Mitsubishi Eclipse Complaints

2,377 consumer complaints on file.

#887410May 3, 2001
WHEELS
WHILE WASHING VHEICLE NOTICED GSX WHEELS ON PASSENGER FRONT & REAR WERE BENDING INWARD. VEHICLE HAD BEEN STORED FROM DECEMBER-JANUARY. CONTACTED DEALERSHIPAND INFORMED GENERAL MANAGER /SERVICE MANAGER INDICATING THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH WHEELS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744845May 2, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
DOORS HOLD WATER AND MILDEW AND FREEZE IN WINTER, DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, A FIX IS SAID TO BE IN DEVELOPMENT BUT A TIMELINE IS UNKNOWN, MILDEW SMELL CAN BE QUITE STRONG IN WARM WEATHER. WHILE NOT DIRECTLY A SAFTEY CONCERN, IN TIME RUST AND DETERIORATION COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS WITH DOORS IN ACCIDENTS I WOULD THINK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886804April 25, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE WILL ATTACH, BUT WILL NOT LOCK, COMES LOOSE. DEALERSHIP CANNOT DETERMINE REASON FOR THIS, AND STATED THAT BUCKLE ASSEMBLY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886520April 23, 2001
WHEELS:RIM
A TWO PIECE RIM WAS DAMAGED WHILE DRIVING OVER A BUMP AND WAS REPAIRED. ALSO, THE RIM CLEAR COAT WAS COMING OFF. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744360April 22, 2001
WHEELS
2 PIECE WHEEL METAL IS SOFT AND EASY TO BEND AND THE CLEARCOAT IS PEELING. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744372April 22, 2001
WHEELS
THE ALLOY WHEELS IS MADE UP OF TWO PIECE, THE OUTTER PART IS MADE UP OF SOFT ALLUMINIUM WHICH IS VERY EASY TO BEND.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744351April 21, 2001
WHEELS
ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE TRAVELLING AT LOW SPEEDS A WHEEL BENT AND MY TIRE DEFLATED WHILE DRIVING MY 2000 ECLIPSE GT. ON BOTH OCCASIONS I LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE; IT EVENTUALLY SKIDDED TO A HALT BOTH TIMES.*AK (TIRESIZE: 250/50/17)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 250/50/17 )
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560844April 19, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
WHILE MAKING A TURN, VEHICLE MADE A VERY LOUD CRACKING NOISE AND VEHICLE FELL TO GROUND, CONSUMER HAD NO CONTROL OF STEERING, CAR CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AFTER SKIDDING A LONG DISTANCE ACROSS TWO LANES,AFTER GETTING OUT OF CAR CONSUMER NOTICED LEFT FRONT WHEEL WAS AT AN AWKWARD ANGLE,ABOUT 45 DEGREES FROM VERTICAL AND THE WHOLE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF THE CAR WAS ON THE GROUND, WHEEL WAS STILL ATTACHED TO CAR, AFTER HAVING CAR TOWED WAS ADC BY MECHANIC THAT BALL JOINT SEPARATED FROM THE LOWER ARM WHICH CAUSED THE WHEEL TO PULL AWAY FROM THE CAR AND CRASH TO THE GROUND,CONSUMER FOUND WEBSITE THAT STATED THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS PART, BUT WAS ADV BY MITSUBUSHI THAT VEHICLE HAD ALREADY BEEN LOOKED AT IN NOVEMBER 1999 WHICH INCLUDED INSPECTING PARTS AND ONLY REPLACING WHAT WAS DAMAGED,CONSUMER WENT BACK TO WEBSITE AND FOUND ANOTHER RECALL NOTICE THAT SUPERCEDED THE PREVIOUS RECALL NOTICE AND THIS RECALL WENT OUT IN 2000,CONSUMER WAS ADV BY MITSUBISHI THAT THEY KNEW NOTHING OF THE RECALL,AND SAID THEY COULD NOT MAKE ANOTHER RECALL ON THE SAME PART THEY ALREADY RECALLED, HE WAS ADV THAT MAYBE NHTSA WAS UPDATING WEBSITE PAGE,CONSUMER WAS ADV BY MITSUBISHI TO CALL NHTSA TO FOUND OUT WAS GOING ON. *
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886347April 19, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WAS SLOWING DOWN TO AN INTERSECTION WHEN THROTTLE GOT STUCK. CONSUMER HAD TO PULL EMERGENCY BRAKE TO STOP. CONSUMER WAS ALMOST HIT HEAD-ON AND IN THE REAR. AFTER PULLING UP EMERGENCY BRAKE, THROTTLE BECAME UNSTUCK, AND VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN HOME. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER. CONSUMER WILL ADD MORE INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886348April 19, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY THROTTLE STUCK, AND VEHICLE ACCELERATED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#560834April 18, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM
PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION (00V421001 AND 99V066001) CONSUMER EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH BALL JOINTS AND HIS OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES HAS BEEN ABOUT $2000.00, CONSUMER REQUESTS REIMBURSEMENT. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885963April 16, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
