2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse complaints

THE WHEELS ARE BENDING WHICH HAS HAPPENED ONCE ALREADY BEFORE I FOUND OUT THAT THIS WAS AN ON GOING ISSUE. I HAD THEM FIXED BUT NOW THE PROBLEM IS BACK. *JB

THE RIMS ON MY 2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE HAVE BECOME DENTED UNDER WHAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED LESS THAN NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. I HAVE TAKEN EXCEPTIONAL CARE TO PROTECT THIS CAR FROM DAMAGE. AS AN EXAMPLE, AFTER THREE YEARS OF OWNERSHIP, THERE IS STILL NOT A SINGLE DOOR DENT OR CHIP, DUE TO THE FACT THAT I EXERCISE THE EXTRA EFFORT TO PARK FAR AWAY FROM OTHER VEHICLES AND WALK THE EXTRA DISTANCE TO MY DESTINATION. THEREFORE IT'S REASONABLE TO ASSUME THAT I WOULD ALSO STEER CLEAR OF POTHOLES, ETC., AND I HAVE THE PAPER WORK TO PROVE THAT I HAVE MAINTAINED MY CAR ACCORDING TO STANDARDS SET BY MITSUBISHI. YET DESPITE THIS LEVEL OF CARE, THE RIMS HAVE BECOME DAMAGED. IRONICALLY, AS THIS IS MY FIRST NEW CAR, I TAKE BETTER CARE OF IT THAN ANY CAR I HAVE EVER OWNED, AND YET IT IS THE FIRST CAR I HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE WITH. WHEN I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THE FACTORY REP SAID IT WAS BECAUSE THE AIR PRESSURE MUST HAVE BEEN LOW AND I HIT A POTHOLE. BUT YET HE WON'T TELL ME HOW HE CAME TO THAT DETERMINATION. AT THE SAME TIME I BROUGHT THE CAR I FOR THE RIMS, I HAD BROUGHT THE CAR IN FOR THE CLUTCH NOISE ISSUE, AND NOWHERE ON THE REPAIR ORDER IS IT MENTIONED THAT I REQUESTED TO HAVE THE RIMS REPLACED AND THAT MY REQUEST WAS DENIED. NOR CAN I GET IT FROM MITSUBISHI IN WRITING. ALSO, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE TIRES WERE NEVER REMOVED FROM MY CAR DURING THE "INSPECTION", SO I QUESTION ITS SINCERITY. I HAVE LEFT TWO MESSAGES WITH THE FACTORY REP TO EXPLAIN TO ME HOW HE

RUST ALL OVER 2000 WHITE MIT. ECLIPSE RS. *JB

2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. ALREADY REPLACED ONE RIM 17" FACTORY. IN THE PROCESS OF REPLACING AN ADDITIONAL TWO. HAVE ALSO HAD RELATED TIRE PROBLEMS, NEEDING REPLACEMENT. *JB

WIRING HARNESS FOR THE HEAD LAMP ASSEMBLY SMOKED AND BURNED. HEAD LAMPS INOPERABLE. *JB

I JUST RECENTLY BOUGHT A 2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GS, I NEVER ONCE HAVE HIT ANY POT HOLES, BUT FOR SOME ODD REASON, MY RIM HAS DENTED SEVERELY. I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON THAT HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE, THAT IS WHY IT IS A CONCERN TO ME. IF SOMEONE COULD KINDLY RESPOND IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. *JB

PASSENGER DOOR DOES NOT SEAL DUE TO OBSTRUCTION OF WINDOW. WHATEVER REGULATES HOW FAR THE WINDOW GOES UP IS MISSING/BROKEN. *NLM

