1990 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE Problems & Recalls

1990 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. CONSUMER STATES THAT IT HAS BROKEN TWICE IN HIS VEHICLE. HE STATES THAT IF THIS BREAKS IT COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE JUST STOPS AND SHUTS OFF. *KB

CONSUMER STATES THAT LEFT HEADLIGHT IS SHORTING OUT. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

HEADLAMP FAILURE DUE TO WIRING HARNESS MALFUNCTIONING. CONSUMER WAS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT SINCE THE HEADLIGHTS WERE ON RECALL. *YH....*AK

HEADLAMP FAILURE DUE TO WIRING HARNESS MALFUNCTIONING. CONSUMER WAS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT SINCE THE HEADLIGHTS WERE ON RECALL. *YH....*AK

THE TIMING BELT WAS ON RECALL. HOWEVER, THE CONSUMER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL. CONSUMER THEN FOUND OUT ABOUT THE RECALL, AFTER THE REPAIR WAS MADE.*YH

CONSUMER STATED THAT THE BLOWER MOTOR WAS INOPERATIVE. *YH

AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, THE DRIVER'S DOOR OPENED WITHOUT REASON. THAT CAUSED THE SEATBELT ASSEMBLY TO RETRACT AND THEN, THE SEATBELT ASSEMBLY HIT ME IN THE EYE. THIS CAUSED ME TO REACT AND SENT ME OFF THE ROAD, DOWN AN EMBANKMENT. I WAS INJURED RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF MY LEFT ARM. *AK

WHLE PARKED NOTICED A LARGE AMOUNT OF FLUID UNDER VEHICLE. DEALER REPAIRED TRANSFER CASE SEAL TWICE,BUT VEHICLE STILL LEAKS. DEALER REFUSED TO REPAIR. PLEASSE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

CONSUMER NOTICED LARGE AMOUNT OF FLUID UNDER VEHICLE. DEALER REPAIRED TRANSFER CASE TWICE, BUT VEHICLE WAS STILL LEAKING. DEALRR REFUSED TO REPAIR . PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

BOTH REAR BRAKE CALIPERS NEED TO BE REPLACED. CALIPERS WERE PREVIOUSLY REPLACED .*AK

TRANSFER CASE LOCKUPS DUE TO LEAKAGE OF LUBRICANTS ON THIS VEHICLE IS WELL DOCUMENTED. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF GEAR NOISE AT 69000 MILES BUT OWNER WAS TOLD TRANSFER CASE WAS OK. AT THAT TIME THERE WAS INSPECTION ON RECALL # C9803TXX. TRANSFER CASE NOW VERY NOISEY AND VIBRATES.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, BRIDGESTONE POTENZA RIGHT FRONT TIRE P255/70R16 EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SHAKE. *SLC

POWER STEERING FAILED DUE TO LINE CORROSION, A CLAMP FROM THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD TO HOLD THE POWER STEERING IN PLACE CAUSED THE CORROSION DUE TO THE CONSTANT HEATING AND COOLING OF THE LINES. *SLC

ALUMINUM SPORT RIMS WERE REPLACED DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION AND PITTING. *SLC

SPARK PLUG WIRES FAILED. *SLC

AIR CONDITIONER AND DRYER UNIT FAILED, AIR CONDITIONER CLUTCH ASSEMBLY UNIT FAILED. *SLC

POWER STEERING SYSTEM REPAIRED AND REPLACED POWER STEERING LINES, DUE TO CORRODED STEERING LINES. *SLC

TIMING BELT FAILED AT 40000 WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO LAST FOR 60000 MILES AND CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING DEALER TO PAY FOR A REPLACEMENT ENGINE. *SLC

TRANSMISSION EXPERIENCED SLIPPING. *SLC

AFTER MAKING A COMPLAINT OF NOISE IN MY DRIVETRAIN AND THEN HAVING THE TRANSMISSION AND TRASFER CASE SERVICED AT A MITSUBISHI DEALER WHO LATER TOLD ME THAT THIER MECHANICS WERE NOT FACTORY CERTIFIED AND WAS TOLD AFTER MY CAR DEVELOPED A PROBLEM THAT I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED ONE HUNDRED MILE...

AFTER MAKING A COMPLAINT OF NOISE IN MY DRIVETRAIN AND THEN HAVING THE TRANSMISSION AND TRASFER CASE SERVICED AT A MITSUBISHI DEALER WHO LATER TOLD ME THAT THIER MECHANICS WERE NOT FACTORY CERTIFIED AND WAS TOLD AFTER MY CAR DEVELOPED A PROBLEM THAT I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED ONE HUNDRED MILE...

AFTER RETURNING THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER BECASUE OF A RECALL FOR A LEAKING TRANSFER CASE, I WAS TOLD THAT THE RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY WAS LEAKING. THEY SAID THIS COULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF STEERING, WHICH IS JUST AS SERIOUS AS THE TRANSFER CASE PROBLEM. IS THIS A WIDESPREAD DEFECT? SHOULD THIS BE ...

AFTER RETURNING THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER BECASUE OF A RECALL FOR A LEAKING TRANSFER CASE, I WAS TOLD THAT THE RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY WAS LEAKING. THEY SAID THIS COULD RESULT IN A LOSS OF STEERING, WHICH IS JUST AS SERIOUS AS THE TRANSFER CASE PROBLEM. IS THIS A WIDESPREAD DEFECT? SHOULD THIS BE ...

