1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse complaints

TRANSMISSION.

TWO FRONT TIRES KEPT LOSING AIR. BRIDGESTONESIZE 14.

WHILE DRIVING ON SMOOTH LANE,AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AND CAUSED THE WHEEL TO LOCK UP. WHEEL LUGS: NUTS CAME OFF, CAUSING A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

THE BRAKE ROTORS ON THE VEHICLE HAVE FAILED AND ARE IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT AGAIN. *SLC

ON SIX DIFFERENT OCCASIONS VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. HOWEVER, REPAIRS WERE DONE TO THE TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY / OVERDRIVE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY / TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE TO ELIMINATE THE FAILURE, PROBLEM STILL EXIST, DEALER CANNOT FINE PROBLEM. *YC

TURN SIGNALS ARE INOPERABLE. THE DEALER HAS PUT SENSORS THROUGH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES IN ONE YEAR. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

VEHILCE EXPERIENCED LOSS OF CONTROL, CAUSING PASSENGER TO BE THROWN FROM THE VEHICLE, SEAT BELT WAS DEFECTIVE AND SEPARATED IN TWO PIECES CAUSING FAILURE, THE PASSENGER SUFFERED SEVERE INJURIES FROM BEING EJECTED FROM THE VEHICLE. *YC

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I AM WRITING A LETTER OF COMPLAINT REGARDING MY CAR (ENCLOSED YOU WILL FIND THE FIRST LETTER). I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY ARE YOU SO CHEAP????

NO SUMMARY

PREMATURE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG WHILE DRIVING, KNOCKED CONSUMER UNCONSCIOUS, CAUSING CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

TIRE RIM FAILED. NLM

REAR WINDSHIELD WASHER FAILED. *YC

PASSENGER SIDE DEFROST NOT INSTALLED AT FACTORY. NLM

GEAR EXPERIENCING VIBRATION. *YC

REAR WINDSHIELD WASHER FAILED. *YC

WINDOWS CRACK/NOISE WHEN DRIVING AND ROLLING UP. *YC

HATCH COVER CLIP FAILED. YH

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 20MPH AND HAD A FRONT END COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND THE AIR AGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHEN VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A REAR END CRASH TRAVELING AT 65 MPH, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS. *AK

ON OCTOBER 24, 1998 I HAD AN MINOR ACCIDENT. I REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. WE HAD A RED LIGHT MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN ONTO ANOTHER ROAD. THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND WE PROCEEDED. THE OTHER VEHICLE FOR NO APPARENT REASON STOPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION AND I REAR ENDED HIM AT A SPEED OF APPROX. 5 MPH. ON IMPACT BOTH MY DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. MY TOTAL REPAIR COST ON MY VEHICLE IS $2,917.31. THIS FIGURE IS BROKE DOWN LIKE THIS: LABOR 891.57, PAINT 163.88, AND PARTS $1,861.86 THIS IS WITH SALES TAX. OF THE PARTS PRICE $1,515,24 IS AIR BAGS AND SENOR REPLACEMENT. MY COMPLAINT IS THAT I FEEL THE AIR BAGS SHOULD NOT HAVE DEPLOYED ON AN IMPACT SUCH AS THIS. ANOTHER PROBLEM AROUSED WHEN THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, MY HATCHBACK CAME OUT OF LINE AND NEEDS TO BE REALIGNED. THIS HAPPENED DUE TO THE PRESSURE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYING. I HAVE SEEN MANY ACCIDENTS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS BY WORKING AS A VOLUNTEER FIREMEN AND AN EMT AND I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY ACCIDENTS AS MINOR AS THIS ONE WHERE THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. WHEN I SPOKE TO MITSUBISHI ABOUT THIS DEPLOYMENT THEY TOLD ME THAT THE AIR BAGS DID THERE JOB AND THE HATCH COMING OUT OF LINE IS AN EFFECT OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYING. THIS IS A PROBLEM I BELIEVE IN SUCH A MINOR ACCIDENT I HAVE A HUGE BILL DUE TO THE AIR BAGS. THANK YOU FOR YOU TIME. MICHAEL GREGORIO

WHILE DRIVING THE BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, MAY CAUSE EXTENDED STOPPING WHICH COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. DEALER WILL REPLACED BRAKE PADS AND ROTATED THE ROTORS. *AK

AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY DURING CRASH CAUSING THE DRIVER'S HEAD TO HIT THE STEERING WHEEL AND SUFFER A MILD CONCUSSION.

AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY WHEN VEHICLE SLID IN BACK OF A MAIL TRUCK AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ON A WET ROAD CONDITION . DEALER NOTIFIED. CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES ON NECK/SHOULDER/KNEE AND CHIN. *AK

RENTAL CAR; DURING REAR IMPACT 55 TO 60 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBACK COLLAPSED INTO THE REAR SEAT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY DETAILS. *AK

A GRINDING NOISE WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND 3RD GEARS. ALSO A CRACKING NOISE WHEN DOWNSHIFTING INTO 2ND AND 1ST GEARS. DEALER SAID NO PROBLEM COULD BE FOUND.

SMOKE FROM MAIN WIRE UNDER DASH SHORTED OUT, CAUSE OF SHORTAGE WAS MAIN WIRE RUBBING AGAINST CLUTCH PEDAL. *AK

CONSUMER DISPLEASED WITH VEHICLE TELEVISION ADVERTISING.

AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE AND IDLING FOR THREE TO FOUR MINUTES, THE ENGINE SURGES UP TO 6000 RPMS.