VEHICLE WILL STALL WHILE DRIVING REGARDLESS OF SPEED AND WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER HAS REPLACED FUELPUMP/ IGNITION SWITCH AND COMPUTER, BUT DEFECT STILL OCCURS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744080April 15, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
CAR HAD BEEN DRIVEN A SHORT DISTANCE. THE DRIVER GOT OUT OF THE CAR WHEN IT SPONTANEOUSLY CAUGHTON FIRE. TRUE CAUSE AND ORIGIN OF THE FIRE IS UNKNOW AS MITSUBISHI DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK WITH US, OR EXAMINE THE CAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885517April 10, 2001
WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS
LUGS: NUTS AND BOLTS BREAK WHEN WHEELS ARE CHANGED. CONSUMER HAS REPLACED ABOUT 25 LUG NUTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885527April 10, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWN, CAUSING LEAKAGE OF QUART OF OIL ABOUT EVERY THOUSAND MILE. MANUFACUTER HAS DEVELOPED 13 DIFFERENT GASKETS TO PREVENT FAILURE, BUT IT DOES NOT RESOLVE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743811April 10, 2001
WHEELS:RIM
UPON COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER ECLIPSE OWNERS ABOUT BENT RIMS; I NOTICED THAT MY FRONT RIGHT RIM IS ALSO BENT IN 2 PLACES. NOW I'M CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885484April 9, 2001
AIR BAGS
AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON THE DASHBOARD FOR AIRBAG WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN FIXED THREE TIMES ALREADY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743596April 5, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CAMSHAFT STARTED MAKING SAME NOISE AT 97,000 MILES AS IT DID AT 47,000 WHEN IT FAILED AT 65 MPH ON THE HWY. ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND ALL POWER WAS LOST. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND IT IS NO LONGER COVERED BY WARRANTY. I BELIVE THAT THE LIFE TIME OF THE PART MAY ONLY BE APROX. 45,000 MILES. THE MECHANIC DESCIBED THE PROBLEM AS THE "CAM SHAFT WAS WALKING". HE ALSO SAID THAT HE HAD SEEN A FEW OTHER CASES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743457April 3, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ON MARCH 31, 2001, MY HUSBAND AND I PURCHASED A 2001 ECLIPSE FOR OUR 17 YEAR OLD SON, TO CARRY HIM THROUGH HIGHSCHOOL AND COLLEGE. AROUND 3 HOURS LATER HE BRAKED TO AVOID HITTING 2 DOGS, THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE LOCKED UP AND THE OTHERS DID NOTHING. THIS CAUSED THE CAR TO SWING AROUND AT 180 DEGREES AND GO BACKWARDS INTO A DITCH HITTING A STEEL CULBERT. THE POLICE STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS THE BRAKES. IF WORKING PROPERLY, THE CAR COULD HAVE BEEN CONTROLLED. NO TICKET WAS GIVEN TO OUR SON. HE AND HIS FRIEND HAS NECK AND BACK PAIN. HOPEFULLY IT WILL HEAL. THE TRAUMA IS STILL THERE FOR OUR SON I KNOW. THE THOUGHT OF WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED IS HORRIFIC IF HE HAD BEEN BY A BLUFF, ON A MAJOR INTERSTATE OR ETC. NOW THE CAR IS WRECKED, AND THE EXPENSE IS OURS, THIS WAS A GIFT, HE IS A RESPONSIBLE CHILD, THE BRAKES THAT WAS PUT ON THIS CAR COULD HAVE CAUSED MUCH MORE DAMAGE TO THESE CHILDREN. I AM UNSETTLED ON WHAT TO DO, I AM CHECKING INTO IT, HOPEFULLY SOMEONE WILL TAKE THIS SERIOUS ENOUGH TO PUT A STOP TO THIS PROBLEM. WE THANK GOD FOR [XXX] AND HIS FRIENDS LIFE, BUT THE INJURY'S ARE THERE AND IT IS VERY TRAUMATIC. WE ARE THANKFUL NOT TO HAVE BEEN AT THE POINT OF A FUNERAL FOR ONE OR BOTH. NOW [XXX] IS SHY TO DRIVE, BELIEVE ME, THIS DOES TRAUMATIZED ONE. THE POINT IS, I NEED HELP TO GET THIS FIXED, THE BRAKES, THE CAR, AND IT NOT TO HAPPEN AGAIN TO ANYONE, IT IS TO LATE IF THEY ARE KILLED. AS A PARENT I AM HORRIFIED, DOES THESE MANUFACTURE NOT HAVE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR PARTS, NO MATTER THE AGE ONE LIFE IS TO MUCH. PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN, I WILL USE WHAT EVER AVENUE I HAVE TO FOR HELP. THANK YOU, SINCERELY -- [XXX]. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#743123March 27, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 83,000 UNDER NORMAL USE. THIS CAR WAS NOT IN THE RECALL BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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