1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE FOR A 1 HOUR. CONSUMER'S DOG WAS SCRATCHING ON DOOR WHEN CONSUMER OPENED DOOR AND FLAMES BURSTED THROUGH. VEHICLE AND HOME, BOTH WERE DESTROYED BY FIRE. CONSUMER WAS UNAWARE THERE WAS A PROBLEM NO CONTACT WAS MADE TO THE MANUFACTURER. 6 MONTHS LATER , CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL 00V421001/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL SR01-007 CONCERNING LOWER LEFT BALL JOINT. CONSUMER JUST RECEIVED THE ARSON INVESTIGATOR'S REPORT DETERMINING THAT LOWER LEFT QUADRANT OF THE VEHICLE WAS CAUSE OF FIRE. PLEASE ADD THE VIN# AND MILEAGE.*AK

PRIOR TO RECALL(SR-01-007) WHILE PULLING OUT FROM A STOP SIGN, CONSUMER STATES IT SEEMED THAT VEHICLE HAD FALLEN INTO A HOLE, WHEN CONSUMER GOT OUT OF VEHICLE THE TIRE WAS LYING SIDEWAYS UNDER THE VEHICLE, VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT AXLE HAD LOST ITS SEAL IN THE INCIDENT, CONSUMER INFORMED DEALERSHIP THAT THE PART THAT THEY ARE RECALLING WAS ALREADY REPLACED.*YH

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER HIT A PUDDLE OF WATER AND VEHICLE HYDROPLANED, CONSUMER LOST CONTROL AND VEHICLE SLID SIDEWAYS AND WENT OFF THE ROADWAY, VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER AND CAME TO A REST, VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED, NOW CONSUMER HAS RECEIVED RECALL 00V421 REGARDING THE LOWER LATERAL ARM BALL JOINT AND HE FEELS THIS MAY HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF HIS ACCIDENT AND IS REQUESTING COMPENSATION. *SLC

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INSPECTING PARTS AND ONLY REPLACING WHAT WAS DAMAGED,CONSUMER WENT BACK TO WEBSITE AND FOUND ANOTHER RECALL NOTICE THAT SUPERCEDED THE PREVIOUS RECALL NOTICE AND THIS RECALL WENT OUT IN 2000,CONSUMER WAS ADV BY MITSUBISHI THAT THEY KNEW NOTHING OF THE RECALL,AND SAID THEY COULD NOT MAKE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. *

CONSUMER HAD RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR CONTROL ARM, BUT DID TAKE VEHICLE RIGHT AWAY FOR REPAIRS. 30 DAYS LATER CONTROL ARMS HAD FALLEN OFF VEHICLE.*AK WHILE THE CONSUMER AS TRAVELLING, THE RIGHT FRONT CONTROL ARM AND THE WHEEL FELL OFF AND THE VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL CAUSING ACCIDENT. DURING THE ACCIDENT, THE FRONT PANEL, MIRROR, THE WINDSHIELD AND THE RIM WERE DAMAGED. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL ON CONTROL ARM AND THE DEALER DENIED HIM REFUND FOR REPAIR COST ON RECALL PART WHICH THE CONSUMER PAID FOR BEFORE RECALL WAS ISSUED. *YH