1996 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE Complaints

HEAD GASKET HAS BLOWN, CAUSING LEAKAGE OF QUART OF OIL ABOUT EVERY THOUSAND MILE. MANUFACUTER HAS DEVELOPED 13 DIFFERENT GASKETS TO PREVENT FAILURE, BUT IT DOES NOT RESOLVE PROBLEM.*AK

MITSUBISHI REPLACED THE HEAD GASKET AT 38,000 MILES DUE TO IT LEAKING OIL. OWNER REPORTED IT LEAKING OIL 2000 MILES LATER. MITSUBISHI DENIED THERE WAS A LEAK. I JUST HAD TO REPLACE MY HEAD GASKET AT 58008 MILES DUE TO IT LEAKING OIL. THERE IS SOMETHING TERRIBLY WRONG WITH AN ENGINE THAT GOES THROUGH 2 HEAD GASKETS AT SUCH A LOW MILEAGE. I HAVE CONTACTED MITSUBISHI AND AM IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO SETTLE THIS MATTER THROUGH THE DEALER. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT TRULY NEEDS A SOLUTION.*AK

WHILE HAVING VEHICLE SERVICED TECHNICIAN NOTICED THAT HEAD GASKET WAS LEAKING OIL. TECHNICIAN STATED THAT ANOTHER ENGINE THIS SIZE HAS HAD A RECALL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

POWER STEERING BELT HAS COME OFF WHILE DRIVING ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE PULLEY WAS OUT OF LINE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

HEAD GASKET FAILED, IT WAS MADE OF PAPER, NOT STEEL. CONSTANT LEAKS ON GASKET FROM WHERE HEAD MEETS ENGINE. DEALER RECOGNIZED PROBLEM, AND AGREED TO REPLACE FREE OF CHARGE IF CONSUMER WAS ORIGINAL OWNER, BUT CONSUMER WAS NOTORIGINAL OWNER. *AK

THE DEALERSHIP OFFERED TO THROW IN A THROTTLE BODY CLEANING, FREE OF CHARGE, BUT AS I LOOKED AT OTHER COMPLAINTS..I REALIZED IT IS A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED, BECAUSE OF LINKAGES AND CONTROL. IT IS NOT SOMETHING EXTRA TO HELP ME OUT. IT IS A PROBLEM!*AK

PE00-046 ; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SHOULDER, AND NOTICED THAT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED. TIRE WAS A GOODYEAR. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.*AK THE CUSTOMER HAD RIM AND TIRE DAMAGED AS THE RESULT OF TIRE SEPARATION. *YH

PROBLEM WITH CONVERTIBLE TOP WHICH WILL NOT GO ALL THE WAY DOWN PROPERLY, AND CAUSING INSIDE DAMAGE TO TOP FABRIC. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS OUT OF ITS WARRANTY, AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE AT THIS TIME. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

POSSIBLE BALL JOINT FAILURE PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 99V-066 MAY HAVE CAUSED ACCIDENT IN WHICH CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND STRUCK GARBAGE CANS, UTILITY BOX AND FIRE HYDRANT, THE BALL JOINTS WERE NOT EXAMINED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY WERE THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT BECAUSE THEY WERE UNAWARE OF THE RECALL. NLM

OWNER WOULD LIKE TO MAKE MANUFACTURE AWARE, THAT THIS IS THE FIRST AND ONLY RECALL NOTIFICATION (99V066) HE RECEIVED, OWNER STATES THAT MANUFACTURE TOOK A LONG TIME NOTIFING CONSUMERS ABOUT SUCH A MAJOR LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. *CJ