET." BUT THEY COULD...

AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO STOP OIL LEAKING FROM MY CAR, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE CAR NEEDED THE HEAD GASKET REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURE STATES THIS PART IS OUT OF WARRANTY. I HAVE SEEN WHERE SEVERAL PEOPLE OF COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS VERY PROBLEM AND I AM WONDERING WHAT RECOURSE I HAVE TO GET MY MONEY REFUNDED. I HAVE SPENT $700.00 IN REPAIRS. DT

ROUTINE OIL CHANGE NOTED A SEVERE LEAK THAT THEY SUSPECTED WAS THE INFAMOUS "HEAD GASKET LEAK" THAT THE STRATUS ARE FAMOUS FOR. TOOK TO DEALER WHO AGREED AND REPAIRED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY. MR

CRACKED HEAD GASKET AS OF 09/04/2002 PROBLEM WAS NOT DIAGNOSED UNTIL 10/08/2002. MR

THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE THE IGNITION WAS TURNED OFF. *YH

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

ENGINE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED. DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE FOR THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

HAD CAM SENSOR FIXED ON 4/2/2001, CAR BEGAN TO MAKE A LOUD NOISE AND SPUTTER, THEN WOULD SLOW DOWN. CAR FINALLY STOPPED AND STALLED AND WON'T RESTART.*AK

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VEHICLE STALLS AT LOW SPEED OF 40 MPH & UP TO HIGH SPEED OF 70 MPH. ALSO, STALLS WHILE TURNING AND COMING TO A STOP POSITION. BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON THREE OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM IS REOCCURRING. *AK