Table 1 shows one common wheel related problems of the 2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Wheel problems |
I was driving the car normally fine and there was a small pot hole on the ground that I went over. I had my foot on the brakes while running over the pot hole and the pressure on the brakes were completely lost. It was a spongy feeling as the brakes were to the floor. The brakes had very little power and when let go had a whistling sound coming back up. I had to drive home while down shifting to lower gears because the brakes did not work.
Tl- the contact owns a 2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse. The contact stated that there was a random progressing failure in which the brake pedal was applied, it was slow to respond and hard to depress. The contact stated that while traveling an unknown rate of speed the brake pedal was applied and it would not depress and caused the drive to crash into the rear of another vehicle twice. The driver did not receive medical attention from both crashes but sustained neck and back pains. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was not filed for both crashes but an officer was present. The contact stated that when the crashes occured at an unknown rate of speed, the 4 tires fractured off the vehicle the first time and when the second crash occured the two front tires fractured. The vehicle was towed to a repair shop for further inspection and diagnosis to repair the vehicle. The contact later received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v337000 (service brakes, hydraulic) and was unable to determine when the recall repair would be completed and had already experienced the progressing failure before being notified of the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was not available. Dyd.
I have goodyear eagle rs-a p35/45r18 tires on my Eclipse, the car has less than 30,000 miles on it. As I was driving to work front tire blew out due to the sidewall separating from the tread! I had no idea until a mechanic at my work looked at my other front tire and saw that it was starting to separate also! the tires still have half of their tread life remaining and it also caused for my rim to be scratched. In addition, it was noted that at some point the other front tire is going to blow out so at this point my car is a ticking time bomb.