2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE Complaints

DURING NORMAL ROAD DRIVING IN SPEEDS UNDER 40 MPH, MY CAR RIMS HAVE BENT ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. I HAVE HEARD FROM OTHER 2000 ECLIPSE OWNERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM: RIMS ARE BENDING TOO EASILY UNDER NORMAL ROAD USEAGE DURING LOWER SPEEDS.*AK

3 RIMS HAVE BENT ON THIS CAR. I HAVE REPLACED 1, BUT THE OTHER 2 WERE BENT WITHOUT HITTING ANYTHING MAJOR.*AK

WHEN THE VEHICLE HITS A MINOR BUMP ON ROAD RIMS WOULD BENT. RIMS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 4 DIFFERENT TIMES. PLEASE ADD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

LEAKEGE INTO TRANSMISSION FROM COOLANT SYSTEM AND EXCESSIVE TRANSMISSION FLUID IN GENERAL COOLANT SYSTEM

WATER LEAKS THROUGH FIREWALL ONTO PASSENGER FLOOR IN RAIN OR WASH. UP TO 2" OF WATER ON PASSENGER SIDE. WATER DESTROYED FACTORY INFINITY AMPLIFIER UNDER PASSENGER SEAT. DEALER WOULD NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY AND HAS NOT REIMBURSED BUYER FOR REPLACEMENT OF STEREO COMPONENTS. *AK

SRS LIGHT FOR AIRBAGS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE, THE SIDE SEATBACK AIR BAG HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE, AIR BAG COMPUTER HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE, AND THE DRIVER SIDE SEATBACK AIR BAG HAS BEEN REPLACED ONCE, VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED BY MITSUBISHI FOR LEMON LAW. *JB

RIMS BENT EASILY SOMETIMES WHEN TURNING A CORNER/BENDING A CURVE OR HITTING A LIGHT BUMP. CONSUMER WAS GOING 25MPH MADE A LEFT TURN, HIT A LIGHT BUMP, AND RIM BENT ON PASSENGER RIGHT SIDE. CONSUMER HAS BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH MITSUBISHI, BUT THEY WILL BE OF NO ASSISTANCE TO CONSUMER. RIMS WERE MADE OF ALUMINUM, AND MITSUBISHI SAID THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH COMPLAINTS FOR A RECALL.*AK

CLOSED SUNROOF VIOLENTLY EXPLODED WITH SMALL GLASS GOING ALL OVER BOTH PASSENGERS GOING 60 MPH DOWN HIGHWAY. NOTHING HIT THE CAR. HAD HAD PROBLEMS OPENING PRIOR. MITSUBISHI WILL NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY OF POSSIBLE DEFECT. INSURANCE REPORTS NO EVIDENCE OF OBJECT HITTING. COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY IN HEAVIER TRAFFIC.

DRIVER SERIOUSELY INJURED AS RESULT OF SEAT FAILURE, DRIVER THROWEN BACK AND THEN FORWARD IN REAR END CRASH, SEAT BELT USELESS AND AIR BAGS DID NOT OPEN. *AK

VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES BECAUSE SRS LIGHT WERE COMING ON. CONSUMER WAS IN AN ACCIDENT ON 04-MAY-2001, AND AIRBAS DIDN'T DEPLOY. CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 30 MPH AND A MOTORCYLE HIT FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE. IT FLIPPED OFF ONTO WINDSHIELD, BREAKING ON IMPACT. MITSUBISHI HASN'T RESPONDED TO CONSUMER.*AK