NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Dodge Stratus Recalls
The 2000 Dodge Stratus has 9 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 5, 2006.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Dodge Stratus. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 9
- Owner complaints
- 216
- Crashes reported
- 16
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★☆☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
64 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2000 Dodge Stratus, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
9 recalls on the 2000 Dodge Stratus
Steering: hydraulic power assist: hose, piping, and connections
- Campaign
- 06V001000
- Reported
- January 5, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 216,299
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Child seat
- Campaign
- 00V366000
- Reported
- November 9, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,211,756
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Stratus, 15 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 00V196000
- Reported
- July 17, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,400
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 00V066000
- Reported
- March 2, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 17,000
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly: mounting
- Campaign
- 00V067000
- Reported
- March 2, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 38
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 06E088000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 09E043000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Suspension: front: control arm: lower ball joint
- Campaign
- 09E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2006 Stratus, 3 other models
Suspension: front: control arm: lower arm
- Campaign
- 10E059000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2006 Stratus, 3 other models
2000 Dodge Stratus complaints by year
NHTSA has received 216 owner complaints about the 2000 Dodge Stratus, the newest on February 26, 2018. Of these, 16 describe a crash (7%) and 64 a fire; owners reported 16 injuries.
In complaints about the 2000 Dodge Stratus, the component group named most often is the steering (31%), followed by the electrical system (14%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (13%).
1 of the 2000 Dodge Stratus's 9 recalls also concerns the steering.
Where 2000 Dodge Stratus owners gave the mileage (116 complaints), the median was 87,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering66
- Electrical System30
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic27
- Engine And Engine Cooling23
- Power Train21
- Fuel System, Gasoline19
Complaints received, by year
| 1999 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 13 | |
| 2001 | 18 | |
| 2002 | 10 | |
| 2003 | 25 | |
| 2004 | 12 | |
| 2005 | 22 | |
| 2006 | 36 | |
| 2007 | 41 | |
| 2008 | 10 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Dodge Stratus peaked in 2007, when NHTSA received 41. 31% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Dodge Stratus drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Dodge Stratus year in the same window: 4th highest of the 7 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 3/5
- Side: 3/5
The 216 complaints about the 2000 Dodge Stratus are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Stratus by model year
Other 2000 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: February 26, 2018. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted