I have always loved my stratus' ...have had a few. Last night I turned it on and the air bag light was on, I went to turn on the radio and it did not work, the air conditioning did not turn on, the windows would not work....the headlights were on...the car worked... the signals did not work.... fuse hopefully ???

OK...I went out there to try and disconnect the nagative battery cable.....there is a positive one that leads to the battery...somewhere hidden underneath...that is part of the fuse box module....and the negative battery cable is located separately with a batery cable line leading below toward the wheel somewhere...The freakin battery is not even located near the top of the car !! LOL...This car is a trip !! So I disconnected THAT negative line that has a connector at the top but I can not get to the one directly AT the battery.... SOOOo...you are pretty sure this is the problem?? It can't be a fuse cause when I went back out there and put the keys in the ignition all those things that go out when I actually turn the engine on...they work !! The windows, air bag light goes out, air works, blinkers, radio...all work till I turn the engine on.... does this solidify your diagnosis? OK...I went out there to try and disconnect the nagative battery cable.....there is a positive one that leads to the battery...somewhere hidden underneath...that is part of the fuse box module....and the negative battery cable is located separately with a batery cable line leading below toward the wheel somewhere...The freakin battery is not even located near the top of the car !! LOL...This car is a trip !! So I disconnected THAT negative line that has a connector at the top but I can not get to the one directly AT the battery.... SOOOo...you are pretty sure this is the problem?? It can't be a fuse cause when I went back out there and put the keys in the ignition all those things that go out when I actually turn the engine on...they work !! The windows, air bag light goes out, air works, blinkers, radio...all work till I turn the engine on.... does this solidify your diagnosis?

I received a response and followed up to that response but did not hear back. The response told me I could try disconnecting the negative battery cable. On the 2001 Stratus the battery is underneath the car buried and I can not get to the area where the negative and positive are directly connected to the battery... I tried to disconnect just the negative charger bolt at the top but this did not work...I am able to turn the key in the ignition one click and ALL items come on, the air, radio, windows, signals all work but when I actually start the car they all go out and the air bag light comes on. // I read in another thread a completely different method of reset that stated the following... " If you have a wrench loosen the nut on the clamp that is attached to the battery post labeled (-) and remove the clamp from the post. Then do the same thing at the (+) post, remove the clamp. Then touch and hold the two now free clamps together for a minute. Then reconnect the + clamp to the battery (tighten the nut) and finish by connecting the - clamp to the battery. This technique is called a 'soft reset' of the digital communication system which is how the body control module interacts with the rest of the vehicle systems. This 'soft reset' might do the trick."... if I could get to the battery! will this work on the 2001 with the extension connectors to the - and + charge clamps at the top?? I received a response and followed up to that response but did not hear back. The response told me I could try disconnecting the negative battery cable. On the 2001 Stratus the battery is underneath the car buried and I can not get to the area where the negative and positive are directly connected to the battery... I tried to disconnect just the negative charger bolt at the top but this did not work...I am able to turn the key in the ignition one click and ALL items come on, the air, radio, windows, signals all work but when I actually start the car they all go out and the air bag light comes on. // I read in another thread a completely different method of reset that stated the following... " If you have a wrench loosen the nut on the clamp that is attached to the battery post labeled (-) and remove the clamp from the post. Then do the same thing at the (+) post, remove the clamp. Then touch and hold the two now free clamps together for a minute. Then reconnect the + clamp to the battery (tighten the nut) and finish by connecting the - clamp to the battery. This technique is called a 'soft reset' of the digital communication system which is how the body control module interacts with the rest of the vehicle systems. This 'soft reset' might do the trick."... if I could get to the battery! will this work on the 2001 with the extension connectors to the - and + charge clamps at the top??