I was making a right to enter a church and as I was slowing down I lost complete pressure of the brakes. I have taken it to two mechanic but the problem goes away after a day. They told me the brakes were fine. (one of those being a mitsubishi dealer). This was very dangerous because if there was a car coming out of the church I would've had an accident or crash.
2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse brakes complaints
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I was driving the car normally fine and there was a small pot hole on the ground that I went over. I had my foot on the brakes while running over the pot hole and the pressure on the brakes were completely lost. It was a spongy feeling as the brakes were to the floor. The brakes had very little power and when let go had a whistling sound coming back up. I had to drive home while down shifting to lower gears because the brakes did not work.
This issue has occurred numerous times in my vehicle and has actually resulted in a crash previously. In an emergency breaking situation I will lose brake pressure, the pedal will go to the floor, and my car fails to stop. The first occurrence happened in 2011. I took my car to the mitusbishi dealership to have the breaking system assessed and they told me everything was fine (the brakes had corrected themselves before my appointment). The second time it happened, they once again corrected themselves so no appointment was made. The third time it happened (july 2013), I actually ran into the back of another vehicle. My brakes did not correct themselves after the impact and a wheezing sound could be heard. I had my car towed to a non-mitsubishi repair shop to be assessed and was told that my master cylinder was defective. I purchased a new master cylinder and thought everything was fine until two days ago when I needed to slam on my brakes again. I applied hard pressure to the breaks, the car began to slow, and then my foot went to the floor. I had to apply my emergency break to stop the car. The remainder of my trip involved me driving at slow speeds and keeping a large amount of distance (the brakes only worked if the pedal was to the floor). I have an appointment tomorrow to have everything looked at again and this time I am not taking "everything looks fine" for an answer. After doing research, I landed on the list of recalls I knew nothing about, and mitsubishi never told me about (I've owned the vehicle since 2009), and numerous forums of people describing this exact same situation. I called mistubishi about the recall involving the master cylinder and they told me my VIN did not qualify. I am incredibly displeased with their response and the fact that this is a known issue. No mitsubishi mechanic has ever bothered to bring this up to me or diagnose the problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mitsubishi eclipse. While driving 50 MPH, the brake pedal was depressed and failed to respond. The contact had to apply excessive force to the brake pedal in order to get the vehicle to stop. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The mechanic diagnosed that the master cylinder needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 122,000.
Upon trying to stop, the brake pedal traveled almost to the floor before the brakes became effective. This happens randomly and has almost caused me to hit other cars when stopping. I reported this to mitsubishi and told them I thought it should be part of an old 2006 warranty recall but they claimed my vehicle was outside of the 2006 recall, yet it appears to be a common issue with other owners of multiple years of eclipses 2006 and beyond. This is a dangerous braking problem.
Brake pedal became spongy and brakes are not responsive. With no warning the brakes will need to be pushed completely to the floor to stop the car. This will occur for anywhere from a day or two to a few weeks. Symptoms will disappear and occur roughly once every 2 or 3 months.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mitsubishi eclipse. The contact stated that while driving at 50 MPH, the brake pedal was depressed and traveled to the floorboard. The failure occurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the hydraulics unit needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 122,000....updated 10/08/14 *bf updated 5/13/2015
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mitsubishi eclipse. The contact stated that the brake pedal traveled to the floorboard when it was depressed and hesitated to respond. The contact also heard an abnormal noise coming from the brakes. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the brakes needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The contact stated that the VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 05v247000 (service brakes, hydraulic) and the federal safety agency campaign number: 05v299000 (service brakes, hydraulic). The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 100,000.
I hit a bump in the road and when I went to stop at the next stop sign my brake pedal felt like it was going to grab then went all the way to the floor causing me to pass the stop sign. The next time I tried to stop it was fine. Then several months later it once again did the same thing while trying to park at the grocery store causing me to almost hit a car in the parking spot in front of me. I turned the car off and when I cranked it back up the brakes were fine. Left it sitting in the driveway a few days and now the brakes are doing the same thing again and will not fix itself at all. I have had to stop driving the car now, because it scares me so bad and I have to maintain a very large distance from the cars in front of me. Bought an extended warranty on the car, but the dealership closed and there is not a dealership near me that honors fidelity warranty that I paid $2000 for. Contacted mitsubishi and they told me that even though there was a recall on my year model for the same issue, it did not effect my car's VIN number. That's crap, it is doing the exact same thing as the recall says and they won't fix the issue. I can't drive it the 65 miles to the dealership that will honor the fidelity warranty, and the warranty won't pay for towing that far. This is going to be an expensive fix... What concerns me more is that I bought the car from a dealership, paid $2000 for an extended warranty I can't use, and I can't get the car fixed because I can't afford to fix it (reason why I bought the warranty). At a loss!!!
