2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE Complaints

CHEAP DASHBOARD OF A 2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE HAS OVER 5 CRACKS ON IT. THE CRACKS ARE GROWING AND SOMEDAY IT CAN JUST FALL APART AND RESULT IN DANGER WHILE DRIVING. *NM

BROUGHT USED MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE 2000GT. VERIFIED THROUGH CAR CHECK FOR ANY PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE, NONE ON RECORD. CAR HAD ONE OWNER BEFORE MYSELF. THE CAR HAS GIVEN ME PROBLEMS FROM DAY ONE. IT WAS PARKED IN MY CARPORT FOR SIX MONTHS UNTIL MY DAUGHTER GOT HER DRIVERS LICENSE AT THIS TIME I KEPT IT RUNNING. ONCE DAUGHTER GOT DRIVER'S LICENSE AND STARTED TO DRIVE VEHICLE, IT WAS VIBRATING BADLY. MAINT PERSON SAID IT WAS THE TIRES AND THE RIMS NEEDED TO BE REPLACE. ALL THE RIMS WERE BAD. EACH RIM HAD A SMALL DENT OF SOME SORT. SEEING HOW WE NEVER REALLY DROVE THIS VEHICLE IT SHOULD HAVE DRIVEN FOR A WHILE WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. LOOKING INTO THIS PROBLEM, IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A KNOW DEFECT WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. *NM

THE CLEAR COAT PAINT ON MY BLACK 2000 ECLIPSE IS DEFECTIVE. THE PAINT IS DISAPPEARING ON THE ENTIRE CAR. IT IS DOWN TO THE METAL ON THE ROOF CAUSING MAJOR RUST. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT IS AFFECTING MITSUBISHI OWNERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. MITSUBISHI DENIES ANY PROBLEM AND REFUSES TO FIX OUR CARS. *JB

TURN SIGNAL SWITCH IS BROKEN. SAME SYMPTOMS AS NHTSA RECALL # 99V305001. DEALER ADVISES THAT MY VIN DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR REPLACEMENT. THE SWITCH NEEDS REPLACEMENT AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE AWARE THAT THIS IS STILL A PROBLEM. *NM

DT*: THE VEHICLE HAD A 2 INCH HOLE IN THE CENTER OF THE RIM WHICH CAUSED THE TIRE TO DEFLATE. THE MANUFACTURER DETERMINED THAT THE TIRE WOULD HAVE HAD TO DEFLATE FIRST BUT THE CONTACT EXPRESSED THE RIM WENT OUT FIRST DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE HOLE IN THE RIM IN COMPARISON TO THE SMALL MARK ON THE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. THE RIM HAD BLOWN OUTWARD TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE RIM. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE RIM WAS DEFECTIVE. UPDATED 08/29/06.*JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED COMPLETELY WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO A PRIVATE REPAIR SHOP, WHERE THE MECHANIC WAS ALSO UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.

MY TURN SIGNAL LEVER BROKE AND WAS HANGING BY THE WIRES. MY RIGHT AND LEFT TURN SIGNALS WENT OFF ALTERNATELY AS I WAS TRYING TO MANUALLY TURN THEM OFF BY PRESSING THE BROKEN LEVER BACK IN. I RESEARCHED THE INTERNET TO FIND THAT MY CAR (2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GT) HAD A RECALL ON THE LEVER (MITSUBISHI RECALL # 990WND0093 AND NHTSA RECALL #99V305). MY CAR WAS AT A MITSUBISHI DEALER FOR SERVICE ALONG WITH THE BROKEN LEVER AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE BROKEN LEVER WASN'T ON A RECALL. I CALLED MITSUBISHI (800-222-0037) AND WAS REFERRED TO A CASE MANAGER AND SHE INFORMED ME THAT MY VIN# DIDN'T CORRESPOND TO THAT RECALL. SHE SAID THE RECALL WAS FOR CARS MANUFACTURED UP UNTIL OCTOBER FOR THE YEAR AND MINE WAS MANUFACTURED IN NOVEMBER (1 MONTH LATER). SHE SAID ALTHOUGH I EXPERIENCED THE PROBLEMS STATED IN THE RECALL EXACTLY, MY CAR WASN'T ELIGIBLE. I HAD TO PAY $135.00 TO GET THE LEVER REPLACED. THIS IS RIDICULOUS AS TURN SIGNAL LEVERS DO NOT BREAK (ESPECIALLY AT 6 YEARS OLD) AND THE FACT THAT MY MODEL AND YEAR CAR HAS A RECALL ON IT FOR THE EXACT THING I EXPERIENCED BUT MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT INCLUDED. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO STATE THAT I BOUGHT MY CAR FROM THE DEALERSHIP BRAND NEW IN 2000. IN 2003, MY CLEAR COAT STARTED COMING OFF AND IS VERY BAD NOW AS MY CAR IS BLACK AND THE AFFECTED AREAS ARE WHITE. ALSO, MY DASHBOARD HAS SEVERE CRACKS ALL OVER WHICH STARTED IN 2004 AND MY GLOVE BOX DOES NOT WORK BECAUSE THE PLASTIC BROKE AROUND THE LOCK BROKE AND I HAVE TO MANUALLY OPEN IT WITH SOME TOOLS. I CALLED MITSUBISHI ABOUT THE PAINT WHEN IT STARTED TO HAPPEN BACK IN 2003 AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS DUE TO "THE ELEMENTS" AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. TO MY AMAZEMENT, I FOUND SEVERAL COMPLAINTS JUST LIKE MINE WITH THE SAME CAR ON THE INTERNET AND HAVE SEEN A FEW BLACK ECLIPSES WITH PAINT/CLEAR COAT PROBLEMS JUST LIKE MINE. I WILL NEVER BUY A MITSUBISHI CAR EVER AGAIN. *JB

THE RIGHT FRONT HEADLIGHT OF MY 2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE BURNED OUT. AFTER TAKING THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC IT WAS REVEALED THAT THE PLASTIC HOLDING THE BULB HAD MELTED. THE BULB COULD NOT BE REPLACED WITHOUT MORE EXTENSIVE WORK.*AK

2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE HEADLAMP CONNECTOR FAILURE. BOTH HEADLAMP CONNECTORS MELTED. *NM

BOTH THE RIGHT AND LEFT HEADLAMP ON MY WIFE'S 2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE STOPPED WORKING (BOTH HIGH AND LOW BEAMS) AT THE EXACT SAME TIME. UPON INVESTIGATING, WE FOUND THAT ALL FUSES WERE OK, BUT THE HEADLAMP WIRING HARNESSES HAD MELTED. THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED IN CASE NUMBERS 10145878, 10111932, AND 10100237. IF THIS PROBLEM OCCURED IN THE MIDDLE OF A NIGHT-TIME DRIVE, IT COULD CREATE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. *NM