The consumer experienced two engine failures within six months. The consumer was told that the problem was in the thrust bearing which holds the camshaft in the engine. This bearing has a tendency to fail causing the engine to stop running, the engine has stalled while driving.
1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse: engine stalls while driving
5 of the 136 complaints about the 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse describe engine stalls while driving.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 4%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 13 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below
Engine stalls while driving by model year
What owners say
Vehcile stalls when driving or changing gears, and looses all power steering, when power steering was lost consumer ran into a curb.
Vehicle will stall while driving regardless of speed and without warning. Dealer has replaced fuelpump/ ignition switch and computer, but defect still occurs.
Vechile repeatedly fails to start. It has the sensation that it's not getting any fuel. On two separate occasions, the vehicle has died while driving around 25/35mph, again feeling as if it had ran out of gas. On both occasions I had over half a tank of gas. I have taken the car to the dealer 3 times, once it was towed, and they kept it for two or three days saying they cannot find anything wrong.
At high velocity rock went through the air opening, hit the radiator,broke it, causing fluid to leak and making the vehicle to stall out.there was no warning of this defect.
Service bulletins that may apply
- This is a service newsletter (Tech Talk) that was sent out to dealers.
- Subject regarding replacement crank angle sensor wire colors. tt
- Information and related installation procedures about a new, improved head gasket for vehilces equipped...
- Information regarding cylinder head gaskets for remanufactured short blocks. tt
- Subject regarding chrysler reprogramming catridge round-up. tt
- Condition with engine overheating. yc
- This bulletin describes the operation of the evaporative emission control leak detection system and how to...
- Subject on cylinder head distortion inspection. yc
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse stalling
Is engine stalls while driving a common problem on the 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse?
5 of 136 owner complaints about the 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse (4%) mention engine stalls while driving. The model year with the most reports is 1995.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse?
There are 0 recalls and 13 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
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