Mitsubishi Eclipse Complaints

2,377 consumer complaints on file.

#881150February 22, 2001
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH FRONT HOOD BECAME UNLATCHED/ FLYING/ SMASHING WINDSHIELD, AND HITTING ROOF OF VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881165February 22, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, AND VEHICLE IN FRONT OF CONSUMER HAD SPUN ON SNOW AND THEN HIT CONSUMER IN FRONT OF VEHICLE. AIR SENSORS WERE DAMAGED, BUT AIR BAGS WERE NEVER DEPLOYED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881030February 21, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 40MPH ON A SIDE STREET AND ANOTHER VEHICLE VEERED INTO CPNSUMER'S VEHICLE FROM SIDE AND T-BONED VEHICLE. AIRBAGS DIDN'T GO OFF. CONSUMER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#881039February 21, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TREAD WAS WEARING OUT EXCESSIVELY ON COOPER TIRES SIZE 185/70R13. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES OR VEHICLE BEING OUT OF ALIGNMENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881060February 21, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE00 048; WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE. WAS ABLE TO PULL IT OVER TO SHOULDER S. NOTICED RIGHT PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. GOODYEAR TIRE 17INCH TIRES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741241February 20, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WELL, ITS ONE OF THE DEFAULTS THAT MITSUBISHI IS HIDING. ITS A FAILURE IN THE CRANK BEARING WHICH CAUSES THE CLUTCH NOT TO WORK PROPERLY AND A VERY ANNOYING TAPING SOUND WHEN THE CLUTCH IS PRESSED. THE MAIN DANGEROUS PROBLEM IS THAT YOU CANNOT SHIFT PROPERLY WHILE DRIVING MAKING IT UNSAFE AND FRUSTRATING. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID I NEED TO REPLACE THE WHOLE ENGINE(SHORTBLOCK) AND IT WILL BE UNDER MY COST AROUND $3500. THE WORKERS THERE ADDMITTED TO ME THAT ITS A DEFAULT THAT THEY DONT HAVE A RECALL ON. I BOUGHT THE CAR UNDER THE INTENTION THAT MITSUBISHI MAKES VERY RELIABLE PRODUCTS. UNFORTUNATLY I WAS VERY MISTAKEN ESPECIALLY AFTER THE FEW INCIDENTS ON THE NEWS. PLEASE HELP ME BECAUSE I AM LOSING A LOT OF MONEY WITH THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880640February 15, 2001
AIR BAGS
(SRS) WARNING LIGHT KEEPS ILLUMINATING ON DASH PANEL. MITSUBISHI HAS BEEN CONTACTED. THEY CANNOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS WITH SYSTEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880692February 15, 2001
WHEELS:RIM, TIRES
TWO TIRES ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS HAD BLOWN OUT, AND RIMS HAD TO BE REPLACED. UNABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE OVER BUMPY ROADS WHILE OTHER VEHICLES COULD BE DRIVEN WITHOUT A PROBLEM. TECHNICIAN AT DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT RIMS WERE LOW PROFILE, AND LOW IN QUALITY. HAD TO PAY FOR OTHER RIMS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880693February 15, 2001
WHEELS:RIM, TIRES
WHILE DRIVING OVER A POTHOLE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT AND RIM BENT, SHOWING LOW QUALITY OF THE RIM. CURRENTLY, WHEEL HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740923February 15, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
I WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION GOING ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR. I WAS IMMEDIATLEY TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND COULD NOT LOOK AT THE CAR FOR ABOUT A WEEK. ONCE I SAW THE CAR I FIGURED THAT THE AIRBAGS MUST HAVE DEPLOYED. HOWEVER, I WAS WRONG. THE PERSON THAT FIXED MY CAR GOT A SCMATIC THAT SHOWED WHERE THE AIRBAG SENSORS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE. THERE WAS NO SENSORS IN THAT LOCATION. I MADE SURE THAT ONE THE SALES SLIP THAT IT STATED THAT THE CAR DID HAVE AIRBAGS, AND INDEED IT DID. TODAY, FEB. 15, 2001 I NOTICED IN SEVERAL PLACES ON THE NET THAT MISTUBISHI IS NOW RECALLING 1.3 MILLION CARS BECASUE OF DEFAULTY AIRBAGS AND THE ECLIPSE IS ONE OF THEM. I HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY REFUSE TO PROVIDE SERVICE FOR ME. CAN ANYONE HELP ME? CAN ANYONE INVESTIGATE THE DEALERSHIP. I HAVE HEARD THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE RENN KIRBY AND I HAVE HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THEM. