Mitsubishi Eclipse Complaints

2,377 consumer complaints on file.

#832945December 31, 1998
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXMATLY 50-60 MPH HIT GUARDRAIL, DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY,CAUSING INJURIES EVEN WITH SEATBELTS ON. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#832502December 21, 1998
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
CLUTCH LINE HAS BLOWN, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN. DEALER REPLACED THE SHORT BLOCK WHICH ONLY TEMPORARILY REMEDIED THE PROBLEM. CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#832079December 9, 1998
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
DUE TO PCM CONTROL MODULE MALFUNCTIONING VEHICLE STALLED, WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#542945December 9, 1998
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
VEHICLE CONTINUALLY HAVING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH SHORT IN SYSTEM CAUSING BATTERY FAILURES ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#831698December 3, 1998
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL (98V069001). CALLED DEALER FOR APPOINTMENT. WAS INFORMED NO PARTS AVAILABLE FOR TRANSFER CASE. BEEN CALLING EVERY WEEK & STILL NO PARTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#831513December 1, 1998
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 20MPH AND HAD A FRONT END COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND THE AIR AGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#700941November 27, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST
BRAKE BOOSTER FAILED UNDER EXTREME BRAKING CONDITION TO AVOID A ACCIDENT. VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO STOP DUE TO FAILURE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#830959November 18, 1998
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION MAKES A LOUD REVVING NOISE, AND HAS A SHIFTING PROBLEM. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#830862November 16, 1998
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END CRASH TRAVELING AT 65 MPH, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#700581November 13, 1998
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
FROM THE FIRST DAY OF PURCHASE, THE LEFT (DRIVER'S SIDE) WINDOW HAS NOT WORKED PROPERLY. THE WINDOW WILL ROLL DOWN, BUT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE, TO ROLL UP TO A CLOSED POSITION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#700416November 8, 1998
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TRANSFER UNIT FAILED AS I WAS PULLING AWAY FROM A STOPLIGHT. ROCKVILLE MITSUBISHI WAS NOTIFIED, BEFORE THE RECALL ON THE TRANSFER UNIT WAS ISSUED. THEY DETERMINED THE TRANSFER UNIT WAS BAD BUT COULDN'T REMOVE THE UNIT BECAUSE THE OUTPUT SHAFT WAS SEIZED TO THE TRANSMISSION. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE DEALER IS TRYING TO BLAME THE PROBLEM ON OPERATOR ERROR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#830286November 6, 1998
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
VEHICLE WOULD SURGE AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE DIED WHILE DRIVING. DEALER CONTACTED AND NO RESPONSE TO REGISTERED LETTER. VEHICLE CANNOT BE DRIVEN. SEVERAL REPAIR ATTEMPTS HOWEVER CONTINUES TO SURGE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#829574October 27, 1998
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WAS DRIVING ABOUT 10 MPH WHEN THE ACCELERATOR GOT STUCK, AND THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKES WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBAORD, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO JUMP OUT OF THE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#700133October 27, 1998
SEAT BELTS
ON OCTOBER 24, 1998 I HAD AN MINOR ACCIDENT. I REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. WE HAD A RED LIGHT MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN ONTO ANOTHER ROAD. THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND WE PROCEEDED. THE OTHER VEHICLE FOR NO APPARENT REASON STOPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION AND I REAR ENDED HIM AT A SPEED OF APPROX. 5 MPH. ON IMPACT BOTH MY DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. MY TOTAL REPAIR COST ON MY VEHICLE IS $2,917.31. THIS FIGURE IS BROKE DOWN LIKE THIS: LABOR 891.57, PAINT 163.88, AND PARTS $1,861.86 THIS IS WITH SALES TAX. OF THE PARTS PRICE $1,515,24 IS AIR BAGS AND SENOR REPLACEMENT. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT I FEEL THE AIR BAGS SHOULD NOT HAVE DEPLOYED ON AN IMPACT SUCH AS THIS. ANOTHER PROBLEM AROUSED WHEN THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, MY HATCHBACK CAME OUT OF LINE AND NEEDS TO BE REALIGNED. THIS HAPPENED DUE TO THE PRESSURE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYING. I HAVE SEEN MANY ACCIDENTS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS BY WORKING AS A VOLUNTEER FIREMEN AND AN EMT AND I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY ACCIDENTS AS MINOR AS THIS ONE WHERE THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. WHEN I SPOKE TO MITSUBISHI ABOUT THIS DEPLOYMENT THEY TOLD ME THAT THE AIR BAGS DID THERE JOB AND THE HATCH COMING OUT OF LINE IS AN EFFECT OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYING. THIS IS A PROBLEM I BELIEVE IN SUCH A MINOR ACCIDENT I HAVE A HUGE BILL DUE TO THE AIR BAGS. THANK YOU FOR YOU TIME. MICHAEL GREGORIO
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#542037October 16, 1998
TIRES:SIDEWALL
TWO GOOD YEAR EAGLE TIRES P205/55R16, BLEW OUT DUE TO FAILURE OF THE SIDE WALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#829085October 16, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CONSUMER'S SON WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT. HE WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN INTO THE INTERSECTION, AND A CAR WAS SITTING IN TRAFFIC AND HIS FRONT WHEEL DRIVE DID NOT WORK. ALSO, ANTI LOCK BRAKES LOCKED UP AND HE COULDN'T STOP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#829010October 15, 1998
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, MAY CAUSE EXTENDED STOPPING WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. DEALER WILL REPLACED BRAKE PADS AND ROTATED THE ROTORS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#828667October 7, 1998
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40MPH, COMING TO A STOP LIGHT AND THE VEHICLE RAN INTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE, DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED, BURNING THE DRIVER'S ARM. ALSO THE PASSANGER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND BURNED THE SUNVISOR. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#780980October 7, 1998
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
TRANSMISSION/TRANSFER CASE FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#780724October 6, 1998
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING CRASH CAUSING THE DRIVER'S HEAD TO HIT THE STEERING WHEEL AND SUFFER A MILD CONCUSSION.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0

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