Consumer Complaint Detail

MITSUBISHI / ECLIPSE / 2001

Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003202244	Incident Date: Feb, 22 2003
Consumer's City: NATICK	Consumer's State: MA
Vehicle Transmission Type:	Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Model Name: ECLIPSE	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#:	Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 23 2003	Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No	Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No	Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0	Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: -	Description of the Complaints: I was traveling down rt. 135, coincidentally passing a mitsubishi dealership, around 7:15 in the evening. there was pretty heavy rainfall, so i made sure to stay around 25 miles/hr. as i passed the dealership i heard a thunderous boom from the right side of my car. i made it back to my house (which is less than a mile away). when i got out of my car, i found the front of my front right rim bent, and the inside of the rim was missing an 8 inch chunk of metal near the seal. i took it down to the dealership the next day only to hear them tell me that damage was normal in regular road conditions. the only option i was given was to buy a new rim (at about $350). this was even with the extended 100,000 mile warranty on the vehicle.