2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE Wheelsrim Problems

MANUFACTURED RIMS ARE EASILY BENT WITH MINIMUM RUNNING OVER SMALL BUMPS/POTHOLES. WHEN APPROACHING STOP, STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES. *AK *YH

MANUFACTURED RIMS HAVE FLAT SPOTS, BENDING WHEN HITTING POTHOLES FROM THE ROAD. RIMS HAVE CAUSED FLATS AND BLOWOUTS WHILE BEING DRIVEN ON PARKWAY. OWNER IS AWARE OF OTHERS WITH SAME CONDITION. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

ALL FOUR WHEEL RIMS BECAME BENT UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS. THIS CAUSED THE RIMS TO SEPARATE FROM THE TIRES, RESULTING IN FLAT TIRES. ON ONE OCCASION, THE AIR LOSS WAS RAPID AND I LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR AND NEARLY CRASHED. DEALER SAID THAT I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST TO REPLACE THE WHEELS. THESE DEFECTIVE WHEELS ARE A SAFETY HAZARD TO ME AS WELL AS TO OTHER DRIVERS. I PRESENTLY ONLY DRIVE THIS CAR OVER SHORT DISTANCES AND I NEVER DRIVE WITH PASSENGERS IN THE CAR BECAUSE OF SAFETY CONCERNS. HOPEFULLY THESE DEFECTIVE WHEELS CAN BE REPLACED BEFORE THERE ARE ANY SERIOUS INJURIES OR FATALITIES. *AK

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WITHOUT WARNING AND AT ANY SPEED, VEHICLE WILL SHAKE, MECHANIC STATES ALL FOUR RIMS ARE DENTED RESULTING IN VEHICLE SHAKING.*JB CONSUMER STATES THIS ALSO CAUSES THE STEERING TO SHAKE. DEALER HAD TO SECURE CLAMP DUE TO VEHICLE LOSING ANTIFREEZE. BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, DEALER REPLACED FRONT BRAKE PADS. SUNROOF WOULD NOT TILT, DEALER RESET THE SUNROOF GLASS. *SLC

ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEED OR AT HIGHWAY SPEED, THE FRONT AND REAR RIGHT TIRES LOSES AIR AND THE LEFT FRONT RIM WAS BENT. THERE WERE NO OBVIOUS DAMAGE TO TIRE AND RIMS. DEALER FOUND A CHUNK OF BEADS ON THE REAR RIGHT TIRE AND THE LEFT FRONT TIRE WAS OUT OF ROUND. THE RIGHT REAR TIRE AND WHEEL WAS REPLACED. *TT *CB *JB

BOTH LEFT RIMS BENT, NO TIRE DAMAGE. SMALL POTHOLE AT 10TH&WEST PEACHTREE IN ATLANTA ON FAR SIDE OF INTERSDECTION. PULLING SLOWLY AWAY FROM RED LIGHT. IMPACT DID NOT FEEL SEVERE. BENDING IS MINOR. NO AIR LEAKAGE. SLIGHT VIBRATION FROM LOSS OF BALANCE. NO CHANGE IN ALIGNMENT.*AK

RIMS ARE BENT DUE TO MATERIAL BEING TOO SOFT, TIRES DO NOT KEEP AIR PRESSURE.*AK

MY 6 SPOKE MITSUBISHI RIMS ARE DENTED FROM NORMAL DRIVING IN THE CITY. THEY BECAME DENTED WHEN I HAD HIT MNOR POTHOLES GOING AT 20MPH OR SLOWER. I HAVE TALKED TO THE MITSUBISHI HOTLINE AND THEY SAID THEY COULD BE REPLACED BUT FOR $250. I DONT BELIEVE I SHOULD PAY THISAS I BELIEVE IT IS A MAJOR MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP AND ASSISTANCE.*AK

BENT AND DEFORMED RIMS.

