2004 Dodge Stratus

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 45MPH WITH STEADY BRAKE PRESSURE APPLIED, THE ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP RESULTING IN A REAR END COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER AND SLID INTO A TELEPHONE POLE COMING TO A FINAL STOP ON ITS SIDE. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ALTHOUGH THE CONTACT WAS WEARING A SEATBELT, NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. THE POLICE WERE ON THE SCENE AND A REPORT WAS TAKEN. THE INSURANCE ADJUSTOR, AS WELL AS A FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE, INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THE AIRBAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE IS A 2004 DODGE SRT4. *AK

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE THE AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITHOUT ANY PRIOR PROBLEMS. CALLED CHRYSLER DEALER , WHO STATED PROBLEM COULD BE SERIOUS, NOT KNOWING WHICH SENSOR MALFUNCTIONED. THE AIR BAG COULD DEPLOY WHILE DRIVING WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. THE MECHANIC AT THE DEALER SHOWED CONCERN AND INITIALLY WANTED TO HELP, BUT AFTER FINDING OUT THAT THE VEHICLE HAD 70,000 MILES ON IT, HE INDICATED THERE WERE TOO MANY MILES PAST THE WARRANTY, AND THE DEALER WOULD NOT COVER IT. THE CONTACT INSISTED THAT IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THAT MILEAGE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. HOWEVER, DEALER REFUSED TO FIX IT. *AK

DT: THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED A VEHICLE AT 40 MPH. UPON IMPACT, THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE BUMPER WAS CRACKED, BUT THE FRAME WAS NOT DAMAGED. DAIMLER/CHRYSLER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE, BUT THE CONTACT RECEIVED NO REPORT. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED. *AK UPDATED 02/13/06.*JB

DT: 2004 DODGE STRATUS RT. LAST THURSDAY CONSUMER'S CAR WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER LET SOMEONE BARROW THE CAR, AND WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS BETWEEN 80 AND 100 MPH , THE CAR HIT CONCRETE POLES AND TOTALED THE CAR. THERE WERE NO INJURIES; THE SEAT BELTS WERE WORN. THE POLICE CAME, BUT CONSUMER WAS IF A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. *AK