2001 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE Complaints

HEADLIGHTS ON MY 2001 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE KEEP GOING OFF WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT WHETHER I HIT A SLIGHT OR MAJOR BUMP IN THE ROAD. I PULLED THE PLUG FROM THE BACK OF THE HEADLAMPS AND FOUND THE ACTUAL PLUG AND LEAD WIRES WERE MELTED, MAKING CONTACT. I TRIED TO FIX THE PROBLEM BY SEPARATING THE TOUCHING WIRES WHERE THE INSULATION HAD MELTED AND THE HEADLIGHT CONTACTS WERE TOUCHING. LIGHTS STILL GO OUT UNPREDICTABLY. *JB

THIS IS A MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE 2001. THIS CAR HAS HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS FOR THE FIRST 2 YEARS. #1. CLUTCH FLUID COMPLETLY LEAKED OUT. CLUTCH SLAVE CYLINDER WAS REPLACED. #2. MASTER BRAKE CYLIINDER WAS LEAKING AND REPLACED. #3. PCM CHIP REPLACED. #4. WINDOW MOULDINGS FOR FRONT AND BACK WINSHIELDS HAVE COME OFF.*AK

TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN JUMPING AND SLIPPING SINCE PURCHASE. THE DEALER FROM WHOM I PURCHASED HAS GONE OUT OF BUSINESS. *AK

SINCE I PURCHASED MY CAR BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2001, A 2001 MITSUBISHI SPYDER GT, I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY CLUTCH SLIPPING WHEN STARTING IN 1ST GEAR, WITH EXTREME STUTTERING AND SHUTTERING OF MY VEHICLE AND HAVE INFORMED MY DEALERSHIPS (WOBURN MITSUBISHI WOBURN, MA AND PETER FULLER-WATERTOWN MA) OF THE PROBLEMS IN WRITING. THEY ALL BLOW ME OFF TELLING ME THAT NOTHING COULD BE WRONG THIS EARLY ON, WITH SO FEW MILES ON THE CAR. WELL THE CAR IS STILL STUTTERING, EVEN HAS STALLED OUT, EVEN WHEN GIVING PLENTY OF GAS. IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN OVER TRAIN TRACKS, IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION, ETC. I WOULD BE INVOLVED IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT THREATENING MYSELF AND MY PASSENGER(S). BECAUSE I HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP TO THE ATTENTION OF MY DEALER BEFORE I EVEN HIT 10K, AND HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP AT EACH SUBSEQUENT MAJOR VEHICLE SERVICE TIME, AND I NOW HAVE 38K ON MY WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED WITH NO HELP. ITS LIKE THE DEALERSHIPS HAVEN'T EVEN CALLED THE TECHNICAL SUPPORT HOTLINE TO VERIFY THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM. THIS IS NEGLECT ON THE PART OF THE DEALERSHIPS AND ON THE PART OF MITSUBISHI TRAINED PROFESSIONALS, AND IF NO WARNING HAS BEEN PUT OUT THEN IT IS ALSO MITSUBISHI MOTORS ITSELF THAT SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY RELATED INJURIES. THE STUTTERING OF THE CAR HAPPENS TO THIS DAY, COLD WARM, IT DOESN'T MATTER. I'VE BEEN DRIVING A STICK SINCE I WAS 16, AND I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS OCCUR ON ANY OTHER VEHICLES. *JB

SEALS AROUND THE CONVERTIBLE TOP LEAK WHEN DRIVING IN HEAVY RAIN. WATER RUNS DOWN INTO THE DASHBOARD AND CAUSES INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS DASH LIGHTS TURNING ON AND OFF AND RADIO/STEREO/CD MALFUNCTION. THE PROBLEM WAS REPAIRED ONCE BY THE DEALER AND THE RADIO/CD UNIT REPLACED ANOTHER TIME BECAUSE OF LEAK PROBLEMS. NOW THE PROBLEM HAS RETURNED WITH WATER ON THE DASH AND FLOORBOARDS AND THE RADIO HAS AGAIN MALFUNCTIONED. *NLM

FRONT RIGHT ALUMINUM WHEEL RIM IS DENTED BADLY IN TWO PLACES AS A RESULT OF NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS SUCH AS MINOR POTHOLES OR OTHER ROAD CONDITIONS SUCH AS ROUGH RAILROAD CROSSINGS. I AM VERY VERY CAREFUL WITH THIS CAR (50 YRS OLD) AND HAVE NEVER ABUSED IT BUT THE WHEELS SEEM TO BOTTOM OUT OR DEFLATE EASILY AND DENT THE RIMS UNDER CONDITIONS THAT WOULD NEVER AFFECT ANOTHER CAR OTHER THAN THIS ONE. I FEEL UNSAFE DRIVING THE CAR NOW WITH THE DAMAGED RIMS. NOT SURE WHETHER THE WARRANTY WILL COVER THE RIM REPLACEMENT. *NLM

WHEELS BEND AND TIRES BLOW OUT REPEATEDLY. WHEELS ARE OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE. *JB

HIT HEAD ON BY ANOTHER VEHICLE GOING 35 MPH. I WAS GOING 20 MPH. FRONT AIRBAGS DID NOT GO OFF IN MY 2001 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE SPYDER. *NLM

I OWN A 2001 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. I HAVE 54000 MILES ON THIS CAR. ON APRIL 16, 2003, I HAD MY THIRD FLAT TIRE (2 OF THEM HAVE BEEN BLOW OUTS). ALL THREE (AS TOLD BY GOODYEAR) WERE CAUSED BY BENT RIMS. TWO OF THE BENDS WERE VERY NOTICEABLE AND EACH OCCURRED WITH REGULAR DRIVING. I FEEL LIKE I AM DRIVING ON A TIME BOMB. EVEN WITH MINOR BENDS, AIR RELEASES FROM THE TIRE. I CHECK MY PRESSURE EVERY WEEK, BUT STILL TO NO AVAIL. FROM OTHER COMPLAINTS I HAVE READ, THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM THAT MITSUBISHI APPEARS TO BE IGNORING. *JB

THE TIRES LOST AIR DUE TO DEFECTIVE RIMS. THE RIMS WERE BENT OUT OF SHAPE. *MR SCC *JB