Three problems related to cruise control have been reported for the 1996 Dodge Stratus. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Cruise control locked up. Was not able to disengage cruise control. Dealer stated cruise control cable was inoperative.
I had my cruise control on while coming home last night around 8:00 pm. When I applied my breaks when I entered a town my car accelerator was stuck. I turned off my cruise control and I it was still stuck. I took the country route home. When I pulled into my drive and put the car in park it max out the rpm and I quickly turned off the engine. I did notice that Dodge has a bulletin about the speed sensor loss of cruise control (4/99) does that means I have to pray for my life. I forgot to mention that I was being a semi when this happened and he was stopping for a red light and I was not. Thank god I had enough common sense on what to do.
While driving 60 mph with cruise controlon vehicle accelerated. Consumer tried to turn cruise control off, but would not turn off. Consumer applied brakes hard. Finally was able to slow vehicle down. Took out of gear, and engine was revving, shifted back and forth from drive to neutral to disengage cruise control, and was able to stop vehicle.