MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE 2000 : Problems

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Wheel Rim

ODI ID: 756327 NHTSA Complaint ID: 340399

Make: Mitsubishi Model: 2000 ECLIPSE 00

Component/Parts: Wheel Rim

Failure Date: December 25, 2001 Complaint Date: January 02, 2002

City/State: FLUSHING, NY (New York)
Crash: NA Fire: No Injured: 0 Deaths: 0

Complaint Description: four separate times i had to send the damaged rims out to be repaired from hitting minor potholes. each time costing $12o.twice the tire went totally flat at highway speeds,causing the car to veer out of control.but nobody was hurt.i have read nothing but complaints about these rims,and every mitusubishi eclipse i see on the street have rims that are destroyed. i pay over $350 a month to lease this car and i do not feel safe driving it both on the highway and normal side streets. i also know that there is a class action law suit against mitsubishi for this very reason, and i cannot beleive that these rims have not been recalled yet.the service dept. at white plains mitsubishi seems to think that this is my fault, but i dont see any other cars on the street whose rims are consistantly damaged.it,s almost embarrasing for mitsubishi, to have so many damaged vehicles in public with ther name on it.please let me know what i can do to solve this problem. thank you, stephen r. weir. *ak (tiresize: 215/50/vr1) .