2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING THE 2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GT WITH 52000 FAILURE MILEAGE AT 45 MPH THE VEHICLE HIT A POT HOLE AND BOTH PASSENGER FRONT AND REAR RIMS CRACKED , AND THE FRONT AND REAR PASSENGER TIRES INSTANTLY LOST AIR PRESSURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND THE RIMS WERE REPLACED. THE DRIVER HIT A POT HOLE ON 2-27-07, AND THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE LOST AIR PRESSURE. THE CONTACT WILL NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER THIS TIME. *AK

BROUGHT USED MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE 2000GT. VERIFIED THROUGH CAR CHECK FOR ANY PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE, NONE ON RECORD. CAR HAD ONE OWNER BEFORE MYSELF. THE CAR HAS GIVEN ME PROBLEMS FROM DAY ONE. IT WAS PARKED IN MY CARPORT FOR SIX MONTHS UNTIL MY DAUGHTER GOT HER DRIVERS LICENSE AT THIS TIME I KEPT IT RUNNING. ONCE DAUGHTER GOT DRIVER'S LICENSE AND STARTED TO DRIVE VEHICLE, IT WAS VIBRATING BADLY. MAINT PERSON SAID IT WAS THE TIRES AND THE RIMS NEEDED TO BE REPLACE. ALL THE RIMS WERE BAD. EACH RIM HAD A SMALL DENT OF SOME SORT. SEEING HOW WE NEVER REALLY DROVE THIS VEHICLE IT SHOULD HAVE DRIVEN FOR A WHILE WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. LOOKING INTO THIS PROBLEM, IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A KNOW DEFECT WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. *NM

DT*: THE VEHICLE HAD A 2 INCH HOLE IN THE CENTER OF THE RIM WHICH CAUSED THE TIRE TO DEFLATE. THE MANUFACTURER DETERMINED THAT THE TIRE WOULD HAVE HAD TO DEFLATE FIRST BUT THE CONTACT EXPRESSED THE RIM WENT OUT FIRST DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE HOLE IN THE RIM IN COMPARISON TO THE SMALL MARK ON THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. THE RIM HAD BLOWN OUTWARD TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE RIM. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE RIM WAS DEFECTIVE. UPDATED 08/29/06.*JB

I HAVE 2 COMPLAINTS. MY WHEELS WERE ALSO DENTED AND FRACTURED UPON INSPECTION AND HAD VISIBLE WEAR TO MY TIRES. TWO DIFFERENT GARAGES HAD STATED TO GO TO THE DEALER AND CHECK ON IT. THEY OF COURSE SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM AND JUST TO BUY NEW RIMS AT $385.00 EACH OR TIRES. OF COURSE, AFTER BUYING TIRES A FEW TIMES, I JUST BOUGHT AFTER MARKET RIMS. THE SECOND COMPLAINT, IS I HAVE HAD VISIBLE CORROSION ON THE BATTERY CABLES ON MY CAR FOR YEARS AND ASKED THE DEALER IF THERE WAS A REASON SO MUCH IS GATHERING, THEY ADVISED NO. WELL, I HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY AND STILL AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS SUCH AS: AIR CONDITIONER GOES OUT WITH THE LIGHT BLINKING, CAR DOES NOT START, OR WHILE DRIVING IT WILL STALL AS WELL AS RUN VERY SLUGGISH. I HAVE ASKED REPEATEDLY IF THERE IS A PROBLEM AND THEY STATED NOT FOR MY CAR, DUE TO THE DATE MADE. I FIND THIS A LITTLE ODD, I HAVE ALL THE SAME PROBLEMS OF THE 2000 ECLIPSE, HOWEVER, MY CAR WAS MADE "DURING THE DATES". MY CAR IS A 2000 ECLIPSE GT AND MY BATTERY WIRES HAVE SHOWN VISIBLE SIGNS OF CORROSION FOR YEARS AND NOT BEING A MECHANIC HOW WOULD I HAVE THOUGH ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN CHANGING THE BATTERY, AS WELL AS GETTING NEW TIRES AND NEW AFTER MARKET RIMS FOR THE SAME PRICE AS STOCK RIMS. *JB

RECENTLY TOOK MY MITSUBISHI 2000 ECLIPSE TO GET AN ALIGNMENT. SHOP REFUSED TO COMPLETE IT BECAUSE 3 OF MY RIMS WERE BENT UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE TIRES WILL HOLD AIR, BUT TIRE NOISE CAN BE HEARD WHEN DRIVING ESPECIALLY AT 55 MPH OR HIGHER AND THE WHEEL WILL SHAKE WHEN NEEDING TO BRAKE AT HIGH SPEEDS. MY MECHANIC HAS SAID ALL 3 RIMS WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED BEFORE ANYTHING CAN BE DONE.*AK

MULTIPLE BENT WHEELS ON MY 2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GT. I REPLACED ONE WHEEL IN 2002. THREE OTHERS BENT IN APRIL 2004 AND ONE IMMEDIATELY LOST ALL TIRE PRESSURE REQUIRING ME TO CHANGE TO THE SPARE ON A DANGEROUS INTERSTATE ROADSIDE. MANUFACTURER WANTED $500 PER WHEEL TO REPLACE. I REPLACED ALL 4 WHEELS WITH AFTERMARKET WHEELS OF THE SAME SIZE AND WEIGHT FOR HALF THE PRICE AND HAVE HAD NO MORE BENT WHEELS!*AK