NHTSA — Power Train: Manual Transmission Problems

6.1

fairly significant
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
12,750 miles

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2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse transmission problems

transmission problem

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2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse Owner Comments

problem #4

May 252004

Eclipse 4-cyl

  • Manual transmission
  • 51,000 miles

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

When depressing the clutch while in motion the gear would not shift properly or not at all into first/second or third gear. This almost caused a vehicle crash. They informed consumer that the vehicle was not covered under a recall. The clutch problem was a daily intermittent problem. The A/C had gone out as well.

- Greenville, MS, USA

problem #3

Mar 252004

Eclipse 6-cyl

  • Manual transmission
  • miles
The design of the manual transmission, the transmission synchros and the clutch mechanism has been faulty which causes the following parts to fail a lot earlier than any normal vehicle. - the clutch plate gets worn before time - the throw out bearing (tob) has a rattle - the clutch has a rattle - there is very hard gear shift into the 1st and 2nd gear. The 2nd gear is very hard, especially when its cold start.(that is not particularly cold at the end of the month of March in houston, Texas) - it is also due to the "poor" synchronizers in the transmission box - this has been reported by a lot of Mitsubishi Eclipse GT V6 users for the 3rd generation I.e. 2000+ Mitsubishi Eclipse cars with a manual shift - this is due to substandard transmission and clutch quality from Mitsubishi

- Houston, TX, USA

problem #2

May 022002

Eclipse

  • Manual transmission
  • miles
No summary listed for above vehicle.

- Medina, NY, USA

problem #1

Sep 052000

Eclipse

  • Manual transmission
  • miles
Clutch was warped from factory, got replaced 4K miles later, new one is also failing at 14000 miles and causes transmission to grind.

- Powell, OH, USA

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