2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT review from North America

Warranty-

When I first had the car the SRS light would not go off. This was due to recall and they had to replace the side airbags.

Warranty-

The right headlight wiring became corroded and this caused the head light to stop working. The dealer re-placed the wiring on both headlights.

The stock Tires are absolute crap, they squeal when going around corners at a slow rate of speed, they slide very easily and are, in my opinion, a very unsafe tire to put on a car that will most likely be driven for its performance. I replaced my tires with Sumutomo z rated tires. Now it grips and rides 100% better.

Now the car is out of warranty, I have 50k miles on it. The front right motor mount is broke/worn out and the car makes a terrible squeaking noise when accelerating due to this. It is currently in the shop getting repaired.

Also the right window motor is starting to make a bad noise when rolling up the window. There are a rattles and creaks that I have yet to determine (and don't really want to take the time to find them) where they are coming from. The brakes are squeaking constantly, I have replaced the pads and they still squeak. The rotors need to be turned and this should hopefully fix that issue.

Overall the car has been great, until now. After 3 years or so it seems that it is starting to get ready to fall apart. The car has lost its value at an unbelievable rate.

This car (GT model) is a very fun car and handles and performs excellent. I have lowered it 1.5 inches and this added to the handling allot.

The Infinity 7 speaker sound system is good, but not as good as they make it out to be in the commercials, I added a 240 watt amp and infinity Kappa 12" sub, this helped a lot. The stock speakers are not very good at all (they are those paper POS speakers) even though they are Infinity.

The inside and outside looks of the car are great and I get compliments on my car almost daily.

To sum it up:

You will love the car for the first 2 or 3 years, after the warranty goes I would recommend trading it in, as you will see it will start to fall apart on you. I am trading my car in this weekend, as soon as it gets out of the shop.