2001 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE Complaints

THERE IS A FOUL ODOR COMING THRU THE VENTS WHEN HER HEAT IS ON. VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES AND THEY CAN NOT FIND OUT WHERE THE SMELL IS COMING FROM. PH

I WAS DRIVING MY 2001 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE EQUIPPED WITH 17 INCH ALLOY WHEELS, GOING ABOUT 30 MILES PER HOUR, WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG FROM THE RIGHT FRONT AREA. IT WAS AFTER DARK AND THE CAR SEEMED TO HANDLE OKAY SO I PROCEEDED ON BUT AFTER A SHORT DISTANCE I HEARD A SIMILAR BANG. I PULLED OVER AND FOUND THAT THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL RIM WAS GREATLY DEFORMED AND THE TIRE KNOCKED OFF THE BEAD. I CHANGED THE TIRE AND PROCEEDED HOME WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. I INSPECTED THE ROAD THE FOLLOWING DAY IN ANOTHER VEHICLE AND DROVE OVER THE SAME ROUGH SPOTS AND BARELY NOTICED THEM. THERE WERE NO SIGNIFIGANT POT HOLES IN THE ROAD. I BELIEVE THAT A WHEEL THAT WILL FAIL SO EASILY IS A HAZARD. IF I HAD BEEN TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND STRUCK A HOLE IN THE ROAD I BELIEVE THE TIRE WOULD HAVE GONE FLAT IMMEDIATELY AND CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST.

I HAVE 17 INCH ALLUMINUM WHEELS ON A 2001 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GT. UNDER NORMAL DRIVING RIMS BEND AND TIRES LOOSE AIR RESULTING IN WEAKEN TIRES AND BLOWW OUT UNDER NORMA DRIVING CONDITIONS. NOT SAFE. MUST CHECK TIRE PRESSURE DAILY. METAL USED IS SOFT AND ALLOWS SPACE BETWEEN TIES AND RIMS. TIRES FAIL. ONE TIRE BLEW ON HIGHWAY DUE TO SIDEWALL FAILURE POTENTIAL SAFETY PROBLEM TO ME AND PUBLIC. RIMS ARE TOO SOFT.

CONSUMER STATED THE ALLOY RIMS ARE MADE OF EXTREMELY SOFT METAL THAT BENDS EASILY WHICH OCCURS DURING ORDINARY DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ARE A SAFETY HAZARD. THE DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE RIMS. SCC *JB

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH HAD FRONT END COLLISION AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NLM

MY WHEEL BENT WHEN I HIT A SMALL POT HOLE WHILE TRAVELING AT 35MPH. THE TIRE WILL NO LINGER HOLD AIR.

I HAD A HEADON COLLISON INTO A DITCH GOING APOX. 30 -35 MILES A HOUR. I HAD EXTENSIVE FRONTEND DAMAGE AND SOME REAREND DAMAGE.MY AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED.

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING VEHICLE AT 70 MPH WHEN INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION ENGINE FLEW OUT OF VEHICLE AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. MR

I WAS DECELERATING AND WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 20 MPH. A DODGE DURANGO TRAVELING AT ABOUT 45 MPH REAR ENDED ME. THE SEAT BACK BROKE AND WAS IN A RECLINED POSITION AFTER THE ACCIDENT. I HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DT

THE OWNER HAD NOTICED ALL FOUR TIRES WERE WEARING UNEVENLY, THE TIRES WERE MEASURED WITH A METER TO DETERMINE EXCESSIVE WEAR. TS *TT *JB