Stratus

[black98]

I have a story for you guys and gals I have two cars my 318ti and a dodge stratus 2005. Friday i took the stratus to a class for work which was about a 40mile round trip driving there the car was fine, on the way back little over half way the stratus decides to take a crap. I was on the highway doing 65mph on cruise and the next thing i here is "DING" and i looked the cel light came on and the car started bucking and shaking real bad. I limp it home at 45-50mph on the highway it wont let me go over 50 it would start bucking and shaking. So i get it home shut the car off pop the hood check the fluids, look for loose connection nothing. So then i turn the ignition key to the on position 4 times so that way it would tell me the code and its a P0340 code look it up and the cam position sensor fault. I cant believe this is happening the car is 6years old and only has 85000 miles on it going to get rid of it next month and getting a X5 that was the straw that broke the camels back

thanks for letting me vent

[teetime4one]

yikes!
vent dude...vent

[3.2TI]

I want my click back.

[PrimeTimeSlime]

My mom had a stratus and I can honestly say, that is the worst piece of **** car ever made. For some reason, their engines are known to build up sludge and crap out after a couple of years. Of course Dodge couldn't care less about the problem.

[black98]

yea just blows my mind cause 318 has 210000 miles and the cam sensor just went out on it i trust the bmw more than the stratus

[tiFreak]

hard to believe this is from the same company that made the 4.0L Jeep engine, those will outlast the body

[Mad-Machine]

I have said it before.. and I will say it again. My 318ti has been the most reliable car I have ever owned. It has literally been as reliable as gravity.

Even when the fuel pump went (my fault) It still got home under it's own power