NHTSA — Electrical System: Starter Assembly: Relay Problems

2.5

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
60,000 miles

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1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse electrical problems

electrical problem

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1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse Owner Comments

problem #1

Jan 012004

Eclipse 4-cyl

  • Manual transmission
  • 60,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Fuel relay switch on my mitsuibishi Eclipse 1997 gs has failed on several occasions. In order to get my car to start, I have to go under the hood, "wiggle" the relay switch and lightly tap on the top of it. This fuel relay has been replaced by dealer and the problem continues to occur, even causing the car to go dead during travel. Dealership claims they do not know why it occurs. (20+ occurrences) enormous amounts of "bluish" gas fumes coming from the tail pipe, regardless of idle or in motion. (always occurring) sunroof sticks (5-10 occurrences) both driver and passenger windows rattle when car is in motion and as the door is being shut (continuous occurrence) clutch failure, hard shifting (1 occurrence).

- Fort Walton Beach, FL, USA

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