2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE Complaints

CONSUMER STATES THAT TWO OF THE ALLOY WHEELS HAVE DENTS IN THEM CAUSING THE WHEELS TO WOBBLE WHEN DRIVING. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIOANL INFORMATION. NLM

BOTH FAILURES WERE THE ALUMINUM ALLOY 10 SPOKE 17" RIMS EQUIPPED ON THE 2000 ECLIPSE GT PREMIUM PACKAGE. THE RIMS WERE BENT ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. BETWEEN EACH INCIDENT, I HAD MY TIRES ROTATED. SINCE BOTH INCIDENTS HAPPENED TO THE RIM ON THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE, BOTH OF MY RIMS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY CAR HAVE BEEN DENTED. THE 1ST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE PULLING IN TO A PARKING SPACE ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET WITH NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS (REGULAR POT HOLES). SPEED WAS LESS THAN 5 MILES PER HOUR. THE 2ND INCIDENT OCCURRED ON A CITY STREET WITH NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS (REGULAR POT HOLES). RIM WAS BENT WHILE SLOWLY STOPPING FOR A RED LIGHT. SPEED WAS LESS THAN 5 MILES PER HOUR. NLM

THE RIMS THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE ARE VERY SOFT, WHEN HITTING A POT HOLE THECONSUMER FEELS THAT THE RIM COULD BREAK. NLM

I LEASED A '00 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GT IN NOVEMBER OF 1999 FROM POTAMKIN MITSUBISHI, IN MANHATTAN NY FOR A THREE YEAR TERM. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR, PARTICULARLY WITH THE RIMS THAT CAME WITH THE CAR AND THE REPLACEMENTS I'VE HAD TO BUY. I HAVE GONE THOUGH THE ENTIRE ORIGINAL SET OF 4 "10 SPOKE" RIMS ON THE CAR AFTER THEY WERE BENT WHILE DRIVING. I FIRST REPLACED TWO OF THEM WITH THE SAME TYPE OF "10 SPOKE" RIMS. FINALLY WHEN THESE TWO ALSO INCURRED DAMAGE, I REPLACED THE TWO REPLACEMENTS AND THE ORIGINAL TWO RIMS WITH 4 OF THE 6 SPOKE RIMS, AND THESE TOO HAVE REPEATEDLY BENT WHILE DRIVING. THE LOSS OF AIR FROM THE BENT RIMS HAS LED TO DANGEROUS SITUATIONS ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE HAD 3 FLAT TIRES THAT HAVE OCCURRED WHEN RIM DAMAGE CREATED A BAD SEAL AND CAUSED SLOW UNDETECTABLE AIR LEAKS. ALL THREE TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE DAMAGE CAUSED TO THEM WAS UNREPEATABLE. I HAVE KEPT ALL 6 OF THE RIMS I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE IN THE LAST 2 YEARS SINCE I LEASED THE CAR. (THEY TAKE UP A LOT OF CLOSET SPACE) I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK SO MANY TIMES TO THE DEALER TO REPLACE THE RIMS AND DEMANDED THAT THEY REPLACE THEM FOR FREE BECAUSE HOW BADLY THEY HELD UP ON THE ROAD. I OFFERED IN WRITING TO CHANGE THE TYPE OF TIRES, OR PRETTY MUCH DO ANYTHING TO GET AROUND THE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD A REGIONAL MANAGER FINALLY LOOKED AT MY CAR BUT DECIDED AGAINST REPLACING THEM CITING ROAD DAMAGE FROM DRIVING IN THE NEW YORK CITY AREA AND BASICALLY TOLD ME THAT IT WAS ALL MY FAULT. I KNOW THAT HE NEVER EVEN LOOKED AT THE NOTE I LEFT HIM BECAUSE THE ENVELOPE WAS STILL SEALED AND ATTACHED TO MY INVOICE THAT THEY KEPT. I CALLED THE COMPANY NUMEROUS TIMES AND THEY REFERRED ME TO THE REGIONAL MANAGER WHO NEVER EVEN TOOK THE TIME TO TALK TO ME. HOW COULD THEY MARKET TO SELL AND LEASE A CAR IN A CITY THAT THEY THEN BLAME FOR CAUSING THE DAMAGE? SHOULDN'T THE TIRES OR RIMS OF A CAR BE SUITED TO BE DRIVEN IN THE AREA THAT IS MARKETED AND SOLD OR LEASED? FRONT AND REAR BOTH SIDES.

