Mitsubishi Eclipse Complaints

2,377 consumer complaints on file.

#10746202August 4, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
THE BRAKES FAILED TO STOP THE CAR AT A RED LIGHT WITHIN ABOUT 10 FEET. THE ROAD HAD GRAVEL ON IT AND THE BRAKES STARTED TO GRIP, THEN THE PEDAL WENT DOWN FURTHER AND THE CAR KEPT GOING FOR ABOUT 10 FEET. I WAS LUCKY THERE WAS NO ONE IN FRONT OF ME. THIS HAS HAPPENED AGAIN SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THEN. I HAVE RECENTLY RECEIVED THE SAFETY RECALL LETTER AND WENT TO VERHAGE MITSUBISHI IN HOLLAND, MI ON JULY 30 BUT THEY SAID THEY DON'T HAVE THE PARTS TO REPAIR IT. I CALLED AGAIN TODAY AND THEY SAID THEY STILL DON'T HAVE THE PARTS TO REPAIR IT. THIS IS VERY UNSAFE AND SHOULD BE REPAIRED PROMPTLY AND MITSUBISHI IS NOT PROVIDING THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR..
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10745258July 31, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO STOP. THE BRAKE PEDAL ABNORMALLY TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD AND MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHEN RELEASED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 84,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10745458July 31, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
WHILE DRIVING TO WORK ONE MORNING IN JANUARY AROUND 7:00, MY BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO STOP FOR TRAFFIC. I HAD TO STEER OUT OF MY LANE TO AVOID HITTING THE STOPPED CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I QUICKLY PUMPED THE PEDAL AND IT CAME BACK UP TO STOP MY CAR. I TOOK THE CAR TO A NEARBY FIRESTONE SERVICE CENTER BUT THEY COULD NOT LOCATE ANY PROBLEM, AS THE CAR WAS STOPPING OKAY AT THAT TIME. AT LEAST ONCE OR TWICE EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS SINCE JANUARY, I HAVE HAD THIS SAME THING TO OCCUR, THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR WHEN STOPPING. I HAVE TO PUMP THE PEDAL VERY FAST AND HARD TO STOP. ONCE THE PEDAL IS BACK UP, IT STOPS FINE. I JUST NEVER KNOW WHEN IT IS GOING TO THE FLOOR. IN JULY 2015, I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM MITSUBISHI MOTORS NOTIFYING ME OF A RECALL DUE TO AN ABS HYDRAULIC UNIT PROBLEM. THE SAFETY RECALL NOTICE STATES MITSUBISHI WILL SEND ME A FOLLOW UP NOTICE WHEN THE REMEDY PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. I FEEL THIS IS NOT SUFFICIENT. I FEEL MY CAR IS TOO UNSAFE FOR DRIVING. IT SHOULD BE TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR IMMEDIATE REPAIR. I SHOULD BE GIVEN A SAFE RENTAL CAR UNTIL MITSUBISHI CAN FIX THE BRAKES. THE DEALERSHIP HAS INFORMED ME, THEY HAVE NO TOWING AVAILABLE, I WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR TOWING AND FOR A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK IF THEY CANNOT REPRODUCE THE BRAKE FAILURE, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A RECALL IN PLACE. I KNOW THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM AND THEY PROBABLY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE FAILURE, THAT SHOULD NOT COST ME TOWING, DIAGNOSTIC OR STORAGE COST. IS MITSUBISHI ONLY RESPONSIBLE WHEN THERE IS A CRASH? I WANT MY CAR SAFE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. I FEEL MITSUBISHI SHOULD DO MORE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10744796July 29, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. WHILE IN PARK, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THERE WERE MULTIPLE FRACTURES ACROSS THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10743683July 27, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
(LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES) -2007 MITSUBISHI, ECLIPS, SPYDER DOOR LATCH HOLDS THE DOOR OPEN AND WILL NOT CLOSE, THE PLASTIC PART INSIDE THE DOOR IS BROKEN W/ LESS THAN 65K MILES. IS THEIR A RECALL?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10743819July 27, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
BRAKES FAILED FROM TIME TO TIME. WANTAGH MITSUBISHI HAD CAR FOR 3 DAYS AND WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM. I RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FROM MITSUBISHI. CALLED THE DEALER WHO SAID THERE IS NO FIX AT THIS TIME. CALLED MITSUBISHI WHO CONFIRMED THAT AND GAVE ME THE CHOICE OF GOING BACK TO THE DEALER OR WAITING FOR THE SECOND NOTICE. MY BRAKES HAVE FAILED IN THE PAST AND I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. WHAT SHOULD I DO?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10736178July 24, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, SUSPENSION, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
FUEL MILEAGE IS BAD AND WHEN FILLING UP IF YOU CAN IT KEEPS CLICKING AND SMELLING LIKE FUEL INSIDE CAR. NO LIGHTING IN CAR AT ALL. HAD TO REPLACE SUSPENSION AS THE BOLTS WERE WORN. PAINT CHIPPING ALL OVER CAR. COOLING SYSTEM KEEPS FAILING AND SOMEHOW I HAVE WATER KEEPS COMING IN ON FLOOR BOARDS AND THE FLOOR IS SOAKED AND STINKS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10743306July 24, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V337000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10743320July 24, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY VEHICLE HAS A BAD PAINT JOB, NEEDS TO BE REPAINTED. THE HEATER COIL IS LEAKING AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED HAD ESTIMATE OF $1030.44 WITH NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE DASH WILL COME OUT IN ONE PIECE AND CAN BE PUT BACK INTO THE CAR WITHOUT BREAKING INTO SEVERAL PIECES. I FEEL THAT MITSUBISH PUT BAD PAINT JOBS ON THE CARS AND THEY SHOULD BE THE ONES TO REPAINT THE CAR, AND REPLACE THE HEATER COIL SO THE I WILL HAVE WORKING DEFROSTERS. MA 10/29/2015 UPDATED 12/06/2017*CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10736120July 23, 2015
VISIBILITY/WIPER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE SPYDER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE DRIVERS SIDE SUN VISOR OPENED INDEPENDENTLY AND STRUCK THE CONTACT ON THE BRIDGE OF HER NOSE, BREAKING HER GLASSES. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND REPOSITIONED THE SUN VISOR BACK ON THE CLIPS. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISORS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V338000 (AIR BAGS) DID NOT INCLUDE THE DRIVER SIDE SUN VISOR. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10735690July 22, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,647.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10733606July 13, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO STOP WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON ONE OTHER OCCASION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 114,869.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10733542July 13, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
I HAD JUST PURCHASED CAR AND I HAD ALL MAINTENANCE ITEMS DONE AT AAA GARAGE TO INCLUDE TIMING BELT, SERPENTINE BELT, OIL CHANGE, TUNE UP, ANTI FREEZE FLUSH, TIRES ROTATED, ETC. THERE WAS NOTHING NDONEVTO BRAKES AS THEY STILL HAD LIFE IN THEM. I KNOW MORE MAINTENANCE ITEMS WERE DONE BUT I FORGET AS MY RECEIPT IS ELSEWHERE. HAPPY NOW I COULD DRIVE MY CAR KNOWING THE TIMING BELT AND OTHER MAINTENANCE THINGS WERE DONE I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP. I HAD ONLY GONE APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES AND CAME TO STOP LIGHT. NO BRAKES. WE CALLED AAA AND BROUGHT IT RIGHT BACK. THEY WEREN'T SURE WHY NO BRAKES AS THEY SEEM TO WORK OK NOW. SO THE ONLY THING LEFT THAT HADN'T BEEN DONE WAS THE BRAKE FLUID REPLACEMENT AND FLUSH. WE HAD THAT DONE AND WE DROVE IT HOME OK. THERE WERE GREETED WITH THE NEW RECALL ON THE ABS BRAKES. IT WAS SCARY WHEN THE BRAKES WENT SO NOW THE CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AGAIN AND WE ARE CALLING THE COMPANY TO GET CAR IN SHOP AND GET LOANER SO AT LEAST I AM SAFE AND HAVE A CAR TO DRIVE PEOPLE DON'T MESS WITH THIS. THERE IS NO WARNING. LUCKILY I WAS COMING TO STOP LIGHT AND NOBODY IN FRONT TB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10732789July 8, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS DRIVING 55 TO 60 MPH, THEN LET OFF THE GAS TO TAKE MY EXIT AND WAS DOWN TO ABOUT 20 MPH WHEN MY BRAKES FAILED, AND I COULDN'T STOP AT THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE RAMP. THE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, SO I PUMPED THEM 2 OR 3 TIMES AND AS I WAS LETTING OFF THE BREAK, IT STARTED WHISTLING. IT SOUNDED LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN AN ACCORDION AND AN ASTHMATIC EPISODE. I WAS ALREADY CLOSE TO SCHOOL, SO I DROVE TO THE PARKING LOT AND PARKED. THE ONLY WAY I COULD SLOW DOWN AND STOP WAS TO CONTINUOUSLY PUMP THE BREAKS. I WASN'T HAVING NOR EVER HAD ISSUES WITH MY BREAKS BEFORE THAT DAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10732265July 6, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,683.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10732333July 6, 2015
STRUCTURE:BODY
PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR AND DOOR HANDLE HAVE PAINT PEELING. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? ACCORDING TO SEVERAL BODY SHOPS THIS IS POOR PAINT QUALITY AND ISSUES FROM MITSUBISHI. IVE NOTICED THAT ALMOST ALL OF THE BLACK ECLIPSES ARE HAVING THIS ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10732330July 6, 2015
AIR BAGS
DASH ABOVE THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG IS RAISED AT LEAST 3-5 INCHES. NOT IN THE GROOVE WHERE IT SHOULD BE. WOULD THINK THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AS AN AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY PROPERLY IF IN AN ACCIDENT. MITSUBISHI NEEDS TO REPAIR THIS FOR CUSTOMERS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10730778June 27, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WHEN I WAS COMING TO A STOP MY BRAKE WOULD NOT STOP ME. WHEN I PUSH ON THE BRAKES YOU WOULD HEAR A WHISTLE SOUND. CYLINDER AND BOOSTER BOTH REPLACED AND PEDAL/BRAKES ARE STILL SOFT. AFTER HIT A BUMP, THE BRAKES WOULD GO COMPLETELY SOFT AND REQUIRED THEM TO BE PUMPED UP. THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES. WE REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER AND BOOSTER AFTER BRAKE PEDAL WOULD GO ALL THE WAY DOWN WITH LITTLE STOPPING POWER. REPLACING THE MASTER CYLINDER FIXED THAT ISSUE, BUT NOW THE PROBLEM IS EXACTLY AS DESCRIBED IN THE PREVIOUS : BRAKES BEGIN TO ENGAGE, THEN GO SOFT (SPONGY) FOR A BIT, THEN RE-ENGAGE. BRAKING POWER IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN BEFORE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10726391June 21, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I WAS MAKING A RIGHT TO ENTER A CHURCH AND AS I WAS SLOWING DOWN I LOST COMPLETE PRESSURE OF THE BRAKES. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO TWO MECHANIC BUT THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY AFTER A DAY. THEY TOLD ME THE BRAKES WERE FINE. (ONE OF THOSE BEING A MITSUBISHI DEALER). THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE IF THERE WAS A CAR COMING OUT OF THE CHURCH I WOULD'VE HAD AN ACCIDENT OR CRASH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10726291June 19, 2015
AIR BAGS
DASH PAD IN VEHICLE HAS COME APART, COMPLETELY BLOCKING PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. THE DASH PAD IS STICKING UP AT LEAST 3 INCHES IN FRONT OF AIRBAG. IF AIRBAG DOES DEPLOY EVER IT WILL NOT PROPERLY AND COULD CAUSE MORE HARM TO PASSENGER AND DRIVER. WHEN THIS FIRST HAPPENED MY CAR WAS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD. THERE ARE SEVERAL REPORTS ONLINE OF THIS HAPPENING TO THESE VEHICLES. I THINK ALL AFFECTED CARS SHOULD BE FIXED, SINCE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE ON PRETTY NEW CARS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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