MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE SPYDER 2001 : Problems

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Manual Transmission

ODI ID: 10051429 NHTSA Complaint ID: 448638

Make: Mitsubishi Model: 2001 ECLIPSE SPYDER 01

Component/Parts: Manual Transmission

Failure Date: September 01, 2003 Complaint Date: December 31, 2003

City/State: FAIRFAX, VA (Virginia)
Crash: No Fire: No Injured: 0 Deaths: 0

Complaint Description: after 39,000 miles on my 2001 mitsubishi eclipse spyder, the manual transmission is experiencing problems. specifically, the car has trouble shifting into first and second gears (worst when cold), studders when first accelerating, and makes a continuous rattling noise when the clutch is not engaged. these problems are apparently the result of a defect in the transmission involving the clutch plate/throw-out-bearings/synchronizers. i have learned of hundreds of other people who have the same problem, same symptoms, and same cause. mitsubishi should issue a recall for this problem but has not done so. .