2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE Tires Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. THE VEHICLE HAS BRIDGESTONE TIRES, TIRE LINE POTENZA, TIRE SIZE 205/55/R16. DURING ROUTINE INSPECTION, THE TECHNICIAN NOTICED CRACKS ON THE SIDEWALL OF ALL FOUR TIRES. THE TIRES WERE NOT REPLACED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 39,500. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 11/04/09*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED FIRESTONE DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE TIRES. UPDATED 11/05/09.*JB

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

ON MY 2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GT, ALL FOUR 17" RIMS BECAME BENT. THIS CREATED BUBBLING IN TIRES, IMPROPER TIRE WEAR, AND DIFFICULTY IN WHEEL ALIGNMENT. RIMS WERE BENT DURING NORMAL DRIVING; POTHOLES WERE NOT CAUSE OF DAMAGE. REPLACED TIRES AND RIMS. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING TO REMEDY PROBLEM IN EXISTING VEHICLES. NEW VEHICLES NO LONGER COME WITH THIS TYPE OF RIM.*AK

WE WERE DRIVING ALONG A MAJOR INTERSTATE WHEN THE REAR OF THE CAR BECAME DIFFICULT TO HANDLE. APPROXIMATELY FIVE SECONDS LATER, THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT AT 70 MPH IN THE NUMBER ONE LANE CAUSING THE CAR TO LOSE CONTROL. NO ROAD DAMAGE WAS APPARENT IN THE TIRE. *JB

Mileage: 52,000

CONSUMER STATED THAT ALL FOUR RIMS WERE BENT, AND FRONT TWO TIRES LEAKED. THE DEALER IN CONSUMER'S AREA CLOSED DOWN, AND THERE WAS NO CONTACT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. *AK

Mileage: 41,000

RIMS BEND FOR NO APPARENT REASON CAUSING TIRES TO BLOW OUT, FALL OFF RIMS, LOSE AIR PRESSURE AND CREATE UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITION.*AK

Mileage: 40,000

WHILE DRIVING REAR TIRE BLEWOUT, CAUSING VIBRATION TO VEHICLE. GOODYEAR, P21550R1790Y, DOT# M6PCONER. INNER WALL SEPARATED FROM TIRE,. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED OR AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE FRONT AND REAR RIGHT TIRES LOSES AIR AND THE LEFT FRONT RIM WAS BENT. THERE WERE NO OBVIOUS DAMAGE TO TIRE AND RIMS. DEALER FOUND A CHUNK OF BEADS ON THE REAR RIGHT TIRE AND THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS OUT OF ROUND. THE RIGHT REAR TIRE AND WHEEL WAS REPLACED. *TT *CB *JB

I WAS FORCED OFF THE ROAD WHILE MAKING A TURN AT AN INTERSECTION, I STRUCK THE CURB WTH THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL. THE IMPACT (AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED) BROKE THE RIM AND BLEW OUT THE TIRE. THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE TO THE SUB FRAME THAT HAS LEAD TO ALIGNMENT ISSUES. AT THE TIME, I THOUGHT IT WAS A FREAK INCIDENT UNTIL I RECENTLY HEARD OF OTHER CASES INVOLVING RIMS. I HAD TO PAY FOR ALL TH REPAIRS OUT OF MY POCKET. THE DEALER DID NOT MENTION ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE WHEELS OR OFFER O LOOK INTO THE SITUATION. *AK

I HAVE HAD FOUR INCIDENTS OF THE RIMS BENDING DURING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, INCLUDING TWO BLOWOUTS OF THE FRONT TIRES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AS A RESULT OF THE RIMS BEING BENT OUT OF SHAPE. I PRODUCED FOUR RECEIPTS OF THE REPAIRS WHICH I PAYED FOR TO THE DEALER IN MID JANUARY.THEY HAD A DISTRICT REGIONAL MANAGER LOOK AT MY CASE AND THEN DECLINED TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THE DAMAGE,I DO KNOW THAT THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT IN PROGRESS FOR THIS VERY REASON AND I STILL HAVE YET TO RECEIVE MY ORIGINAL RECEIPTS AS WELL AS A COPY OF THE REPORT THAT WAS DECLINED BY THE DEALER. I WAS TOLD NUMEROUS TIMES BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT THE PAPERS WOULD BE MAILED TO ME BUT THAT WAS OVER FOUR WEEKS AGO, AND NOW THEY ARE LOST IN THE MAIL.I WOULD LIKE AN EXPLANATION OF WHY A SAFETY CONCERN SUCH AS THIS CAN JUST BE DISMISSED WITH NO REASON WHEN HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM PLEASE GET BACK TO ME ON THIS MATTER, THANK YOU ,STEPHEN WEIR. *AK

MY RIMS ARE TWO-PIECE AND HAVE HAD 3 BENT RIMS AND 3 BLOWOUTS DUE TO THESE RIMS. THIS IS COMPOUNDED BY THE FACT THAT THE GT TIRES ARE LOW-PROFILE. THESE RIMS ARE EASILY DENTED, THE CLEAR COATING PEELED OFF AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. I HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTATION AND HAVE HAD MEETINGS WITH JEFF NEY AT MAX MADSEN. I HAVE PICTURES OF ALL BENT RIMS THAT I CAN FAX OR E-MAIL TO YOU AS WELL.*AK

RIMS WILL EASLIY BEND. ALSO, WHEN CONSUMER IS DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS, TIRES WILL START TO WOBBLE. CONTACTED DEALER. MITSUBISHI DEALER DENIES CLAIM. *AK *TT

THE WHEEL WAS BENT AND CRACKED BY A MINOR RUT IN THE ROAD AND SOME MINOR DEBRIS, TIRE WAS BLOWN DUE TO CRACK AND BEND OF WHEEL (TIRESIZE: 17)

ALUMINIUM RIMS ARE BENT, CAUSING THE TIRES TO GO FLAT. FRONT RIGHT TIRE WENT FLAT WHILE PARKED. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT WHILE DRIVING. *YH

PE00 048; WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE. WAS ABLE TO PULL IT OVER TO SHOULDER S. NOTICED RIGHT PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. GOODYEAR TIRE 17INCH TIRES. *AK

TWO TIRES ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS HAD BLOWN OUT, AND RIMS HAD TO BE REPLACED. UNABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE OVER BUMPY ROADS WHILE OTHER VEHICLES COULD BE DRIVEN WITHOUT A PROBLEM. TECHNICIAN AT DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT RIMS WERE LOW PROFILE, AND LOW IN QUALITY. HAD TO PAY FOR OTHER RIMS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING OVER A POTHOLE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT AND RIM BENT, SHOWING LOW QUALITY OF THE RIM. CURRENTLY, WHEEL HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

SIDEWALL OF TIRE FAILED. *AK (DOT NUMBER: M6PCLNER25 TIRESIZE: P215/50R17)

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES SUDDENLY THE CAR STARTED VIBRATING, FIRST LIGHTLY THEN HARDER. I PULLED OVER AND SAW THE PROBLEM, ONE OF THE TIRES SHREDDED THE TREAD AND THEN IT JUST 'AUTO-DESTROYED'. IT'S UNDER WARRANTY (LESS THAN ONE YEAR AND ONLY 13000 MILES) BUT AM REPORTING IT JUST IN CASE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM.*AK( DOT NUMBER: )