1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/31/1999· POWER TRAIN

  THE TRANSFER CASE LOCKED UP CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO INTO A 180 DEGREE SPIN. A LEAK IN THE TRANSFER CASE CAUSES THE LOCKUP.

• 12/31/1997· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSFER CASE LOCKED UP CAUSING VEHICLE TO GO INTO A 180 DEGREE SPIN.

• 12/29/2004· SUSPENSIONCrash

  THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE # 00V421001. WHILE ON HIS WAY TO THE DEALER DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE FRONT LEFT BALL JOINT BROKE, HE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND SKIDDED OFF THE ROAD INTO A CORNFIELD. WHEN HE WENT TO DEALER, THEY TOLD HIM THAT THEY WOULD NOT SERVICE THE VEHICLE FOR THE RECALL OR COVER THE DAMAGES. *JB

• 12/29/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THE ENGINE STALLS WHILE DRIVING, SOMETIMES WILL RESTART. *MJS

• 12/26/2000· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  MIDDLE BRAKE LIGHT ARM BROKEN DUE TO FAULTY DESIGN. WEAR AND TEAR NOT APPLICABLE. *AK

• 12/26/1995· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  SPARK PLUGS FAILED.

• 12/25/2004· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EQUIPMENT

  THE CAR DOES NOT START. THE STARTER STOPS WORKING EASILY. *AK

• 12/23/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY APPLIED THE BRAKES AND CAR VIBRATED ON THREE OCCASIONS, TOOK CAR TO DEALER, HE SAID THAT THE ROTORS WERE WARPED. *AK

• 12/20/1999· SUSPENSION

  RECALL 99V066001, LOWER BALL JOINT FAILED. DEALER REPLACED PARTS INCLUDED IN RECALL, AND CHARGED OWNER FOR THE RECALL. *AK *YC

• 12/19/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  (1) TICKING NOISE FROM THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY AREA WITH THE CLUTCH DEPRESSED. KIND OF A SWOOSHING TICKEY NOISE. THIS IS THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR TRIGGER PLATE RUBBING ON THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. (2) STALLING WHEN THE CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED. THE TRIGGER PLATE AND CRANKSHAFT HAVE BEEN MOVING SO MUCH THAT THE TRIGGER PLATE IS WEARING THROUGH THE SENSOR. CAR LOST POWER STEERING AND PUT ME AND MY FAMILY IN DANGER. *JB

• 12/19/2000· STRUCTURE

  TWO MONTHS PRIOR TO MY INQUIRY INTO THIS MATTER MY DRIVERS SIDE DOOR HANDLE BECAME DETACHED WITH NO EXCESSIVE FORCE INVOLVED. TAKEN AS A TYPICAL OCCURRENCE INQUIRY TO THE DEALERSHIP WAS NEVER MADE. HOWEVER, 2 WEEKS AGO THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HANDLE BECAME DISCONNECTED IN THE SAME MANNER. AFTER PHONING THE DEALERSHIP AND MITSUBISHI HOT LINE I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ON GOING PROBLEM, YET THER HAVE BEEN NO RECALLS INCURRED. RESULTING IN MY OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE IN THE AMOUT OF OVER 250 DOLLARS. MY QUESTION IS THAT IF THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBELM, WHY SHOULD THE CONSUMER BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MANUFACTURER'S DEFEFCT. I WOULD APPRECIATE A TIMELY INVESTIGATION INTO THIS MATTER AND A PROMPT RESPONSE TO THE EMAIL ADDRESS LISTED ABOVE, AS I FEEL A FAULTY MANUFACTURING DEFECT SHOULD NOT BE AT FAULT OF THE COMSUMER. REGARDS J. JOSEPH. *AK

• 12/18/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  VEHICLE STALLS AT ANY SPEED, HAD SAME PROBLEM IN 1998. DEALER REPLACED ENGINE CONTROL UNIT. *AK THE VEHICLE SHUTS OFF SUDDENLY AT 20-65 MPH. THERE IS OIL LEAK AS WELL DUE TO CYLINDER HEAD GASKET FAILURE. *YH

• 12/17/1996· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINEFire

  GAS TANK CAUGHT ON FIRE.

