1995 Eagle Talon complaints

I PURCHASED A VEHICLE FROM A PRIVATE PARTY THAT ENSURED ME THE VEHICLE WAS MECHANICLY SOUND. I DROVE THE VEHICLE FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES AND IT SHUT DOWN. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND FOUND OUT THE VEHICLE HAD BENT VALVES. THE REPAIR ESTIMATE WAS TOO OUTSTANDING. I ASKED THE SELLER IF THEY WOULD HELP IN ANY WAY AND THEY SAID "IT IS ALL YOUR PROBLEM NOW." IS THERE ANY HELP TO MY SITUATION? *AK

I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH MY VEHICLE, MANY OF WHICH I DID NOT MENTION. MOST OF THE COMPLAINTS I HAVE MADE, HAVE NEVER BEEN TAKEN CARE OF AND TODAY THE PROBLEMS STILL EXIST. I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE FOR REPAIRS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS FOR A ROTTEN EGG SMELL COMING FROM EXHAUST ALONG WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON. MY CAR CONTINUES TO FAIL SMOG EVERY YEAR, AND THIS YEAR I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO REGISTER MY VEHICLE AS A RESULT. I NOW HAVE NUMEROUS REGISTRATION TICKETS, WHICH I AM PAYING FINES ON WITH ALL ATTEMPTS TO MAKE THE CORRECTIONS, WITH NO LUCK. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

BRAKES ROTORS WARPED UNDER NORMAL USE. *MJS

PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG COVER BEGAN TO BUBBLE UP. YH

CAR WAS CHECKED FOR THE RECALL IN AUGUST 1999. WAS MAKING A TURN AT ABOUT 10MPH WHEN THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL FELL OFF. AS A RESULT OF THE LOWER BALL JOINT FAILURE, THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS DAMAGED AS WELL AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE OPENING DOOR WITH OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE, DOOR HANDLE BROKE OFF IN CONSUMER'S HANDS ON BOTH SIDES. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATON. *AK

MORNING OF INCIDENT, ON THE WAY TO WORK NOTICED SPEEDOMETER WASN'T WORKING. COMING BACK FROM LUNCH, SMELLED ODOR. PULLED OVER, POPPED HOOD, SAW SMALL FIRE LEFT SIDE, AND PUT OUT WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHER. TOWED TO DEALER, THEY MADE OEM SPEC. REPAIR, REPLACING DAMAGED COMPOENTS. I HAVE OLD SPEED SENSOR, IT LOOKS TO ME THE MOST LIKELY SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM. MY CONCERN IS THIS CAN HAPPEN AGAIN. I BELIEVE THE SPEED SENSOR CIRCUIT SHOULD BE FUSED. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF PURSUING THIS CONCERN WITH DAMLIERCHRYSLER (BOB DUNN, 612-553-2569). FYI, STATE FARM IS NOT COVERING MOST THE DAMAGE COST (~$850), CLAIMING THE DEFECTIVE COMPONENT (COMPREHENSIVE DOESN'T COVER THE DEFECTIVE PART, BUT OTHER PARTS DAMAGED IN FIRE) TO BE THE WIRING HARNESS, THE BIG TICKET ITEM, AND NOT THE SPEED SENSOR. SO FOR 2 REASONS I REALLY WANT TO DETERMINE THE ACTUAL CAUSE OF THE FIRE. FYI, THE ORIGINAL/BAD SENSOR. I RECEIVED FROM THE DEALER, PRESUMABLY THE SPEED SENSOR, APPEARS TO BE A 3 TERMINAL DEVICE, WITH THE MIDDLE PIN MISSING (BURNED UP?). I TRIED MEASURING THE RESISTANCE BETWEEN THE OTHER TWO TERMINALS, AND SAW ~800OHMS. THE SENSOR DAMAGE SUGGESTS COUPLED WITH MY OBSERVATION THAT THE SPEEDOMETER MALFUNCTION IMPLIES TO ME THAT THE SPEED SENSOR AND NOT THE HARNESS FAILED. I'M GUESSING THE SENSOR IS BULIT BY MITSUBISHI, AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT NEXT, E.G. WHO WOULD/SHOULD DO FAILURE ANALYSIS. I ALSO HAVE A NEW $600 WIRING HARNESS, MISSING JUST THE SPEED SENSOR FEMALE CONNECTOR HARNESS (THE MECHANIC S

