Upon a slow turn to street, I heard a click and grind sound in steering wheel.. Airbag light and bell came on . Two days later, horn stopped working. Looked up online, and this seems to be widespread across the dodge line of vehicles. The symptoms fit exactly to what I found online to be a faulty clockspring in the airbag assembly. I watched someone disassemble a clockspring and found the (tape-type) wires had been bent backwards by the manufacturer before being bent the other way.( within two inches of the connection point of the tape wire) upon disassembly , he found the wires to be separated where the bend in the tape was.
2001 Dodge Stratus: grinding or squealing brakes
6 of the 186 complaints about the 2001 Dodge Stratus describe grinding or squealing brakes.
- owner complaints
- 6
- of this car's complaints
- 3%
- typical mileage
- 84,000
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Grinding or squealing brakes by model year
What owners say
Dodge stratus 2001: severe squeaking during suspension movement: the car was having problems with squeaking noises during movement. Then while driving my daughters and their friends to the skating rink, I heard a loud pop, then grinding noise coming from under the car while making a left turn into the parking lot. I checked to see what was wrong and the left rear tire was bent outward and almost detached from the car. I had it towed to the closest repair station and was told it was the ball and joint, and that both left and right ball and joints would have to be replaced at a cost of $1000. As a single parent I can not afford this. I would like to know about the national recall and if I am entitled to repair cost under the recall. Thank god we were not injured and that I was traveling less than 10 miles per hour during this failure.
Regarding our 2001 dodge stratus, lower control arm ball joint failure. Originally on october 25th of 2005 we had the left front control arm/ball joint assembly replaced because of severe squeaking during suspension movement. This was caused by lubrication failure. There is no way to re-lube this joint on this design. The assembly was replaced with the only available part at the time from dodge. For the past couple of weeks I had noticed that during abrupt braking the vehicle would pull strongly to the left, then recover when the brakes were released. I had scheduled for inspection appointment on 11/10/2009. Then on11/2/2009 the same exact ball joint failure occurred to the left side when my 16 year old son was driving the vehicle. I had read the federal safety agency campaign # 09e-056 regarding the qualis failure and wondered if it could be related somehow. Please advise.
2001 stratus se heard a grind after going over a bump on the way home from work. Looked under car and saw driver side strut mount was broken. Took to mechanic and was told both mounts are broken and needed repair. These parts are made of cheap aluminum which is horrible material for salt corrosion. Was told part was on national backorder 2-3 weeks. Not believing hem, I called dodge directly and was told basically told sorry, 1000 were shipped 7/3 but there was another 7,600 backorder!!! Now it will be end of july before I get parts. All they would do was get me a priority for if a dealer in oh gets some I can have them. (and a case number). Very disappointed in dodge making a suspension piece that sees heavy corrosion conditions out of aluminum pot metal and then has a month backorder. Seems like this is a major issue with this car. So I'm out of my main work vehicle for a month, borrowing the wife's van. What were we to do if my wife was working or if she needed van to get kids to school. Dodge wouldn't even work with me for a loaner. (because I wouldn't have it repaired at the dealership which was 2x the cost, a whole other story).
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 dodge stratus. While driving 65 MPH, the contact heard a faint grinding sound that gradually grew louder. A mechanic stated that the strut mounts on both sides of the vehicle totally disintegrated and the coil was grinding into the tires. The vehicle was repaired. The powertrain was unknown. The current mileage was 89,000 and failure mileage was 84,000. Updated 10/03/07
While drving, steering wheel makes a loud squeaking noise. Took vehicle to dealership, they said they fixed vehicle, but problem is still occurring. *ak
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2001 Dodge Stratus grinding brakes
Is grinding or squealing brakes a common problem on the 2001 Dodge Stratus?
6 of 186 owner complaints about the 2001 Dodge Stratus (3%) mention grinding or squealing brakes. The model year with the most reports is 2000.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2001 Dodge Stratus?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 2001 Dodge Stratus
Ball joint 20Engine failure 19Airbag light 18Knocking 14Stalling 12Adaptive cruise 11Steering noise 6Jerking 5
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