Consumer Complaints


Fail datemilesoccurencesPurchase date
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
12/24/200548306206/08/2004
 After having my transmission lines repaired due to a leak i decided to take my car out on a test drive on the highway. well coming into town i began to slow down from 65 mph to 55 mph when all of a sudden my car began to accelerate rapidly. the brakes would not slow it down. the check engine light came on. fearing for my life i began to gently pull the emergency break which slowed me down to about 20 mph in which i took a turn into a parking lot. when i finally got the car stopped it jerked forward and the engine revved up to approx 600,000 rpms. it stayed like that (parked at home) until several days later when the dealership was finally able to check into it and here is what they claim. somehow between the time they had it and the few hours that i had driven it since i had it back, they claim that i broke the cover to the idle air temp sensor and that it became lodged in the automatic idle speed motor and would not allow the car to idle down. now what concerns me is exactly how can i break that cover? i am never under the hood of the car unless i check fluids. the cover to that thing is extremely thick. i believe that the mechanic busted it when he was working on the transmission but they refuse to admit guilt. also i have heard a crunching sound coming from the rear end in the cold weather. they informed me that the rear control arm bushings are dried and cracked and will need to be replaced. this car is not even 3 years old. why am i having so many problems with this and putting more money into it then it's worth? it's not fair. and yes i keep up with regular maintenance on it. i have a 4 year old that rides in the car regularly with me. she could of been hurt or killed. *jb
10/13/2005587502
 I have had two {2} recent events, where the car keeps trying to go forward while attempting to park the auto. first occurrence was about 8 months ago and caused severe damage to the auto. last night 10/13/05 it happened again without any damage. *jb
05/14/200521500309/13/2003
 Dt: car inadvertently begins to speed up. generally it occurs 20 mph and slower, even when stopping. car is very hard to slow down or stop. no warning. car is regularly serviced, and records are available. dealer reports they can not determine cause of unintended acceleration.*ak there were three attempts to determine cause without any success. *tt
02/06/2005386711
 I turned on my car and the engine accelerated to 3,500 rpm. the gas pedal is not engaged and the engine will not slow down. *jb
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL - CRUISE CONTROL
11/22/2005390003
 Turned into a parking spotand heard something pop in steering wheel area. now the air bag light is staying on, horn does not work and cruise control not working.i have not repaired the problem at this time.*ak
03/06/2004502/10/2003
 I bought my dodge stratus in feb. of 2004, it is a 2003. since then it has been in the shop 5 times due to the motor in the window going out, the air conditioning going out, the cruise control went out, the cd player is not functioning correctly and now the safety feature (air bag system) is failing as well. i have owned other cars in the past with higher miles than this vehicle and i never had the problems that i am having with this one. i am upset with this vehicle. i feel that buying a newer car with low miles should leave the buyer feeling happy and safe with their decision. however, i am neither happy with this vehicle and i do not feel safe in this vehicle knowing now that there is something wrong with my air bag system. the service department has fixed most of the problems so far (they are unable to get the air bag system looked for a few days...so much for safety matters!). i am extremely unhappy with this vehicle and with the chrysler (dodge) company.*jb