1990 Mitsubishi Eclipse

Safety Score
79
Safe
Recalls
3
Complaints
45
NCAP Stars

Recalls (3)

Date NHTSA ID Component Units Completion
1990-06-01 90V106002 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD 26 Details
1990-03-21 90V056002 VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY 367 Details
1989-07-31 89V128000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING 5,510 Details

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2003-06-12 EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH No 0 CONSUMER STATES THAT LEFT HEADLIGHT IS SHORTING OUT. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
2002-08-22 EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS No 0 HEADLAMP FAILURE DUE TO WIRING HARNESS MALFUNCTIONING. CONSUMER WAS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT SINCE THE HEADLIGHTS WERE ON …
2001-03-15 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER No 0 BOTH REAR BRAKE CALIPERS NEED TO BE REPLACED. CALIPERS WERE PREVIOUSLY REPLACED .*AK
2001-03-12 SEAT BELTS Yes 2 AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, THE DRIVER'S DOOR OPENED WITHOUT REASON. THAT CAUSED THE SEATBELT ASSEMBLY TO RETRACT …
2000-10-15 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT No 0 TRANSFER CASE LOCKUPS DUE TO LEAKAGE OF LUBRICANTS ON THIS VEHICLE IS WELL DOCUMENTED. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF GEAR NOI…
2000-01-04 STEERING:RACK AND PINION No 0 AFTER RETURNING THE VEHICLE TO A DEALER BECASUE OF A RECALL FOR A LEAKING TRANSFER CASE, I WAS TOLD THAT THE RACK AND P…
1999-02-11 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT No 0 CONSUMER DENIED RECALL REPAIR BY DEALERSHIP AND CHARGED FOR REPAIR. MJS (98V-069)
1998-10-22 POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE) No 0 VISUAL INSPECTION OF TRANSFER CASE PERFORMED AND NO LEAK FOUND. AFTER VISUAL INSPECTION TRANSFER CASE LEAKING AND DEAL…
1998-09-11 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 1 AFTER MAKING A COMPLAINT OF NOISE IN MY DRIVETRAIN AND THEN HAVING THE TRANSMISSION AND TRASFER CASE SERVICED AT A MITS…
1998-08-17 SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR No 0 DRIVER'S SEAT BELT IS NOT WORKING, ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE TURNED ON THE IGNITION KEY. SHE HAD CONTACTED DEALER ON THE MA…
1998-08-17 SEAT BELTS No 0 DRIVER'S AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT IS NOT WORKING, ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE TURNS ON THE IGNITION KEY. HAD CONTACTED DEALER FOR T…
1998-08-12 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 NO SUMMARY
1998-05-28 STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:HOSE, PIPING, AND CONNECTIONS No 0 POWER STEERING FAILED DUE TO LINE CORROSION, A CLAMP FROM THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD TO HOLD THE POWER STEERING IN PLACE CAUS…
1998-05-22 POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE) No 0 VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF RECALL COMPONENT (TRANSFER CASE) PRIOR TO NOTICE WHICH CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE TR…
1998-04-28 POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY No 0 WHEN A RECALL FOR VEHICLE WAS RECEIVED THE REPAIR WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. HENCE, WHILE LEAVING GARAGE AFTER MINOR R…
1998-03-23 POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE) No 0 VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE TRANFER CASE PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE, CAUSING WHEELS TO LOCK UP. (ATTORNEY FOR CONSUM…
1998-02-02 POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE) No 0 TRANSFER CASE WAS LEAKING FLUID FROM THE REAR DRIVE SHAFT YOKE.
1997-12-31 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH No 0 MAIN COMPUTER SYSTEM BURNED. CAUSE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.
1997-12-31 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH No 0 MAIN COMPUTER FAILURE.
1997-05-01 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT No 0 TRANSFER CASE YOKE LEAKED FLUID THROUGH BRASS PLUG. BECAUSE OF THE LEAKAGE THROUGH THE BRASS PLUG THE TRANSFER CASE BEC…
1997-05-01 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT No 0 TRANSFER CASE LEAK.
1997-04-06 SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING Yes 1 CONSUMER WAS MAKING RIGHT TURN INTO INTERSECTION WHEN HER VEHICLE WAS STRUCK ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. AFTER MEDICAL TEAM …
1997-02-10 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD No 0 REAR WINDSHIELD CRACKED POSSIBLY DUE TO TEMPERATURE CHANGE.
1997-02-05 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE No 0 NO SUMMARY
1996-06-01 SEATS No 0 DRIVER'S SEAT HINGE BROKE ON THE RIGHT SIDE. WOULD NOT RESTRAIN DRIVER IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. *AK
1996-04-05 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE No 0 MOTOR BLEWUP DUE TO A TIMING CHAIN FAILURE. *AK
1995-10-12 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 POOR PERFORMANCE OF THE TRANSMISSION HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION 4 TIMES. TT
1995-08-01 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT No 0 VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM THAT THE 1990-1998 MITSUBISHI GALANT RECALL ON TRANSFER CASE; DEALER NOTIFIED …
1995-06-06 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE No 0 TIMING BELT BROKE PRIOR TO RECALL, CAUSING DAMAGE TO PISTON. *SKD
1995-02-11 POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT No 0 DRIVESHAFT BROKE, CAUSING REAR WHEELS TO LOCK UP, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. *AK
1995-02-11 POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT No 0 DRIVE SHAFT BROKE WHILE DRIVING CAUSING THE REAR WHEELS TO LOCK UP. TT
1995-01-01 SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER No 0 REAR SEAT LAP BELTS WILL NOT FUNCTION. TT
1994-09-07 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE No 0 TIMING BELT BROKE THREE TIMES. *DH
1901-01-01 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 1990 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. CONSUMER STATES THAT IT HAS BROKEN TWICE IN HIS VEHICLE. …
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE No 0 SEAT BELT DOES NOT RESTRAIN PROPERLY. TT
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE) No 0 TRANSFER CASE LEAKS.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT No 0 TRANSFER CASE IS PRONE TO LEAK AND SUDDEN SEIZURE.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT No 0 VEHCILE WAS INVOLVED RECALL 98V069001, IN WHICH THE REMEDY DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY …
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT No 0 TRANSFER CASE YOKE LEAKING.
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT No 0 EA98-002; DRIVING AT APRROXIMATELY 50-55 MPH CONSUMER WENT TO ACCELERATE , ENGINE DID NOT SPEED UP, KEPT APPLYING ACCEL…
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT No 0 CONTINUOUS LEAKING ORIGINATING FROM THE TRANSFER CASE, COULD LEAD TO DRIVESHAFT LOCKUP. *AK
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL No 0 WHLE PARKED NOTICED A LARGE AMOUNT OF FLUID UNDER VEHICLE. DEALER REPAIRED TRANSFER CASE SEAL TWICE,BUT VEHICLE STILL L…
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT No 0 CONSUMER NOTICED LARGE AMOUNT OF FLUID UNDER VEHICLE. DEALER REPAIRED TRANSFER CASE TWICE, BUT VEHICLE WAS STILL LEA…
WHEELS:RIM No 0 ALUMINUM SPORT RIMS WERE REPLACED DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION AND PITTING. *SLC
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR Yes 0 WHILE PARKED, UPON IMPACT, FROM SOFT BASEBALL TO REAR HATCHBACK GLASS WINDOW, IT SHATTERED INTO A MILLION PIECES THROUG…