I've had this vehicle since april 2013 and started having problems with the brakes around 6 months after. It takes way to long to stop, pinging noise when clutch lets out, and an awful screaming air sound after releasing the brakes especially when it's hot outside. Took it to the only mitsubishi dealership here in town and was an estimate of $850 to fix the master cylinder, power brake boosters, de-glaze brake pads, and turn the rotors. I called the dealership and also mitsubishi, but was told by both my VIN# wasn't included in recall #05v299000 or recall 05v247000. My car only had around 36,000 miles when purchased used and started having problems around 45,000 miles. The manufacturer of these parts need to pay for the repairs.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mitsubishi eclipse. The contact stated that while driving at no particular speed, the brakes failed and abnormally traveled to the floorboard when depressed. The vehicle was not taken for inspection or repairs. The contact referenced the federal safety agency campaign id number 05v299000(service brakes, hydraulic) however, the VIN was not included in the recall campaign. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 110,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mitsubishi eclipse. The contact stated that while driving 45 MPH, the brakes were applied but the vehicle did not immediately respond. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or an independent mechanic for inspection. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 94,000.
Brake pedal to the floor after a bump on the road. Increased stopping distance. Pedal needed to be pumped a few times to get back to normal.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mitsubishi eclipse. The contact stated that the brakes failed to engage repeatedly and the brake pedal had to be depressed several times before it would engage. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic several times for the failure. The brakes were cleaned and adjusted however, the failure was not corrected and the brakes continued to fail. The contact had to increase stopping distance when braking. The manufacturer was contacted and advised that the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number: 05v299000 (service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder). The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 80,000 and the current mileage was 86,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mitsubishi eclipse. The contact stated that the brake pedal failed and the vehicle would not respond to braking attempts. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where the technician diagnosed that the master cylinder needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and did not offer any assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 40,000 and the current mileage was 70,000. .... Updated 02-20-13 *bf the consumer was advised there was recall for this failure but the vehicle's VIN was not included. Updated 02/25/2013
The brakes lost pressure and it took a long time for the car to come to a complete stop. As I was moving very slowly at the time and there was no-one in front of me, nothing awful happened. After that, the brakes were fine until it happened again a few months later. Because it was so quick and sporadic I thought that perhaps I was imagining it! Then in 2011 it happened again and I took it to my mechanic but by the time I got to him, the problem had stopped, he couldn't replicate it and couldn't find anything wrong with the brakes. Then on november 30th, 2012 it happened again but this time I couldn't stop at a red traffic light and sailed right through the light coming to a halt eventually in the middle of the intersection. I was extremely lucky that no-one was in front of me and no-one else had started moving in the other directions. At that point I realized that there was definitely a problem with my braking system. I took it back to my mechanic. To cut a long story short, he eventually checked online and discovered that there had been a recall issued in 2005 for my make, model & year for defective brake master cylinders (recall #sr-05-003). He called mitsubishi to see if I was covered and found out that my VIN# was not included!! At that point, they told him I would be covered under a "warranty extension". I had the car towed to the mitsubishi dealer and they diagnosed it as needing a replacement master cylinder. They contacted mitsubishi headquarters and I have been informed that they have declined my request to be included in the recall and have the master cylinder replaced at their cost (and now no mention of this "warranty extension" that they told my mechanic). Obviously my car should have been included in this recall and I should have been notified years ago - I have been driving around for years with a faulty braking system!!
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mitsubishi eclipse. The contact stated that when the brakes were applied, the vehicle exhibited a slight delay before the brakes engaged. The contact referenced the federal safety agency recall campaign id number: 05v299000 (service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder) and took the vehicle to the dealer. The dealer advised that the seals inside the master cylinder had failed, but the vehicle was not included in the recall campaign. The failure mileage was 72,000 and the current mileage was 75,000.
Was decreasing speed to make a complete stop noticed it took longer than normal to for the brakes to kick in. Didn't feel any pressure of the brakes at first almost making me hit the car infront of me.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mitsubishi eclipse. The contact stated the brakes were too soft which increased the braking distance of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to have the master cylinder and the ABS system replaced. After the repair the braking distance increasing again causing the contact to braking suddenly while driving 30 MPH. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer for another diagnostic test. The dealer stated the master cylinder needed to be replaced again. The contact notice a the federal safety agency campaign I.d. 05v299000 (service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder) and called the manufacturer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance since the vehicle was not included in the recall. The failure mileage was 59,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mitsubishi eclipse. The contact was driving 45 MPH and applied the brakes but the vehicle would not respond. The contact had to use the emergency brake to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer nor a repair shop for inspection. The failure recurred several times. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer prior to the most recent failure and was advised that there were no failures within the vehicle. The brakes were replaced three times prior and the master cylinder was also replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of failure however no further assistance was provided. The contact referenced the federal safety agency campaign id number: 05v247000 (service brakes, hydraulic) but was advised by the manufacturer that the VIN was not included in the recall campaign. The approximate current and failure mileage was 99,400.
