Faults:

My power steering belt snapped at 117,500 miles.

My ignition module melted at 118,000 miles.

Steering knuckle broke at 119,000 miles.

Balancing shaft belt broke at 119,800 miles, taking the crank shaft position sensor with it.

As of yesterday (6-26-04) it is in-op again from unknown engine problem.

General Comments:

This car is extremely fast and handles like a dream, but so far I have spent more on fixing it than the price of the car ($3,000).

My friend that I bought it from had just put $5,000 into the engine rebuild and new turbo.

Why keep this money pit around? I just love humiliating rich yuppie in the Z06 Corvette, Porsche 911, and the "almighty" Saleen Mustang.

Faults:

I have had to replace the water pump after 150k miles.

Had to replace the timing belt due to garage incompetance.

Had to replace the head due to garage incompetance.

General Comments:

This car has unbelievable power.

I have only had one car that could compete with the way this car handles and that was a Prelude Si. However, the prelude didn't have the same kind of power.

I recommend the 2nd generation to anyone I meet who is looking for a car that has raw power and a stock suspension that can handle it. The 3rd generation is no competition.

Faults:

My driver's side door handle has broken off twice now in cold weather.

I've had two wheel bearings replaced (under warranty).

The paint on my outside mirrors literally blew off while washing my car.

General Comments:

The car has a decent engine which is fairly reliable.

There are some major design problems with the interior and exterior.

There is no interior room, no matter how tall or short you are.

Faults:

We bought an extended warranty because we had heard there were problems with the 95' model. It was a total waste of money! Aside from tune-ups, oil changes, and gas the car didn't cost us a cent!! And believe me, I may not be an 18 year old "boy racer", but the car was definitely put through its' paces. Even my Fiance hot rodded it quite a bit! She loved it almost as much as I did.

The only problem I can think of is that when we bought it, the drivers headlight was a little fogged up (condensation inside). But it wasn't worth the money to fix it and it didn't effect the headlight. I did see quite a few other eclipse and talons with the same problem.

General Comments:

The only competition for this car was BMW, Porsche, and Audi until Subaru came out with the WRX. The European cars cost, at the least 2.5 times as much, and only Porsche was better performance wise. And none can compare in reliability. The WRX is a great car, but lets face it, it's really ugly. I can't even get my Fiance to look at one. The Eclipse GSX is one of the best sports cars ever made period. It is so expandable all you have to do is add a good performance chip and with no other modifications to suspension or steering or anything else, you a 300+ HP high performance race car. Literally. I've seen it done, that is why I bought mine. What other car can you do that to and still afford to eat and not have to live with your parents?