• 12/16/2004· SUSPENSIONCrash

  WHILE TRAVELING AT 35 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE BALL JOINT UNEXPECTEDLY FELL OFF, CAUSING CONSUMER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. DEALER WAS INFORMED BY CONSUMER. *AK

• 12/12/1996· SEAT BELTS

  PASSENGER'S SIDE SHOULDER/LAP BELT BUCKLE LOCKS IN PLACE WHEN USED, WILL NOT RELEASE; AT TIMES, WILL NOT BUCKLE; CHECKED BY TWO SEPARATE DEALERS, UNABLE TO DUPLICATE PROBLEM, SEAT BELTS WORKING NORMAL. *AK

• 12/11/2000· SUSPENSION

  CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO NHTSA RECALL 99V066001/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL SR99-002. DEALER INSPECTED PART, NO PARTS. HAS CONTACTED A DEALER, DEALER HAS NOTICED LOWER BALL JOINT BOOT HAS STARTED TO SEPARATE WHICH COULD CAUSE A CRASH, DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR RECALL WORK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 12/09/1998· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  DUE TO PCM CONTROL MODULE MALFUNCTIONING VEHICLE STALLED, WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

• 12/09/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED/REPLACED. ALSO, BATTERY FAILURE AND FUEL LEAK. *AK

• 12/08/1995· POWER TRAIN

  MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND CLUTCH LOCKS THE FRONT WHEELS ON FRONT WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE. TT

• 12/07/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  AFTER THREE VISITS TO THE DEALER (SOMETIMES BY TOW TRUCK), THEY REPEATEDLY INDICATED THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. ON THE FOURTH VISIT, THE ENGINE CONTROL UNIT WAS REPLACED. THE CAR WOULD SHUT DOWN WHILE DRIVING AT VARYING SPEEDS WITH NO PRIOR WARNING. THE PROBLEM REOCCURRED IN NOVEMBER OF 2000. THE CAR IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER WHERE THEY ONCE AGAIN CLAIM THEY CAN NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE ENGINE OIL GASKET COVER WAS REPLACED ON 12/29/98. SUBSEQUENT COMPLAINTS OF AN OIL LEAK WERE DISMISSED AS NOT CAUSING THE PRESENTING PROBLEM OR I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO OIL LEAK DESPITE PROVIDING DOCUMENTATION FROM OTHER REPAIR ESTABLISHMENTS. HOWEVER, AFTER THE WARRANTY PERIOD, AN OIL LEAK WAS DIAGNOSED ON 9/19/00. THESE ARE SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERNS THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED.

• 12/04/2000· STEERING,AIR BAGSCrash

  SON WAS DRIVING VEHICLE & WAS TURNING ROUND A CURB WHEN VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND TO STEERING. STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE & HIT A FENCE. HAD APPLIED BRAKES WHICH STOPPED VEHICLE SUDDENLY. DRIVER HIT HEAD ON WINDSHIELD DUE TO AIR BAG NOT DEPLOYING. WAS ABLE TO BACK VEHICLE UP & STEERING WORKED OKAY. HAD EMERGENCY ROOM TREATMENT & RELEASED. *AK

• 12/04/2000· SUSPENSION

  RECALL 99V066001/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL SR99002. CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 50MPH & BALL JOINT ON THE RIGHT SIDE CAME OUT AND BROKE LOWER CONTROL ARM, CAUSING VEHICLE TO RUN INTO SIDE OF BRIDGE. BODY SHOP THAT IT WAS TOWED TO WOULD NOT TOUCH VEHICLE. THEY SAID THAT MANUFACTURER NEEDED TO FIX IT. ON LEFT SIDE WAS GOING TO REPAEAT THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

• 12/03/1998· POWER TRAIN

  RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL (98V069001). CALLED DEALER FOR APPOINTMENT. WAS INFORMED NO PARTS AVAILABLE FOR TRANSFER CASE. BEEN CALLING EVERY WEEK & STILL NO PARTS. *AK

• 12/02/2003· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

• 11/29/2001· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  THERE IS A STRONG SMELL OF GAS FUMES ON THE INSIDE OF MY CAR. AFTER SOME RESEARCH I FOUND A RECALL (REF. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID # 96V158000 AND 96V158001). AFTER READING THE RECALLS' INFORMATION I REMOVED MY REAR SEAT TO EXPOSE THE SUSPECT AREA AND AN ALMOST UNBEARABLE AMOUNT OF GAS FUMES WAS EMITTING FROM THE FUEL PUMP INSTALLATION AREA. *AK

• 11/29/2001· TIRESCrash

  MY SON WAS IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE RECALL WHICH WE WERE NEVER INFORMED ABOUT. HE WAS DRIVING ON A STRAIGHT AWAY FOR ABOUT 20 FEET WHEN HE FELT A POP LIKE HE GOT A FLAT TIRE AND THEN HE LOST ALL CONTROL OF HIS CAR WHICH DID A 180* SPIN AND SLIF INTO BUSHES AFTER HITTING A SMALL CURB. HIS TIRE WAS SIDEWAYS, WHEN ADVISED THERE WAS ALOT OF DAMAGE I FOUND OUT THEY HAD A RECALL ON THIS MAKE AND VIN# WHICH WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED ABOUT AND ASKED A MECHANIC IF THIS COULD OF CAUSED HIS ACCIDENT AND WAS TOLD MOST DEFINATELY. MY SON MISSED HITTING A TREE BY 24 INCHES. I WANT HIS CAR FIXED AND THE INSURANCE COMPANY TAKEN CARE OF FOR THE DEDUCTIBLE AND TO MAKE SURE HE WON'T GET A SURCHARGE ON HIS POLICY FOR A MANUFACTURERES DEFECT WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. MY SON WENT TO VERMONT LAST WEEKEND AND I CAN'T BARE THE THOUGHT IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY. *AK

• 11/28/1995· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  DEFECTIVE SPARK PLUGS AND ELECTRICAL WIRING, VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. TT

• 11/27/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULICCrash

  BRAKE BOOSTER FAILED UNDER EXTREME BRAKING CONDITION TO AVOID A ACCIDENT. VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO STOP DUE TO FAILURE.

• 11/27/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, AIR

  CHECK BRAKE PULSATION, CAUSING WARPED, RESURFACED ONCE AND REPLACED TWICE ON A AVERAGE OF EVERY SIX WEEKS.

• 11/26/2007· STRUCTURE

  1995 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. BOTH OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLES HAVE BROKEN OFF JUST FROM EVERYDAY USE. DRIVERS SIDE WHEN THE CAR WAS THREE YEARS OLD. THE PASSENGER SIDE IN NOVEMBER OF 2007. IF THEY DECIDE TO BREAK AT THE SAME TIME YOU WOULD BE TRAPPED INSIDE YOUR CAR IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. THE REPLACEMENT COST IS ABOUT $200.00 PER INCIDENT TO INCLUDE PAINTING AND INSTALLATION. THIS SEEMS TO BE A CONSTANT PROBLEM WITH THE 1995 THROUGH 1999 ECLIPSE. *TR

• 11/24/1999· AIR BAGSCrash

  INVOLVED IN A WRECK, HYDROPLANED IN EXTREME RAIN AND HIT BARRER WALL BOTH SIDES. FRONT AND REAR OF CAR SMASHED. CAR TOTALED, AND NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. LUCKILY NO MAJOR INJURIES. *AK

• 11/18/1999· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  FIXED NUMEROUS TIMES BUT KEEPS GOING OUT. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK

• 11/18/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  TIMING BELT GEARS AND TENSIONERS FAILED, CAUSING VALVE AND ENGINE CYLINDER REPAIR. *AK

• 11/17/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ENGINE DIES WITH OUT ANY WARNING, REGARDLESS OF SPEED. REPLACED FUEL PUMP, FUEL FILTER, FUEL PUMP RELAY, AND NO CHANGE IN THE PROBLEM. I HAVE RECENTLY BEEN INFORMED THAT MY CRANKSHAFT IS "WALKING" AND THAT IT HAS CAUSED THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR TO GO BAD. *AK

• 11/14/2001· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  I BELIEVE THE STALLING CAUSED THE ENGINE FAILURE, DEALER DOES NOT, IVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES FOR THE STALLING, THEY SAY IT DOES'NT STALL WITH THEM. *AK

• 11/14/1995· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  ENGINE CONTINUOUSLY STALLS IN TRAFFIC. SERVICE BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS. TT

