Mitsubishi Eclipse Complaints

2,377 consumer complaints on file.

#9003592August 16, 2001
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
OWNER REPLACED TRANSFER CASE BECAUSE OF LOCK UP. MITSUBISHI CLAIMS THE RECALL WAS DONE AND THEY ARE NOT LIABLE FOR DAMAGE WHEN IN FACT THE PART WAS ONLY INSPECTED AND NOT DEEMED A RISH AT THAT TIME. THEY ARE NOW REFUSING SERVICE UNLESS THE BROKEN PART IS PLACED BACK ON THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE IS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9002626August 16, 2001
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
HOOD LATCH BROKE. THE HOOD FLEW UP, ALMOST CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF VEHICLE. THE HOOD CRACKED PART OF THE WINDSHIELD AND BEND THE TOP OF VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#750592August 16, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
I AM ONE OF MANY WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE WALKING CRANKSHAFT PROBLEM WHICH REQUIRES THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ENGINE AT A COST OF APPROX $4000.00. I HAVE TRIED TO ESTABLISH A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST MITSUBISHI FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT TO NO AVAIL. YOU CAN CALL ME AT [XXX] IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. I HOPE THIS PROBLEM IS SETTLED SOMEDAY. THANK YOU. *AK PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894564August 16, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH IN A "MISTY" LIGHT RAIN VEHICLE HIT AN EMBANKMENT HEAD-ON WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO ROLL OVER THREE TIMES. CONSUMER RECEIVED NO INJURIES, BUT WAS EXAMINED FOR TRAUMA. BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING THIS INCIDENT. VEHICLE WAS AVAILABLE FOR EXAMINATION, AND HAS NOT BEEN EXAMINED BY ANYONE. *AK *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894338August 14, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894339August 14, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
VEHICLE LOST ALL BRAKING POWE R WHILE ATTEMPTING A GRADUAL STOP ON DRY ROAD CONDITIONS. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893680August 7, 2001
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
3 INCH THICK FOG DEVELOPS AND CONTINOUSLY MOVES UP ON INSIDE OF WINDSHIELD WHEN TURNING ON DEFROSTER, CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO DRIVER. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TWICE FOR THIS DEFECT, BUT COULD NOT CORRECT DEFECT.*AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749586August 1, 2001
AIR BAGS
SRS LIGHT FOR SIDE AIR BAGS GOES ON ALL THE TIME. NEVER TURNS OFF. FROM WHAT I WAS TOLD FROM MY DEALERSHIP AT CUTTER MITSUBISHI IT'S AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED OR ELSE SIDE AIR BAGS WON'T DEPLOY IN THE CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749469July 30, 2001
WHEELS:RIM
DURING NORMAL ROAD DRIVING IN SPEEDS UNDER 40 MPH, MY CAR RIMS HAVE BENT ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. I HAVE HEARD FROM OTHER 2000 ECLIPSE OWNERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM: RIMS ARE BENDING TOO EASILY UNDER NORMAL ROAD USEAGE DURING LOWER SPEEDS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749238July 26, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT, WHEELS:RIM, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AT SEVENTY, DEALER REFUSED TO FIX THE PROBLEM; DOORS LEAK AND DEALER REFUSES TO FIX AS WELL; RIMS EASILY BEND. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749204July 26, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
CAR STALLS WITHOUT NOTICE AT LIGHTS OR ON HIGHWAY; WILL EVENTUALLY RESTART. MECHANIC UNABLE TO FIND CAUSE. AM TERRIFIED ABOUT DRIVING MY CAR;LAST STALLED IN HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC AREA AT LIGHT; ALMOST REAR-ENDED BY NUMEROUS VEHICLES BEFORE BEING PUSHED OFF THE ROAD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749097July 24, 2001
WHEELS:RIM
3 RIMS HAVE BENT ON THIS CAR. I HAVE REPLACED 1, BUT THE OTHER 2 WERE BENT WITHOUT HITTING ANYTHING MAJOR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748863July 21, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
