Owner-reported complaints naming the driver-assistance system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Dodge Stratus submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
INTERMITTENTLY WHEN APPLYING BRAKES OR WHILE AT A STOP VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND DIE WITHOUT WARNING. *AK CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE JERKS WHILE DRIVING, WHICH CAUSES DOORS TO LOCK AND CRUISE CONTROL GOES OFF, ENGINE REVS HIGHER THAN NORMAL WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP AND WHILE DRIVING FORCING CONSUMER TO KEEP HER FOOT ON THE BRAKE TO KEEP FROM GOING TO FAST. *JB
CAR CUTS OFF WHEN I SLOW DOWN TO TURN, YEILD, STOP, BACKUP. *AK
BLOWN HEAD GASKET......OCCURRENCE WAS SHORTLY AFTER SERVICE DEPT. AT BRIAN BEMIS LEFT A SMALL PIECE OF HOSE IN THE THROTTLE AND STUCK THE THROTTLE OPEN, THE OIL LEAK STARTED SHORTLY AFTER. BRIAN BEMIS' SERVICE SAID THE OIL LEAK WAS CAUSED BY A BLOWN HEAD GASKET, W/ A QUOTE OF 750.00 TO REPAIR. THE QUOTE WAS GIVEN TO US IN JAN. OF 2000. CAR LEAKS APPROX. 2-4 QUARTS/DAY. HEAD GASKET NOT FIXED DUE TO COST, HUSBAND IS FULL TIME STUDENT, MOTHER AT HOME W/ KIDS, CAN'T AFFORD REPAIR. PLEASE HELP.
I HAD MORE TO REPORT, BUT I RAN OUT OF SPACE, CATALYTIC CONVERTER, ENGINE STARTER, AND EGR VALAVE HAS ALSO BEEN REPLACE. THIS CAR HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE. ALMOST FORGOT, THE AIR CONDITIONING HAD TO BE REPLACE AGAIN AT 51,000 MILLES/
ACCELERATOR PEDAL STUCK. PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL WHICH DID NOT STOP VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAD TO BE PUT IN PARK IN ORDER TO GAIN CONTROL. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
RADIO STATIC.
THE CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT DISENGAGE WHEN DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKE PEDAL. THE SPEED INCREASED FROM 60-90 MPH. DRIVER HAD TO HIT THE OFF BUTTON ON THE STEERING COLUMN TO DISENGAGE SYSTEM. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN CORRECTED. *AK
ENGINE BACK FIRES, CAUSING SUDDEN ACCELERATION.
AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, TURNED THE IGINITION AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED IN REVERSE, RESULTING IN ACCIDENT. *AK
WITH CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED/4-5 PEOPLE IN VEHICLE/TRAVELLING UPHILL, TRANSMISSION DROPS GEARS, CAUSING SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *DSH
A LOSS OF SPEED CAR BACKFIRES NO REPONSE WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR. *AK
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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