NHTSA Complaint #10208063 — 1999 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE SPYDER

I PURCHASED A USED 1999 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE SPYDER IN AUG 2006. THE FIRST TIME I DROVE IT THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK TO A SHOP, THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG & RESET THE BUTTON. WHEN I RETURNED HOME THE SES LIGHT WAS ON AGAIN & I TOOK TO TRANSMISSION SHOP TO SEE WHY?THEY FOUND NOTHING....I THEN DROVE IT & THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY BURNED UP & STRANDED ME @ NIGHT, ALONE, ON A WEEKEND IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE..ON MONDAY I CALLED THE ORIG TRANS. SHOP & THEY CAME & TOWED IT BACK..REBUILT IT WHICH COST ME CLOSE TO $1,800..I DROVE AGAIN BACK FROM THE LA AREA & SES LIGHT CAME ON & TRANNY WAS ALMOST BURNT COMPLETELY AGAIN.SINCE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY A PLACE IN BAKERSFIELD CAME & TOWED IT THE NEXT DAY. I WAS STRANDED AGAIN @ NIGHT & HAD TO PAY FOR A CAB TO TAKE ME BACK TO WHERE I HAD BEEN, OVER 250 MILES WHICH I PAID FOR!.....2 WEEKS LATER MY CAR WAS READY....I HAD TO RENT A CAR TO GET TO BAKERSFIELD TO PICK IT UP..... A MONTH LATER WENT BACK TO LA & SES LIGHT CAME ON & SMOKE POURED FROM UNDER THE HOOD...I CHECKED TRANNY FLUID & IT WAS FULL HOWEVER COULDN'T DRIVE UNTIL IT WAS LOOKED AT..AGAIN STRANDED, NO VACANT HOTELS EXCEPT ONE ($300+ A NIGHT)...HOLIDAY WEEKEND SO I WAITED UNTIL TUES FOR AN AFFILIATED SHOP(PASA ROBLES) TO LOOK AT IT.....THEY SAID IT WAS FINE TO DRIVE....I DROVE 60 MILES & IT HAPPENED AGAIN.....STRANDED IN LOST HILLS I CALLED THE ORIG TRANNY SHOP(SANTA CRUZ) & LATER THEY DROVE 2 LOST HILLS & TOWED IT BACK. I HAD TO PAY FOR A CAB TO BAKERSFIELD AIRPORT ($200), & RENT ANOTHER CAR TO GET TO LA....I RENTED YET ANOTHER CAR TO BE ABLE TO RETURN HOME.........I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT MY CAR FOR A TOTAL OF AT LEAST 90 DAYS OR MORE WITHIN A 7 MONTH PERIOD........NOW ONCE AGAIN I AM TAKING MY CAR BACK TO TRANNY SHOP AS SES LITE IS ON & IT WILL NOT GO IN REVERSE, AND SLIPS WHEN DRIVING......IT HAS ONLY BEEN 5 MONTHS SINCE A NEW MFG. TRANNY WAS PUT IN!!!! SUSIE WILHITE *TR