1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse

PENSKE SERVICE CENTER SAID ALL 4 RIMS BENT WHEN BROUGHT IN FOR ALIGNMENT - I DO NORMAL DRIVING AND HAVE NOT HIT ANY POT HOLES - DEALER CHECKED AND SAID ALL 4 WHEELS WERE FINE AND WITHIN SPECS, AFTER DEALING WITH THEM FOR 3 WEEKS. 6 DAYS AFTER I GOT IT BACK FROM THEM MY LEFT FRONT TIRE BLEW OUT AT 70MPH ON A BUSY HIGHWAY. THIS WAS 6 DAYS AFTER THEY SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE WHEN THEY CHECKED TIRES AND RIMS. DEALER SAYS THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A NAIL IN MY TIRE, BUT THERE WAS NO NAIL TO BE FOUND?  DEALER HAS THE CAR RIGHT NOW. CAR STILL SHIMMIES AND THE CAUSE IS SOFT ALLOYS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THE RIMS. RIMS BEND VERY EASILY AND IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD. CHECK TO SEE HOW MANY NHTSA CONSUMER REPORTS THERE ARE ON MITSUBISHI RIMS. WAY TO MANY! WHY DO YOU DO NOTHING ABOUT IT? HAVE BUILT WEBSITE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC AT HTTP://WWW.MITSUBISHICARS.ORG - DEALER AND MITSUBISHI REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET ALSO SHOWS MANY, MANY PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME TROUBLE. THESE WHEELS SHOULD BE RECALLED. PICTURES OF MY TIRE AND RIMS CAN BE FOUND AT HTTP://WWW.MITSUBISHICARS.ORG/MITSU/PROOF.HTML - OH AND YOU CAN ALSO FIND SOME CONSUMER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME DEFECTS. THESE ARE EUROPEAN WHEELS AND THEY ARE NOT SAFE. HAVE THE MARKING JLL ON THEM, THE JLL IS LIKE THE DOT SYMBOL IN THE STATES.*AK (TIRESIZE: 205/75R16)

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

I AM ONE OF MANY WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE WALKING CRANKSHAFT PROBLEM WHICH REQUIRES THE REPLACEMENT OF THE ENGINE AT A COST OF APPROX $4000.00. I HAVE TRIED TO ESTABLISH A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST MITSUBISHI FOR THIS PROBLEM BUT TO NO AVAIL. YOU CAN CALL ME AT [XXX] IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. I HOPE THIS PROBLEM IS SETTLED SOMEDAY. THANK YOU. *AK PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

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

DRIVER WAS TURNING CORNER AT APPROXIMATELY 5MPH WHEN STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP CAUSING VEHICLE TO SIDE SWIPE ANOTHER CAR. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN 6/29/99 FOR RECALL SR-99-007 AND FOR SECOND RECALL ON 4/13/01 FOR SR-01-007, LOWER LATERAL ARM BALL JOINT. DEALER WAS INFORMED OF STEERING PROBLEM WHICH SEEMED TO OCCUR WHEN RAINING. ACCIDENT OCCURED AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF INTERMITTENT RAIN. IRONICALLY, RECEIVED LETTER ON THE SAME DAY AS ACCIDENT FROM LOCAL DEALER STATING "WE UNDERSTAND THE INCONVENIENCE THAT CAME ALONG WITH YOUR RECENT SAFETY NOTIFICATION LETTER. MITSUBISHI MOTORS IS CONCERNED FOR YOUR SAFETY AND I URGE YOU TO BRING YOUR VEHICLE IN FOR A FREE INSPECTION. WE WANT YOU TO FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT OWNING A MITSUBISHI AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING YOUR SAFETY AND TRUST. "*AK