2002 Dodge Stratus Recalls, Problems & Maintenance

“I OWN A DODGE STRATUS (2002) THAT HAS AN OIL SLUDGE PROBLEM. I HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT IT THINKING IT WAS A HEAD GASKET AND WAS TOLD THAT ONLY THE GASKET WOULD BE LIKE A BAND AID ON THE PROBLEM. HE TOLD ME THAT THE CHRYSLER 2.7L ENGINE IS HAVING "OIL SLUDGE" PROBLEMS AND THAT”

“2.7L ENGINE FAILURE. TENSIONER FOR PRIMARY TIMING CHAIN FAILED TO EXTEND. 2 O RINGS MISSING ON TENSIONER . OIL SLUDGE IN ENGINE. OIL PASSAGES ALMOST PLUGGED. *TR”

“THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE CAUSING BENT VALVES AND THE NEED TO REWORK THE TOP END OF THE ENGINE. IN DOING RESEARCH IT WAS FOUND OUT ABOUT THE ISSUES WITH THE 2.7L V6 AND THE FACT THAT THIS ISSUE LIKELY CAUSES CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE. *TR”

“2002 DODGE STRATUS REAR STRUT MOUNTS. THE TOP, REAR, STRUT MOUNTING PLATES ON THIS VEHICLE ARE MADE OF ALUMINUM OR SOME TYPE OF POT METAL AND THEY HAVE COMPLETELY CORRODED TO THE POINT OF THE STRUTS NOT BEING ATTACHED TO THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE. AS MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME FROM”

“REAR SHOCK UPPER MOUNT ATTACKED BY CORROSION, VEHICLE ONLY 4.5 YEARS OLD AND 60,500 MILES. UN-PAINTED POT METAL LIKE MATERIAL BROKE UP INTO MULTIPLE PIECES WITHOUT WARNING. ONE MINUTE VEHICLE DROVE FINE, HIT A TYPICAL PAVEMENT EXPANSION JOINT CAUSING A LIGHT CLUNK TO DEVELOP”

“REAR STRUT MOUNT PLATES DISINTEGRATED TURNED TO POWDER CREATING UNSAFE CONDITION WITH REAR SUSPENSION. REPLACED STRUT AND PLATES. HAVE PIECES WHAT IS LEFT OF IT. *JB”

“LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE (SEPARATION) ON RIGHT FRONT OF 2002 DODGE STRATUS, PULLING IN TO DRIVEWAY, UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. *AK”

“THE PROBLEM WAS A BROKEN UPPER REAR RIGHT BALL JOINT. WHILE DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT AT 5 MPH HEARD A NOISE , AND THE BACK END OF THE CAR SETTLED DOWN, UPON INSPECTION THE REAR RIGHT WHEEL WAS LEANING TOWARDS THE CAR. THE CAR WAS NOT DRIVABLE, AND HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED. IT HAS”

“THE CONTACT WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING LOT AT APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE FRONT CONTROL ARM LOWER BALL JOINT HAD FALLEN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP BUT THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED”

“THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 59,000 MILES ON MY 2002 DODGE STRATUS. THE VEHICLE STARTED TO MAKE A POPPING SOUND UNDER THE HOOD ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. THE SOUND WAS INTERMITTENT FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS. ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2005, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO MAKE A LOUD WHISTLING SOUND AND”

“ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON 9/15/04, TOOK IT TO DEALER ON 9/16/04 AND WAS INFORMED THE TRANSMISSION WAS BAD AND NEEDED REPLACED. MY CAR AT THE TIME OF FALIURE HAD 43,125 MILES ON AND THAT IS IT, THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING OR KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRANSMISSION GOING BAD, I HAVE HAD THE CAR”

“TRANSMISSION COOLER HOSES CRACKED CAUSING LEAK OF TRANSMISSION OIL. HOSES HAD TO BE REPLACED AT OWNER EXPENSE. OLD PART IS AVAILABLE. *JB”

“TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE STRATUS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V338000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO PERFORM THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF”

“TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE STRATUS. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V338000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO PROVIDE THE PART TO”

“WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH ON A WET SURFACE, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE HYDROPLANED. HE REAR ENDED THE PRECEDING VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A CONCUSSION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED”

“DRIVING 35 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CAUGHT IN FRONT OF THE CONSUMER. THIS CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO T-BONE THE VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT. THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR”

“WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION WITH A PARKED VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A CITATION WAS PRESENTED TO THE CONSUMER BY THE POLICE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE CONSUMER.*AK”

“THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND BEGAN MAKING A BEEPING NOISE. APPROXIMATELY 60 SECONDS LATER THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED IN THE DIRECTION OF THE WINDSHIELD. THE WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKED AS WELL AS DAMAGING THE DASH BOARD. THE”

“STARTED CAR, AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AND PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. BROKE WINDSHIELD ON PASSENGER SIDE OF VEHICLE. CHECKED TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY RECALLS NONE. WANT TO FILE COMPLAINT AGAINST CHRYSLER CORPORATION. *NM”

“CLOCK SPRING FAILURE...AIRBAG LITE IS ON IS THE 1ST SIGN OF THE PROBLEM. *AK”

“I HAVE TWO LARGE CRACKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN THE DASH OF MY VEHICLE. I DO NOT KNOW HOW THE CRACKS OCCURRED, THEY JUST APPEARED. BECAUSE OF THE CRACKS, I'M AFRAID THAT IN A CRASH THE DASH WILL FALL APART AND HARM THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THE VEHICLE. AT THIS POINT, NOTHING HAS BEEN”

“DASH COVER CRACKED AND BROKEN IN SEVERAL PLACES. RAISES AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT (SAFETY) AND AESTHETIC (RE-SALE) ISSUES. *NM”

“THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE TWO 3-INCH CRACKS, AND TWO 5-INCH CRACKS IN THE DASHBOARD. AS OF FEBRUARY 25, 2008, THE DEALER HAD NOT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND”