2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE Complaints

TWO TIRES ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS HAD BLOWN OUT, AND RIMS HAD TO BE REPLACED. UNABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE OVER BUMPY ROADS WHILE OTHER VEHICLES COULD BE DRIVEN WITHOUT A PROBLEM. TECHNICIAN AT DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT RIMS WERE LOW PROFILE, AND LOW IN QUALITY. HAD TO PAY FOR OTHER RIMS. *AK

WHENEVER IT RAINS OR VEHICLE IS WASHED, WATER WOULD REMAIN IH DOOR AREA. WINDOWS WOULD COME OUT OF ALIGNMENT & WOULD REMAIN CONSTANTLY WET. THIS WOULD LEAVE AN ODOR OF MILDEW INSIDE VEHICLE. BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIPAND CONTACTED FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE. COULD NOT TELL WHAT PROBLEM WAS OR WHAT WAS CAUSING IT. MECHANIC REPLACED DOOR MOLDING.*AK

POWER WINDOWS WHEN ROLLED DOWN IN DRY WEATHER COME BACK UP WET WITH A MILDEW SMELL. DEALER HAS REPLACED WINDOW STRIPPING, DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM.*AK THE DEALER DENIES THERE WAS MILDEW PROBLE. *YH

WAS INFORMED BY A CAR WASH WORKER MY FRONT LEFT WHEEL WAS DENTED. I HAD NOT COLLIDED INTO ANYTHING NOR ANYBODY. AND NO ONE ELSE DRIVES MY CAR. THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED TO COVER THE COST OF A NEW WHEEL 432.00. THEY ALLEGED I MIGHT HAVE HIT APOT HOLE. IT MUST HAVE BEEN A VERY SMALL POT HOLE AND I QUESTION THE DURABILITY OF THE WHEELS TO HAVE CAUSED SO MUCH DAMAGE AND THEREFORE CREATING AROAD HAZARD OR ANYONE ELSE ON THE ROAD SHOULD THE TIRE HAVE BLOWN OUT. THE WHEEL WAS COVERED NOT UNDER THE WARRENTY. I QUESTION THE DURABILITY OF TEHSE WHEELS IN USUAL CITY TRAFFIC. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES SUDDENLY THE CAR STARTED VIBRATING, FIRST LIGHTLY THEN HARDER. I PULLED OVER AND SAW THE PROBLEM, ONE OF THE TIRES SHREDDED THE TREAD AND THEN IT JUST 'AUTO-DESTROYED'. IT'S UNDER WARRANTY (LESS THAN ONE YEAR AND ONLY 13000 MILES) BUT AM REPORTING IT JUST IN CASE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM.*AK( DOT NUMBER: )

REAR HATCH GLASS IS DISTORTED, WAS REPLACED BUT THE NEW GLASS IS WORSE THAN THE OLD GLASS, WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT AND LOOKING IN THE REAR VIEW VISIBILITY IS LIMITED BECAUSE OF DISTORTION, THE GLASS ALWAYS LOOKS DIRTY ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT OR WHEN RAINING. NLM

RIGHT FRONT RIM SPLIT IN HALF ,AROUND CIRCUMFERENCE WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, CAUSING DAMAGE. *AK WHEN THE CONSUMER JUST ENTERED THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT. THEN LOUD NOISE OCCURED FROM RIGHT FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL. *YH

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY15 MPH ON EXIT RAMP WHEN STEERING COLUMN BECAME VERY LOOSE IN ALL DIRECTIONS, STEERING COLUMN BEGAN TO SPIN. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE DEFECT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. PRIOR TO INCIDENT, CONSUMER HAS BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT STEERING WHEN DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. *AK

BRAKE PADS ON REAR OF VEHICLE BEGAN SQUEALING WITH ONLY A FEW THOUSAND MILES ON THEM. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN RELAYED TO ME THAT THERE IS A SQUEAL INDICATOR BUILT INTO THE PADS TO NOTIFY YOU OF THE NEED TO REPLACE YOUR BRAKE PADS. I BELIEVE IT IS A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO THE OWNER SINCE THE BRAKE SHOES IN THE REAR SQUEAL CONSTANTLY NOW AT EVERY USE AND SO THE OWNER GETS USE TO THE SQUEEL AND THE BRAKE PADS WILL GO BEYOND THEIR SERVICE LIFE AND CAUSE STOPPING PROBLEMS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT I JUST HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE SQUEALING BECAUSE THEY ARE SEMI-METALLIC BRAKE PADS AND ASBESTOS IS NO LONGER ALLOWED. NOW IF I BOUGHT INTO THIS ANSWER WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO EXIST IN THE CITY DUE TO ALL VEHICLES SQUEALING LOUDLY LIKE MY CAR DOES WHEN BRAKING. I CAN NOT BUY INTO THIS ARGUMENT AT ALL. // THE ALLOY WHEELS ON THIS VEHICLE ARE VERY PRONE TO BENDING IN EVEN THE SLIGHTEST ROAD HAZARD. I HAVE HAD TWO WHEELS BENT AND HAD TO COMPLETELY REPLACE ONE. THE WHEEL COLLISION PLACE DIDN'T EVEN WANT THE WHEEL BACK FOR A CORE DUE TO THE EXTENT OF THE BENDING IN THE WHEEL. THIS WHEEL DIDN'T TAKE MUCH OF A BUMP AND IT STILL BENT LIKE THIS. I DO NOT KNOW THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL AS FAR AS THE INTEGRITY OF THE WHEEL AFTER THE SMALL ROAD HAZARD. *AK

CV JOINT FELL OUT OF PLACE, AND WHOLE AXEL FELL WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ABOUT 45MPH ON SOME BACK ROADS. THERE WAS SOME DAMAGE TO FRONT RIGHT CORNER OF VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WILL REPLACE THE PART.`*AK