1998 Dodge Stratus consumer reviews

Was looking for a Ford Tempo. Test drove this and fell in love with it. I live on tne fringes of the Cascades, and do a bit of mountain driving. This car with its 2.4L engine takes them in stride. After 20 years, it gets 32 mpg on the highway and 17 in town. Routine maintenance, batteries, tires and breaks is all I had to do so far. My only complaint is the headrest does not come forward enough for me. I find this is so in most US cars. When we bought it, we expected 10 years or so. I would not hesitate to buy another if they were still in production.

Honestly love this car so much. Good styling and features and I only have the base model. Es model has much nicer features so I would recommend looking for an ES. Great gas mileage and a pretty perky engine. The styling of the exterior is amazing and the interior has a nice flow to it.

I'd buy it if I could afford it, even the parts are too much ! It's a luxury car and it handles great! Having insurance is too much

great car, body in excellent condition, starts right up, never stalls, recent tune up and air charged

I bought this car in 2009. It is reliable and has never broke down on me but It basically started looking a project car or "handy man special". I always needed repairs. But only once/twice a year. I guess because it is used it always needs maintenance. And all that can be expensive. And the warranty's you can buy for a used car are just as bad. I had to pay for power-steering rack and pinion and tie rods. All the rest was maintenance. Brakes 3 different times. Drums cylinders. Bearings, control arms axles you name it! It is reliable but once you make one repair and think you're done, think again.

great car never had any major problems, transmission not very good. but thats from unproper care. love to drive feels very comfortable. engine is great reacts pretty quickly just the transmission isnt good so that messes it up.

I bought a 98 Stratus in 2002 with 37129 miles. I traded the car in with 120K in December 2007 and never replaced the radiator, waterpump, trans, engine, starter, fuel pump, alternator, radiator. All parts were still original. The car drove great on the expressway and got great gas mileage. I ended up buying a Mazda and sold it after 8 months and went back to a Dodge. If you are looking for a car for your College kids, I would recommend this car.

I bought a car exactly the same from this dealer about 2 years ago. I hate the car. The transmission went out a week after I bought it. So I ended up paying double for this car. I will never buy a Dodge again or go to this dealer again.

for infosaur, i have a 98 plymouth breeze i bought new. there part of a trio called the cloud cars. the plymouth breeze was the less costly and was targeted for young buyers. the dodge was the middle and had more features, and the chrysler cirrus was the luxury and came with even more features. i like the breeze the most for the exterior but could use some chrome moulding from the cirrus. i like the cirrus because of the features. i would say good for you in trying to get another stratus or any other cloud car for that matter.

We bought this car about a year ago thinking it would be a good work car. It ended up being pretty rusted out ( hidden under the dealers paint job) and then through the timing belt and had to be towed home. This was after just having to buy two new tires due to a blow out. We fixed the belt and now the compression is bad in one cylinder. Never ending money pit.