# 2006 Dodge Stratus **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** dodge, stratus\ **Created:** [July 12, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-dodge-stratus/144240 "2019-07-12T15:13:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Donna\_Dwyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@Donna\_Dwyer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Donna_Dwyer)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-dodge-stratus/144240/1 "2019-07-12T15:13:45Z")
My car check engine light came on then my battery light came on and my car just started to drive really slow and it stop I had to restart it oh and when I turned the car on the windshield wipers just moved up and down for a sec so what could it be ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-dodge-stratus/144240/2 "2019-07-12T15:18:23Z")
Battery light is a bad battery or bad alternator. The check engine light is unknown until the error codes are read. When you restarted, didmyoundrive away with the battery and check engine lights on? ---
**Author:** ![Donna\_Dwyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@Donna\_Dwyer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Donna_Dwyer)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-dodge-stratus/144240/3 "2019-07-12T15:48:41Z")
Yeah I drove it all the way to north white from Fleetwood and I drove I was afraid it was gonna stall out it felt like it was but it didn’t ---
**Author:** ![Donna\_Dwyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@Donna\_Dwyer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Donna_Dwyer)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-dodge-stratus/144240/4 "2019-07-12T15:50:17Z")
The mechanic has had it since Wednesday and they can’t figure it out yet any thoughts ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-dodge-stratus/144240/5 "2019-07-12T16:39:17Z")
> [@Donna\_Dwyer](#): > > I drove it all the way to north white from Fleetwood For those of us who don’t know the area where you live, could you clarify the distance that you drove? Also… was the Check Engine Light steadily-lit, or was it blinking/flashing? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Donna\_Dwyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@Donna\_Dwyer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Donna_Dwyer)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-dodge-stratus/144240/6 "2019-07-12T19:11:10Z")
I drove about 10 miles and the check engine light was on it stayed on it wasn’t blinking or anything ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 12:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-dodge-stratus/144240/7 "2019-07-13T00:31:25Z")
Ask your shop what the computer’s diagnostic codes are and post them here. Also ask the shop to do the standard battery/alternator voltage test: before first start of the day the battery should measure about 12.6 volts. Immediately after starting the engine, 13.5 - 15.5 volts. What do they measure? ---
**Author:** ![Donna\_Dwyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@Donna\_Dwyer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Donna_Dwyer)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 2:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2006-dodge-stratus/144240/8 "2019-07-13T02:58:21Z")
Ok I’ll ask them thanks could it be the battery