HAVE TO INFLATE DENTED RIMS AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. CANNOT HOLD PROPER PRESSURE. HITTING SMALL POTHOLES DENTED 2 RIMS IN 2 PLACES WHILE DRIVING LESS THAN 10 MPH. *AK

THE RIGHT FRONT RIM IS BENT, MATERIAL USED IS TOO SOFT OF A METAL.*AK.*JG

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND HIT A POTHOLE, MY RIM WAS DENTED PRETTY GOOD. DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT HITTING A POTHOLE WOULD CAUSE SO MUCH DAMAGE.*AK

BOTH FAILURES WERE THE ALUMINUM ALLOY 10 SPOKE 17" RIMS EQUIPPED ON THE 2000 ECLIPSE GT PREMIUM PACKAGE. THE RIMS WERE BENT ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. BETWEEN EACH INCIDENT, I HAD MY TIRES ROTATED. SINCE BOTH INCIDENTS HAPPENED TO THE RIM ON THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE, BOTH OF MY RIMS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY CAR HAVE BEEN DENTED. THE 1ST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHILE PULLING IN TO A PARKING SPACE ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET WITH NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS (REGULAR POT HOLES). SPEED WAS LESS THAN 5 MILES PER HOUR. THE 2ND INCIDENT OCCURRED ON A CITY STREET WITH NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS (REGULAR POT HOLES). RIM WAS BENT WHILE SLOWLY STOPPING FOR A RED LIGHT. SPEED WAS LESS THAN 5 MILES PER HOUR. NLM

RIMS ARE MADE OF TOO SOFT MATERIAL, BEND EASILY, CAUSING TIRES TO LOOSE AIR.*AK

I LEASED A '00 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GT IN NOVEMBER OF 1999 FROM POTAMKIN MITSUBISHI, IN MANHATTAN NY FOR A THREE YEAR TERM. I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR, PARTICULARLY WITH THE RIMS THAT CAME WITH THE CAR AND THE REPLACEMENTS I'VE HAD TO BUY. I HAVE GONE THOUGH THE ENTIRE ORIGINAL SET OF 4 "10 SPOKE" RIMS ON THE CAR AFTER THEY WERE BENT WHILE DRIVING. I FIRST REPLACED TWO OF THEM WITH THE SAME TYPE OF "10 SPOKE" RIMS. FINALLY WHEN THESE TWO ALSO INCURRED DAMAGE, I REPLACED THE TWO REPLACEMENTS AND THE ORIGINAL TWO RIMS WITH 4 OF THE 6 SPOKE RIMS, AND THESE TOO HAVE REPEATEDLY BENT WHILE DRIVING. THE LOSS OF AIR FROM THE BENT RIMS HAS LED TO DANGEROUS SITUATIONS ON THE HIGHWAY. I HAVE HAD 3 FLAT TIRES THAT HAVE OCCURRED WHEN RIM DAMAGE CREATED A BAD SEAL AND CAUSED SLOW...

THE RIMS THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE ARE VERY SOFT, WHEN HITTING A POT HOLE THECONSUMER FEELS THAT THE RIM COULD BREAK. NLM

2 PC RIMS ON VEHICLE BENT EASILY, TIRES CONSTANTLY LOSE AIR DUE TO THIS.*AK

SINCE THE FIRST DAY I HAD THEM, THERE WAS JUST ONE DENT ON ONE OF THE FRONT RIMS. THE DEALER WAS SO NICE (SARCASM) AND ADVISED ME TO GET NEW ONES...I THEN ADVISED THAT THEY WERE NEW, SINCE I HAD JUST PURCHASED THE CAR. SINCE THEN, I REPLACED ONE RIM AND HAVE NOW 3 DENTED RIMS WITH MULTIPLE DENTS ON EACH RIM. AS OF NOW THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAINST MITSUBISHI PENDING. I DO LOVE MY CAR, AND I DO LOVE MITSUBISHI. HOWEVER, I DON'T APPRECIATE THE CRAPPY WHEELS THAT I HAVE ON A CAR THAT I AM PAYING SO MUCH MONEY FOR. I WANT MY RIMS REPLACED OR AT LEAST REIMBURSED CASH FOR THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE. I WAS TOLD THAT MY RIMS ARE WORTH ABOUT $395 PER RIM. THAT MEANS THAT TOTAL COST TO REPLACE IS $1185 FOR MY CAR TO DRIVE NORMALLY AGAIN. RIGHT...

