1996 Dodge Stratus defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 1996 Dodge Stratus. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• AUTO TRANS IGNITION-PARK INTERLOCK
  Engineering Analysis EA03011 · opened Jul 17, 2003 · closed Jan 30, 2004 · led to recall 04V021000

  The manufacturer reports above are based on daimlerchrysler?s (dc) analysis of model year (my) 1998 (population = 356,384) and 1999 (population = 486,948) ja, jx and lh family subject vehicle data (earlier mys excluded).the population number includes all mys.the precise number of duplicates between odi and dc reports c…

• SAFETY BELT CINCHING LATCH PLATE
  Preliminary Evaluation PE02082 · opened Nov 6, 2002 · closed Apr 23, 2003

  There are no injuries or fatalities associated with this alleged defect.while conducting this investigation, odi found that the subject cinches meet the load bearing requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard 208, and that many of the reported failures were due to incorrect child safety seat installations. A…

• LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT FAILURE
  Engineering Analysis EA97016 · opened Sep 29, 1997 · closed Nov 20, 1997 · led to recall 97V201000

  By letter dated november 6, 1997, the manufacturer advised this agency of its decision to initiate a safety recall campaign of the subject vehicles to correct the defect identified in this ea.the recall will also cover 1996 and 1997 chrysler cirrus/dodge stratus vehicles, as well as 1995 through 1997 chrysler sebring c…