3 Questions About a 2003 Dodge Stratus R/T
I have a 2003 Dodge Stratus R/T 3.0
v6 automatic with 161,*** miles with a
couple of problems that I'm aware of.
First things first, sometimes it won't
start. Anytime it sits for a few hours it
will start right up. But, if I drive say,
10 miles, if I turn my car off, most of
the time it won't start back.
Sometimes it takes 5 minutes for it to
start again, other times it takes an
hour. But, if I just let it sit for about 45
minutes, it will usually start right up
no problems. I don't even really know
where to begin to even try and fix it
though. At first, I thought it was
because my car was overheating
really bad. But, I've already resolved
that issue by putting a new
Thermostat on my car, and 20-30
minutes later after I turned my car
off, it wouldn't start again, but it's not
overheating anymore. But, now that
I'm not having to run my heater to
keep the engine cool, when it won't
start, and you turn the key over and
turn it back, it makes and awful
noise. It sounds like something is
stopped up, and it's trying to suck
gas through it.
The second issue... I'm not 100%
sure about this, but I think it's only
when I run my A/C or Heater that it
happens, but, after about a week of
driving my car a little everyday, there
is standing water in the front and
back driver's side floorboard. But,
the passenger side is completely dry.
I've tried to find where it's coming
from on several different occasions,
but I've never been able to find a leak
or anything. If it is leaking because of
the heater or A/C, I'll know within the
next day or two. While my car was
overheating like I mentioned in the
question, I had to constantly have my
heater on so my car wouldn't
overheat. And I hadn't noticed any
water in the floor boards prior to that.
So I'm thinking it has something to
do with my heater. So I'm not going
to even use my A/C or Heater for a
while and see if it stops.
The last issue, I'm not really worried
about it as much as the other 2, but
for some reason, a lot of the time
when I start my car, the cruise control
will turn itself on as soon as the key
is turned over. It turns right off and
doesn't come back on unless I turn it
on, and it works fine. But, like I said,
I'm not really that worried about this.