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2001 Dodge Stratus engine and engine cooling problems

58 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the engine and engine cooling on the 2001 Dodge Stratus31% of all complaints for this model year.

58
Engine and Engine Cooling complaints
31%
share of all complaints
65,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 1
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Very fortunate this happened as we were pulling into the garage. Suddenly sounded like someone under the hood hitting the engine block with a hammer. Now have to have a re-manufactured engine installed on a car with only 65k miles. Cant afford not to, cant scrap the vehicle with this low of miles…

    filed Jan 11, 2012

  • Tl* the contact owns a 2001 dodge stratus. The contact stated that when vehicle was started, there was a loud noise as he vehicle stalled. A local mechanic was unable to diagnose the failure but advised that the failure was more than likely caused by an engine failure. The vehicle was not repaired…

    filed Sep 26, 2011

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Related recalls

Engine and Engine Cooling problems in other Stratus years

YearReportsShare
2006 Stratus1419%
2005 Stratus1423%
2004 Stratus2215%
2003 Stratus68%
2002 Stratus4832%
2000 Stratus2311%
1999 Stratus5321%
1998 Stratus12144%
1997 Stratus15845%
1996 Stratus33560%
1995 Stratus10633%
Stratus engine and engine cooling problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.