Five problems related to engine have been reported for the 2000 Dodge Stratus. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2000 Dodge Stratus based on all problems reported for the 2000 Stratus.
2000 Dodge Stratus engine fire. After parking the car in the driveway, I began to smell and see smoke coming from the engine of the car. Determining that it was on fire, I backed it out of the driveway (luckily the driveway was sloped) to get it a way from the house.
The contact owns a 2000 Dodge Stratus. While driving 2 mph, the contact heard a noise coming from the engine. She parked the vehicle and noticed flames coming from the engine. The vehicle was destroyed and towed to a mechanic. The mechanic stated that the engine backfired and was the cause of the fire. The current and failure mileages were 123,243.
I don't know what happened the car caught on fire when I cut the car off. Nothing was done to correct the problem. Before the incident I had the car check for problem the computers at shop stated it was the 02 sensor.
After driving my vehicle a short distance to the local store, I parked my vehicle and entered the store. Approximately. 15 minutes later the tag number of vehicle was announced over the intercom system, stating that the owner need to report to the parking lot immediately. I went to the parking lot to find that my vehicle was on fire under the hood. The fire department was called and was extinguishing the flames before I was able to get to my car. The fire department had broken the driver's door window to gain access to the hood release. The entire engine had appeared to be burned. The car was towed to rallye Dodge in ocala florida where it was determined by our insurance company that it was a total loss. Dominick, one of the mechanics at rallye Dodge said that there was no way of determining the cause of the fire and the car could be repaired at a cost of approx. $5000. Back on March 16, 2005, I had to replace the pcm at the same dealer at a cost of $999. 91. Now 7 months later I am out a $1000 computer and a $5000 car. What happens now? how and when will Chrysler be held accountable for the poor engineering of their vehicles?.
Complaint about engine/oil light system. The consumer was driving the vehicle when it died out with little to no warning. (the oil light had come on seconds before the incident) the consumer was informed the motor was gone. The consumer was shocked because there was no dark smoke, knocking, nor did the oil light come on. The consumer requested a payment for the engine repair cost.