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Mitsubishi - Paint

Mitsubishi • Airbag • Paint • Timing belt • Transmission • Miscellaneous

Pamela of St. Marys OH (4/21/04):
I purchased a 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse in July 2003. The clear coat on the top of the car is coming off. I had it to a body shop to be looked at and obtained a quote for $400 to repaint it.

Mackenzie of Murrieta CA (1/12/04):
I have a 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer - yellow. First the paint chipped and after getting the cold shoulder I called Mits Motors and finally they fixed Some of it but blamed it on me. Now my clutch went out. I have only 30,000 miles on the car and have been driving clutch for 11-12 years but they said its normal wear and tear and they won't fix it. It is going to cost almost $1000 and I don't know what to do. I will never own another Mitsubishi again!

Patricia of Spartanburg SC (2/21/03):
The clear coat on my 1994 Mitsubishi Galant had begun to fade and wear, so I took it to get an estimate on repainting the car. The body shop looked over the car and stated that the paint had cracks all the way through, and it would be necessary to sand all paint off the car before repainting. This doubled the cost of painting the car.

I was asked whether or not the car had ever been repainted, and I told him no. We are the second owner of the car, but we know the original owner. This car has never been involved in a collision, nor had any body work other than to the hood, which was dinged by an auto repair shop and repaired. The paint on the hood appears to be in good shape. The problem is with the rest of the car.

The body shop told me this has to be a defect in original paint for it to be cracking all the way through and that I should check with the manufacturer.

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