Mitsubishi Eclipse Complaints

2,377 consumer complaints on file.

#10009960March 5, 2003
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A SIDE IMPACT ACCIDENT, AND THE SIDE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY.*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10009652March 3, 2003
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WAS EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC LOCKS WHICH DID NOT FUNCTION UNLESS SUPPLIED WITH ELECTRICITY. THE DRIVERS' SIDE DOOR UNLOCKED/OPENED BY PULLING THE HANDLE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10008345March 2, 2003
STRUCTURE:BODY
DURING RAIN THE VEHICLE LEAKS THROUGH THE FIRE WALL AND/OR AIR VENTS INTO FLOOR OF VEHICLE.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10009631February 28, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
THERE WAS A CRACKING NOISE WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED, CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER REGARDING THE BALL JOINT, HOWEVER THE DEALER REFUSED TO HONOR RECALL, BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS REBUILT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10008028February 24, 2003
WHEELS:RIM
I WAS TRAVELING DOWN RT. 135, COINCIDENTALLY PASSING A MITSUBISHI DEALERSHIP, AROUND 7:15 IN THE EVENING. THERE WAS PRETTY HEAVY RAINFALL, SO I MADE SURE TO STAY AROUND 25 MILES/HR. AS I PASSED THE DEALERSHIP I HEARD A THUNDEROUS BOOM FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY CAR. I MADE IT BACK TO MY HOUSE (WHICH IS LESS THAN A MILE AWAY). WHEN I GOT OUT OF MY CAR, I FOUND THE FRONT OF MY FRONT RIGHT RIM BENT, AND THE INSIDE OF THE RIM WAS MISSING AN 8 INCH CHUNK OF METAL NEAR THE SEAL. I TOOK IT DOWN TO THE DEALERSHIP THE NEXT DAY ONLY TO HEAR THEM TELL ME THAT DAMAGE WAS NORMAL IN REGULAR ROAD CONDITIONS. THE ONLY OPTION I WAS GIVEN WAS TO BUY A NEW RIM (AT ABOUT $350). THIS WAS EVEN WITH THE EXTENDED 100,000 MILE WARRANTY ON THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007835February 20, 2003
WHEELS:RIM
2001 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GS, RIMS HAVE EITHER A STRESS FRACTURE OR BENT UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. THERE TYPE OF RIMS ARE 16 INCHES, TEN SPOKE AND ARE THE ALUMINIMUM ALLOY TYPE. TRYING TO WORK WITH MITSUBISHI AS THEY ARE REFUSING TO FIX PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007773February 19, 2003
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY 1998 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE HAS HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS FROM THE TIME IT WAS PURCHASED. AT 50,000 MILES THE ENGINE HEAD GASKET HAD TO BE REPLACED. AND TODAY THE ENGINE HAS A ROD THROWN AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE ENGINE. I HAD THE CAR IN SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED BECAUSE THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON AND OFF AND WAS TOLD IT WAS JUST A SENSOR. AFTER THAT THE LIGHT STILL CAME ON AND OFF AND I WAS TOLD NOT TO WORRY. THE DEALERSHIP COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM. OTHER PROBLEMS THAT I HAVE ENCOUNTERED HAVE BEEN WITH THE BRAKES. FREQUENT BRAKE PAD REPLACEMENT AND ROTORS TURNED AND REPLACED AFTER ONLY SEVERAL THOUSAND MILES. THAT WAS BLAMED ON MY DRIVING HABITS. I HAVE RESEARCHED AND FOUND THAT ALL ECLIPSE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. WHY ISN'T SOMETHING BEING DONE? ALSO OIL LEAKS AND ENGINE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM ACCORDING TO THE RESEARCH I HAVE DONE. WHAT DOES THE MANUFACTUERS WARRANTY COVER IF IT DOES NOT COVER THE ENGINE. IN MY OPINION, AFTER 50,000 MILES A CAR SHOULD NOT HAVE TO HAVE A HEAD GASKET REPLACED IF THE MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN DONE AS REQUESTED BY THE MANUFACTER. ON JULY 31, 2002 TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE OIL LEAK CHECKED AND SERVICE DEPT. UNABLE TO LOCATE OIL LEAK. ADVISED TO HAVE TRANSMISSION CHECKED. TRANSMISSION SERVICED BY DEALERSHIP. STILL HAD PROBLEMS WITH OIL LIGHT COMING ON AND OFF. COULD THIS DEFECT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH WHY MY ENGINE THREW A ROD THROUGH IT AND HAS MADE MY CAR WORTHLESS? THIS CAR IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD? AND STILL BEING PAID ON.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007737February 18, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CAR STOPS RUNNING UNEXPECTEDLY. WON'T RESTART RIGHT AWAY / MUST WAY ABOUT AN HOUR. UNEXPECTED ENGINE HALTING CAUSES LOSS OF POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES MAKING STEERING AND STOPPING OF VEHICLE DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS. THE UNEXPECTED ENGINE HALTING OCCURS WEEKLY MAKING THE VEHICLE NOT DEPENDABLE TRANSPORTATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007632February 17, 2003
WHEELS:RIM
2001 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE SPYDER GT: PASSENGER SIDE FRONT RIM BENT OUT OF SHAPE TO THE DEGREE THAT THE TIRE, WHICH MITSUBISHI DEALERSHIP INSPECTED AND FOUND NO PUNCTURE AND NO INDICATION OF HAVING BEEN RUN WHILE FLAT--LOST ITS AIR SEAL AND WENT FLAT. UPON DEALER INSPECTION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IMPACT DAMAGE FROM A SUSPECTED POTHOLE CAUSED THE RIM DAMAGE. THERE IS A TOTAL OF THREE DENTS FROM WHAT MITSUBISHI HAS DETERMINED ARE SEPARATE IMPACT INCIDENTS FROM "POTHOLES". NO DAMAGE ON OTHER THREE RIMS, ALL OF WHICH HAVE 18000 MILES OF DRIVING ROTATED BY MITSUBISHI USING FACTORY RECOMMENDED SCHEDULE. DEALER REFUSES TO REPLACE THIS OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE AND UNSAFE RIM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007226February 12, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY IN A HEAD ON COLLISION.*JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007092February 11, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:WHEEL CYLINDERS
WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR WHEEL.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005629February 10, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
MY "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT CAME ON, THERE WAS A "MISS" IN THE ENGINE AND WHEN TESTED BY THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THAT I HAD A "BAD" SPARK PLUG SO DID A REPLACEMENT. I PICKED IT UP DROVE ABOUT 5 MILES AND THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. I IMMEDIATELY RETURNED IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY DETERMINED THE SAME PROBLEM AND REPLACED THE SPARK PLUG AGAIN. ALSO INDICATING THAT THE COMPUTER ROM HAD TO BE UPDATED. WHEN THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT CAME ON YET AGAIN I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL APRIL WHEN THE "UPDATE" IS AVAILABLE. IN THE MEAN TIME, THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT IS ON, THERE IS A TERRIBLE MISS & MY GAS MILEAGE IS CRUMMY. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT FURTHER DAMAGE TO MY ENGINE AND AM GETTING NOWHERE WITH EITHER THE DEALERSHIP OR MITSUBISHI CORPORATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005584February 10, 2003
WHEELS:RIM
TWO OF MY MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE (2001) 17" SIX-SPOKE RIMS BENT, ONE TO THE POINT OF FAILURE, WHEN I CONTACTED A POT-HOLE AT LOW SPEED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005597February 10, 2003
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH, SEATS, SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:ROTOR
FRONT BRAKES ON 1998 MISTUBISHI ECLIPSE VIBRATE WHEN BRAKES APPLIED. VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED THIS BRAKE FAILURE 4 TIMES IN THE LAST 4 YEARS. ROTORS RESURFACED AT 12,000 MILES. ROTORS REPLACED AT 27,000 MILES AND RESURFACED AND REPLACED AGAIN AT 77,000 MILES. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLES BROKE TWICE. (PLASTIC)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005498February 8, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER FRONT TIRE. AFTER INSPECTION BY MITSUBISHI DEALERSHIP IN LANCASTER, PA, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT HEAD GASKET IS LEAKING OIL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10006723February 6, 2003
EQUIPMENT:RECREATIONAL VEHICLE/TRAILER:LPG SYSTEMS:WATER HEATER
THERE IS A FOUL ODOR COMING THRU THE VENTS WHEN HER HEAT IS ON. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES AND THEY CAN NOT FIND OUT WHERE THE SMELL IS COMING FROM. PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005147February 3, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET TRAVELING 30MPH WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG!!! MY CAR SLAMMED TO A HALT IN THE FRONT YARD OF SOME UNKNOWN HOUSE. ONLY TO SEE THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE OF MY CAR IS NOW RESTING THE WHEEL WELL ON THE TIRE, THE TIRE ABOUT TO JUST FALL OVER, MY FRAME BY THE DOOR ALL CRUSHED BACK FROM THE TIRE, AND MY AXEL ON THE GROUND. HAD I BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY I COULD HAVE JUST KISSED MYSELF GOODBYE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY MITSUBISHI NEVER INFORMED ME OF THIS. I LOOKED FOR THE PROBLEM ONLINE AND HERE'S WHAT I FOUND - PROBLEM:~>WHEEL BEARINGS LEAKING OIL, CAN ROTATE CASING MORE THAN 3 INCHES, ACCORDING TO DEALER. WHOLE CASING COULD SEPARATE, CAUSING CRASH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005219February 3, 2003
WHEELS:RIM
I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE EQUIPPED WITH 17 INCH ALLOY WHEELS, GOING ABOUT 30 MILES PER HOUR, WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG FROM THE RIGHT FRONT AREA. IT WAS AFTER DARK AND THE CAR SEEMED TO HANDLE OKAY SO I PROCEEDED ON BUT AFTER A SHORT DISTANCE I HEARD A SIMILAR BANG. I PULLED OVER AND FOUND THAT THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL RIM WAS GREATLY DEFORMED AND THE TIRE KNOCKED OFF THE BEAD. I CHANGED THE TIRE AND PROCEEDED HOME WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. I INSPECTED THE ROAD THE FOLLOWING DAY IN ANOTHER VEHICLE AND DROVE OVER THE SAME ROUGH SPOTS AND BARELY NOTICED THEM. THERE WERE NO SIGNIFIGANT POT HOLES IN THE ROAD. I BELIEVE THAT A WHEEL THAT WILL FAIL SO EASILY IS A HAZARD. IF I HAD BEEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND STRUCK A HOLE IN THE ROAD I BELIEVE THE TIRE WOULD HAVE GONE FLAT IMMEDIATELY AND CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005111February 2, 2003
WHEELS:RIM
2001 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE SPYDER BENT RIMS AND BLEW TIRES. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005079February 1, 2003
VISIBILITY
MY DASH IS CRACKED IN THREE DIFFERENT PLACES. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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