1995 EAGLE TALON Complaints

COMPUTER CONTROL MODULE WAS CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. ALSO CAUSED FUEL PUMP TO SHORT OUT. *AK THE CONSUMER SAYS THE VEHICLE HAD SEVERAL RECALLS AND STILL EXPERIENCING THE COMPUTER FAILURE. *YH

I WAS DRIVING VERY SLOWELY OVER RR TRACKS.WHEN ALL OFASODDEN MY BALL JOINT IN THE DRIVERS SIDE SNAPPED OUT OFF THE CONTROL ARM. *AK (TIRESIZE: 205/70/R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 205/70/R16 )

THE CYLINDER HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING ON TO THE MANIFOLD AND COULD HAVE CAUSED A FIRE IF NOT TAKEN CARE OF. ESTIMATE AT THE DEALER WAS FOR APPROX. $1,000. MECHANIC AT A LOCAL GARAGE SAID HE HAS REPLACED MANY ON THIS MOTOR FOR CHRYSLER AND MITSUBISHI. APPARENTLY CHRYSLER ALSO HAS REDESIGNED THE GASKET 3 TIMES IN ORDER TO CORRECT THE DEFECT. I BELIEVE THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL BECAUSE OF THE DANGER OF FIRE AND THE ORIGINAL DESIGN DEFECT.*AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN CRASH DUE TO BROKEN LOWER BALL JOINT. PRIOR TO INCIDENT,CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO FERRERO EAGLE, DEALER IN LOVELAND CO,TELE#970-667-4433 FOR RECALL 99V066003 ON OCT 23,2000. DEALER CLAIMED IT PASSED INSPECTION, AND DID NOT DO REPLACEMENT.*AK

EITHER THE SEALS WENT BAD, OR THE TRANSFER CASE WENT BAD, EITHER WAY, THAT CAUSED A LOSS IN LUBRICATION, WHICH TOOK OUT MY ENTIRE TRANSMISSION. I HAD TO REBUILD THE WHOLE THING, ALL OF WHICH ENDED UP COSTING ME $2673.00!!*AK

WHILE DRIVING FRONT END VIBRATES AND SHAKES. TOOK VEHICLE AUTOMOBILE SHOP, AND WAS NOTIFIED THET BALL JOINTS WERE NOT SAFE AND WILL BREAK SOON. *AK

WHEN CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED, IT'S MUCH SOFTER THAN ORIGINAL AND METAL-SCRATCHING NOISE COMES FROM PULLEY SIDE OF ENGINE. SOMETIMES CLUTCH STAYS DEPRESSED AFTER LIFTING LEFT FOOT. SOMETIMES ENGINE STALLS IN STOP WHEN CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED. THE ISSUE IS WHEN CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED, IT PUTS A FORCE ON THE THE FLYWHEEL WHICH MOVES THE CRANKSHAFT, HENCE CRANK-END PLAY OR CRANKWALK.*AK

ENGINE BEARINGS WERE NOT RECIEVING OIL. ENGINE WAS REBUILT WITH NEW OEM CRANKSHAFT, BEARINGS, PISTONS, RODS, AND CYLINDER HEAD. NOT EVEN A MONTH LATER THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM HAPPENS AGAIN. ENGINE WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND TO BE FREE FROM BLOCKAGE AND DEBRIS. OIL PUMP WAS WORKING AS SPECIFIED. NO CAUSE COULD BE FOUND AS TO WHY BEARINGS WERE NOT RECIEVING OIL. BEARINGS WERE FOUND TO HAVE EXCESSIVE CLEARENCE THAT RESULTEDD IN THE PISTON BEENING ABLE TO PHYSICALLY HIT THE CYLINDER HEAD LEAVING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE CYLINDER HEAD, REQUIRING THE ENTIRE ENGINE TO BE REPLACED. WHEN I CONTACTED DAIMLERCHRYSLER AND MY DEALER, I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS NOT A COMMON OCCURANCE SO THERE WAS NO RECALL ON IT. HOWEVER, I HAVE DISCOVERED ON WEBSITES SUCH AS WWW.DSM.ORG THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURANCE WITH THIS PARTICULAR MODEL.

ENGINE BEARINGS WERE NOT RECIEVING OIL. ENGINE WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND TO BE FREE FROM BLOCKAGE AND DEBRIS. OIL PUMP WAS WORKING AS SPECIFIED. NO CAUSE COULD BE FOUND AS TO WHY BEARINGS WERE NOT RECIEVING OIL. BEARINGS WERE FOUND TO HAVE EXCESSIVE CLEARENCE THAT RESULTEDD IN THE PISTON BEENING ABLE TO PHYSICALLY HIT THE CYLINDER HEAD LEAVING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE CYLINDER HEAD, REQUIRING THE ENTIRE ENGINE TO BE REPLACED. WHEN I CONTACTED DAIMLERCHRYSLER AND MY DEALER, I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS NOT A COMMON OCCURANCE SO THERE WAS NO RECALL ON IT. HOWEVER, I HAVE DISCOVERED ON WEBSITES SUCH AS WWW.DSM.ORG THAT THIS IS A COMMON OCCURANCE WITH THIS PARTICULAR MODEL.*AK

RELATING TO THE ENGINE:MAINBEARING PROBLEM, THIS IS THE THIRD CAR OF THIS TYPE I HAVE OWNED (ALL VINS AND RECIEPTS AVAILABLE) THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO. IT IS REFERREDD TO BY MANY AS "CRANKWALK". THE OIL PRESSURE TEST SHOW A NORMAL PRESSURE, YET THE #4 BEARING HAS BEEN DEPRIVED OF OIL AND SEEMS TO GRIND THE BEARING DOWN SLOWLY UNTIL THERE IS SO MUCH EXCESSIVE CLEARENCE THAT THE PISTON STARTS HITTING THE CYLINDER HEAD AND DESTROYS THE ENTIRE ENGINE ASSEMBLYL. I HAVE READ ONLINE POSTS AT HTTP://WWW.DSM.ORG FROM HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS, OF OWNERS OF THIS SAME CAR AND ITS TWIN - THE MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GSX/GS-T - ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM AND WONDER WHY IF THERE IS SO MANY REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING, WHY HAVE THEY NOT BEEN RECALLED. *AK