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
2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse wheels complaints
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Rims are bent due to material being too soft, tires do not keep air pressure.
Right drivers side rear alloy wheel has been dented. Normal driving only - no major potholes have been hit. The wheel has been sufficiently dented that it presents a risk to driving and must be replaced. Car has only 23,000 miles.
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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.
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.
Bent and deformed rims.
The right front rim is bent, material used is too soft of a metal.*ak.
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.
Two piece aluminum wheel bent significantly under normal city driving conditions.
Pe 01 044/alloy wheel: consumer states the left rear wheel received a dent by running over a pot hole. Dealer was notified . Nlm
All 4 alloy wheels on my mistubishi eclipse gt have bent over the last 8 months. I have ont hit anything to cause these failures. I replaced one I october 2001, one in february 2002 and I was just informed by the dealership that 2 more are bent. This time, they are bent on the "inside." I'm not sure how the inside of a wheel gets bent which would seem to indicate to me that this was not the result of an impact. I did not hit anything!
When driving wheels become very soft upon hitting a bump or anything of that nature. Took vehicle to the dealer, and nothing was done. Please provide any further information, and vehicle identification number.
Rims are made of too soft material, bend easily, causing tires to loose air.
All four of my wheels are bent. I bought another oem wheel from mitsubishi which is also bent. In total I have 5 bent oem wheels. I have all wheels for examination if required.
Consumer states that two of the alloy wheels have dents in them causing the wheels to wobble when driving. Please provide additioanl information. Nlm
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
The rims that came with the vehicle are very soft, when hitting a pot hole theconsumer feels that the rim could break. Nlm
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 undetectable air leaks. All three tires had to be replaced because the damage caused to them was unrepeatable. I have kept all 6 of the rims I have had to replace in the last 2 years since I leased the car. (they take up a lot of closet space) I brought the car back so many times to the dealer to replace the rims and demanded that they replace them for free because how badly they held up on the road. I offered in writing to change the type of tires, or pretty much do anything to get around the problem. I was told a regional manager finally looked at my car but decided against replacing them citing road damage from driving in the new york city area and basically told me that it was all my fault. I know that he never even looked at the note I left him because the envelope was still sealed and attached to my invoice that they kept. I called the company numerous times and they referred me to the regional manager who never even took the time to talk to me. How could they market to sell and lease a car in a city that they then blame for causing the damage? Shouldn't the tires or rims of a car be suited to be driven in the area that is marketed and sold or leased? Front and rear both sides.
2 pc rims on vehicle bent easily, tires constantly lose air due to this.
Front rim is bent without any tire, or rim's lip damage. Tire was inspected by the third party repair shop and found undamaged, but the rim is bent well out of the spec causing vehicle to vibrate at higher speed. Apparently this is well known issue with mitsubishi eclipse. Dealer runs me around, offering to repair the damaged alloy wheel instead of replacing it.
The bent rims caused the tire to be pinched and popped the tire, resulting in my needing a new oem rim and a new tire (tiresize: 215/50/17)
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 now I'm very careful when I take the car out, since at speeds of 60 MPH or higher, the whole steering colomn will vibrate like it's going to fall off. I've already had my tires rotated and balanced and of course it didn't help that much since the wheels are dented which means when they turn the wheels bounce. Now multiply that by 3. My car shakes a lot. Like I said earlier, I love my car, I love mitsubishi, but, they need to acknowlege that there is a problem and fix it. I'm not the only one that has this problem. Mitsubishi needs to fix this.
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.
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.
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 such as this can just be dismissed with no reason when hundreds if not thousands of people are having the same problem please get back to me on this matter, thank you ,stephen weir.
No summary listed for above vehicle. *ak (tiresize: 17)
Rims will easliy bend. Also, when consumer is driving at high speeds, tires will start to wobble. Contacted dealer. Mitsubishi dealer denies claim. *ak
The wheel was bent and cracked by a minor rut in the road and some minor debris, tire was blown due to crack and bend of wheel (tiresize: 17)
Bent wheel rims replaced six times on various location between front and rear. Dealer was notified. Feel free to provide any further information.
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