2001 Dodge Stratus Coupe problems
Owners have filed 39 complaints with NHTSA about the 2001 Dodge Stratus Coupe. Body & structure is the most reported problem area, at 31% of complaints. Next are engine (15%) and transmission (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 39 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Body & structure 31% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 5 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 47,000 miles 28 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 5 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 5 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 7 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 6 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 28 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 47,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 5 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 5 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 90% of model years in our database.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
2001 dodge stratus was hit on passenger side by a jeep cherokee traveling at approximately 40 MPH. The door setup in the stratus was not at all effective. Not only did the door provide absolutely no protection to a passenger had there been one, but the entire door was forced into the inside of the vehicle. The intruding door struck and injured the driver in the car. Whether or not there was anything wrong with the structural design in the door, it should have been secured to the outside of the vehicle.
I bought my 2001 stratus r/t used. Not even a year after I had bought it, I had to pay over $100 to get it to idle right. Then I was in a not-at-fault accident 6 mos. Later with over $8,000 in damages to the front end and the air bags didn't deploy. After the wreck I had to pay over $ 1,300 to get the shocks & struts fixed just to have it mess up not even 4 mos. Later. It also as a rotten odor coming from it occasionally. I also paid almost $200 for a new battery to have it start to drain not even 6-7 mos. Later!
The dashboard of my 2001 dodge stratus r/t has become severly cracked. I first noticed a small crack last year shortly after I purchased the vehicle. A few months later I noticed that the crack had become even larger and that another crack was forming. Then during the winter months I noticed a third crack near the defroster vent! I contacted the dealership that I purchased the car from and explained the problem to them.
First off, I bought this car from my sister...the ball joint broke on me within a month...probably not her fault. However the car was making a lot of noises and clanks and creaks, I was told it was just the bushings, guess I found out it wasn't the hard way. About a month after the ball joint was replaced the rear strut broke and was rubbing the inside of the rear passenger tire.