Wheel Rim problems of the 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse - part 1

- the contact stated that while the contact was driving the 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse gt with 52000 failure mileage at 45 mph the vehicle hit a pot hole and both passenger front and rear rims cracked , and the front and rear passenger tires instantly lost air pressure. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, and the rims were replaced. The driver hit a pot hole on 2-27-07, and the front driver side tire lost air pressure. The contact will not take the vehicle to the dealer this time.

Gently driven 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse wheels bent out of shape, causing a tire to lose air/blow out while driving on freeway. Narrowly avoided collision after blowout.

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.

: the vehicle had a 2 inch hole in the center of the rim which caused the tire to deflate. The manufacturer determined that the tire would have had to deflate first but the contact expressed the rim went out first due to the size of the hole in the rim in comparison to the small mark on the tire. The vehicle was taken to a service dealer, who was unable to determine the problem. The rim had blown outward toward the center of the rim. The consumer believed the rim was defective. Updated 08/29/06.

Recently took my Mitsubishi 2000 Eclipse to get an alignment. Shop refused to complete it because 3 of my rims were bent under normal driving conditions. The tires will hold air, but tire noise can be heard when driving especially at 55 mph or higher and the wheel will shake when needing to brake at high speeds. My mechanic has said all 3 rims will need to be replaced before anything can be done.

I own a 2000 Eclipse gt and have experienced consistent wheel/tire problems since purchase. The most recent was a blowout at highway speed (in dense traffic) which could have caused a serious accident. All 4 original factory rims on this car have been dented, as well as 2 replacement rims under normal driving conditions. I've had numerous flats during both driving and parked conditions which have been determined to be caused by leaking or dented rims. After reseaching the issue online it appears that many other Eclipse owners have experienced the same difficulties. Since I already have spent significant time and money repairing/replacing dangerous leaking tires/damaged factory rims, I have now chosen to replace the currently damaged rims with custom rims to avoid further issues with Mitsubishi manufactured wheels.

Consumer replaced three aluminum wheels. Consumer will provide further information.

The consumer stated the wheel rims were dented. When the consumer took the vehicle to the dealer to have them replaced and examined he was told that they do not make this kind any more. The tire was losing air from the dent. The vehicle did not hit any pot holes. There were three wheels with dents.

I own a 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse with stock 17" rims. In the last 4 years, I've experienced 4 flat tires and numerous bent rims from regular freeway and street driving. It appears that the stock 17" rims are too soft and have a tendency to bend easily. Each occurence forced me to repair the wheel and replace the flat tire. It has cost me over $2000 in repairs as well as an undetermined amount of lost wages from missing work due to lack of transportation. I feel that this is a factory defect and requires attention by the manufacturer.

I would like to report a defect of the rims on my Mitsubishi Eclipse gt 2000. I have owned the car for [4] years (original owner). I have replaced [3] rims and I am now about to replace a 4th. The rims bend easily while driving. On all instances the rims have bent in the course of normal city driving. Just recently, (last week) I noticed that the rim on the front passengers side, as in the other incidents) is bent. I do not recall hitting anything or doing anything unusual that would have caused the rim to bend. On the first three occasions when I took the car back to the dealer for service I complained that there had to be something wrong with the rims. I never received I satisfactory answer. I even requested that they change the rims, because I only had the car one week when the first rim was bent. I believe they are hazardous!.

Shortly after leaving home on the morning of 8/1/04 I became aware that my front left tire was flat. After replacing the wheel with its spare I went to the tire dealership where I purchased the tires so that they could repair the leak. They informed me that the leak was caused by a bent wheel rim. Two of my wheel rims were bent. I was aware of this problem but until that day neither rim was bad enough to cause an air leak. One of the rims had become bent since soon after I purchased the car in March of 2000. These are the '10 spoke' 17" aluminum alloy rims that come with the 2000 Eclipse gt. As far as I know, no single event caused the various bends to occur. Over a period of many months I believe the bends became progressively worse until this failure occured. As a result of the incident that occured on 8/1/04, I purchased two rims to replace the two bent rims. I have kept the old bent rims in storage.

