2008 Mitsubishi Eclipse

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V337000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR REPAIR. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE RECALL REPAIR AND THAT A SECOND NOTIFICATION WOULD BE ISSUED WHEN THE RECALL PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE DELAY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE BRAKES FAILED. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE BRAKE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED BRAKE FLUID. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V337000 (SERVICES BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A RANDOM PROGRESSING FAILURE IN WHICH THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND TRAVELED TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE MORE THAN TWICE AND THE FAILURE WAS OCCURRING MORE FREQUENTLY. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INDICATED THAT THE PERMANENT SOLUTION FROM THE MANUFACTURER FAILED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE PART FOR THE RECALL UNTIL THE MANUFACTURER HAD A PERMANENT SOLUTION TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V337000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THE PERMANENT SOLUTION WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V337000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AND THAT THE CONTACT WOULD RECEIVE A SECOND LETTER NOTIFYING WHEN THE PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED BUT THE BRAKES FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT REPAIR WAS UNABLE TO BE PERFORM DUE TO THE PART NOT BEING AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,030.

FOR A MONTH, I'VE NOTICED THAT MY BRAKE FLUID LEVEL WAS DECREASING RAPIDLY AND THAT I HAD TO REFILL MY BRAKE FLUID ONCE A WEEK. ON 9/22/2015, SUDDENLY MY BRAKE PEDAL HAD TO GO TO THE FLOOR BEFORE I COULD START SLOWING DOWN. I TOOK MY CAR TO A MECHANIC ON 9/24/2015. HE SAID THAT MY ABS PUMP WAS LEAKING REALLY BAD AND HE CANNOT FIND/BUY THE PART ANYWHERE AND THAT I HAD TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. I TOOK IT TO A MITSUBISHI DEALERSHIP THAT SAME DAY AND TOLD THEM WHAT I WAS EXPERIENCING AND WHAT I WAS TOLD. THEY KEPT THE CAR THAT DAY AND RAN TESTS AND CONFIRMED WITH ME IN THE MORNING OF 9/25/2015 THAT IT WAS THE ABS PUMP, WHICH IS PART OF A RECENT RECALL. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT HE WOULD BE IN CONTACT WITH THEIR CORPORATE OFFICE ABOUT WHAT TO DO NEXT TO GET MY VEHICLE FIXED AND TO GIVE ME A RENTAL CAR IN THE MEAN TIME (I COULDN'T GET TO WORK ON 9/24 OR 9/25 BECAUSE I LIVE AN HOUR FROM WORK). IN THE EVENING OF 9/25, THE SERVICE MANAGER CALLED ME BACK AND TOLD ME THAT THE CORPORATE OFFICE IS NOT WILLING TO PROVIDE A RENTAL CAR BECAUSE THE RECALL DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE ABS PUMP "LEAKING". THE RECALL ONLY MENTIONS THE VALVES WITHIN THE PUMP "STICKING", AND BECAUSE OF THAT, CANNOT DETERMINE YET IF MY CAR IS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL AND THAT ADDITIONAL TESTS NEED TO BE DONE, SO THEY WON'T PROVIDE ME WITH A RENTAL CAR YET. HE GAVE ME THE PHONE NUMBER TO MITSUBISHI SERVICE CENTER TO TRY GETTING A RENTAL CAR. I CALLED IN THE MORNING OF 9/28/2015 AND THE SERVICE CENTER EXPLAINED TO ME WHAT I'VE ALREADY BEEN TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP ABOUT THE RECALL, BUT ALSO THAT MITSUBISHI DOESN'T PROVIDE LOANER VEHICLES DUE TO A RECALL BUT IT IS UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL DEALERSHIP. I EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT I'VE NOW MISSED 3 DAYS OF WORK BECAUSE OF A FAULTY PART THEY PUT IN MY CAR AND I'M LOSING MONEY. I NEED HELP WITH THIS SITUATION

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V337000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO PROVIDE THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THERE WERE WHITE FUMES EMITTING FROM THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE AS AN UNKNOWN WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON ONE OCCASION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE UNIT BREAKER AND THE WATER PUMP NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE HEAD GASKET NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V337000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO PERFORM THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

WHILE DRIVING AS I WENT TO BRAKE, I FELT THE BRAKES HAD GONE OUT. MY FOOT WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR, VERY VERY SCARY! AT TIMES IT WOULD NOT DO THIS, IT THEN BECAME MORE OFTEN. I TOOK IN FOR REPAIR AND THEY REPAIRED THE MASTER CYLINDER. ONCE I PICKED UP THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED. I DID RETURN TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND THEY STATED THEY HAD TO RESET A SWITCH, IT SEEMS OKAY NOW. MY CONCERN IS SINCE I RECEIVED THIS ABS RECALL, COULD THIS HAVE BEEN THE ISSUE? JUST WANTED TO REPORT THIS IN CASE THERE IS SOME SORT OF RELATION.

THERE HAS BEEN INTERMITTENT BRAKE FAILURE FOR FOUR YEARS. MANY TRIPS TO THE MECHANIC (180 DEGREES AUTO IN PHOENIX ARIZONA) INCLUDED REPLACEMENT OF MASTER CYLINDER TWICE AND NUMEROUS BRAKE JOBS THAT NEVER FIXED THE PROBLEM. NOW WE FIND THAT MITSUBISHI HAS KNOWN ABOUT THE PROBLEM, HAS ISSUED A WARNING, BUT HAS YET TO PROVIDE A FIX FOR THIS ISSUE. WE WILL NOT DRIVE THIS CAR ANY LONGER AS WE NEVER KNOW WHEN THE FAILURE WILL OCCUR AND WE NEVER WANT ANYONE HURT.