1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse

FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS MY CAR HAS BEEN MISSING(THE ENGINE NOT IDLING AS NORMAL). I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO CHECK THE ENGINE. HE SAID THAT THE NUMBER 2 CYLINDER IS NOT FIRING PROPERLY. HE CHANGE THE SPARK PLUGS AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL PERSISTING. HE SAID THAT HE SWITCH THE NUMBER 2 AND 4 INJECTORS AND HE DISCOVERED THAT THE INJECTORS ARE WORKING BUT THEIR SEEM TO BE A PROBLEM ASSOCIATED WITH THE ELECTRONIC ASPECT OF THE NUMBER 2 INJECTOR. I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT HOW BEST TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM. THEIR IS ALSO A PROBLEM WITH THE FUSE BOX LOCATED UDER HOOD. SOME OF THE FUSES ARE LOOSE AND THEIR SUPPORT IS LOOSE. THE CODING ON THE FUSE BOX HAS BEEN PARTIALY ERASE. I REALLY LOVE MY CAR AND I NEED SOME ASSISTANCE. DT

AFTER NEARLY SIX YEARS OF OWNERSHIP, THE SKIRTS AROUND THE CAR ARE COLLAPSING, THE PLASTIC PINS HOLDING THEM IN PLACE HAVE DETERIORATED AND I HAVE LOST THE RIGHT HAND PASSENGER SIDE SKIRT ALTOGETHER. MITSHUBISHI REFUSES TO REPLACE IT OR FIX THE REST SO THAT THEY WON'T FALL EITHER. I AM FACING HAVING TO PURCHASE A FULL NEW SET. THIS IS NOT WEAR AND TEAR AS WHEN THE PAINT FINALLY PEELS OFF, THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE USED POOR EQUIPMENT AND I HAVE NOTICED THEIR NEWER VERSIONS NO LONGER HAVE THE REMOVABLE SKIRTS.*AK

ON AUGUST 8, 2001, I TOOK MY ECLIPSE TO JERRY'S MITSUBISHI IN BALTIMORE, MD TO HAVE THE INDEPENDENT FRONT CONTROL ARM AND LOWER BALL JOINT REPAIRED AS A RESULT OF NHTSA RECALL 00V421001. ACCORDING TO THE STATEMENT OF WORK, THE DEFECTIVE PARTS WERE REPLACED AND REPAIRS MADE ACCORDING TO THE RECALL NOTICE. ON JUNE 9, 2002, THE RIGHT FRONT BALL JOINT/INDEPENDENT FRONT CONTROL FAILED DURING A SLOW SPEED TURN OF LESS THAN 15 MILES PER HOUR. AS A RESULT OF THE FAILURE, THE CAR ABRUPTLY STOPPED. UPON INSPECTION, THE RIGHT WHEEL HAD SEPARATED FROM THE CONTROL ARM AND WAS JAMMED IN THE FRONT WHEEL HOUSING. AT THIS POINT THE CAR WAS INOPERABLE. SERVICE WAS REQUESTED. THE CAR WAS TOWED TO APPLE AUTO, BALTIMORE, MD (410-488-8788). IN CONVERSATIONS WITH DAVE, THE AUTO TECHNICIAN AT APPLE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE BALL JOINT HAD FAILED, THE CONTROL ARM HAD FAILED, AND THAT THE BEARINGS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THERE REMAINS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE AXLE WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED, BUT THAT CANNOT BE DONE UNTIL THE CAR IS IN A DRIVEABLE CONDITION.*AK