MY ECLIPSE HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE MITSUBISHI DEALER SEVEN TIMES IN A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS GOING INTO THE FOURTH YEAR FOR THE SAME PROBLEM OVER AND OVER AGAIN BEING THAT I WOULD BE DRIVING AND THE CAR WOULD SHUT COMPLETLY DOWN BEING ABLE NOT TO START BACK UP AGAIN AND WHILE GOING OVER BUMPS ON ROADS THE CAR WOULD BUCK AND LEAD TO ALSO SHUTTING OFF, THE DEALERS RESPONSE WAS THAT THEY COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS UNTIL LAST YEAR BEFORE THAT TIME THEY WOULD ASUME WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND FIX SOMETHING AND THEN CHARGING ME FOR FIXING SOMETHING THAT DID NOT EVEN FIX THE PROBLEM. FINALLY IN 2000 THEY REPLACED THE CRANK SENSOR AND FOR AWHILE THE CAR DID NOT DIE FOR AWHILE UNTIL A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN I TOOK MY CAR TO A GARAGE WHERE MY CAR DIED WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC AND THEY THEN ALSO REPLACED THE CRANK SENSOR AND SUGGESTED THAT I CHECK INTO MY HEAD GASKET BECAUSE HE HAD SEEN MANY OF THE ECLIPSES HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM BEING THAT THE HEAD GASKET WAS CRACKED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562157July 20, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
THE LOWER LATERAL ARM BALL JOINT WERE DEFECTIVE CAUSING PREMATURE AND EXCESSIVE WEAR TO THE TIRES, THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE ALSO NOTICED EXTREME VIBRATION COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WHEN BRAKING, ALSO AS A RESULT OF THE DEFECTIVE BALL JOINT ALL FOUR STRUTS HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THEY WERE LEAKING. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562068July 16, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
PRIOR TO RECALL(SR-01-007) WHILE PULLING OUT FROM A STOP SIGN, CONSUMER STATES IT SEEMED THAT VEHICLE HAD FALLEN INTO A HOLE, WHEN CONSUMER GOT OUT OF VEHICLE THE TIRE WAS LYING SIDEWAYS UNDER THE VEHICLE, VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT AXLE HAD LOST ITS SEAL IN THE INCIDENT, CONSUMER INFORMED DEALERSHIP THAT THE PART THAT THEY ARE RECALLING WAS ALREADY REPLACED.*YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748555July 16, 2001
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
RIGHT FRONT STEERING ASSEMBLY (TIE ROD & BALL JOINTS) TORE AWAY FROM WHERE IT WAS ATTACHED TO THE FRAME RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE TO GO OUT OF CONTROL . VEHICLE STRUCK THE CURB AND ROLLED OVER ON THE VEHICLE'S LEFT SIDE, SLIDING APPROX 500 FEET ON ITS SIDE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#892740July 13, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE NHTSA 00V421001/MANUD TO PERFORM REPAIRS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE SIDE THAT WAS DEFECTIVE WAS N0T THE SIDE STATED IN THE RECALL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#892659July 12, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE KEEPS STALLING. CAN BE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN VEHICLE WILL LOSE POWER AND ENGINE DIE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#892519July 11, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY OR CITY STREETS SHUTS OFF INTERMITTENTLY, AND ALL ELECTRICAL POWER AND POWER STEERING IS LOST. VEHICLE CANNOT BE RESTARTED UNTIL NEXT 24 HOURS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED DEALER TO REMEDY PROBLEM. ALTERNATOR HAS BEEN CHANGED, BUT DRIVER IS EXPERIENCING SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748315July 11, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
I HAD PARKED THIS AUTO AND WENT INSIDE TO SLEEP- WAS AWAKEN BY HORN GOING OFF IN AUTO- WENT OUT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON AND WHEN I OPEN THE DOOR ALL I SAW WAS A BLAST OF SMOKE THAT HIT ME IN THE FACE. FIRE CHIEF SAID IT WAS A ELECTRICAL FIRE THAT STARTED BEHIND THE DASH WHERE THE INSTRUMENTS ARE. THE INSURANCE TOTAL THIS CAR OUT EVERYTHING WAS MELTED IN THE AUTO- I BOUGHT THIS AUTO 15 DAYS AGO USED
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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