I WAS FORCED OFF THE ROAD WHILE MAKING A TURN AT AN INTERSECTION, I STRUCK THE CURB WTH THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL. THE IMPACT (AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED) BROKE THE RIM AND BLEW OUT THE TIRE. THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE TO THE SUB FRAME THAT HAS LEAD TO ALIGNMENT ISSUES. AT THE TIME, I THOUGHT IT WAS A FREAK INCIDENT UNTIL I RECENTLY HEARD OF OTHER CASES INVOLVING RIMS. I HAD TO PAY FOR ALL TH REPAIRS OUT OF MY POCKET. THE DEALER DID NOT MENTION ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE WHEELS OR OFFER O LOOK INTO THE SITUATION. *AK

I HAVE HAD FOUR INCIDENTS OF THE RIMS BENDING DURING NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, INCLUDING TWO BLOWOUTS OF THE FRONT TIRES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AS A RESULT OF THE RIMS BEING BENT OUT OF SHAPE. I PRODUCED FOUR RECEIPTS OF THE REPAIRS WHICH I PAYED FOR TO THE DEALER IN MID JANUARY.THEY HAD A DISTRICT REGIONAL MANAGER LOOK AT MY CASE AND THEN DECLINED TO REIMBURSE ME FOR THE DAMAGE,I DO KNOW THAT THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT IN PROGRESS FOR THIS VERY REASON AND I STILL HAVE YET TO RECEIVE MY ORIGINAL RECEIPTS AS WELL AS A COPY OF THE REPORT THAT WAS DECLINED BY THE DEALER. I WAS TOLD NUMEROUS TIMES BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT THE PAPERS WOULD BE MAILED TO ME BUT THAT WAS OVER FOUR WEEKS AGO, AND NOW THEY ARE LOST IN THE MAIL.I WOULD LIKE AN EXPLANATION OF WHY A SAFETY CONCERN...

MY RIMS ARE TWO-PIECE AND HAVE HAD 3 BENT RIMS AND 3 BLOWOUTS DUE TO THESE RIMS. THIS IS COMPOUNDED BY THE FACT THAT THE GT TIRES ARE LOW-PROFILE. THESE RIMS ARE EASILY DENTED, THE CLEAR COATING PEELED OFF AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. I HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTATION AND HAVE HAD MEETINGS WITH JEFF NEY AT MAX MADSEN. I HAVE PICTURES OF ALL BENT RIMS THAT I CAN FAX OR E-MAIL TO YOU AS WELL.*AK

RIMS WILL EASLIY BEND. ALSO, WHEN CONSUMER IS DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS, TIRES WILL START TO WOBBLE. CONTACTED DEALER. MITSUBISHI DEALER DENIES CLAIM. *AK *TT

BENT WHEEL RIMS REPLACED SIX TIMES ON VARIOUS LOCATION BETWEEN FRONT AND REAR. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

ALUMINIUM RIMS ARE BENT, CAUSING THE TIRES TO GO FLAT. FRONT RIGHT TIRE WENT FLAT WHILE PARKED. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE FRONT TIRE WENT FLAT WHILE DRIVING. *YH

FOUR SEPARATE TIMES I HAD TO SEND THE DAMAGED RIMS OUT TO BE REPAIRED FROM HITTING MINOR POTHOLES. EACH TIME COSTING $12O.TWICE THE TIRE WENT TOTALLY FLAT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS,CAUSING THE CAR TO VEER OUT OF CONTROL.BUT NOBODY WAS HURT.I HAVE READ NOTHING BUT COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE RIMS,AND EVERY MITUSUBISHI ECLIPSE I SEE ON THE STREET HAVE RIMS THAT ARE DESTROYED. I PAY OVER $350 A MONTH TO LEASE THIS CAR AND I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING IT BOTH ON THE HIGHWAY AND NORMAL SIDE STREETS. I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AGAINST MITSUBISHI FOR THIS VERY REASON, AND I CANNOT BELEIVE THAT THESE RIMS HAVE NOT BEEN RECALLED YET.THE SERVICE DEPT. AT WHITE PLAINS MITSUBISHI SEEMS TO THINK THAT THIS IS MY FAULT, BUT I DONT SEE ANY OTHER CARS ON THE STREET WHOSE RIMS ARE CONSISTANTLY DAMAGED.IT,S ALMOST EMBARRASING FOR MITSUBISHI, TO...

