Hey everyone, i need your help!! what do i do!!! i only had 30000 miles on my 2003 eclipse gs and my time belt went and killed the whole engine. Im broke as **** and still paying for a car that doesnt move and is stuck at the shop. What should i do? do u know any cheap ideas or places to get an engine from? could i get a bigger and better engine? help me out, insurance wont cover it and i dont know what to do!! :liebe011:

Isnt that covered by manufacturers warranty?

I would personally 0000 a brick and hold whomever sold you the car responsible for the damage.How long have you had the car?

whole motor with trans worth like 800 bucks its out of eclipse,galant and another car forgot though lol.VERY CHEAP Also what happened to the motor if nuthing bad just rebuild.

If you buy the parts yourself it's alot cheaper. And if you are mechanically inclined and don't mind doing the work yourself and have the tools to do it. That's the cheapest way to do it. But if you don't know what you're doing and don't know where to begin, the next cheapest thing would be find a shop who warranties their work, not a dealership cause you're looking for cheap, and have them do it. That's the only things I can think of right now. Ask a mod what they would do.

Thats definately under warranty.

call a Mitsubishi dealership and give them your vin # have it checked for warranty. it should still be under warranty. the warranty is not just under the first person who bought it. its until the warranty runs out. also if there are any mods on it take them off and replace them for stock. that way you don't get any crap from the dealership.

Sometimes they have ways of telling if you didn't have a stock part on your car and you just switched it out before you came, or at least I've known people who had that problem. That and if you're the second owner of the car you have to make sure the first owner kept meticulous records and make sure everything was done at the proper mileage. Cause if the previous owner waited one mile too long then sometimes the whole warranty is shot.

So I'd still check it. Just make sure you have every single service record and receipts from every oil change. Cause some mitsubishi dealerships are pickier than others.

Or... you can just go my route. Tell them the oil has nothing to do with the timing belt and there is no way it should have broken after 30k miles.

ITS under warranty!!! same happened to me, its a 5000 dollar job, 16 valves and valve train and timing belt and cover have to be replace, head gasket everything.... anyway, COVERED. CALL THEM.

dude if that is the case replace the parts then throw some dust on it, good grief! also to void your warranty from Preventative Maintenance services the dealership has to provide substantial proof that it was because of the part, or job that caused the malfunction.

all anyone has to do for a Stealership who is going to cause them these kinds of problems, threaten a legal suit. that will mean not only the maintenance manager and the store manager will have to spend time in court, but that normally brings in the store owner, or the corporate representative.

it ends up costing the dealership more money to prove the warranty was voided than to just fix the problem. i had a friend go through it with a car company that said because he put a cold air intake on his car it caused his 2003 RSX motor to blow up at 8,000 miles. he even ended up in court (he has a pre-pay lawyer), the dealership had very little proof that the intake could have even caused it. "not exactly substantial evidence" is what the judge said to the dealership owner and the judge sided with my friend. my friend ended up getting a new car out of the deal.