# accessory belt info on a 2001 Stratus RT... help pls **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 27, 2009, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/accessory-belt-info-on-a-2001-stratus-rt-help-pls/203299 "2009-07-27T13:28:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/accessory-belt-info-on-a-2001-stratus-rt-help-pls/203299/1 "2009-07-27T13:28:51Z")
I’ve been scouring the internets but can’t find any info on this. My girlfriend has been having car troubles and it turns out one of the belts is hanging in her engine bay. I’m not really familiar with this car. Does the alternator have it’s own belt or is run off of a serpentine belt? What kind of tensioner system is on it? If it’s a serpentine as I suspect, what the fuck would cause the belt to come off? bad tensioner? bad belt? :dunno: ---
**Author:** ![bgblockelcamino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bgblockelcamino/32/5997_2.png) [@bgblockelcamino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bgblockelcamino)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/accessory-belt-info-on-a-2001-stratus-rt-help-pls/203299/2 "2009-07-27T13:34:56Z")
check to see if one of the pulleys is locked up. if 2.4 4 cyl the AC compressors go bad. check all the idlers too. and look at condition of belt to see if dry rotted as it could be 8 yrs old as things with age do break ---
**Author:** ![The1SloR\_T](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the1slor_t/32/5984_2.png) [@The1SloR\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The1SloR_T)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 1:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/accessory-belt-info-on-a-2001-stratus-rt-help-pls/203299/3 "2009-07-27T13:46:58Z")
![http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/Stratusdrivebelts.gif](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/Stratusdrivebelts.gif) heres some pics just to help out. if its an RT I beleive it has a 3.0 V6 maybe the tensioner shit the bed? OEM part# MD309783 ( Tensioner ) 2001 DODGE STRATUS 3.0L 2972cc 181cid V6 FI (H) : Belt Drive : Serpentine Belt GATES Part # K040355 Price: $9.83 OEM Serpentine tensioner, all models, 3.0l 01-05 Price: $56.19 Status coupe or sedan? ---
**Author:** ![steelcitysix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/steelcitysix/32/5992_2.png) [@steelcitysix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/steelcitysix)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/accessory-belt-info-on-a-2001-stratus-rt-help-pls/203299/4 "2009-07-27T13:48:10Z")
I’d put money on the tensioner ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/accessory-belt-info-on-a-2001-stratus-rt-help-pls/203299/5 "2009-07-27T14:11:51Z")
Coupe 3.0L I’m not down in OC or else I would have just fixed the shit by looking at it… trying to tell a girl with no mechanical ability how to do this over the phone FTL. ---
**Author:** ![The1SloR\_T](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the1slor_t/32/5984_2.png) [@The1SloR\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The1SloR_T)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/accessory-belt-info-on-a-2001-stratus-rt-help-pls/203299/6 "2009-07-27T14:18:04Z")
> [@route 5 tonight (the road and 14 to 18 foot waves tonight)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/route-5-tonight-the-road-and-14-to-18-foot-waves-tonight/40687/27): > > Coupe 3.0L > > I’m not down in OC or else I would have just fixed the shit by looking at it… trying to tell a girl with no mechanical ability how to do this over the phone FTL. and I bet any shop around is gonna charge her an arm and a leg ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/accessory-belt-info-on-a-2001-stratus-rt-help-pls/203299/7 "2009-07-27T14:19:17Z")
> [@route 5 tonight (the road and 14 to 18 foot waves tonight)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/route-5-tonight-the-road-and-14-to-18-foot-waves-tonight/40687/28): > > and I bet any shop around is gonna charge her an arm and a leg for shizzle… hence all this b.s. ---
**Author:** ![Sinner6.0L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sinner6.0l/32/6016_2.png) [@Sinner6.0L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sinner6.0L)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/accessory-belt-info-on-a-2001-stratus-rt-help-pls/203299/8 "2009-07-27T14:35:05Z")
i had one that had a crank dampner go bad, wobbled the pulley real bad and threw the belt