Contact states: while she was washing vehicle she noticed a crack in dashboard. Also, a crack in rim. She has not had any type of accident to cause these problems. She said that there was a film on the inside windshield. The film was probably moisture were it had rained.

While driving 35 mph, the vehicle hit a pot hole and the rear and passenger side rims bent. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection and the mechanic claimed that there was nothing that they could do. The tire blew out on two occasions. Once on the driver's side. Three bent rims. (the alluminum wheels were soft).

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.

1. Normal driving conditions involving small potholes over which other cars received no damage 2. The alloy wheels of my car dent very easily resulting in numerous nicks and small dents. Two small potholes have left my wheels with large dents requiring wheel repair or replacement. 3. I had to leave my car in the shop for a few days and have the wheel sent away to be repaired. I am also currently driving on a significantly bent rim that will need to be repaired soon.

When driving over a little bump in the road the front passenger rim bent. As a result, the tire was punctured. Please provide additional information.

Multiple bent wheels on my 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse gt. I replaced one wheel in 2002. Three others bent in April 2004 and one immediately lost all tire pressure requiring me to change to the spare on a dangerous interstate roadside. Manufacturer wanted $500 per wheel to replace. I replaced all 4 wheels with aftermarket wheels of the same size and weight for half the price and have had no more bent wheels!.

The design of the manual transmission, the transmission synchros and the clutch mechanism has been faulty which causes the following parts to fail a lot earlier than any normal vehicle. - the clutch plate gets worn before time - the throw out bearing (tob) has a rattle - the clutch has a rattle - there is very hard gear shift into the 1st and 2nd gear. The 2nd gear is very hard, especially when its cold start. (that is not particularly cold at the end of the month of March in houston, texas) - it is also due to the "poor" synchronizers in the transmission box - this has been reported by a lot of Mitsubishi Eclipse gt v6 users for the 3rd generation I. E. 2000+ Mitsubishi Eclipse cars with a manual shift - this is due to substandard transmission and clutch quality from Mitsubishi.

Rims bend easily. Had four occurances of bent rims that cause tires to go flat. Most recently hit a pot hole and bent rim and caused tire to go flat.

Consumer states that three of the rims were bent.

Bent wheel rims on a 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse which were caused by typical driving over normal roads. One wheel now fails to hold air pressure and needs to be replaced at a cost of approximately. $250 for a reconditioned unit. I am filing this claim because the damage was not caused by large potholes or serious impacts, and no tire damage occurred.

Two of my wheels on my 2000 mitusbishi Eclipse have significant bends on them from normal driving conditions. As a result of the wheels being bent it created uneven ware in my tires and brake rotors. I have had the two wheels straightened by a wheel shop on two occasions and paid $75 for each one.

Rims bend for no apparent reason causing tires to blow out, fall off rims, lose air pressure and create unsafe and dangerous driving condition.

Easily bent rims on the 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse gt, all my 4 rims have some sore of damage with a normal driving habits, my car shakes and feels unsafe above 60mph.

Driver side tire rims are bent causing air to escape from tire. The vehicle had several blow outs without warning causing the driver to take the vehicle to the dealership to replace tires. Mechanic told her that the problem couldn't be repeated.

The rims on my 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse were starting to bend. Particularly the front drivers side rim which on one side became almost flat in one area. After one occasion of driving my vehicle I notice that I had a slight bump in the tire of that rim. It was large enough to cause the tire to peel off from the rim. My father and I then removed the wheel and let some air out of the tire to try and push into place. However that wasnt working so we got out a hammer and forcably bent the rim back into place. The tire was still bulging so the next day we took it to a tire shop and an employee identified it as an impact bluge in the tire. He said it occurs when ever the tire is subject to large potholes and other things that would cause the tire to be hit hard. I told me how I never hit a pothole large enough for me to notice on my trip that had caused the pothole. He said that of course any potholes damage would be intensified by poor rim protection which of course I had since the bulge occur rite above where the bend in the rim had formed. So I had to have the tire replaced which cost me around $125.

