2002 DODGE STRATUS COUPE Problems & Recalls

CRACKS IN THE DASHBOARD. CAR DOESN'T SIT IN MUCH DIRECT SUNLIGHT. APPEARED OUT OF NOWHERE. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY ISSUES REGARDING AIRBAGS. ALSO NOT AESTHETICALLY PLEASING ON OTHERWISE NICE INTERIOR. I DO NOT TAKE THIS VEHICLE ON BUMPY ROADS.

Mileage: 146,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 DODGE STRATUS COUPE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V338000 (AIR BAGS) AND STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD B...

SPEAKER IN THE BACK CARGO AREA STARTED SMOKING AND CAUGHT FIRE AND STEREO SHORTED OUT. *TR

Mileage: 126,537

PLASTIC COVER OVER DRIVER DOOR THAT CONTROLS THE WINDOWS CRACKED AND BROKE OFF CAUSING THE BUTTONS TO DROP INSIDE THE DOOR CAVITY. WENT TO DEALER TO GET REPLACEMENT PART, TOLD I HAD TO ORDER ENTIRE DOOR COVER AS REPLACEMENT FOR APPROX $800. NOW THE DRIVER DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE AND LATCH SHUT. ATT...

Mileage: 198,668

PLASTIC COVER OVER DRIVER DOOR THAT CONTROLS THE WINDOWS CRACKED AND BROKE OFF CAUSING THE BUTTONS TO DROP INSIDE THE DOOR CAVITY. WENT TO DEALER TO GET REPLACEMENT PART, TOLD I HAD TO ORDER ENTIRE DOOR COVER AS REPLACEMENT FOR APPROX $800. NOW THE DRIVER DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE AND LATCH SHUT. ATT...

Mileage: 198,668

I PURCHASED A 2002 DODGE STRATUS R/T. THE MAIN PROBLEM THAT I AM EXPERIENCING IS: STRONG (DANGEROUS) GAS FUMES ARE ENTERING THE CABIN. IT'S BEEN GOING ON SINCE FEB 2009. I CAN SMELL THE FUMES ALMOST ALL OF THE TIME WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. THE SMELL IS STRONG OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE EVEN WHILE IT ...

Mileage: 89,000

MY STEERING ALL OF A SUDDEN GOT LOCKED TO THE LEFT AND I ALMOST RAN INTO AND OTHER CAR. I WENT TO A REPAIR PLACE AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS MY RACK AND PINION. I JUST GOT BACK FROM A TRIP AND HAD NO PROBLEMS THANK GOD BUT TO GO OUT ALL OF A SUDDEN. IT SCARED ME PRETTY BAD I PARKED THE CAR IT IS TO DANG...

Mileage: 68,200

I HAVE 2 LARGE CRACKS IN MY DASH, MY CAR IS WELL TAKEN CARE OF AND DOES NOT SIT IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT, ONE CRACK APPEARED OVER A YEAR AGO, I WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN A LOUD CRACKING NOISE, NOW AGAIN THE SAME THING ONLY THE NEWEST CRACK IS MUCH LARGER AND STILL GETTING BIGGER I ALSO HEAR OTHER CR...

Mileage: 57,000

I HAVE 2 LARGE CRACKS IN MY DASH, MY CAR IS WELL TAKEN CARE OF AND DOES NOT SIT IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT, ONE CRACK APPEARED OVER A YEAR AGO, I WAS DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN A LOUD CRACKING NOISE, NOW AGAIN THE SAME THING ONLY THE NEWEST CRACK IS MUCH LARGER AND STILL GETTING BIGGER I ALSO HEAR OTHER CR...

Mileage: 57,000

DASHBOARD CONTINUES TO CRACK IN SEVERAL PLACES. THIS RAISES SAFETY CONCERNS IN TERMS OF FRONTAL IMPACT AND AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. VEHICLE WAS NEVER IN A CRASH THAT WOULD CAUSE CRACKS. *JB

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 DONE TO CORRECT TH...

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

Mileage: 52,000

MY 2002 DODGE STRATUS COUPE HAS FAULTY STARTS. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES, I HAVE HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERS TWICE BEFORE. THERE WAS ONE OCCASION WHEN IT DIDN'T START, THEN HOURS LATER ALL OF A SUDDEN IT DID. THE FIRST TIME I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERS, THEY SAID IT WAS A PROBLE...

Mileage: 13,000

MY 2002 DODGE STRATUS COUPE HAS FAULTY STARTS. THIS PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES, I HAVE HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERS TWICE BEFORE. THERE WAS ONE OCCASION WHEN IT DIDN'T START, THEN HOURS LATER ALL OF A SUDDEN IT DID. THE FIRST TIME I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERS, THEY SAID IT WAS A PROBLE...

Mileage: 13,000

SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. CAR WAS RUNNING AT EXTREMELY HIGH RPMS AT TIMES. GAS MILEAGE WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN IN THE PAST. DODGE STATED ORIGINALLY THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE SPARK PLUGS. REPLACED ALL SPARK PLUGS. LIGHT CAME BACK ON TWO WEEKS LATER. THEY THEN STATED IT WAS...

Mileage: 22,000

2002 STRATUS MAKES LOUD NOISE WHEN TURNING VEHICLE AND GOING ACROSS ROAD BUMPS AT SAME TIME. OUR DRIVE HAS A 6 IN SLOPED CURB THAT WHEN PULLING OUT OF, OR PULLING INTO, IS A CONSTANT SOURCE OF THIS NOISE. DEALER SERVICE TECH WENT ON TEST RIDE WITH ME HEARD THE NOISE AND COULD NOT FIND SOURCE. HE WAN...

Mileage: 100