YEAR 2000 - MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GT WITH 17" WHEEL OPTION - FACTORY EQUIPPED 17" WHEEL/TIRE OPTION. DENTS REPEATEDLY WHEN CONTACT IS MADE WITH A MODERATE OR LARGER SIZE ROAD DEFECT. DENTED WHEELS LEAK AIR AND CAUSE CONSIDERABLE VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS DUE TO OUT OF BALANCE SITUATION DENTS CAUSE. A WHEEL SUDDENLY LOST ALL PRESSURE AND THE TIRE BECAME UNSEATED FROM THE RIM. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE CAR BECAUSE THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AT A RELATIVELY LOW SPEED. THE RIM STRUCK THE GROUND DIRECTLY AND WAS DAMAGED WHERE TIRE CONTACTS WHEEL. I HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF CARS IDENTICAL TO MINE AND ALL OF THEM HAVE HAD AT LEAST ONE DENTED WHEEL (17" WHEEL OPTION). ALL DENTS OCCUR WHERE THE WHEEL MEETS THE RIM ON THE OUTER FACING SIDE OF THE RIM. THE INNER RIM DOES NOT BEND, LEADING ME TO BELIEVE THERE IS A DESIGN FLAW. RIMS DENT AT RECOMMENDED TIRE PRESSURES. I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED 2 WHEELS AT MY OWN EXPENSE, AND THE REPLACEMENTS NOW HAVE MULTIPLE DENTS. I HAVE NOT ROTATED THE TIRES BECAUSE THE FRONT WHEELS ONLY DENT (I SUSPECT BECAUSE A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF THE VEHICLE'S WEIGHT IS BORNE BY THE FRONT WHEELS). IF I ROTATE THE WHEELS, ALL 4 WHEELS WILL SOON BE DENTED EXACERBATING THE PROBLEM. *JB

MY CAR HAS BEEN MAKING A STRANGE SOUND, SO I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP YESTERDAY. THEY DISCOVERED THAT I WAS OUT OF OIL- THOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN NO OBVIOUS OIL LEAKS, AND THE OIL LIGHT HAS NEVER COME ON. DUE TO THIS, EXTENSIVE DAMAGE WAS FOUND THROUGH OUT THE ENGINE. I WAS TOLD THAT THE OIL LIGHTS DON'T ALWAYS WORK. *JB

WHILE HAVING THE BUMPER FIXED MY COLLISION SHOP DISCOVERED THE WIRING HARNESS IS MELTING. THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM AS NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 99V333001 -- RECALL DATE : NOVEMBER 23, 1999 -- COMPONENT: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BATTERY:CABLES -- EXCEPT THAT I DO NOT HAVE A V-6 ENGINE. I BELIEVE ANOTHER RECALL SHOULD BE INITIATED TO COVER ECLIPSE'S THAT DO NOT HAVE THE V-6 ENGINE AS IT IS THE SAME PROBLEM AND POSES THE SAME RISKS AS THE EARLIER RECALL.*JB

DURING RAIN THE VEHICLE LEAKS THROUGH THE FIRE WALL AND/OR AIR VENTS INTO FLOOR OF VEHICLE.*JB

WHILE DRIVING IN BOSTON, MA AROUND RUSH HOUR, A SMALL POT HOLE WAS HIT. CAR WAS NOT TRAVELLING AT MORE THEN 25MPH. THE RIM BENT CAUSING THE TIRE TO DEFLATE. RIM NOW NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

THE RIMS ON THE VEHICLE BENT UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS RESULTING IN LOSS OF TIRE PRESSURE. RELATED INVESTIGATION EA 02 007. *MR *NLM

UNDER MODERATE DRIVING CONDITIONS, BOTH FRONT RIMS HAVE BEEN DENTED RESULTING IN FLAT TIRES AND DETERIORATED CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. DT

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEELS ARE BENT CAUSING IT TO BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. MR

THE WHEELS HAVE FAILED ON MORE THEN ONE OCCAISION, WITH CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE AND INJURIES. MR

WHILE DRIVING REAR TIRE BLEWOUT, CAUSING VIBRATION TO VEHICLE. GOODYEAR, P21550R1790Y, DOT# M6PCONER. INNER WALL SEPARATED FROM TIRE,. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

