Stratus

• 83,000 miles

I have had 4 batteries this year. I was told it was a bad battery. The second time I was told the problem was a blower motor on the air conditioner but if it happened again (somehow!) bring it back. The third time was a rousing We don't know. Then one day I am in the car with my preschooler and infant and I get smoke from the hood when I start it. Later, after being told it was safe to drive, the battery light came on and stayed on until it died. Yet another new battery and an alternator later, it dies completely again. The dealership I had it towed to said the wiring harness on the power distribution center had melted and had to be completely rewired. You try to convince me that this was a sudden occurence and my car just happened to have Other problems all year causing the same symptoms. Coincidence or a problem they never found until the car needed $500 to $1000 estimated work.