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I HAVE HAD MORE PROBLEMS THAN ANYONE COULD IMAGINE WITH THIS CAR. IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP OVER 20 TIMES. I HAVE HAD THE STARTER REPLACED, WATER PUMP, ALTENATOR, BRAKE PADS REPLACED TWICE AND THE ROTORS FOR WARPING AS WELL AS ONE OF THE CALIPERS. I HAVE ALSO HAD MORE THAN 4 BATTERIES GONE OUT A HOST OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS FROM THE DOOR LOCKS BURNING OUT AND BEING REPLACED AT LEAST TWICE THE INTRUMENT CLUSTER LIGHTS GOING OUT. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO HAVE THE DRIVE SPLINES(NOT SURE OF THE SPELLING) REPLACED DUE TO CRACKING AND BRAKING PROBLEMS WITH THEM. THE VALVE TAPLETS HAVE BEEN REPLACED DUE TO A LEAKING DOWN OF ALL 16 OF THEM, THE EXHAUST MAINFOLD WAS JUST REPLACED FOR A WARPING THAT CRACKED IT AND WAS CAUSING EXHAUST TO ESCAPE INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE DASH HAS BEEN REPLACED FOR CRACKING. THEN TAKING BACK OUT FOR A MESS UP. STILL WONDERING IF THE AIRBAGS WERE HOOKED BACK UP . HOPE I NEVER HAVE TO FIND OUT. THIS IS JUST A HINT AT SOME OF THE PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD. I'M VERY UPSET BECAUSE I TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF MY CAR AND HAVE HAD ALL THE WORK DONE ON MY CAR BY THE DEALERSHIP TO PREVENT PROBLEMS DOWN THE ROAD SUCH AS TUNE UPS AND A HOST OF OTHER JOBS ON MY CAR DONE BEFORE THE RECOMMEND TIME. THANKS FOR ANY INFO YOU COULD GIVE ME . *AK

I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW IN FEBRUARY OF 1995, THIRTEEN MONTHS AFTER BUYING THE VEHICLE THE TIMING BELT SNAPPED. THE ENGINE WAS ESSENTIALLY REPLACED. THREE MONTHS LATER THE WATER PUMP FAILED AND WAS REPLACED, IT FAILED AGAIN AND WAS REPLACED AGAIN. THE VENTS ON THE DASHBOARD POPPED OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED, THEY HAVE SINCE POPPED OUT AGAIN. THE HORN RELAY HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND STILL DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE BRAKES WERE RESURFACED AFTER ABOUT 4 MONTHS BECAUSE OF A DEFECT. THE ALARM HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES. THE BATTERY HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE. ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS OCCURED IN THE FIRST THREE YEARS I OWNED THE VEHICLE. IN THE PAST FOUR MONTHS I HAVE NOTICED A VERY STRONG ODOR OF FUEL IN THE CAR, I HAVE BROUGHT IT TO SEVERAL MECHANICS, WITHOUT SUCCESS. THE CAR HAD DEVELOPED A STALLING PROBLEM ABOUT A MONTH AGO - IN AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM MY MECHANIC REPLACED THE GASKET KIT (LEAK) BECAUSE HE FELT THE PLUGS WERE GETTING WET. ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO MY FRONT AND REAR WIPERS STOPPED WORKING, I TRIED REPLACING THE FUSE, THEY STILL DON'T WORK. LAST WEEK ON MY WAY TO WORK MY CAR LOST ALL POWER AND I AM NOW TOLD THAT MY TRANSMISSION IS SHOT AND NEEDS TO BE REBUILT. HELP!

THE FIRST PROBLEM I HAD WAS THE TRANSMISSION. IT DOESN'T GO INTO SECOND GEAR ANYMORE. WHEN YOU CAN GET IT INTO SECOND IT GRINDS VERY BADLY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT WOULD JUST GO OUT UNLESS DEFECTIVE. SO NOW I HAVE TO SHIFT FROM FIRST TO THIRD GEAR AND BYPASS SECOND GEAR. THE SECOND DEFECT I HAVE FOUND IS THE WIPER WASHERS THAT ARE MOUNTED IN THE HOOD. THEY HAD LEAKED WATER DOWN THE SIDE OF THE HOOD WHICH RESULTED IN RUNING THE PAINT. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED INSIDE OF THE PARKING LOT, AND CONSUMER NOTICED A QUART OF GAS ON THE PAVEMENT. ALSO, FELT A SMELL OF GAS COMING FROM INSIDE OF CAR GAS TANK WAS RECALLED TWO YEARS AGO, AND DEALER INSTALLED A BRAND NEW FUELTANK . *AK

