2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE Complaints

MY RIMS ARE TWO-PIECE AND HAVE HAD 3 BENT RIMS AND 3 BLOWOUTS DUE TO THESE RIMS. THIS IS COMPOUNDED BY THE FACT THAT THE GT TIRES ARE LOW-PROFILE. THESE RIMS ARE EASILY DENTED, THE CLEAR COATING PEELED OFF AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. I HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTATION AND HAVE HAD MEETINGS WITH JEFF NEY AT MAX MADSEN. I HAVE PICTURES OF ALL BENT RIMS THAT I CAN FAX OR E-MAIL TO YOU AS WELL.*AK

I HAVE HAD FOUR INCIDENTS OF THE RIMS BENDING DURING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, INCLUDING TWO BLOWOUTS OF THE FRONT TIRES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AS A RESULT OF THE RIMS BEING BENT OUT OF SHAPE. I PRODUCED FOUR RECEIPTS OF THE REPAIRS WHICH I PAYED FOR TO THE DEALER IN MID JANUARY.THEY HAD A DISTRICT REGIONAL MANAGER LOOK AT MY CASE AND THEN DECLINED TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THE DAMAGE,I DO KNOW THAT THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT IN PROGRESS FOR THIS VERY REASON AND I STILL HAVE YET TO RECEIVE MY ORIGINAL RECEIPTS AS WELL AS A COPY OF THE REPORT THAT WAS DECLINED BY THE DEALER. I WAS TOLD NUMEROUS TIMES BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT THE PAPERS WOULD BE MAILED TO ME BUT THAT WAS OVER FOUR WEEKS AGO, AND NOW THEY ARE LOST IN THE MAIL.I WOULD LIKE AN EXPLANATION OF WHY A SAFETY CONCERN SUCH AS THIS CAN JUST BE DISMISSED WITH NO REASON WHEN HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM PLEASE GET BACK TO ME ON THIS MATTER, THANK YOU ,STEPHEN WEIR. *AK

RIMS WILL EASLIY BEND. ALSO, WHEN CONSUMER IS DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS, TIRES WILL START TO WOBBLE. CONTACTED DEALER. MITSUBISHI DEALER DENIES CLAIM. *AK *TT

THE WHEEL WAS BENT AND CRACKED BY A MINOR RUT IN THE ROAD AND SOME MINOR DEBRIS, TIRE WAS BLOWN DUE TO CRACK AND BEND OF WHEEL (TIRESIZE: 17)

CONSUMERS DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING, NOTICED BLACK SMOKE COMING THROUGH AIR CONDITIONING VENTS, VEHICLE LOOKED TO BE ON FIRE, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE WHAT HAD CAUSE THE FIRE. *AK PRIOR TO THE FIRE, THE ENGINE WOULD START, AIR CONDITION WAS INOPERATIVE,SUNROFF WAS INOPERATIVE, MIRROR WERE INOPERATIVE, EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS INOPERATIVE NEEDED TO BE READJUSTED,FOG LIGHTS STAYED ON EVEN WITH THE KEY OUT OF IGNITION, WINDSHIELD WIPER WAS INOPERATIVE, CARGO COVER WAS LOOSE, THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE POWER STEERING

BENT WHEEL RIMS REPLACED SIX TIMES ON VARIOUS LOCATION BETWEEN FRONT AND REAR. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

HEADLIGHT WIRING HARNESS MELTED AFTER ORIGINAL BULBS WERE REPLACED WITH CORRECT AFTERMARKET COMPONENT. DEALER COMMENTED THAT EVERY ECLIPSE THAT HAS REPLACEMENT HEADLIGHT BULBS HAS BURNED THE WIRING HARNESS. WHEN THIS COMPONENT FAILS, IT LEAVES THE DRIVER WITH NEITHER A HIGH OR LOW BEAM LIGHT. SHOULD BOTH BURN- OUT IN RAPID SUCCESSION A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WOULD LIKELY OCCUR. ALSO WITH WIRING MELTING UNDER THE HOOD THE CHANCE OF FIRE OR ELECTRICAL SHORTING OF OTHER COMPONENTS SEEMS VERY LIKELY. IN DOING RESEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM, I FOUND A REPORT THAT STATES THAT MITSUBISHI HAS CHANGED THE WIRING HARNESS TO A HEAVIER GAUGE. MY ASSUMTION IS THAT IT IS TO PREVENT THIS HAZARD IN CARS CURRENTLY BEING PRODUCED. WITH MITSUBISHI'S TRACK RECORD REGARDING RECALLS, I FEEL THIS DEFECT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AT ANY TIME IN REGARD TO THIS MATTER.*AK

ALUMINIUM RIMS ARE BENT, CAUSING THE TIRES TO GO FLAT. FRONT RIGHT TIRE WENT FLAT WHILE PARKED. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT WHILE DRIVING. *YH

FOUR SEPARATE TIMES I HAD TO SEND THE DAMAGED RIMS OUT TO BE REPAIRED FROM HITTING MINOR POTHOLES. EACH TIME COSTING $12O.TWICE THE TIRE WENT TOTALLY FLAT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS,CAUSING THE CAR TO VEER OUT OF CONTROL.BUT NOBODY WAS HURT.I HAVE READ NOTHING BUT COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE RIMS,AND EVERY MITUSUBISHI ECLIPSE I SEE ON THE STREET HAVE RIMS THAT ARE DESTROYED. I PAY OVER $350 A MONTH TO LEASE THIS CAR AND I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT BOTH ON THE HIGHWAY AND NORMAL SIDE STREETS. I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAINST MITSUBISHI FOR THIS VERY REASON, AND I CANNOT BELEIVE THAT THESE RIMS HAVE NOT BEEN RECALLED YET.THE SERVICE DEPT. AT WHITE PLAINS MITSUBISHI SEEMS TO THINK THAT THIS IS MY FAULT, BUT I DONT SEE ANY OTHER CARS ON THE STREET WHOSE RIMS ARE CONSISTANTLY DAMAGED.IT,S ALMOST EMBARRASING FOR MITSUBISHI, TO HAVE SO MANY DAMAGED VEHICLES IN PUBLIC WITH THER NAME ON IT.PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT I CAN DO TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU, [XXX]. *AK (TIRESIZE: 215/50/VR1) PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

CONSUMER STATES WHEN IT RAINS, WATER SITS INSIDE THE WATER WELL, AND WHEN ROLLING THE WINDOWS DOWN AND BACK UP THERE IS A WATER FILM ON THEM, IN COLDER WEATHER WINDOWS WILL SOMETIMES FREEZE BECAUSE OF THIS WATER, CONTACT DEALER AND DEALER STATED IT IS COMMON AND VEHICLE IS NOT DEFECTED.*AK *YH