general problems of the 2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse - part 2

The contact owns a 2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse. The contact stated that the brake pedal traveled to the floorboard when it was depressed and hesitated to respond. The contact also heard an abnormal noise coming from the brakes. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the brakes needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The contact stated that the VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 05v247000 (service brakes, hydraulic) and NHTSA campaign number: 05v299000 (service brakes, hydraulic). The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 100,000.

Brake pedal to the floor after a bump on the road. Increased stopping distance. Pedal needed to be pumped a few times to get back to normal.

Upon trying to stop, the brake pedal traveled almost to the floor before the brakes became effective. This happens randomly and has almost caused me to hit other cars when stopping. I reported this to Mitsubishi and told them I thought it should be part of an old 2006 warranty recall but they claimed my vehicle was outside of the 2006 recall, yet it appears to be a common issue with other owners of multiple years of Eclipses 2006 and beyond. This is a dangerous braking problem.

Brake pedal became spongy and brakes are not responsive. With no warning the brakes will need to be pushed completely to the floor to stop the car. This will occur for anywhere from a day or two to a few weeks. Symptoms will disappear and occur roughly once every 2 or 3 months.

Was decreasing speed to make a complete stop noticed it took longer than normal to for the brakes to kick in. Didn't feel any pressure of the brakes at first almost making me hit the car infront of me.

I hit a bump in the road and when I went to stop at the next stop sign my brake pedal felt like it was going to grab then went all the way to the floor causing me to pass the stop sign. The next time I tried to stop it was fine. Then several months later it once again did the same thing while trying to park at the grocery store causing me to almost hit a car in the parking spot in front of me. I turned the car off and when I cranked it back up the brakes were fine. Left it sitting in the driveway a few days and now the brakes are doing the same thing again and will not fix itself at all. I have had to stop driving the car now, because it scares me so bad and I have to maintain a very large distance from the cars in front of me. Bought an extended warranty on the car, but the dealership closed and there is not a dealership near me that honors fidelity warranty that I paid $2000 for. Contacted Mitsubishi and they told me that even though there was a recall on my year model for the same issue, it did not effect my car's VIN number. That's crap, it is doing the exact same thing as the recall says and they won't fix the issue. I can't drive it the 65 miles to the dealership that will honor the fidelity warranty, and the warranty won't pay for towing that far. This is going to be an expensive fix. . . What concerns me more is that I bought the car from a dealership, paid $2000 for an extended warranty I can't use, and I can't get the car fixed because I can't afford to fix it (reason why I bought the warranty). At a loss!!!.

The contact owns a 2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse. While depressing the brake pedal to the floorboard at various speeds, the vehicle failed to respond. In addition, the contact stated that the brake pedal had to be depressed numerous times before it operated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where the brake master and booster were replaced; however, the failure recurred. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v337000 (service brakes, hydraulic) and stated that the part needed for the repair was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 157,328. Parts distribution disconnect.