FRONT SUSPENSION MAKES A HARD WORN OUT CLUNKING NOISE WHEN DRIVEN OVER SMALL BUMPS OR CRACKS IN THE ROAD, A RECALL (99V-066) HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS FAILURE BUT THE DEALER IS UNAWARE OF THE RECALL. *ET

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE BALL JOINTS PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE, EXCESSIVE WEAR TO OTHER COMPONENTS DUE TO DEFECT (STRUTS) (99V-066). MJS

NO SUMMARY

REAR SEAT BELT DOESN'T REACH OUT FAR ENOUGH, AND SNAPPED INTO THE LOCKING PART. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT 30 MPH TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AND RPM VALVES ARE GOING UP AND THE VEIHICLE IS KICKING INTO GEAR AND SHIFTING VERY HARD. *AK

HAD RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 99V066003. CONTACTED DEALER. TOOK VEHICLE ON DATE. MECHANIC INSPECTED VEHICLE. FOUND NOTHING WRONG. NO REPAIRS DONE. WEEK LATER, ENTIRE WHEEL FELL OFF. HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO ANOTHER DEALER. INFORMED PREVIOUS MECHANIC'S INSPECTION WAS INCOMPLETE. *AK

RIGHT AND REAR AXLE AND LF CONTROL ARM FAILED. NLM

LOWER ARM BALL JOINT FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE CAUSING RIGHT FRONT TIRE TO RELEASE AND CAUSING THE FRONT END TO COLLAPSE TO THE GROUND. NLM

RECALL REPAIR (99V-066) FOR THE LOWER BALL JOINTS WAS COMPLETED AND INSPECTED HOWEVER THE UPPER BALL JOINTS WERE FOUND TO BE LOOSE AND WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL REPAIR (DENIED). MJS

UPPER BALL JOINTS HAVE BECOME DEFECTIVE AT 40,000 MILES, CAUSING POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARD. *AK

VEHICLE KEEPS STALLING WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE A TURN,CAUSING SAFETY HAZARD. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED RECALL COMPONENT FAILURE ON TWO OCCASIONS PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (99V-066003). MJS

I BOUGHT THIS CAR USED LAST YEAR IN JULY WITH 36,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE HAD NUMBEROUS PROBLEMS WITH MY ABS BRAKES. THE LATEST IS THE BRAKE LIGHT WAS COMING ON AND WHEN I TOOK IT INTO THE GARAGE FOR REPAIR, THEY SAID THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE MODULATOR ANTI LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM AT A COST OF OVER $1600. I HAD THE WORK DONE, BUT HOW COULD A CAR I HAVE HAD LESS THAN 1 YEAR REQUIRE SUCH INTENSIVE AND EXPENSIVE REPAIR.

WHILE DRIVING ATA SPEED OF 55 MPH THE SEATBACK COLLAPSED.*AK

I LOCKED UP FOR A SECOND AND BROACHED THE ORGINAL TIRES ON MY CAR..I HAD TO BUY NEW ONES. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 16INCH )

THE DEFECT THAT I WROTE TO YOU ABOUT WAS A RECALL ALERT THAT I FOUND OUT ABOUT ON THE INTERNET THERE ARE ABOUT THREE OTHER RECALL ALERTS THAT I WAS NOT NOTIFIED ABOUT UNTIL I LOOKED IT UP . THESE RECALLS WERE BACK IN 96',98',AND AS RECENT AS 99'. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS IF I WAS SUPPOSE TO BE NOTIFIED BACK WHEN ALL OF THESE RECALLS WERE SENT AND IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO ABOUT IT NOW SINCE I DIDN'T KNOW BACK THEN.

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROX. 3O MPH , WITHOUT WARNING, FRONT CONTROL ARM BROKE. DEALER NOTIFIED AND REPAIRS WILL BE MADE AT CONSUMER'S COST OF $800.00. CAN NHTSA PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER. *AK

WENT IN FOR THE TRANSFER CASE RECALL, HAD TO ORDER THE PART THROUGH THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT MYSELF, BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY WEREN'T RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. THEY COMPLETED THE RECALL, BUT IT NOW LEAKS LIKE A SIEVE, THEY ALSO USED AN IMPACT WRENCH TO PUT ON THE FILL PLUG, AND STRIPPED IT COMPLETELY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH ALL WHEELS LOCKED UP, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL, AND VEHICLE KEPT GOING FROM LANE TO LANE UNTIL IT SLOWED DOWN AND CAME TO A STOP. *AK