• 11/10/2002· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS MY CAR HAS BEEN MISSING(THE ENGINE NOT IDLING AS NORMAL). I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO CHECK THE ENGINE. HE SAID THAT THE NUMBER 2 CYLINDER IS NOT FIRING PROPERLY. HE CHANGE THE SPARK PLUGS AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL PERSISTING. HE SAID THAT HE SWITCH THE NUMBER 2 AND 4 INJECTORS AND HE DISCOVERED THAT THE INJECTORS ARE WORKING BUT THEIR SEEM TO BE A PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE ELECTRONIC ASPECT OF THE NUMBER 2 INJECTOR. I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT HOW BEST TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM. THEIR IS ALSO A PROBLEM WITH THE FUSE BOX LOCATED UDER HOOD. SOME OF THE FUSES ARE LOOSE AND THEIR SUPPORT IS LOOSE. THE CODING ON THE FUSE BOX HAS BEEN PARTIALY ERASE. I REALLY LOVE MY CAR AND I NEED SOME ASSISTANCE. DT

• 11/09/1995· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  POOR PERFORMANCE ON THE HORN OF THE VEHICLE. TT *SLC

• 11/08/1996· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  DURING VEHICLE OPERATION THE VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING. THIS HAS BEEN A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM AND THE DEALER IS UNABLE TO FIND THE PROBLEM. *AK

• 11/07/1996· SUSPENSION,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  FRONT END MISALIGNMENT, CAUSING PREMATURE TIRE WEAR, ALSO PULSATING BRAKES AND REPLACED BELTS AND HORN. *AK

• 11/06/2000· AIR BAGS,WHEELSCrash

  WHILE GRAND DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET SHE HEARD SOMETHING POPPING, AND RIGHT FRONT WHEEL BROKE AWAY FROM VEHICLE. SHE WAS LEFT HANGING UPSIDE DOWN, AND RECEIVIED SOME MINOR INJURIES.*AK THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING THE ACCIDENT. THE DEALER DID A DIAGNOSTIC TEST ON THE VEHICLE BUT THE CUSTOMER NEVER HEARD FROM THE DEALER SINCE THEN. THEY COULD HAVE DEFAULTED. *YH

• 11/06/1995· STEERING

  HAD TO REPLACE THE STEERING POWER BELT TWO TIMES. TT

• 11/05/2010· POWER TRAIN

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1995 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE TRANSFER CASE SUDDENLY LOCKED UP. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE HAD LEAKED WHICH CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE REPAIR FOR RECALL 98V069001 (POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) HAD PREVIOULY BEEN PERFORMED IN 1998. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 126,500.

• 11/05/2001· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  RECALL 96V158000 CONCERNING FUEL TANK PROBLEMS. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS, BUT WAS INFORMED THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN RECALL. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

• 11/05/1996· POWER TRAIN

  PLASTIC AROUND THE TRANSMISSION HANDLE MAKES NOISE/STICKS.

• 11/04/2005· EXTERIOR LIGHTING,INTERIOR LIGHTING

  DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN TURNING ON THE HEADLIGHTS THE INSIDE DASHBOARD LIGHTS WILL NOT COME ON. THIS HAS NOT BEEN REPORTED TO THE DEALERSHIP. *AK

• 11/01/2004· SUSPENSION

  RECALL SR-04-001: DRIVING 35 MPH FRONT RIGHT LATERAL BALL JOINT SEPARATED FROM SOCKET CAUSING LOST OF CONTROL. *BF THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL LETTER IN THE MAIL REGARDING THE BALL JOINT, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER CAN'T AFFORD THE EXPENSE OF HAVING THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. *JB

• 10/30/2001· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  THERE IS A FUEL SMELL FROM REAR OF VEHICLE. RECALL 96V158000 DOES NOT INCLUDE THIS VEHICLE. *AK

• 10/29/2003· SUSPENSION

  WHEN DRIVING STEERING WHEEL FELT REAL LOOSE. DEALER STATED LOWER BALL JOINTS FAILED.*AK

• 10/29/2001· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  CONSUMER STATES THAT THE HEAD LIGHT LENS COVERS ARE FOGGING UP, DEALER STATES THAT THE FOGGING IS DUE TO SEAL FAILURE OF THE GLUE USED TO SEAL THE LENS COVER TO THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY, THIS CONDITION CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED, CONSUMER FEELS THAT THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF THE HEADLIGHTS. *TT