EAGLE Complaints

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

THE DEALER REMOVED THE SHOULDER BELT SYSTEM AND TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROPER PART HAD TO BE ORDERED, SEVERAL MONTHS PASSED AND THE PART HAD NOT ARRIVED, ONCE THE PARTS ARRIVED THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE MOTOR ASSEMBLY WAS BROKEN AND HAD TO REPAIRED AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE ($1000) BEFORE SEATBELT RECALL COULD BE PERFORMED. NLM

RECALL 97V073002 REPAIRS PERFORMED IN JUNE 1999. DEALER CLAIMED REPAIRES DONE, BUT SEATBELTS HAS NOT BEEN FUNCTIONAL SINCE. CONSUMER HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET DEALER TO REPAIR IT AGAIN, BUT TO NO AVAIL. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL REGARDING THE OIL GASKET, DEALER CHANGED THE GASKET AND A MONTH LATER VEHICLE OVERHEATED, DEALER REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT AND CONSUMER PAID FOR REPAIRS. *SLC

FRAME ATTACHED TO RACK AND PINION STEERING BROKE. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH AT NIGHT HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT, FOG LIGHTS FAILED AS WELL. *AK

I HAD THE HEADLIGHT BULBS REPLACED AND ADJUSTED. IN DARKER DRIVING CONDITIONS, THE HEADLIGHTS SEAM TO ONLY LIGHT UP THE TREES OR ROAD SIGNS. WHEN I CHANGE TO HIGH BEAMS, THE LIGHTS SEAM TO BE AIMED OK. SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE THE LIGHTS CHANGE THEIR HEIGHT AFTER I'VE TURNED THE HIGH BEAMS OFF AND ON.*AK

VEHICLE WONT GO INTO GEAR, IT DROPS OUT IN FIRST AND SECON. CONSUMER HAS TO TAKE OFF IN 3RD GEAR IN ORDER TO GO. *AK

CONSUMER TOOK AUTOMOBILE TO DEARLER FOR RECALL REPAIRS, AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE. NO RECALL WAS CHECKED OR REPAIRED. LATER ON, SUSPENSION FAILED, AND HAD AN ACCIDENT AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. NO INJURIES. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH DRIVER'S SEATBACK BROKE, AND DRIVER FELL ALL WAY BACK. *AK