Consumer Complaint Detail
MITSUBISHI / ECLIPSE / 2003
2 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004297579 | Incident Date: Jun, 11 2004 |
| Consumer's City: OCALA | Consumer's State: FL |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. |
| Model Name: ECLIPSE | Model Year: 2003 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes | Component's Description: Power train:clutch assembly |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 2 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 4A3AC84H53E | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Sep, 03 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jun, 23 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I have only had the car for a little over a year. i have absolutely loved the car besides having to take it in within like 3 months to replace a deffective transmission. i have am a person that have been in many close accident calls throughout my life so i am not a person who takes the car to the limit whatsoever. i have had defective cars all my life. my first car i was in a near death call in my first accident when a man in a rush decided to try to pass me while i was doing a u-turn. my second i bought for $4000 and put over 2k in it trying to get it fixed and running. my third car i bought was a toyota camry. it was a great car but also had to put $1,500 into a car i bought for only lik 5k, when the manufacturer told me that they couldnt fix the problem and i had wasted every dime i had on this car. my last and present car is my 2003 mitsubishi eclipse gt. my mother didn't like all the problems i was having with all of my previous cars, so when i received an academic scholarship to any school in florida she went out and bought me the eclipse. to get back to the problem at hand, at 10,000 miles i started having problems with my clutch. the car will severely jerk when switching gears every time i start the car. i took the car into my local mitsubishi dealer and they told me it was not under warranty which didn't make sense. the car was under 12k miles and i thought there was a warranty up till then. anyways, i am not the person to argue so i said "ok" and went on my way. well, it has gotten worse and i believe could have played a large part in my only other accident. but the bad thing is that now i am at 14, 438 miles, which either way is over the 12k mile warranty if there was one. i have all original receipts to prove that i started having clutch problems before i hit 12k miles and i am not sure if i can do anything. i got a quote of over $1,000 to buy the clutch and install it. what can i do?*ak |