NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Dodge Stratus Recalls
The 2006 Dodge Stratus has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Dodge Stratus. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 74
- Crashes reported
- 19
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Dodge Stratus, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2006 Dodge Stratus
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder
- Campaign
- 07E023000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2005 Stratus, 19 other models
Suspension: front: control arm: lower ball joint
- Campaign
- 09E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2005 Stratus, 3 other models
Suspension: front: control arm: lower arm
- Campaign
- 10E059000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2005 Stratus, 3 other models
2006 Dodge Stratus complaints by year
NHTSA has received 74 owner complaints about the 2006 Dodge Stratus, the newest on July 10, 2023. Of these, 19 describe a crash (26%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Dodge Stratus, the component group named most often is the suspension (31%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (19%) and the air bags (18%).
2 of the 2006 Dodge Stratus's 3 recalls also concern the suspension.
Where 2006 Dodge Stratus owners gave the mileage (59 complaints), the median was 52,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Suspension23
- Engine And Engine Cooling14
- Air Bags13
- Steering9
- Electrical System8
- Engine6
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 10 | |
| 2010 | 9 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2006 Dodge Stratus peaked in 2009, when NHTSA received 10. 36% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Dodge Stratus drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Dodge Stratus year in the same window: 6th highest of the 7 ranked years.
That makes 2006 one of the three best-measured Dodge Stratus years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 3/5
The 74 complaints about the 2006 Dodge Stratus are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Dodge Stratus by model year
Other 2006 Dodge models
Newest record on this page: July 10, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted