Mitsubishi Eclipse Complaints

2,377 consumer complaints on file.

#10043594October 26, 2003
WHEELS:RIM
EASILY BENT RIMS ON THE 2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GT, ALL MY 4 RIMS HAVE SOME SORE OF DAMAGE WITH A NORMAL DRIVING HABITS, MY CAR SHAKES AND FEELS UNSAFE ABOVE 60MPH. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10043597October 26, 2003
WHEELS:RIM
THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE ALLOY RIM ON MY 2001 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GT WAS BENT AND CRACKED FROM SIMPLY HITTING A POTHOLE IN THE ROAD. THIS CAUSED MY TIRE TO RAPIDLY DEFLATE AND THE RIM UNABLE TO BE USED. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10044716October 24, 2003
WHEELS
WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER FRONT WHEEL CAME COMPLETELY OFF THE RIM. *JB
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10043465October 23, 2003
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
SELECTING THE SECOND GEAR OF MY CAR OFTEN CAUSES UNDESIRABLE "GRINDING" AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES CAN THAT GEAR BY USED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE POWER ON DEMAND AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF THE GEAR DOES NOT GO IN PROPERLY. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10043194October 19, 2003
STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD
MY 2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE IS RUSTING IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AT EVERY SEAM WHERE TWO PIECES OF METAL ARE WELDED TOGETHER. IT IS AS THOUGH THE VEHICLE IS RUSTING FROM THE INSIDE OUT. I AM WORRIED ABOUT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE VEHICLE. MITSUBISHI DENIES ANY WARRANTY CLAIM AND BLAMED ME FOR HAVING SAND AND SALT IN MY ENGINE. A BASIC SEARCH OF THE INTERNET SHOWS SEVERAL OTHER MITSUBISHI OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10042993October 15, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
OIL LEAK FROM ENGINE AT ONLY 2K MILES, DEALER IS MAKING REPAIR. CAUSE CRACKED OIL PUMP HOUSING. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10042852October 14, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOESN'T SHIFT PROPERLY FROM THE FIRST GEAR TO THE SECOND GEAR, WON'T SHIFT, AND MAKES NOISE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041520October 9, 2003
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION:FLOOR SHIFT ASSEMBLY
MANUAL TRANSMISSION - CAR SEIZE WHEN SHIFTING INTO 5TH GEAR. DEALER STATED THAT SOMEONE THAT SERVICED THE CAR MUST HAVE DRAINED THE GEAR LUBE OIL DOWN TO 1 PINT. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP. THEY DISCOVERED THAT IS WAS NOT THE GEAR LUBE OIL BUT THE ROD THAT PUSHES OUT WHEN SHIFTING FROM TO GEAR WAS TO LONG AND HAD BEEN CHIPPING AWAY AT THE TRANSMISSION. AFTER 2 MONTHS OF FIGHTING WITH THE DEALER AND MITSUBISHI DIRECTLY - THEY STILL REFUSE TO PAY. THIS WAS A FACTORY DEFECT. WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE. IF I HAD LET THE DEALER REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION I WOULD NEVER HAD KNOWN THE REAL CAUSE. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038437October 1, 2003
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR, STRUCTURE
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 3 MPH AND MAKING A TURN ONTO A SIDE STREET, THE VEHICLE HIT A CURB WHICH CAUSED A DENT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE SITTING IN AN ENCLOSED BODY SHOP, THE REAR WINDOW EXPLODED. *AK. THE CONSUMER HAD TWO EXPERTS LOOK AT THE WINDOW AND IN THEIR OPINION STATED IT WAS A DEFECT, THAT A WINDOW SHOULD NOT EXPLODED FROM HITTING A CURB AT SUCH LOW SPEED, BUT THE MITSUBISHI EXPERT STATED WHEN THE VEHICLE HIT THE CURB, IT TWISTED THE ENTIRE VEHICLE AND WAS PART OF A FENDER BENDER. *JB *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038158October 1, 2003
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HANDLES SNAPPED AND BROKE OFF WITHOUT EXCESSIVE FORCE. *AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10034228October 1, 2003
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING UNDER FOGGY WEATHER CONDITIONS, THE DEFROSTER HAD BEEN RUNNING ABOUT 15 MINUTES, THEN THE DRIVER TURNED OFF THE DEFROSTER AND TURNED ON THE AIR CONDITIONER FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. THE DRIVER SUDDENLY HEARD A LOUD BANG NEAR THE REAR WINDOW, THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND SAW TWO HOLES IN THE REAR WINDOW NEAR THE DEFROSTER VENT HOSE WHICH CAUSED THE REAR WINDOW TO CRACK. *AK *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10033783October 1, 2003
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHEN THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN THROUGH WATER PUDDLES THERE IS A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER STEERING FOR A FEW SECONDS. THIS FAILURE OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY. *AK *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10031819October 1, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE SERVICED AT THE DEALERSHIP, THEY INDICATED THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET HAD A OIL LEAK AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. COMMON PROBLEM.*AK IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE WRONG OIL FILTER WAS PLACED ON THE VEHICLE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10041860September 29, 2003
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
THE PLASTIC SOCKET THAT THE LIGHT BULBS SCREW INTO ARE RUSTED AND CORRODED. THIS CAUSED HEADLIGHTS TO MALFUNCTION WHILE DRIVING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039602September 26, 2003
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
MY 1996 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE WAS IN FOR SERVICING THE TIMING BELT. THE SERVICE MANAGER CALLED ME TO ASK IF I WOULD APPROVE AN UPGRADE FOR AN IDLER PULLEY FOR THE AC/POWER STEERING BELT. SINCE THE COST WAS ABOUT $190, I SAID "NO." AFTER PICKING THE CAR UP AND DRIVING HOME, THE AC/POWER STEERING BELT CAME OFF AND I LOST THE POWER STEERING. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE THE $190 UPGRADE DONE. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL PART IS DEFECTIVE, AND MITSUBISHI KNOWS THAT IT IS, IT SHOULD BE RECALLED. WHEN THE BELT COMES OFF POWER STEERING IS LOST AND COULD EASILY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. THE $190, PARTS ONLY, COST IS ALSO EXCESSIVE. THIS IS MERELY AND IDLER PULLEY THAT MANUALLY ADJUSTS THE TENSION TO THIS BELT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039471September 24, 2003
WHEELS:RIM, STRUCTURE:BODY, TIRES, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE FIRST WEEK OF BUYING THE CAR I NOTICED A LITTLE SCRATCH BY THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE TIRE. THEN I STARTED HEARING LITTLE SQUEAKING NOISES WHEN I WAS REVERSING COMING FROM THE SAME LEFT TIRE. THEN I NOTICED THE RIM WAS BENT I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER THEY SAID I WAS HITTING CURBS & ROAD HAZARD. MONTHS LATER THE SCRATCH AT THE BOTTOM BY THE FOG LIGHTS WAS GETTING BIGGER AND DEEP THE TIRE KEPT LOSING AIR AND THOSE SPRINGING SOUND NOISES I STILL HEARD. MAKE THE LONG STORY SHORT IT IS 2 YEARS LATER THE DEEP GASHES FROM THE LEFT FRONT TIRE IS NOW ALL THE WAYAROUND THE BOTTOM OF THE FOG LIGHTS ALMOST REACHING THE MIDDE.I WENT THRU 2 TIRES NO BLOW OUTS THANK GOD 3 RIMS AND ONE WAS A REPLACEMENT THE TIRE KEEPS LEAKING AIR THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CAR ITS ALL THE LEFT FRONT. I SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTUER OF MITSHUBSHI THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS THEY SAID ITS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE .DON'T BLOWOUTS HAPPEN DUE TO BENT RIMS? THEY NOTICED ITS ONLY HAPPENING IN CERTAIN STATES THAT CERTAIN STATES ROAD CONDITIONS ARE BAD. ALL STATES HAVE POTHOLES BUT WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING 15 MPH, HIT A POTHOLE ,& YOUR RIM BENDS CAUSING YOUR TIRE TO LEAK AIR SOMETHING WRONG. THESE RIMS ARE CONSTANTLY BENDING BUT ON MY CAR IT S ONLY THE LEFT SIDE. ITS UNSAFE, BECAUSE WHEN I HIT A POTLHOLE IT MAKES A LOUD BANGING NOISE EVEN MY BRAKE PEDAL SHAKES. IF I KNEW ALL THESE COMPLAINTS I WOULD OF NEVER BOUGHT THIS CAR NOW I KNOW ITS NOT ME BUT THE WAY THESE CHEAP SOFT WHEELS WERE MADE SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS ITS UNSAFE AND THE WHOLE CAR SHAKES AND STEERS TO THE LEFT AFTER HITTING A POTHOLE. I DONT USE MY CAR ALOT MOSTLY BACK AND FORTH TO WORK ON A HIGHWAY 15 MILES ONE WAY. I AM TIRED OF PURCHASING RIMS AT $300.00 I PAY ENOUGH FOR THIS CAR AND FOR THE MONEY I PAY I SHOULD HAVE DECENT RIMS THAT CAN STAND DRIVING OVER A 15-30 MILE AN HOUR POTHOLE. I HAD CARS BEFORE THIS NEVER HAD A DENTED RIM .SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THIS THERE ARE EVEN COMPLAINTS ON JDPOWER'S WEBSITE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039472September 24, 2003
WHEELS, WHEELS:RIM
WHILE ACCELERATING ON AN ON RAMP TO GET ONTO INTERSTATE 84 IN CONNECTICUT, I HIT A SMALL POTHOLE IN THE ROAD AND IT MAJORLY BENT THE WHEEL AND CAUSED THE TIRE TO COME OFF OF THE WHEEL. THIS HAPPENED IN THE NIGHT AND ON A STRETCH OF THE HIGHWAY THAT HAD NO SHOULDER. I HAD TO DRIVE APPROXIMATELY A MILE ON THIS BLOWN OUT TIRE AND WHEEL TO THE NEXT EXIT. THE FAILURE OF THIS WHEEL COST ME $350 (FOR THE WHEEL) AND ANOTHER $150 (FOR THE TIRE) PLUS LABOR CHARGES. NO MENTION OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THESE WHEELS WAS MENTIONED WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039495September 24, 2003
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
CRACKED DASHBOARD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039386September 23, 2003
WHEELS:RIM, TIRES, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
THE LEFT DRIVER SIDE RIM KEEPS BENDING, WHICH CAUSES A FLAT TIRE. I BOUGHT 3 RIMS ALREADY. ALWAYS WITH IN A WEEK THE RIM IS BENT. THE CAR MAKES A NOISE FROM THE FRONT END COMING FROM THE LEFT TIRE AND THERE ARE DEEP SCRATCH MARKS ON THE LOWER FRONT BY THE TIRE. AT SPEEDS OF 15-20 MILES AN HOUR IF I HIT A POTHOLE THE RIM BENDS AND THE WHOLE THING SHAKES EVEN WHEN I HIT THE BRAKE THE BRAKE PEDAL SHAKES BAKE AND FORTH. IF I KNEW THE RIM WOULD BE LIKE THIS AND I HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THIS TROUBLE OF TIRES AND RIMES COSTING $300.00 I WOULD OF NEVER BOUGHT THIS CAR.AFTER I HIT THE POT HOLE THE CAR START STEERING TO THE LEFT. AND THE SCRATCHES ON THE BOTTOM BY THE LEFT TIRE KEEP GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER AND DEEPER
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10040467September 23, 2003
WHEELS:RIM
DRIVER SIDE TIRE RIMS ARE BENT CAUSING AIR TO ESCAPE FROM TIRE. THE VEHICLE HAD SEVERAL BLOW OUTS WITHOUT WARNING CAUSING THE DRIVER TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE TIRES. MECHANIC TOLD HER THAT THE PROBLEM COULDN'T BE REPEATED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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