1999 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE Engine And Engine Coolingenginegasoline Problems

AT 58,500 MILES HEAD GASKET BEGAN LEAKING. TOOK IT TO DEALER THEY STATED WAS PAST 5YR MARK FROM PURCHASE. MITSUBISHI IS SO LOYAL TO THEIR CUSTOMERS NOT. *JB

DRIVING ON FREEWAY WHEN BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON. SHORTLY AFTER HIGHLIGHTS WOULD NOT TURN OFF. THEN VEHICLES LIGHTS IN DASH TURN ON AND OFF, WIPERS TURN ON AND OFF, AND VEHICLE COMPLETELY LOSES POWER AT 75 MPH. BATTERY APPEARED TO HAVE EXPLODED. BATTERY ACID OVER ENTIRE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. WILL NOT START AFTER NEW BATTERY IS TRIED.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SUDDENDLY LOST POWER, AND WAS BARELY RUNNING AT 400-500 RPMS, AND THEN IT WILL WORK AS NORMAL. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. *AK THE DEALER REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS AND WIRES WHEN THE VEHICLE STALL THE THIRD TIME BUT IT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. *YH

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. VEHICLE HAS DIED A COUPLE OF TIMES. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE SHAKES. *AK

OCCURRED FOR THIRD TIME TODAY. ENGINE LOST POWER, ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED, REGAINED POWER. I NOW HAVE TO RETURN TO THE DEALER YET AGAIN AS THIS IS HOW THE OTHER TWO POWER FAILURES STARTED. NOT A HAPPY MITSUBISHI OWNER AND NO TRUST IN MY CARS ABILITY TO MAINTAIN SPEED, A DEFIINITE SAFETY PROBLEM. *AK

OIL WAS LEAKING OUT OF DOORS AND ONTO THE INTERIOR. CONSUMER TOOK CAR TO DEALER, AND DEALER SAID THAT IT WAS NOT UNDER THE WARRANTY. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 40 MPH AND VEHICLE SHUT DOWN WITHOUT WARNING IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

I HAD CHANGED THE OIL IN MY MITSUBISHI ON 12/20/98 AND ON 1/7/99 WHILE DRIVING, WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON, MY CAR SOUNDED A KNOCK AND COMPLETELY STOPPED. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO FREEHOLD MITSUBISHI, AND THE SERVICE MANAGER HAS TOLD ME THAT HE VISUALLY DETECTED THAT I HAD USED AN OIL FILTER THAT WAS FOR THE TURBO MODEL OF THE ECLIPSE. HE TOLD ME THAT BECAUSE I HAD USED THE WRONG FILTER WHICH HAS THE WRONG THREADING FOR MY CAR. MITSUBISHI IS NOT COVERING THIS UNDER WARRANTY. I HAVE HAD A MECHANIC LOOK AT THE TWO TYPES OF FILTERS FOR THIS VEHICLE AND THERE DOES NOT SHOW ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE THREADING ON EITHER OF THEM. THE VEHICLE IS ONLY 2 MONTHS OLD AND I HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN ANY PROOF FROM MITSUBISHI THAT USING AN OIL FILTER, MADE FOR THE CAR WITH THE SAME SPECIFICATIONS FOR TURBO AND...