Please help

Asked by Riley12345 Aug 29, 2018 at 10:49 AM about the 1996 Mitsubishi Eclipse RS

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a 1996 Mitsubishi eclipse rs with a 5 speed the headlights won't turn on
and the car will randomly die while driving down the road. I checked the fuses
for the headlight issue but all of them are fine how do I solve the headlight issue
and the random cut off of the car?

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My son had a 2005 Eclipse, REMIXedition, and his died as well. I ended up replacing the ignition coil assemblies. I went to the local Pick-N-Pull (the PREMIER section) and pulled all the coils I could. Check YouTube for what and where they are. a picture is worth a thousand words. Be certain to take everything! I orgiginally too the plugs, but learned the hard way they charge you the same price whether it's the plugs or the entire assembly. I ended up changing the plugs as well when I did coil replacements. It did the trick. Of course, as I used junk yard parts, it lasted about two months, but the second set I pulled while there worked perfectly and cured it, at least until a valve stuck and resulted in a broken timing chain. At that point, the car was sold for $300. It should be noted the Check Engine Light didn't come on the first time, but did when the second coil, the one from the junk yard, failed, but they worked great. I paid $20.00 at the junk yard versus $65.00 for a set of new ones at a local big auto store, and that was with a 10% veteran discount.

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