Brakes failed completely when coming up to a red light. Fortunately, no one was ahead of me nor in the intersection or there would have been a major accident. I checked brake fluid level and it was normal. Mechanic said master cylinder was bad. There was no prior warning of possible problems, nor any lights on the dash at or after the time of the problem. At previous red light, brakes worked normally. The failure was as described in recall 05v247000. However, my car was manufactured 10/2005 so was not part of the recall.
In december 2010, I had driven about 30 miles and as I was coming off of the highway, I applied my brakes but they did not work. My brake pedal was "soft", went all the way down to the floor, and it took a long time to stop. Had there been another vehicle in front of me, I would not have been able to avoid hitting it. The mechanic found that my brakes were fine and replaced the master cylinder with a new one. In august of 2011, I had the exact same problem. I had driven 30 miles to home from work and then ran a few errands around town. As I was heading home, I applied the brakes and felt a jerk or a pop and then the brakes went all the way down to the floor and I only had minimal braking power. I immediately drove about 3 miles to my shop and had problems stopping the entire time. I did have more brake power if I pumped the brakes prior to coming to a stop. My shop could not duplicate the problem but found 2 recalls - the master cylinder and the brake booster. I called mitsubishi but they said these recalls did not apply to my specific VIN. My shop suggested I bring the car back when I had the problem again or to take it to a dealership. The mechanic said in all his years of experience, he has never had to change a master cylinder on a mits except for mine. I drove a 1995 eclipse for about 10 years before this one and never had braking issues with it. I took my car to the dealership. They also could not duplicate the problem and suggested I bring the car back if it happened again so they could try to determine the issue when they can experience it for themselves. I have been driving the vehicle again the last fews day and haven't had any problems but I believe it will happen again. I've only had the vehicle for about 1 year and it is upsetting to me that twice in that past year I have suddenly found myself w/o brakes. I know this vehicle was in a front end impact accident before I purchased it and I wonder if the previous owner had the same problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mitsubishi eclipse. The contact stated while applying the brakes, the pedal would extend to the floor making the vehicle difficult to stop. The contact noticed the federal safety agency campaign 05v299000 (service brakes, hydraulic:foundation master cylinder) recall. The contact called the manufacturer regarding the recall and was advised by the manufacturer that his VIN was not a part of the recall. The contact was concerned that the failure could result in a crash. The failure mileage was 75,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mitsubishi eclipse. The contact stated that when applying the brakes, the pedal was able to be depressed into the floorboard. The vehicle was inspected by an independent mechanic and they advised her that the master cylinder needed to be replaced. The vehicle was then towed to the dealer where they advised her that they were unable to diagnose the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were approximately 41,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mitsubishi eclipse coupe gt. The contact stated that the brakes would fail intermittently and would not engage. On one occasion, while attempting to brake the vehicle would not respond and he crashed into the rear of another vehicle. There were no injuries. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was contacted but offered no assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 5, 000 and current mileage was 25,589.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mitsubishi eclipse. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 MPH, she heard a loud, abnormal noise. She then attempted to brake but the brakes would not engage. The vehicle was taken to a local repair facility where she was informed that the rear brake pads had fractured from the vehicle. The mechanic replaced the brake pads. On a later date while driving at unknown speeds, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to a local repair facility where the brake pads were replaced a second time. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 35,000 and the current mileage was approximately 97,000.
I was coming up to a red light and my brakes gave out they went all the way 2 the ground, no pressure nothing ,they would just go 2 the ground, and then my ABS and brake lights came on in my dash board ,on top of all of it I almost got hit by a plow,I could have died tonight because of my brakes in my 06 eclipse.
I have owned my car for a year & have had a number of issues. It is scary that a car that is only a year old would have so many problems. My brakes started sqeaking after about three months. I plan on taking it in soon but it if 30 minutes away & trying to fit going to the shop into my schedule is very difficult.
I have had the brake pads on my 2006 eclipse gt replaced twice (I.e. 3rd set of pads). Each time a high pitched squeal begins a month or so after being installed and progressively gets worse. I now have just under 8,000 miles on the car and the third set of pads is beginning to squeal. After replacing the first two sets of pads, mitsubishi now says that this is a normal condition. I have never had brake pads that squealed constantly.
This is the second time that the brakes has been making noises. We took it once when we had about 6000 miles on there to the mitsubishi dealer and they replaced it with (updated brake pads) just 5000 miles later the noise has come back.
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