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS VERY POORLY INTO THE SECOND GEAR WHEN VEHICLE IS COLD. IT WAS ALREADY REBUILT 4K MILES AGO AND NOW IT STARTS TO FAIL FOR THE SEOCND TIME, DEALERSHIPS REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT STATING THAT THEY CAN NOT REPORDUCE THE PROBLEM. CAR IS VERY HARD AND UNPLEASANT TO DRIVE WHEN NOT FULLY WARMED UP. MORE DETAILS AT WWW.DEADECLIPSE.COM. *AK

FRONT RIM IS BENT WITHOUT ANY TIRE, OR RIM'S LIP DAMAGE. TIRE WAS INSPECTED BY THE THIRD PARTY REPAIR SHOP AND FOUND UNDAMAGED, BUT THE RIM IS BENT WELL OUT OF THE SPEC CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIBRATE AT HIGHER SPEED. APPARENTLY THIS IS WELL KNOWN ISSUE WITH MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. DEALER RUNS ME AROUND, OFFERING TO REPAIR THE DAMAGED ALLOY WHEEL INSTEAD OF REPLACING IT.

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE WARPED SAME DAY WHEN VEHICLE GOT DELIVERED BRAND NEW, DEALERSHIP RESURFACED THEM AND 9K MILES LATER THEY BECAME WARPED AGAIN, THAT IS WHEN THEY GOT FINALLY REPLACED ON THE NEW ONES. VERY POOR QUALITY OF THE BRAKE PARTS!*AK

THE BENT RIMS CAUSED THE TIRE TO BE PINCHED AND POPPED THE TIRE, RESULTING IN MY NEEDING A NEW OEM RIM AND A NEW TIRE (TIRESIZE: 215/50/17)

SINCE THE FIRST DAY I HAD THEM, THERE WAS JUST ONE DENT ON ONE OF THE FRONT RIMS. THE DEALER WAS SO NICE (SARCASM) AND ADVISED ME TO GET NEW ONES...I THEN ADVISED THAT THEY WERE NEW, SINCE I HAD JUST PURCHASED THE CAR. SINCE THEN, I REPLACED ONE RIM AND HAVE NOW 3 DENTED RIMS WITH MULTIPLE DENTS ON EACH RIM. AS OF NOW THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAINST MITSUBISHI PENDING. I DO LOVE MY CAR, AND I DO LOVE MITSUBISHI. HOWEVER, I DON'T APPRECIATE THE CRAPPY WHEELS THAT I HAVE ON A CAR THAT I AM PAYING SO MUCH MONEY FOR. I WANT MY RIMS REPLACED OR AT LEAST REIMBURSED CASH FOR THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE. I WAS TOLD THAT MY RIMS ARE WORTH ABOUT $395 PER RIM. THAT MEANS THAT TOTAL COST TO REPLACE IS $1185 FOR MY CAR TO DRIVE NORMALLY AGAIN. RIGHT NOW I'M VERY CAREFUL WHEN I TAKE THE CAR OUT, SINCE AT SPEEDS OF 60 MPH OR HIGHER, THE WHOLE STEERING COLOMN WILL VIBRATE LIKE IT'S GOING TO FALL OFF. I'VE ALREADY HAD MY TIRES ROTATED AND BALANCED AND OF COURSE IT DIDN'T HELP THAT MUCH SINCE THE WHEELS ARE DENTED WHICH MEANS WHEN THEY TURN THE WHEELS BOUNCE. NOW MULTIPLY THAT BY 3. MY CAR SHAKES A LOT. LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I LOVE MY CAR, I LOVE MITSUBISHI, BUT, THEY NEED TO ACKNOWLEGE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM AND FIX IT. I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS THIS PROBLEM. MITSUBISHI NEEDS TO FIX THIS.*AK

I WAS FORCED OFF THE ROAD WHILE MAKING A TURN AT AN INTERSECTION, I STRUCK THE CURB WTH THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL. THE IMPACT (AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED) BROKE THE RIM AND BLEW OUT THE TIRE. THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE TO THE SUB FRAME THAT HAS LEAD TO ALIGNMENT ISSUES. AT THE TIME, I THOUGHT IT WAS A FREAK INCIDENT UNTIL I RECENTLY HEARD OF OTHER CASES INVOLVING RIMS. I HAD TO PAY FOR ALL TH REPAIRS OUT OF MY POCKET. THE DEALER DID NOT MENTION ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE WHEELS OR OFFER O LOOK INTO THE SITUATION. *AK