SINCE I PURCHASED THE ECLIPSE IN JUNE OF 2002, I HAVE BEEN PLAGUED WITH DEFLATING TIRES AND FLATS. NO ONE HAD DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM UNTIL 9/16/2002 WHEN I SUFFERED ANOTHER FLAT. THE PREVIOUS FRIDAY I HAD STOPPED TO HAVE AIR PRESSURE CHECKED AND WAS TOLD THE PRESSURE WAS FINE. HOWEVER, ON THE MORNING OF 9/16/2002 I SUFFERED ANOTHER FLAT TIRE. THIS TIME THE TIRE SHOP RECOGNIZED THAT THREE OF FOUR RIMS WERE BENT. I WENT TO MITSUBISHI, STERLING VA, TO PURCHASE A RIM. UPON RETURN TO THE TIRE STORE WITH THE RIM, THEY INSPECTED ALL RIMS AND SAID THAT TWO OTHERS WERE BENT. I ENDED UP REPLACING ALL FOUR TIRES (OVER $800) AND ONE RIM. ON 9/17/2002 I CALLED MITSUBISHI IN CALIFORNIA AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE 17" ALLOY WHEELS BUT NO RECALL. MY CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY AND NAGGING LOW TIRE PRESSURE WAS RECOGNIZED. HOWEVER, I WAS TOLD TO HAVE MY RIMS INSPECTED BY A MITSUBISHI DEALER AND HOPE THE DISTRICT MANAGER WOULD WORK WITH ME. I FEEL THAT IF THE COMPANY KNOWS THERE IS A PROBLEM THEY SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO MAKE ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES SAFE WITHOUT BEING TOLD BY NHTSA TO DO A RECALL. I WOULD LIKE ALL MY RIMS REPLACED BY THE COMPANY AS WELL AS TO BE REIMBURSED FOR THE COST OF THE NEW TIRES.*AK

MANUFACTURED RIMS FOR THE GT SERIES ARE DENTED, TOO SOFT METAL, LOSING AIR CONSTANTLY. ALSO, RIM AT ONE POINT ALLOWED TIRE TO COME OFF WHILE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

I HAVE A REAL CONCERN REGARDING THE 2000 ECLIPSE RIMS. 3 OF MY 4 RIMS ARE DENTED AND ONE TIRE LEAKS AIR CONSTANTLY DUE TO THE MALFORMED RIM.THESE RIMS ARE VERY SOFT-THEY DAMAGE EXTREMELY EASILY, ON THE SLIGHTEST OF BUMPS. I FEEL IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE I HAVE A TIRE FAILURE. THE DEALERSHIP USES THE "POTHOLE" EXCUSE AND OFFERS NO REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT.*AK

THE WHEELS ARE SUBSTANDARD. I HAVE HEARD OF NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND THAT A COMPARISON WAS DONE (DATELINE OR 20/20) AND THAT IT WAS PROVEN THAT THE WHEELS WERE BELOW STANDARDS. THE RIMS ARE VERY WEAK AND NO WHERE NEAR THEIR RETAIL VALUE. THE ALUMINUM ALONG THE EDGE WHERE THE TIRE BEADS IS FAR TOO SOFT. A SERIOUS POT-HOLE, OF WHICH THERE ARE MANY IN THE NORTHEAST, CAN RESULT IN A BENT EDGE, WITH LOSS OF TIRE PRESSURE. IT IS A CONSTANT PROBLEM.*AK

CONSUMER STATES WHEN VEHICLE HITS THE SLIGTEST BUMB THE RIMS WILL BEND, RIMS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 5 TIMES. CONTACTED DEALER.*JB

O.E. WHEELS BENT UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, RESULTING IN UNEXPECTED REPAIR COSTS. *AK

AFTER CONSUMER HAD A FLAT TIRE SHE TOOK VEHICLE TO HAVE THE TIRE REPAIRED, AND FOUND THAT 2 OF RIMS WERE BENT. VEHICLE HAS NOT HIT ANYTHING, RIGHT FRONT AND DRIVER SIDE BACK WERE BENT. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT NHTSA IS INVESTIGATING THIS PROBLEM.*AK

FRONT RIGHT TIRES WERE VIBRATING. HAD THEM CHECKED, IT WAS AS A RESULT OF RIM BENDING. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK JLG

MANUFACTURED RIMS ARE EASILY BENT WITH MINIMUM RUNNING OVER SMALL BUMPS/POTHOLES. WHEN APPROACHING STOP, STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES. *AK *YH

