Nothing really has gone wrong with the car.
Second gear grinds when you try to shift from first to second at high engine RPM.
The car is very torquey, by that I mean it throws you back in the seat between every gear from 1 to 5.
I put a cold air intake on mine now, it acts like it's on sterroids! However the handling leaves a little to be desired, and the ABS is not the best in the world either.
A cold air intake does not make your car act like it is on steroids. That is what the Fast and Furious crowd believes. You own a superior piece of American equipment, a Stratus. It is nice, but not really fast by sport sedan standards today. My GTP, bone stock, sets you back in your seat, and it acts like it's on steroids, because it is: a roots type supercharger. Rock on, Stratus R/T. Just hope you don't meet me at the next light.