2000 DODGE STRATUS — Complaint #303046
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SUPPLY filed July 13, 2001
NHTSA complaint #303046 (ODI reference 748133) concerns a 2000 DODGE STRATUS and was filed on July 13, 2001. The owner reports the failure occurred on June 16, 2001. The report was geocoded to Tennessee based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, air:supply, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same DODGE STRATUS cohort independently describe similar service brakes, air:supply failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2000 DODGE STRATUS shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
THIS IS THE NUT THAT HOLDS THE WHEEL ON THE CAR. IT KEEPS COMING LOOSE. WE NOTICED IT BEFORE THE WHEEL FEEL OFF, AND TIGHTENED IT BACK UP. THE DEALER REFUSES TO FIX IT AS THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE!!! WHEN THE NUT COMES LOOSE, THERE IS NOTHING TO PREVENT IT FROM FALLING OFF ON THE TIRE COMING OFF THE CAR AS YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD.*AK
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 303046 |
| ODI Number | 748133 |
| Date Filed | July 13, 2001 |
| Failure Date | June 16, 2001 |
| VIN | 1B3EJ46XXYN |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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