MANUFACTURED RIMS HAVE FLAT SPOTS, BENDING WHEN HITTING POTHOLES FROM THE ROAD. RIMS HAVE CAUSED FLATS AND BLOWOUTS WHILE BEING DRIVEN ON PARKWAY. OWNER IS AWARE OF OTHERS WITH SAME CONDITION. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

ALL 4 RIMS ARE IN A BENT CONDITION - SOME BENT ON THE OUTSIDE OF RIM AND SOME ARE BENT ON INSIDE OF RIM- MY FRONT PASSENGER TIRE HAS GONE FLAT 3 TIMES AS A RESULT OF THE BENT RIMS- ALSO THE DRIVER FRONT TIRE HAS GONE FLAT 1 TIME AS A RESULT OF THE BENT RIM CONDITION. *AK

ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, I HAVE ENCOUNTERED TYPICAL POTHOLES ON THE HIGHWAY WHICH HAVE DENTED THE ALLOY WHEELS AND RESULTED IN FLAT TIRES. I HAVE HAD TO PAY OVER $2000 SO FAR TO REPLACE THE WHEELS AND TIRES AS WELL AS HAVE THE TIRES BALANCED. MITSUBISHI WILL NOT REIMBURSE ME FOR THIS DAMAGE. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ALLOY WHEELS, AS NUMEROUS ECLIPSE OWNERS HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM, AND THE WHEELS SHOULD BE RECALLED. I HAVE LOWERED MY COMPREHENSIVE INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLE SO THAT I CAN CLAIM PART OF THIS DAMAGE WITH MY INSURANCE COMPANY (RESULTING IN INCREASED CAR INSURANCE BILLS). I HOPE THESE WHEELS WILL BE RECALLED SOON. OTHERWISE, I WILL BE FORCED TO BUY CUSTOM ALLOY WHEELS TO AVOID THE CONSTANT DAMAGE TO THE CAR, CONTINUED OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES, EXTREME INCONVENIENCE, AND POTENTIAL SAFETY HAZARDS TO MYSELF AND OTHER CARS AROUND ME.*AK

ALL FOUR WHEEL RIMS BECAME BENT UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. THIS CAUSED THE RIMS TO SEPARATE FROM THE TIRES, RESULTING IN FLAT TIRES. ON ONE OCCASION, THE AIR LOSS WAS RAPID AND I LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR AND NEARLY CRASHED. DEALER SAID THAT I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST TO REPLACE THE WHEELS. THESE DEFECTIVE WHEELS ARE A SAFETY HAZARD TO ME AS WELL AS TO OTHER DRIVERS. I PRESENTLY ONLY DRIVE THIS CAR OVER SHORT DISTANCES AND I NEVER DRIVE WITH PASSENGERS IN THE CAR BECAUSE OF SAFETY CONCERNS. HOPEFULLY THESE DEFECTIVE WHEELS CAN BE REPLACED BEFORE THERE ARE ANY SERIOUS INJURIES OR FATALITIES. *AK

I FIRST NOTICED THE CAR WAS TRYING TO THROW ME OFF THE ROAD WHEN I HAD,HAD THE CAR FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF I REPLACED THE TIRES AND STILL NOTICED THE PROBLEM OCCURRING I TOOK IT BACK TO THE TIRE STORE IN DENVER WHERE I WAS VISITING THEY SAID THERE WASN'T A PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES THEN IN JUNE OF 2002 I PUT ON A THIRD SET OF TIRES WHICH SEEMS EXCESSIVE AND THE MECHANICS TOLD ME ALL 4 STRUTS WERE OUT AND THIS WAS VERY UNUSUAL I TOLD THEM ABOUT THEPROBLEMS THAT WE HAD HAD IN THE PAST AND THEY SAID IT WAS VERY LIKELY THAT THE STRUTS WERE THE PROBLEM FROM THE BEGINING THEY DID NOT THINK THAT THAT WAS NORMAL TO HAPPEN ON SUCH A NEW WELL CARED FOR CAR. THE ONLY REASON I AM WRITING IS BECAUSE IT WAS VERY SCARY AND DAGEROUS TO BE THROWN AROUND ON THE ROAD IN TRAFFIC. THANK-YOU.*AK

