2006 Dodge Stratus

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: STORAGE: TANK ASSEMBLY 09/27/2010 - GILBERT, AZ THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE STRATUS. SHE SMELLED A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE IN HER VEHICLE AFTER FILLING UP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN ORDERED THE GAS TANK BUT IT WILL COST HER $900. TO REPLACE THE COMPONENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, AND SHE WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 22,000. [XXX]THE DEALER FOUND THE FUEL TANK WAS CRACKED AROUND THE FUEL FILLER NECK. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED DUE TO A SMALL EVAPORATOR LEAK. DUE TO MILEAGE/WARRANTY ONLY HAD TO PAY $291.00. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

SINCE 2006 MY '06 DODGE STRATUS HAS SPONTANEOUSLY ACCELERATED APPROXIMATELY SEVEN TIMES, MOST RECENTLY IN FEBRUARY 2010. IDLING IN A DRIVEWAY OR AT AN INTERSECTION, THE ENGINE WILL BEGIN TO RACE AS IF I HAD FLOORED THE GAS PEDAL. ONLY BY SHIFTING INTO PARK AND/OR TURNING OFF THE IGNITION AM I ABLE TO PREVENT THE CAR FROM ACCELERATING INTO THE INTERSECTION OR A WALL. THE DODGE DEALER WHO REGULARLY SERVICED THE VEHICLE SAID THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM UNLESS THE CAR WAS HOOKED UP TO THEIR EQUIPMENT AT THE TIME OF THE NEXT OCCURRENCE. CONSEQUENTLY, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO FIX THIS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 DODGE STRATUS. SHE SMELLED A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE IN HER VEHICLE AFTER FILLING UP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN ORDERED THE GAS TANK BUT IT WILL COST HER $1000.00 TO REPLACE THE COMPONENT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, AND SHE WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000. UPDATED 12/09/09 *BF THE DEALER FOUND THE FUEL TANK WAS CRACKED AROUND THE FUEL FILLER NECK. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED DUE TO A SMALL EVAPORATOR LEAK. UPDATED 12/11/09