Consumer Complaint Detail

MITSUBISHI / ECLIPSE / 2001

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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006059458 Incident Date: Jan, 31 2006
Consumer's City: MINOT AFB Consumer's State: ND
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Model Name: ECLIPSE Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:manual transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 16 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 22 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I have a 2001 eclipse gt (v6) and i have had to change the transmission twice already. i live in minot nd were it snows. the first time my transmission jacked on me i was stopped at a light. their was snow on the ground so when the light changed to green my tires slid a like and the grab the payment as that happened i heard a big thump. my car felt like an axle mess up or the clutch. the car behind me almost hit me do to the lack of movement from my vehicle. i was not that for from me house so i drove it home but one block a way my tranny ended up blowing a hole in the bottom of the case. the hole size was about the size of a soft ball. my speed was about 15 mph. so get home and i check it out. i find gears all shattered inside and what ever had fallen out. so now i buy a used tranny with some 65000 miles on it, i have had that one for a bout one year with putting 7000 miles on the tranny. again there is snow on the ground. i am getting off of work and there is snow on my tires. the many road is cleared of snow so i drive out of the parking lot and my tires spin as i hit the pavement and the same thing happens. the tranny slips in gear so i got it to the shop and come to find out that the differential had shattered the spider gears. i have spent 3000 dollars on two trannies with in one year span. *nm