RIM ON VEHICLE ARE EASY TO BEND WHEN DRIVING OVER NORMAL POTHOLES OR BUMPS AT UP TO 35 MPH. DEALER CONTACTED. *AK DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST TO REPLACE THE WHEELS, THE WHEELS ARE MADE OUT OF ALUMINUM. *SLC

DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT IS WORN OUT. PLEASE ADD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

VEHICLE IS SUBJECT TO LOSING POWER OR SHUTTING DOWN WHILE BEING DRIVEN 40-50 MPH. DEALERSHIP IS UNABLE TO DETECT CAUSE OF PROBLEM. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING AND AT ANY SPEED, VEHICLE WILL SHAKE, MECHANIC STATES ALL FOUR RIMS ARE DENTED RESULTING IN VEHICLE SHAKING.*JB CONSUMER STATES THIS ALSO CAUSES THE STEERING TO SHAKE. DEALER HAD TO SECURE CLAMP DUE TO VEHICLE LOSING ANTIFREEZE. BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DEALER REPLACED FRONT BRAKE PADS. SUNROOF WOULD NOT TILT, DEALER RESET THE SUNROOF GLASS. *SLC

BOTH LEFT RIMS BENT, NO TIRE DAMAGE. SMALL POTHOLE AT 10TH&WEST PEACHTREE IN ATLANTA ON FAR SIDE OF INTERSDECTION. PULLING SLOWLY AWAY FROM RED LIGHT. IMPACT DID NOT FEEL SEVERE. BENDING IS MINOR. NO AIR LEAKAGE. SLIGHT VIBRATION FROM LOSS OF BALANCE. NO CHANGE IN ALIGNMENT.*AK

A/C SUCTION HOSE FAILURE/COOLANT LEAKED OUT. RIGHT OUT OF WARRANTY.*AK

ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED OR AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE FRONT AND REAR RIGHT TIRES LOSES AIR AND THE LEFT FRONT RIM WAS BENT. THERE WERE NO OBVIOUS DAMAGE TO TIRE AND RIMS. DEALER FOUND A CHUNK OF BEADS ON THE REAR RIGHT TIRE AND THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS OUT OF ROUND. THE RIGHT REAR TIRE AND WHEEL WAS REPLACED. *TT *CB *JB

RIMS ARE BENT DUE TO MATERIAL BEING TOO SOFT, TIRES DO NOT KEEP AIR PRESSURE.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

RIGHT DRIVERS SIDE REAR ALLOY WHEEL HAS BEEN DENTED. NORMAL DRIVING ONLY - NO MAJOR POTHOLES HAVE BEEN HIT. THE WHEEL HAS BEEN SUFFICIENTLY DENTED THAT IT PRESENTS A RISK TO DRIVING AND MUST BE REPLACED. CAR HAS ONLY 23,000 MILES.*AK

MY 6 SPOKE MITSUBISHI RIMS ARE DENTED FROM NORMAL DRIVING IN THE CITY. THEY BECAME DENTED WHEN I HAD HIT MNOR POTHOLES GOING AT 20MPH OR SLOWER. I HAVE TALKED TO THE MITSUBISHI HOTLINE AND THEY SAID THEY COULD BE REPLACED BUT FOR $250. I DONT BELIEVE I SHOULD PAY THISAS I BELIEVE IT IS A MAJOR MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP AND ASSISTANCE.*AK

BENT AND DEFORMED RIMS.

HAVE TO INFLATE DENTED RIMS AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. CANNOT HOLD PROPER PRESSURE. HITTING SMALL POTHOLES DENTED 2 RIMS IN 2 PLACES WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 10 MPH. *AK

I STARTED NOTICING A RATTLE FROM THE CLUTCH/TRANSAXLE. IT OCCURS AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN FOR AT LEAST 30 MINUTES. THE RATTLE STOPS WHEN THE CLUTCH IS PUSHED IN. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THE RIGHT FRONT RIM IS BENT, MATERIAL USED IS TOO SOFT OF A METAL.*AK.*JG

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND HIT A POTHOLE, MY RIM WAS DENTED PRETTY GOOD. DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT HITTING A POTHOLE WOULD CAUSE SO MUCH DAMAGE.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

AIR CONDITIONER LEAKING FLUID.*AK