2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder Body and structure Problems

“My Mitsubishi spyder 03 started having some white/ yellow spotting about a year ago, and the last few months getting worse, looking like the pain is also cracking in some spots. I am real anal about waxing my car, always clean, always looking nice. And now my car looks like crud. Paint fading, and cracking..”

“Takata airbag: my incident has already been reported. I am adding the police report. I am still requiring surgery and unable to use my left arm 10 months later.”

“I bought an used 2003 eclipse and at the time I didn't realize how badly cracked the dashboard was. To my surprise, I have not been able to find an used dashboard in good condition...every single 2003 eclipse I've found and seen has the same issue and after doing some research, there has not been a recall for this obvious manufacturing defect. The only solution Mitsubishi offers is to replace it with a brand new (yet same poor quality) part. How can we (eclipse owners) get a full or partial credit from Mitsubishi, even if the temporary solution is to install a similar part?”

“My complaint is about the blend do for the heating system of the 2003 Mitsubishi eclipse. When the temperature control knob is rotated to the hot position, a cable behind the dashboard and directly over the accelerator pedal rotates the blend door lever toward the firewall. A pin on the lever, which connects to the cable, engages my shoe, pinning my shoe to the accelerator pedal. To free my shoe, I must either rotate my heel clockwise to disengage the pin, or rotate the temperature control knob to the cold position. …”

“Paint on hood, trunk and fenders is peeling, cracking, coming off. Continues to worsen. Mitsubishi is aware of the defect , and state they are not mandated to fix it. Upon doing some research, I am learning that there are hundreds of mistibishis (all black in color, like mine) that are having this problem.”