One problem related to ball joint has been reported for the 1999 Dodge Stratus. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
I was driving and hear a metal scraping noise from my front right side by the wheel when I turned left. Before I got home the noise got extremely loud and constant. I took the tire off when I got home and found the ball joint was broken and was out of position cause a rubbing inside my tire rim. It looked like the arm of the ball joint had been burned through causing it to break. There seems to be a recall on some 1999 Dodge Stratus' ball joints but when I entered my VIN# mine did not come up. They shouldn't just break from normal use. It was on the highway when it happened driving normally then the noise started and I felt kind of a pop and almost lost control of the car.