THE ALUMINUM RIMS BEND WITH VERY LITTLE EFFORT. *AK

DURING NORMAL ROAD DRIVING IN SPEEDS UNDER 40 MPH, MY CAR RIMS HAVE BENT ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. I HAVE HEARD FROM OTHER 2000 ECLIPSE OWNERS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM: RIMS ARE BENDING TOO EASILY UNDER NORMAL ROAD USEAGE DURING LOWER SPEEDS.*AK

3 RIMS HAVE BENT ON THIS CAR. I HAVE REPLACED 1, BUT THE OTHER 2 WERE BENT WITHOUT HITTING ANYTHING MAJOR.*AK

WHEN THE VEHICLE HITS A MINOR BUMP ON ROAD RIMS WOULD BENT. RIMS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 4 DIFFERENT TIMES. PLEASE ADD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *AK

RIMS BENT EASILY SOMETIMES WHEN TURNING A CORNER/BENDING A CURVE OR HITTING A LIGHT BUMP. CONSUMER WAS GOING 25MPH MADE A LEFT TURN, HIT A LIGHT BUMP, AND RIM BENT ON PASSENGER RIGHT SIDE. CONSUMER HAS BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH MITSUBISHI, BUT THEY WILL BE OF NO ASSISTANCE TO CONSUMER. RIMS WERE MADE OF ALUMINUM, AND MITSUBISHI SAID THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH COMPLAINTS FOR A RECALL.*AK

RIM BASE BENT EASILY.

VEHICLE RIMS ARE BENT. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS WAS NOT A COVERED PART UNDER WARRANTY. *AK CONSUMER STATES ON 2 OCCASIONS, FRONT TIRE DEFLATED ON A RIGHT TURN AT TRAFFIC LIGHT, ALLOY IS TOO SOFT FOR RIMS. *SLC

TWO FRONT RIMS REPLACED. *AK

A TWO PIECE RIM WAS DAMAGED WHILE DRIVING OVER A BUMP AND WAS REPAIRED. ALSO, THE RIM CLEAR COAT WAS COMING OFF. *YH

UPON COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER ECLIPSE OWNERS ABOUT BENT RIMS; I NOTICED THAT MY FRONT RIGHT RIM IS ALSO BENT IN 2 PLACES. NOW I'M CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY.*AK

TOOK CAR TO DEALER AND ASKED THEM TO BALANCE TIRES AND RIMS AT 15,000 MILES DUE TO VIBRATION. I WAS ADVISED THAT ONE OF THE RIMS WAS BENT. THERE WAS NO OBVIOUS DAMAGE TO RIM OR TIRE. I WAS TOLD THAT I HAD PROBABLY HIT A BUMP OR CURB. DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE RIM AT THAT TIME. ADVISED I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE IT AT MY COST. RIM MOVED TO REAR AXLE OF CAR FOR NOW.

WHEEL RIM IS BEING REPLACED FOR FOURTH TIME ON PASSENGER'S RIGHT SIDE. REPAIRS COST AT MOST EACH TIME $350. DEALER DIDN'T SEE A DEFECT ON RIM. THEY HAD THEIR ENGINEERS TESTING IT.*AK THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE FOUR WHEELS HAD BEEN DAMAGED. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEFECT. *YH

POOR QUALITY OF RIMS, EASY TO BEND, AND CAUSES AIR LEAKAGE FROM TIRE. RIM WAS REPLACED ON THREE OCCASIONS. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

CONSUMER STATES RIMS ARE MADE OF SOFT METAL, WHEN HITTING A POTHOLE OR CURB THE RIMS WILL BEND SOMETIMES CAUSING A BLOWOUT, THIS HAS HAPPENED ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, DEALER STATES THIS IS DUE TO NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, FRONT RIMS HAVE BENT WITHOUT STRIKING ANY OBJECTS IN THE ROAD, THE RIM FAILURES WERE SO SEVERE THAT THEY COULD NOT BE REPAIRED, TWO OF THE RIMS ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO TWO OF THE TIRES AND THEY ALSO HAD TO BE REPLACED. *SLC

TWO TIRES ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS HAD BLOWN OUT, AND RIMS HAD TO BE REPLACED. UNABLE TO DRIVE VEHICLE OVER BUMPY ROADS WHILE OTHER VEHICLES COULD BE DRIVEN WITHOUT A PROBLEM. TECHNICIAN AT DEALER TOLD CONSUMER THAT RIMS WERE LOW PROFILE, AND LOW IN QUALITY. HAD TO PAY FOR OTHER RIMS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING OVER A POTHOLE RIGHT FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT AND RIM BENT, SHOWING LOW QUALITY OF THE RIM. CURRENTLY, WHEEL HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

RIGHT FRONT RIM SPLIT IN HALF ,AROUND CIRCUMFERENCE WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, CAUSING DAMAGE. *AK WHEN THE CONSUMER JUST ENTERED THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT. THEN LOUD NOISE OCCURED FROM RIGHT FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL. *YH