2008 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE Complaints

THERE HAS BEEN INTERMITTENT BRAKE FAILURE FOR FOUR YEARS. MANY TRIPS TO THE MECHANIC (180 DEGREES AUTO IN PHOENIX ARIZONA) INCLUDED REPLACEMENT OF MASTER CYLINDER TWICE AND NUMEROUS BRAKE JOBS THAT NEVER FIXED THE PROBLEM. NOW WE FIND THAT MITSUBISHI HAS KNOWN ABOUT THE PROBLEM, HAS ISSUED A WARNING, BUT HAS YET TO PROVIDE A FIX FOR THIS ISSUE. WE WILL NOT DRIVE THIS CAR ANY LONGER AS WE NEVER KNOW WHEN THE FAILURE WILL OCCUR AND WE NEVER WANT ANYONE HURT.

SAFETY RECALL NOTICE RECEIVED ON ABS BRAKES, BRAKE STROKE HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY, BREAKS ARE SQUISHY AND NEED TO BE PUMPED, SYMPTOMS ARE AS DESCRIBED ON RECALL NOTICE, PADS ARE OK, NO AIR IN LINES, FLUID LEVEL OK. CALLED LOCAL DEALER ......MITSUBISHI(DELETE) AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE NOT AUTHORIZED YET TO MAKE REPAIRS ON THE RECALL . I COULD TAKE IT IN AND PAY FOR THE CHECKS AND REPAIRS MY SELF AND SUBMIT BILL FOR REFUND TO MITSUBISHI. NOT ACCEPTABLE TO ME AT THIS TIME,( EXPECT SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS). CALLED MITSUBISHI CUSTOMER RELATIONS DEPARTMENT NUMBER LISTED ON THE RECALL NOTICE (888-648-7820) WAS TOLD THE SAME THING THAT PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE BUT I COULD TAKE IT IN, HAVE LOCAL DEALER MAKE REPAIRS, PAY FOR IT MYSELF AND SEND BILL TO THEM. AGAIN NOT ACCEPTABLE. WILL WAIT UNTIL I GET THE SECOND NOTICE TO TAKE THE CAR IN FOR REPAIR I GUESS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V337000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO PERFORM THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. MA 10/22/2015 UPDATED 12/15/15. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V337000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR REPAIR. THE DEALER STATED THAT PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE DELAY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THAT THE BRAKES FAILED TO ENGAGE INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

DRIVING INTO WORK AT 35MPH, LIGHT CHANGED AND PRESSED BRAKES TO STOP. BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR DID NOT SLOW DOWN. RELEASE BRAKE PEDAL AND PRESSED AGAIN, TAPPING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SLOW THE CAR TO AVOID GOING THROUGH INTERSECTION AND HITTING CAR IN FRONT. CAR SLOWED EVENTUALLY AFTER 3 TIMES RELEASING THE BRAKE AND PRESSING IT AGAIN. NO ACCIDENT OCCURRED, BUT THIS TYPE OF INCIDENT HAS HAPPENED ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS SINCE THEN, MAKING ME FEEL UNSAFE DRIVING MY OWN CAR. NOW, SUMMER OF 2015, THE BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND WE HAVE TO PUSH THE THE BRAKE ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR TO STOP AND THE BRAKES ARE VERY INSENSITIVE WHERE THEY USED TO RESPOND TO THE SLIGHTEST TAP AND STOP. WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE AND WERE QUOTED $2000 WORTH OF REPAIRS TO REPLACE THE ABS AND GRAND MASTER CYLINDER AND REAR BRAKE PADS. IN JULY, WE RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR EXACTLY THIS TYPE OF INCIDENT, HOWEVER THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOT EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THE REPAIR FOR SOME WEEKS AND JUST NOW (AUGUST 7) WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT THEY HAVE THE PARTS AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST LEVEL OF REPAIR - EVEN THOUGH THEY SUGGESTED TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. HOWEVER, MITSUBISHI IS TELLING US THAT THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM IN ORDER TO FIX THE BRAKES AND WE WERE ADVISED TO "KEEP ON DRIVING UNTIL THE PROBLEM OCCURS" - DO THEY REALLY WANT TO PAY THE COST OF A WRONGFUL DEATH/ DISMEMBERMENT SUIT RATHER THAN THE COST OF PARTS AND LABOR TO REPAIR FAULTY BRAKES WHICH THEY HAVE ALREADY RECALLED? WE HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE IF THE DEALER CAN REPRODUCE THE BRAKES MALFUNCTION TO SEE IF THEY WILL COVER THE COST OF REPAIRS. THIS HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE AND WE ARE LEFT WITHOUT A CAR OR EVEN THE OFFER OF LOANER VEHICLE DURING THIS TIME. I CANNOT WAIT TO SELL THIS CAR AND BE RID OF MITSUBISHI AND THEIR AWFUL CUSTOMER SERVICE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000. MA 10/1 THE CONSUMER STATED THE BRAKE LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED ALL THE TIME. WHEN THE CONSUMER BRAKES, THE ABS ACTIVATED AND THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE.