TRANSFER CASE WAS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL. AFTER THE WORK WAS COMPLETED NOISE WAS HEARD INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER. THE DEALER REINSPECTED VEHICLE AND INFORMED THE OWNER THAT THE DRIVESHAFT WAS HITTING THE TRANSFER CASE. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTFIED. *AK

PIN THAT HOLDS IN ALL THE GEARS SNAPPED, CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH REAR WHEELS SEIZED UP CAUSING CAR TO IMMEDIATELY STOP. DEALER INDICATED IT WAS CAUSED BY A LEAK IN THE ALL WHEEL DRIVE OIL TRANSFER CASE. *AK *ML

CONSUMER HAD REPLACED THE BATTERY AND WAS TOLD THAT THE COMPUTER TAKES 45 MINUTES TO RECONFIGURE THE RIGHT IDLE SPEED AND IN BETWEEN THIS TIME AT THE NORMAL SPEED OF 40MPH WHEN COMING TO A STOP, THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *ML

CRANK SENSOR AND TIMING BELT FAILED.

VEHICLE DOES NOT ALLOW PROPER TURNS, MAKES POPPING NOISES, TRIED CHANGING TIRES. DEALER CONTACTED, AND REPAIRS WERE MADE AT OWNER EXPENSE, NO RECALLS, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK THE DEALER REPLACED LOWER CONTROL ARM AND BALL JOINT. GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK. WINDOW ON PASSENGER SIDE KEEPS COMING OFF TRACK THREE TIMES. *YH

VEHICLE WOULD MAKE A NOTICEABLE CLOAKING SOUND WHENEVER CONSUMER MAKES A TURN IN AN ANGLE. DEALER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. ALSO VEHICLE VIBRATES AT 50 MPH OR MORE. *AK *ML

BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS NEED REPLACEMENT. CONSUMER BELIEVES THIS IS NOT NORMAL FOR 40,000 MILES OF WEAR. DEALER NOTIFIED AND REFUSED TO REPAIR UNLESS COST GOES TO CONSUMER. ROTORS WERE REPLACED, BUT 1 WEEK AFTER REPAIRS, BRAKE PROBLEMS RETURNED. *AK *ML

COVER ON PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG HAS CURLED UP ON BOTH SIDES. NOT SURE IF BAG WILL EXPLODE ON A WHIM. BELIEVES DAMAGE IS DUE TO HEAT FROM SUN.

VEHICLE STARTED WITHOUT CLUTCH PEDAL DEPRESSED RESULTING IN DAMAGE DUE TO ACCIDENT, MANUAL TRANSMISSION IS NOT DESIGNED TO START WITHOUT DEPRESSION OF CLUTCH PEDAL.

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY IT CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. OWNER WAS ABLE TO PUT OUT FIRE WITHIN A FEW SECONDS. OWNER ALSO REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER LINE. PART NUMBER MR126409. *AK

CORNER OF THE INSTRUMENT PANEL HAS FLIPPED UP, AND THE AIR BAG IS VISIBLE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. DEALER UNABLE TO IDENTIFY THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. CONSUMER HAS YET TO HAVE PARTS REPLACED. DEALER HAS TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND REPLACE THE AIR BAG. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DURING A COLLISION, RESULTING IN INJURIES. ALSO EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.

WHILE DRIVING TRANSFER CASE LOCKED UP. OWNER NOTES OF RECALL FOR PROBLEM, BUT OWNERS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. *AK

THE TRANSFER CASE LEAKS AT THE YOKE DUE TO A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. SAME PROBLEM AS THE RECALL ON TRANSFER CASES OF DIFFERENT MODEL.

APPEARS DRIVER SIDE CONTROL ARM DEFECTIVE, CAUSING ACCELERATED WEAR ON INSIDE OF FRONT TIRE DOWN TO STEEL BELT AFTER 23000 MILES. WAS WARNED ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BY OTHER 95 EAGLE TALON OWNER.

POWER WINDOWS WOULD NOT OPERATE FOR TWO MINUTES AFTER CAR WAS STARTED SWITCH WAS REPLACED TWICE. ALSO, PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BECOMES TOO TIGHT AND BOTH SIDES HAVE A HARD TIME LOCKING.

HORN FAILEDTO OPERATE PROPERLY. DEALERSHIP SAID PROBLEM WA SDUE TO OPEN CIRCUIT.

FM RECEPTION FADES TO A VERY DIM RECEPTION. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY.