ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE VEHICLE OWNERSHIP. BUT IS GETTING WORSE WITH AGE. THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER HAS BECOME MORE AND MORE LOOSE. MOSTLY AROUND THE D (DRIVE). THE PROBLEM IS LEFT TO RIGHT. *AK
2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2000 record →
WATER COLLECTS IN DRIVER SIDE DOOR, WINDOWS LEAK IN RAIN? ALSO, WIPERS STOPPED WORKING WHILE DRIVING 60MPH, SEVERAL NEAR ACCIDENTS DUE TO THIS.
AFTER RAIN OR A CAR WASH, WATER STAYS INSIDE THE DOOR FOR SEVERAL DAYS. WHEN ROLLING THE WINDOWS UP, A FILM OF WATER STAYS ON THE WINDOW, REDUCING VISIBILITY. *AK
EXTREME WIND NOISE ON DRIVER'S SIDE WHEN TRAVELING ABOVE 50MPH. *AK
WHEN THE FRONT DOORS ARE OPENED THEN CLOSED, A SIGNIFIGANT AMOUNT OF WATER IS ON THE WINDOW. I BELIEVE WATER IS BEING RETAINED WITHIN THE DOOR. IN COLD WEATHER, THE WINDOWS FROZE IN THE CLOSED POSITION. AFTER SETTING IN THE SUN, THE WINDOWS FUNCTIONED NORMALLY, BUT WATER WAS EVIDENT ON THEM AFTER BEING OPENED. THE DOORS FROZE AGAIN THE NEXT DAY. AFTER A CARWASH OR RAIN, THE DRY WINDOWS CAN BE ACTUATED, AND ARE THEN VERY WET. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE INTERNAL WINDOW COMPONENTS RUSTING. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH, ALL OF A SUDDEN SPEED DROPS FROM 5O MPH TO 20 MPH WITHOUT WARNING. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO EXIT OFF THE ROAD SAFELY. DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER WERE SENT A CERTIFIED LETTER ABOUT THE PROBLEM. A NEW ENGINE AND A NEW COMPUTER CHIP WERE PUT INTO THE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER IN REFERENCE TO NHTSA RECALL 99V305000/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL SR98002. VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER ALL DAY, RECALL WORK WAS NOT COMPLETED. *AK
STEERING PULLS TO THE RIGHT. STEERING WHEEL NOT CENTERED, TILTS LEFT. ALIGNMENT REDUCED THE PROBLEM GREATLY, BUT A SLIGHT PULL TO THE RIGHT STILL EXISTS. *AK
Reading these
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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