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#740928February 15, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CAR WILL GO FOR A VERY SHORT DISTANCE WHEN YOU TAKE OFF, THEN CAR WON'T MOVE WHEN YOU PUT YOUR FOOT ON THE GAS PEDAL. TOOK TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP. THEY SAID IT WAS SOMETHING INTERNAL IN THE TRANSMISSION. JUST TO TAKE IT APART WOULD COST $375. AFTER THAT, IT COULD COST ANYWHERE FROM $1100 TO $2200 TO FIX.THIS CAR HAS HAD PROBLEMS SINCE WE PURCHASED IT. BY THE TIME WE FINISH PUTTING MONEY INTO IT, WE WILL HAVE SPENT MORE FOR REPAIRS THAN WE DID TO BUY THE CAR. IF THERE ARE ANY PARTS THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW BEFORE I PUT ANYMORE MONEY INTO THIS CAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880508February 13, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET FAILED, IT WAS MADE OF PAPER, NOT STEEL. CONSTANT LEAKS ON GASKET FROM WHERE HEAD MEETS ENGINE. DEALER RECOGNIZED PROBLEM, AND AGREED TO REPLACE FREE OF CHARGE IF CONSUMER WAS ORIGINAL OWNER, BUT CONSUMER WAS NOTORIGINAL OWNER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740564February 7, 2001
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
MANUAL TRANSMISSION LEAKING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879790February 5, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
WHENEVER IT RAINS OR IF VEHICLE IS TAKEN TO CAR WASH, WATER AND RAIN WILL LEAK INTO PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. PROBLEM WAS NOTED MORE ON PASSENGER'S SIDE THEN DRIVER'S SIDE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#740234January 31, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE SPEED SENSORS ARE BAD ON THE CAR CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO BE STUCK IN SECOND GEAR. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAPPENED. BOTH INCIDENTS WERE REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE FIRST TIME THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. NOW THIS TIME THEY SAID THAT IT'S NOT COVERED ON THE WARRANTY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879431January 31, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WALKING CRANKSHAFT CAME FROM FACTORY OUT OF ROUND WHICH IS PREVENTING VEHICLE TO GO INTO GEAR. CONSUMER HAS REPLACED SEVERAL PARTS IN CLUTCH ASSEMBLY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#784992January 24, 2001
STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK
THE STEERING RACK AND AND GEAR FAILED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HANDLE POORLY AROUND CURVES, DEALER HAS REPLACED, HOWEVER CONSUMER STATES THIS ONE IS BROKE TOO, THERE IS A LOUD PINGING NOISE COMING FROM STEERING GEAR. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878729January 22, 2001
STRUCTURE
WHENEVER IT RAINS OR VEHICLE IS WASHED, WATER WOULD REMAIN IH DOOR AREA. WINDOWS WOULD COME OUT OF ALIGNMENT & WOULD REMAIN CONSTANTLY WET. THIS WOULD LEAVE AN ODOR OF MILDEW INSIDE VEHICLE. BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIPAND CONTACTED FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE. COULD NOT TELL WHAT PROBLEM WAS OR WHAT WAS CAUSING IT. MECHANIC REPLACED DOOR MOLDING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878474January 18, 2001
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER, POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 MPH MANUAL TRANSMISSION WILL STAY IN ONE GEAR, AND CLUTCH PEDAL WILL ALWAYS GO TO FLOOR AND WILL STAY THERE UNTIL ENGINE IS TURNED OFF, THEN RESTARTED. VEHICLE WILL START WORKING AGAIN. *AK THE DEALER REPLACED MASTER AND SLAVE CYLINDER. TRANSFER CASE LEAKS AND THE CONSUMER WAS STILL EXPERIENCING GEAR SHIFTING PROBLEM. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878527January 18, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE DRIVING, BRIDGESTONE POTENZA RIGHT FRONT TIRE P255/70R16 EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHAKE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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