Six problems related to gasoline engine have been reported for the 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
These cars are not worth the money used to make them!!!!. No safety defect listed.
Well, its one of the defaults that Mitsubishi is hiding. Its a failure in the crank bearing which causes the clutch not to work properly and a very annoying taping sound when the clutch is pressed. The main dangerous problem is that you cannot shift properly while driving making it unsafe and frustrating. I took my car to the dealer and they said I need to replace the whole engine(shortblock) and it will be under my cost around $3500. The workers there addmitted to me that its a default that they dont have a recall on. I bought the car under the intention that Mitsubishi makes very reliable products. Unfortunatly I was very mistaken especially after the few incidents on the news. Please help me because I am losing a lot of money with this problem. Thank you.
There was no indication prior to the engine blowing that there was a problem. The mechanic said there was plenty of oil in it. Only a used engine with 63,000 miles on it could be located to repair the car at a cost of $3474. 17. Mitsibushi was called and their only response was there were no recalls involving this particular car. A letter was mailed to them with the auto shop bill on August 30, 2000. There has been no response from them.
Vechile repeatedly fails to start. It has the sensation that it's not getting any fuel. On two separate occasions, the vehicle has died while driving around 25/35mph, again feeling as if it had ran out of gas. On both occasions I had over half a tank of gas. I have taken the car to the dealer 3 times, once it was towed, and they kept it for two or three days saying they cannot find anything wrong.
While driving about 30 mph consumer stopped at a red light. Then tried to move, but vehicle won't move even when he stepped on gas pedal. This problem had happend on the freeway before.
This is a very common problem in 1995 to 1998 Eclipses and talons. Thrust bearing wears out. Replacing the thrust bearing doesn't help! you have to replace the entire engine.