Gasoline Engine Problems of Mitsubishi Eclipse

Consumer was driving vehicle at 70 mph when involved in a frontal collision engine flew out of vehicle and neither air bag deployed. Mr.

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Driving on freeway when battery light came on. Shortly after highlights would not turn off. Then vehicles lights in dash turn on and off, wipers turn on and off, and vehicle completely loses power at 75 mph. Battery appeared to have exploded. Battery acid over entire engine compartment. Will not start after new battery is tried.

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The vehicle rattles when idling and normally when the vehicle is cold. The rattling fades out after being driven for a while but reoccurs every time the vehicle is turned on and off. The consumer located class action suit and notified the dealer. Nlm.

While driving vehicle began to loss power and would not accelerate above 15 mph, cause unknown. Please give any further details.

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These cars are not worth the money used to make them!!!!. No safety defect listed.

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Consumers daughter was driving, noticed black smoke coming through air conditioning vents, vehicle looked to be on fire, consumer took vehicle to dealer, and they could not determine what had cause the fire. Prior to the fire, the engine would start, air condition was inoperative,sunroff was inoperative, mirror were inoperative, emergency brake was inoperative needed to be readjusted,fog lights stayed on even with the key out of ignition, windshield wiper was inoperative, cargo cover was loose, there was a problem with the power steering.

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Vehicle will use up about a quart of oil every thousand miles. Contacted dealer, and the dealer can't do anything.

Engine is misfiring, vehicle does not have the same power that it used to. Contacted dealer, and the dealer was not willing do anything.

Engine check light keeps coming on. Vehicle has died a couple of times. Consumer states vehicle shakes.

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 at 50 mph, all of a sudden speed drops from 5o mph to 20 mph without warning. Driver was able to exit off the road safely. Dealership and manufacturer were sent a certified letter about the problem. A new engine and a new computer chip were put into the vehicle. Please provide any further information.

I was sitting in the car with it idling eating diner. I noticed smoke coming from under the hood and went inside and called the fire dept. When I returned the car was ingulfed in flames. The car was a total loss. My insurance CO hired a fire investegator to investigate. It was determind to be a mfg. Defect that is all the information I was given. My insurance CO. Is allstate and they paid the car off and of what I owed on the car. I lost my down payment of 2,000 dollars. I don't think I should of lost anything on something that was there fault. I talked to the Mitsubishi CO several times and they told me sorry my tough luch and my loss. I would like any help you could give me on this. There were no police on the seen but the fire dept. Made a report of this accedent.

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.

I had changed the oil in my Mitsubishi on 12/20/98 and on 1/7/99 while driving, with cruise control on, my car sounded a knock and completely stopped. I had the car towed to freehold Mitsubishi, and the service manager has told me that he visually detected that I had used an oil filter that was for the turbo model of the Eclipse. He told me that because I had used the wrong filter which has the wrong threading for my car. Mitsubishi is not covering this under warranty. I have had a mechanic look at the two types of filters for this vehicle and there does not show any difference in the threading on either of them. The vehicle is only 2 months old and I have not been given any proof from Mitsubishi that using an oil filter, made for the car with the same specifications for turbo and non-turbo, could possibly be the cause of breaking a connecting rod. What is my warranty for? there could be something wrong with the engine. I have paid in full for this car. I can not afford repairs. They have gotten th.

After starting the vehicle and idling for three to four minutes, the engine surges up to 6000 rpms.

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While driving vehicle about 35 mph the comsumer had a brake problem. When stepping on brake pedal, trying to stop the vehicle, it took long time to st0p, and when stopping the brakes grabbed on the disc. Also front brakes ulsated/replaced front brake rotors. In addition, replaced rear main seal and oil seal and retorqued all mounting nuts and bolts due to front suspension noise.

Vehicle is subject to losing power or shutting down while being driven 40-50 mph. Dealership is unable to detect cause of problem. Please describe details.

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.