Consumer Complaint Detail

MITSUBISHI / ECLIPSE SPYDER / 2001

Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003201766	Incident Date: Feb, 12 2003
Consumer's City: ROCKVILLE	Consumer's State: MD
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN	Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Model Name: ECLIPSE SPYDER	Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No	Component's Description: Wheels:rim
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No	Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 4A3AE85H21E	Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 16 2003	Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No	Purchase Date: Dec, 29 2001
Was Original Owner: Yes	Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6	Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: -	Description of the Complaints: 2001 mitsubishi eclipse spyder gt: passenger side front rim bent out of shape to the degree that the tire, which mitsubishi dealership inspected and found no puncture and no indication of having been run while flat--lost its air seal and went flat. upon dealer inspection, it was determined that impact damage from a suspected pothole caused the rim damage. there is a total of three dents from what mitsubishi has determined are separate impact incidents from "potholes". no damage on other three rims, all of which have 18000 miles of driving rotated by mitsubishi using factory recommended schedule. dealer refuses to replace this obviously defective and unsafe rim.