2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE Complaints

AUTO WAS PURCHASED NEW AND HAS BEEN MAINTAINED 100% BY DEALERSHIP. HOOD LATCH FAILURE SO AS NOT BEING ABLE TO OPEN HOOD TO SERVICE ENGINE OR ANYTHING UNDER HOOD. HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT BUMPER HAS TO BE CUT OFF TO REACH HOOD LATCH FOR REPLACEMENT AT OWNERS EXPENSE. NOTHING HAS CURRENTLY BEEN DONE TO FIX PROBLEM.*AK

ONE OF THE FRONT STRUTS LEAKED OIL. THE CAR WAS HARD TO HANDLE WHEN DRIVING. I HAD TO TAKE IT TO REPLACE THE FRONT STRUTS.*AK

AT APPROX. 55,000 MILES, THE STARTER RELAY BURNED OUT AND VEHICLE COULD NOT BE STARTED. SYMPTOMS WERE ERRATIC INDICATOR LIGHTS ON DASHBOARD AND UNPREDICTABLE BEHAVIOR OF ALL ELECTRICAL DEVICES. FOR EXAMPLE, THE CD PLAYER SPONTANEOUSLY EJECTED THE CD. REPLACING THE STARTER RELAY SOLVED THE PROBLEM. GIVEN THAT THIS OCCURS WITHOUT WARNING AND WITH NO CLEAR INDICATION OF WHAT'S WRONG, IT CAN EASILY LEAD TO STRANDED MOTORISTS WHEN THE FAULT IS WITH A VERY INEXPENSIVE, INADEQUATELY DESIGNED ELECTRICAL COMPONENT.*AK

WHEN DEPRESSING THE CLUTCH WHILE IN MOTION THE GEAR WOULD NOT SHIFT PROPERLY OR NOT AT ALL INTO FIRST/SECOND OR THIRD GEAR. THIS ALMOST CAUSED A VEHICLE CRASH. THEY INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL. *AK THE CLUTCH PROBLEM WAS A DAILY INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. THE A/C HAD GONE OUT AS WELL. *SC *JB

CONSUMER STATED THAT ALL FOUR RIMS WERE BENT, AND FRONT TWO TIRES LEAKED. THE DEALER IN CONSUMER'S AREA CLOSED DOWN, AND THERE WAS NO CONTACT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. *AK

I WAS DRIVING AND IT A DIP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND NOW MY WHEEL IS BENT AND UNABLE TO DRIVE UNTIL I FIND A REPLACEMENT.CONTACT ME ON HOW TO FIND ONE AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I HAVENT BEEN DRIVING MY CAR IN ABOUT 6 MONTHS. *AK

I HAVE A 2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE THAT HAS 34000 MILES ON IT, AND ABOUT A MONTH AFTER I BOUGHT IT THE 2ND GEAR IN THE TRANSMISSWION KEPT GRINDING WHEN SHIFTING AND I FOUND OUT THAT A LOT OF OTHER OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM SO I WAS WONDERING IF THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF A RECALL FOR THE PARTS INVOLVED.*AK

TWO OF MY WHEELS ON MY 2000 MITUSBISHI ECLIPSE HAVE SIGNIFICANT BENDS ON THEM FROM NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. AS A RESULT OF THE WHEELS BEING BENT IT CREATED UNEVEN WARE IN MY TIRES AND BRAKE ROTORS. I HAVE HAD THE TWO WHEELS STRAIGHTENED BY A WHEEL SHOP ON TWO OCCASIONS AND PAID $75 FOR EACH ONE.

I PURCHASED MY CAR NEW FROM MODESTO MITSUBISHI. AT THE TIME IT WAS NOTED THAT THE SUNFROOF MOLDING WAS NOT INSTALLED CORRECTLY AND WAS TO BE REPLACED. I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH OVERHEATING, ELECTRICAL MALFUNTIONS, MIRRORS, CLOCK, CASETTE DOOR DEFECT, ALSO SUNROOF OPENED ONLY WHILE GETTING ON HIGHWAY. I TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND ENDED UP HAVING TO RENT A CAR FOR ABOUT 3 1/2 WEEKS WHILE THEY REPLACED WARPED HEAD. WHEN I PICKED UP MY CAR, THE SUNROOF MOLDING STILL NOT REPLACED, THE CAR STEREO I WAS TOLD THEY HAD TO ORDER, THE SUNROOF I WAS TOLD WAS OK. I WORKED 2 HOURS FROM HOME MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR VEHICLE TO BE LEFT AGAIN.WHEN I DID CALL AND QUESTION THE STEREO I WAS TOLD THAT IT HAD BEEN SENT BACK AND THE AND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO KEEP IT. AGAIN I WOULD HAVE TO RENT VEHICLE. THE MOST RECENT RECCURING ISSUE IS THE UNGODLY MOLD SMELL COMING FROM DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR, THE CAR CUTS OUT WHILE TRYING TO EXCELLERATE ONTO FREEWAY, PASS VEHICLES, GOING UP ROADS. WHILE GETTING ON FREEWAY I HAVE TRIED TO EXCELLERATE FINDING MYSELF FLOORING GAS AND NOT BEING ABLE TO ACHIEVE MORE THAN 20 MILES PER HOUR WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC, SAME AS GOING UP HILL. MY PAINT HAS STARTED OXIDIZING IN WHITE SPOTS THROUGHOUT HTE VEHICLE AND WHEN I TOOK TO DEALERS 3 WEEKS AGO, EXPLAINED SMELL I WAS TOLD THE SMELL WAS FROM AIRCONDITIONER PROPABLY AND THEN ASKED HOW MANY MILES I HAD ON CAR REGARDING PAINT. THEN AKED TO COME BACK IN AN HOUR. THIS IS AFTER I HAD CALLED EARLIER AND TOLD TO BRING IN. REGARDLESS OF MILES IT IS THE SAME YEAR AS EVERY OTHER 2000 WITH OUT SPOTS. AND IT HAS BEEN KEPT KEPT IT IN MY GARAGE SINCE APRIL 2002 OTHER THAN LEAVING 2 TIMES A DAY TO PICK UP CHILD AT SCHOO AND OCCASIONAL ROAD TRIPS. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING A SECOND VEHICLE. I FEEL VERY APPREHENSIVE WHEN I GO TO DEALERSHIP DUE TO THEM SAYING THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING. I HAVE SENT CAR IN WITH 2 SEPERATE PEOPLE GETTING THE RUN AROUND AS WELL. *AK

BOTH WINDOWS DEVELOPED CRACKS ON THE SIDES WITHOUT THE WINDOWS BEING HIT OR T BEING INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP, WHO INDICATED THAT THERE WA S A TECHNICAL BULLETIN ON THIS ISSUE. *AK