ABS/BRAKING ISSUES. TWO RELATED ISSUES. ISSUE NUMBER 1. THERE ARE 3 LIGHTS THAT ARE ILLUMINATING ON THE DASHBOARD CONTINUOUSLY UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES (DRIVING, PARKING, BRAKING, IDLING, ETC. - THEY NEVER TURN OFF) THE LIGHTS ARE THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT, THE ABS LIGHT AND THE ICON OF A VEHICLE WITH SKID MARKS. ISSUE NUMBER 2- ADDITIONALLY, THE ABS SYSTEM TURNS ON WHILE BRAKING AND THE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM IS JIGGING THE BRAKE MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO BRAKE SAFELY. THIS HAPPENS WITH A FORWARD BRAKE, AND WITH BRAKING WHEN GOING INTO A TURN BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,647.

PLEASE VERIFY IF THIS VEHICLE HAS TAKATA AIRBAGS THAT ARE BEING RECALLED FOR SAFETY REASONS. IF THIS VEHICLE DOES HAVE THE TAKATA BAGS, WHAT PROCEDURE DO I FOLLOW WITH THE MITSUBISHI DEALERS TO CORRECT THIS SERIOUS PROBLEM. THANK YOU. S THOMPSON

AS MANY OTHERS HAVE DESCRIBED; ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ENGAGED IN LIGHT SNOWY CONDITIONS. PEDAL FIRMNESS WAS LOST. INITIALLY BRAKES WOULD GRAB WHEN PEDAL PUSHED, THEN LOSS OF BRAKE PRESSURE UNTIL PEDAL WAS PUSHED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FLOOR (HISSING SOUND). SOME BRAKE PRESSURE COULD BE RESTORED BY TAPPING BRAKE AS BRAKES WERE APPLIED, BUT THIS APPLICATION WAS NOT ALWAYS CONSISTENT. TOOK CAR TO NATIONAL CHAIN BRAKE/TIRE SHOP. THEY LOOKED AT CAR AND DETERMINED THAT CALIPERS WERE HUNG UP, SO ADJUSTED AND LUBRICATED CALIPERS. THIS DID NOT FIX PROBLEM SO BRAKE LINES WERE BLED, STILL DID NOT FIX PROBLEM. SHOP DETERMINED THAT THEY NEEDED MITSUBISHI PROPRIETARY DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT TO REPAIR (REFUNDED MONEY FOR FAILED REPAIR). RECOMMENDED CAR BE RETURNED TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS. DEALER HAD CAR FOR TWO WEEKS (WAITING FOR PARTS) DETERMINED THAT MASTER CYLINDER HAD INTERNAL SEAL FAILURE BRAKE FLUID LEAKED INTO BOOSTER, DESTROYING BOOSTER, ALSO SHOWED INTERNAL VALVE DAMAGE TO BRAKE MODULE WHICH REQUIRED REPLACEMENT. REPAIRS COST ALMOST $2,000.00 FOR A CAR WITH 52,000 MILES! HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FAILED BEFORE BRAKE PADS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED! MITSUBISHI DOES NOT FEEL THAT THIS REPAIR IS UNUSUAL SO HAS NO RELIEF PROGRAM FOR COSTS. IT SEEMS THAT BRAKES THAT FAIL WHILE DRIVING WOULD BE SOMETHING THE GOVERNMENT AND THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT. WHEN WILL YOU FORCE A RECALL ON THESE ITEMS? DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE FIRST? HOPE I'M NOT THE ONE. *TR