CONSUMER DENIED RECALL REPAIR BY DEALERSHIP AND CHARGED FOR REPAIR. MJS (98V-069)

NO SUMMARY

VEHCILE WAS INVOLVED RECALL 98V069001, IN WHICH THE REMEDY DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE TRANSFER CASE LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE WHEELS TO LOCK UP. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE TRANFER CASE PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE, CAUSING WHEELS TO LOCK UP. (ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER) *YC

VISUAL INSPECTION OF TRANSFER CASE PERFORMED AND NO LEAK FOUND. AFTER VISUAL INSPECTION TRANSFER CASE LEAKING AND DEALER REFUSES TO DO RECALL REPAIR.

REAR WINDSHIELD CRACKED POSSIBLY DUE TO TEMPERATURE CHANGE.

NO SUMMARY

DRIVER'S SEAT BELT IS NOT WORKING, ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE TURNED ON THE IGNITION KEY. SHE HAD CONTACTED DEALER ON THE MATTER. *AK

DRIVER'S AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT IS NOT WORKING, ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE TURNS ON THE IGNITION KEY. HAD CONTACTED DEALER FOR THIS MATTER. *AK

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM THAT THE 1990-1998 MITSUBISHI GALANT RECALL ON TRANSFER CASE; DEALER NOTIFIED AND WILL NOT HONOR RECALL WITHOUT COST TO THE CONSUMER. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF RECALL COMPONENT (TRANSFER CASE) PRIOR TO NOTICE WHICH CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS.

WHEN A RECALL FOR VEHICLE WAS RECEIVED THE REPAIR WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. HENCE, WHILE LEAVING GARAGE AFTER MINOR REPAIRS HAD BEEN COMPLETED, THE STEERING WHEEL STARTED VIBRATING BACK AND FORTH AT SPEED APPROXIMATELY 40MPH AND THEN REDUCED SPEED TO APPROXIMATELY 25MPH, MADE IT HOME. WHILE T...

EA98-002; DRIVING AT APRROXIMATELY 50-55 MPH CONSUMER WENT TO ACCELERATE , ENGINE DID NOT SPEED UP, KEPT APPLYING ACCELERATOR, BUT DID NOT SPEED UP, ALMOST RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT , DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION. *AK

TRANSFER CASE LEAK.

TRANSFER CASE YOKE LEAKED FLUID THROUGH BRASS PLUG. BECAUSE OF THE LEAKAGE THROUGH THE BRASS PLUG THE TRANSFER CASE BECAME DEFECTIVE AND MIGHT LOCK UP, RESULTING IN UNCONTROLLABLE 4-WHEEL SKID.

TRANSFER CASE WAS LEAKING FLUID FROM THE REAR DRIVE SHAFT YOKE.

TRANSFER CASE YOKE LEAKING.

TRANSFER CASE LEAKS.

MAIN COMPUTER SYSTEM BURNED. CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

MAIN COMPUTER FAILURE.

TRANSFER CASE IS PRONE TO LEAK AND SUDDEN SEIZURE.

DRIVER'S SEAT HINGE BROKE ON THE RIGHT SIDE. WOULD NOT RESTRAIN DRIVER IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. *AK

CONTINUOUS LEAKING ORIGINATING FROM THE TRANSFER CASE, COULD LEAD TO DRIVESHAFT LOCKUP. *AK

CONSUMER WAS MAKING RIGHT TURN INTO INTERSECTION WHEN HER VEHICLE WAS STRUCK ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. AFTER MEDICAL TEAM ARRIVED CONSUMER UNSNAPPED WAIST BELT BUT DID NOT REMEMBER REMOVING SHOULDER BELT. THE NEXT DAY AFTER LOOKING AT THE CAR SHE REALIZED THAT THE SHOULDER BELT WAS LYING ON THE FLOOR. ...

TIMING BELT BROKE THREE TIMES. *DH

WHILE PARKED, UPON IMPACT, FROM SOFT BASEBALL TO REAR HATCHBACK GLASS WINDOW, IT SHATTERED INTO A MILLION PIECES THROUGH OUT INTERIOR. *AK

WHILE PARKED, UPON IMPACT, FROM SOFT BASEBALL TO REAR HATCHBACK GLASS WINDOW, IT SHATTERED INTO A MILLION PIECES THROUGH OUT INTERIOR. *AK

MOTOR BLEWUP DUE TO A TIMING CHAIN FAILURE. *AK

POOR PERFORMANCE OF THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION 4 TIMES. TT

TIMING BELT BROKE PRIOR TO RECALL, CAUSING DAMAGE TO PISTON. *SKD

SEAT BELT DOES NOT RESTRAIN PROPERLY. TT

DRIVE SHAFT BROKE WHILE DRIVING CAUSING THE REAR WHEELS TO LOCK UP. TT

DRIVESHAFT BROKE, CAUSING REAR WHEELS TO LOCK UP, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK

FRESH AIR SWITCH FAILED DUE TO LOOSE CABLE. *AK

PREMATURE WEAR OF TRANSMISSION GEARS DUE TO DEFECTIVE MACINING. *AK

REAR SEAT LAP BELTS WILL NOT FUNCTION. TT