Latches/locks/linkage Problems of Mitsubishi Eclipse

At about 20,000 miles the srs light came on as well as the warning indicator that the passenger was not buckled up even though I could see they were. Also the key can be removed from column without the car in park.

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2007 Mitsubishi, eclips, spyder door latch holds the door open and will not close, the plastic part inside the door is broken w/ less than 60k miles. Is their a recall?.

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My 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse gsx hatch will release but will not open when release from releasing handle on the side of the driver seat floor.

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When vehicle is left in ambient temperatures above 85 degrees, attempting to raise or lower the convertible top is sometimes interrupted when the power tonneau cover door reaches the open position, resulting in complete inability to complete the operation. Tonneau cover door remains locked in the raised position making driving vehicle impossible. When pulling over to raise top with rain approaching, this becomes dangerous, as raising the top to up and locked position must be done manually, a process that takes upwards to about 20 minutes. The sensor switch located on the piston for the tonneau cover door is the problem, it sometimes shows the door partially opened in warm temperatures, giving a false reading, stopping the movement of the top. My car was taken to the dealership twice with this problem. It is hard to recreate, unless the car is left outside in high temperatures. The piston has been replaced. There are currently no TSB's for this problem, yet I am aware of at least one other car, same model and year with the identical problem that was at the same dealership as mine at the same time.

I started having trouble with the driver side door handle just a few months after purchasing the vehicle new. The driver door handle would not "catch" sometimes when I tried to open the door. I took it to the dealer and they said they fixed it. A few weeks after that I continued to have the same issue. Since the door handle did not always do this I just dealt with it and did not take it back to the dealer. After the warranty was up the passenger side door handle completely broke off and now the driver side handle does not "catch" so I cannot open either door--I had to climb in through the hatchback!! it seems to me that this is a common problem and there should be a recall on the door handles. Also, the trunk/hatch lock is weird, I have to turn the key twice every time to open the trunk--the first time the trunk opens slightly but remains locked. . .

Both my handles broke off, the drivers side arm rest,( where the buttons for the windows are), fell off and into the cavity below. The convertible top leaks badly along the point where the top meets the car windshield,windows,and back window. Very upset that there are many people with same problem yet no one wants to address the issue. . . Mitsubishi should pay for repairs. . .

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Had recall done for lateral arm, dealer informed me head gasket was blown, two weeks later both door handles broke off, maybe the door handles shouldn't be made of plastic. The car has been through two alternator belts in the last two years. The car overheats and it melts them right off. You buy a product from Mitsubishi so you dont expect it to be made by Chrysler. My sister drives a Dodge avenger and we have the same exact engine, and guess what happened to it ---a blown head gasket. Maybe you people should stand behind your product and fix the ever so common problem. Everyone I know who drives an Eclipse has a blown head gasket. I am very unhappy and will never buy a car from Mitsubishi again.

I purchased my 1998 Eclipse GS in 2003 with approx. 38,000 miles on it. Within 2 months, my driver's door handle broke when opening the door. This occurred on a day in the middle of the summer. Not thinking much about it, I had it replaced at a cost of almost $300. 00 (parts, labor, & paint) it happened again within 3 months. The dealership replaced this one also and only charged me for the part, a mere $175. 00. About 6 months later, my girlfriend at the time was opening the passenger door and that handle broke off. This makes 3 broken door handles in 11 months. I might be a strong guy, I guess, but my girlfriend was 5'1" and about 90 lbs. . The kind of girl who had trouble tearing notebook paper. Well, while waiting for the dealership to order a replacement handle, my brother was getting into the driver's side of my car to install a new stereo and the driver's side handle snaps off in his hand. I had to leave a window down for a week inorder to get in and out of the vehicle. I have since stopped ordering from the dealership as a fiberglass door handle was available online for $35. 00 and came black in color. To date, as of 2010, I have had to replace the driver's door handle 6 times and the passenger side twice. After speaking wit quite a few Mitsubishi enthusiasts, I have discovered that this is a problem Mitsubishi knows about, always knew about, and has simply refused to fix, even as far as not making replacement door handles out of stronger material. I will never buy a Mitsubishi again based on this simple design flaw which the company deems is beneath them to make right.