Dodge Stratus owners have reported 3 problems related to rear suspension springs (under the suspension category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Dodge Stratus based on all problems reported for the Stratus.
I was driving to work on 4-30-2010 in my 2002 Dodge Stratus ES sedan. I heard a strange metallic clunk from the rear of the car. Once I got to work I checked around the rear wheels and found that the driver/rear spring mount plate was totally corroded and a chunk was missing which caused the spring to slip (noise I heard). The other pass/rear side is just as bad. The aluminum mounts are totally corroded and flaking apart. I live in northern illinois so corrosion is a usual thing, but for parts to just flake away in chunks? this seems overtly dangerous and an engineering oversight. I need to get this fixed right away or who knows how the springs will fail and cause me to lose control.
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2004 Dodge Stratus rear upper strut mounts breaking from corrosion. I have pictures and the parts that I can send.
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While driving about a year ago passenger rear strut broke. Upon inspection I noticed the top strut clamp of the spring corroded, causing the spring and strut to fall out of place and rub against the tire. Had to replace tire and strut. Approximately $500. 00 for both. 6 months later the driver side strut did the exactly the same thing. The clamp corroded and has fell apart, causing the spring to rub against thewheel once again. This was due to an aluminum alloy/metal corroding. Manufacturer should know that aluminum corrodes extremly bad when it come in contact with weather.
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