1998 Dodge Stratus Engine cooling Problems

“My Dodge Stratus 98 has a major oil leak from the head gasket which can blow my engine - according to my friend who is a mechanic. He says that most of these models have this problem but there was recall only for 95-96 models. Is there anything on process to extend the recall??? The car is worth $2,600 and the repair will cost me $2,000.”

“Engine headgasket failure. I have a 1998 Dodge Stratus with a 2.4l and a year ago when I noticed that my engine had a very significant oil leak coming from the head gasket. The car has 75000 miles. I contacted Dodge recall center and they told me that there is no recall for this problem. I have called for repair quotes and it can range from 600 to 800 dollars to repair.”

“Slow oil leak, but not enough to turn on low oil indacator on the dash board. I eventually put a quart of oil in the engine.then I took my car to have it checked out and found out that I had a cracked head gasket.I was very angry when I had found that out especially with only 53,465 miles on the car!!!!!”

“1998 2.7 v-6 engine in Dodge Stratus vehicle. Oil light came on and then the engine quit running. When attempting to obtain information on cost of repairs, I was told by many individuals that this engine has failed in this same manner for all of the vehicles. The oil was changed every 3000-5000 miles, more often that suggested by the owners manual. The owners manual states to change it every 7500 miles or 6 months which every comes first. Most of the repair places that I spoke to said that this engine should have been recalled due to this failure.”

“At approx 60,000 miles my 1998 Dodge Stratus, developed an oil leak at the head gasket, a cracked exhaust manifold, a timing belt tensioner and cover that have failed, a leaking water pump that needs replacing. My mechanic estimates $2150.00 to replace and repair all these items. To top this off my mechanic tells me that it will take 2 to 3 weeks to get the timing belt tensioner and cover because there's a big back order on these items. Meanwhile I'm without a car! …”