1995 Dodge Stratus: sudden loss of power

Filed Jan 13, 2006 · Engine · OH · fire

1995 dodge stratus caught on fire. *ts the consumer was driving, when all of a sudden the vehicle lost power. The consumer pulled onto the shoulder, exited the vehicle and saw smoke. A few minutes later the vehicle was engulfed in flames.

Filed Oct 12, 2001 · Engine · IL

I was driving my car in town at approx. 30 MPH when I started losing power and saw white smoke coming out of my exhaust. I knew from an experience my father had with his car, that it was the head gasket. I immediately pulled the car over and had it towed to my local dodge dealer. Keep in mind that at this point the car was running with no other problems other than the loss of power and the smoke.upon hearing from the dealer, I was shocked when he told me the engine was blown and that they would have to replace the motor. I couldnt possibly afford the $3000 or $4000 estimate they gave me, so I told them to leave it alone and would have it towed out of their lot. When I met the independent mechanic with the tow truck on their lot, I noticed that my car had been driven on the other side of their lot.when I told the independent mechanic about what it was doing when I gave control of my car to the dealer, he told me that there is no way the motor was blown. They were just trying to get some money out of me. He then told me to start the car and let him see what it was doing. When it started it was making a lot of noise. Noise it was not making when I shut the motor off. We could only come to the conclusion after seeing were the car was parked that the dealer mechanics had driven it against my instructions and caused the motor to blow. So instead of what would have been a replaced head gasket, turned into a motor replacement. After contacting cryster customer service, they refused to make any attempt to pay for any damages I had incurred. Even after admitting what I had heard from many mechanics, that the 95 2.0l motor had this known problem.

Filed Mar 14, 2000 · Electrical · NC

Took car to dealership several times because of vehicle being hard to start, or stalling for no reason. No problems were found. No attempt was made to discover the problem. Car would stall after being driven on hot day, stall while trying to make a turn, stall when stopped for light,etc., sometimes it would be hard to start. Had to place my foot on the accelorator and quickly shift into reverse to get the car going. Finally, after warranty expired, vehicle lost power while driving at about 30 MPH and while engine had been sitting all day. The car could not be started. The dealership replaced the distributor at a cost of $900.00 to me. Dealership no help. Told that the car was too far out of the warranty eventhough I had reported similar problems during the warranty period. Have had many other problems with this car as well. Too many to list. Almost all component are involved at some point. Could the federal safety agency do anything. There seems to be a widespread problem. Other car owners are having the same difficulty. I'm sure that eventually the cause of their cars stalling will end up being the distributor as well.

Filed Jan 6, 2000 · Brakes · KY

In october of 99' our car stopped running when brakes applied on i75 during a construction zone. It then stopped running 5 more times that day (10/02/99). We took the vehicle in to find the problem. But we informed that nothing showed on the diginostics. This has been a repeated problem for 4 months. 2 of those months our car sat at freedom dodge of lexington with people telling us the could not get it to duplicate. I have paid for parts that need not be replaced, because I would get the car back and once again I would get about 2 miles from where I picked it up, and it would stop running on me. This happens when I hit the brakes. I lose power steering and power brakes.

Filed Aug 9, 1999 · Electrical · MA

Vehicle experiencing sudden loss of power while driving. Nlm

Filed Dec 10, 1998 · Electrical, Steering · VA

Because of a bad control module the vehicle downshifted into second while traveling at 70 MPH. On the highway this caused engine to jerk, and the RPM go revving. Also caused loss power steering. Dealer has been contacted.

Filed May 14, 1998 · Engine · MA

Defect in head gasket caused the oil to leak out, resulting in leakage onto engine/loss of power. Dealer claims part is on national backorder.

Filed Mar 25, 1998 · Engine · MA

Engine head gasket lekas oil, spills oil all over back of engine/power steering and air pump belt, causing loss of power and steering slippage.

Filed Dec 9, 1997 · Engine · CA

While driving vehicle & when consumer was at an intersection at a green light waiting for the traffic to pass so he could make a turn, but was impossible for him because the vehicle lost power, leaving consumer with a stalled vehicle in the middle of the road. The consumer had taken the vehicle to dealer couple 0f times and manufacturer contacted. The consumer would like to add this problem does not happen at all times, just sometimes. *ak