Consumer stated that under normal driving circumstances the two front rims developed dents. As a result, the tires lost air pressure.

Defective bent rims.

I just recently bought a 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS, I never once have hit any pot holes, but for some odd reason, my rim has dented severely. I am not the only person that had this problem with this vehicle, that is why it is a concern to me. If someone could kindly respond it would be greatly appreciated.

The rims on my 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse have become dented under what would be considered less than normal wear and tear. I have taken exceptional care to protect this car from damage. As an example, after three years of ownership, there is still not a single door dent or chip, due to the fact that I exercise the extra effort to park far away from other vehicles and walk the extra distance to my destination. Therefore it's reasonable to assume that I would also steer clear of potholes, etc. , and I have the paper work to prove that I have maintained my car according to standards set by Mitsubishi. Yet despite this level of care, the rims have become damaged. Ironically, as this is my first new car, I take better care of it than any car I have ever owned, and yet it is the first car I have had this issue with. When I brought it to the dealership, the factory rep said it was because the air pressure must have been low and I hit a pothole. But yet he won't tell me how he came to that determination. At the same time I brought the car I for the rims, I had brought the car in for the clutch noise issue, and nowhere on the repair order is it mentioned that I requested to have the rims replaced and that my request was denied. Nor can I get it from Mitsubishi in writing. Also, it is my understanding from the dealership that the tires were never removed from my car during the "inspection", so I question its sincerity. I have left two messages with the factory rep to explain to me how he arrived at his determination, and he has still not returned my call. I don't understand why Mitsubishi has spent the time and money making a one-piece rim to replace the two-piece rim if they don't recognize that the rims aren't an issue, and why they are replacing some people's rims and not others. Hopefully the class action lawsuit currently underway will help me out, because Mitsubishi is not being very responsive.

2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse. Already replaced one rim 17" factory. In the process of replacing an additional two. Have also had related tire problems, needing replacement.

The 17 inch rims of my 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse were consistantly and severly bent. Because of this my tires wore in an abnormal way. Before I knew this was a common issue with these rims, I replaced two rims and tires. After I found out this was a widespread problem I replaced all four rims with after market product with no further instances.

Mitsubishi Eclipse 2000gt- I have gone through 5 rims and tires in less then one year. Doing research, I have found out that I am not the only person with this issuse. My first incident was at the end of March and then I have had another in Dec 2003. The rims on this car are weak and they bend, crack and break tires. This vehicle is unsafe to have on the road. Younever know when your rim will break.

Year 2000 - Mitsubishi Eclipse gt with 17" wheel option - factory equipped 17" wheel/tire option. Dents repeatedly when contact is made with a moderate or larger size road defect. Dented wheels leak air and cause considerable vibration at highway speeds due to out of balance situation dents cause. A wheel suddenly lost all pressure and the tire became unseated from the rim. Fortunately I was able to maintain control of the car because the incident happened at a relatively low speed. The rim struck the ground directly and was damaged where tire contacts wheel. I have seen a number of cars identical to mine and all of them have had at least one dented wheel (17" wheel option). All dents occur where the wheel meets the rim on the outer facing side of the rim. The inner rim does not bend, leading me to believe there is a design flaw. Rims dent at recommended tire pressures. I have already replaced 2 wheels at my own expense, and the replacements now have multiple dents. I have not rotated the tires because the front wheels only dent (I suspect because a higher percentage of the vehicle's weight is borne by the front wheels). If I rotate the wheels, all 4 wheels will soon be dented exacerbating the problem.

When the vehicle went over a bump in the road, all four rims bent.