Consumer Complaint Detail
MITSUBISHI / ECLIPSE / 2000
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004293369 | Incident Date: Jul, 31 2004 |
| Consumer's City: COLUMBIA | Consumer's State: MD |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. |
| Model Name: ECLIPSE | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Wheels:rim |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 4A3AC54L2YE | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 15 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Apr, 01 2000 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Shortly after leaving home on the morning of 8/1/04 i became aware that my front left tire was flat. after replacing the wheel with its spare i went to the tire dealership where i purchased the tires so that they could repair the leak. they informed me that the leak was caused by a bent wheel rim. two of my wheel rims were bent. i was aware of this problem but until that day neither rim was bad enough to cause an air leak. one of the rims had become bent since soon after i purchased the car in march of 2000. these are the '10 spoke' 17" aluminum alloy rims that come with the 2000 eclipse gt. as far as i know, no single event caused the various bends to occur. over a period of many months i believe the bends became progressively worse until this failure occured. as a result of the incident that occured on 8/1/04, i purchased two rims to replace the two bent rims. i have kept the old bent rims in storage.*ak |