Safety Score
66
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-08-27 | 96V158001 |
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | 5,731 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-05-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND THE REAR WH… |
| 2011-04-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODUAL WHILE DRIVING ALL POWER TO CAR JUST LOST. *TR |
| 2010-12-21 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE TRANSFER… |
| 2010-04-20 | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO EXHIBIT AN A… |
| 2007-12-08 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | Yes | 1 | 10/26/01 L FRONT LWR CONTROL ARM BROKE, THE CAR BOUNCED DOWN THE ROAD WHEN SUSP CAME APART. GVILLE MITZ REPLACED THE P… |
| 2007-12-07 | TIRES | No | 0 | DRIVING ON HWY. 80 ON DRY ROAD AT APPROX. 60-65 MPH, IN FAST LANE, CAR STARTED TO SHAKE, AS WE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE … |
| 2007-12-04 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I WAS GOING ABOUT 65 MILES PER HOUR ON THE FREEWAY, WHEN THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO MAKE A LOUD REVVING NOISE AND BEGA… |
| 2006-10-18 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I HAVE A BLACK 1996 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE RS THE CLEAR COAT IS TOTALLY COMING OFF OF THE CAR LEAVING WHITE SPOTS ALL OVER.… |
| 2006-03-23 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS A POPPING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS S… |
| 2005-08-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS SITE AND DEDUCED THAT MITSUBISHI HAS PRODUCED A DEFECTIVE PRODUCT IN THE 1996 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE… |
| 2005-07-30 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | DT: FRONT PASSENGER SIDE BALL JOINT FAILURE. CONTACT SAID THE WHEEL AND BALL JOINT FELL OFF. CALLER RECEIVED RECALL … |
| 2005-03-01 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | RE: DEALERSHIP COMPLAINT: REFUSAL TO HONOR EXISTING NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBERS: 00V421001, 99V066001 … |
| 2005-01-27 | POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE) | No | 0 | VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LEAK WITHIN THE TRANSFER CASE. OWNER CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD THA… |
| 2005-01-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | (1) BOUGHT CAR USED, IT HAD A BAD REAR MAIN SEAL. (2) CAR PASSES GEORGIA EMISSION INSPECTION (3) REPLACE REAR MAIN S… |
| 2004-06-28 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | WHILE AT A STOP FRONT PASSENGER SIDE BALL JOINT FAILED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE… |
| 2004-04-15 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM | No | 0 | CONSUMER TOOK VEHCILE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE INSPECTED, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT LOWER CONTROL ARMS WERE WEARI… |
| 2004-04-06 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | WHILE SITTING AT AN INTERSECTION ANOTHER DRIVER ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET RAN A RED LIGHT AND HIT THE VEHICLE … |
| 2004-03-21 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 2 | AIR BAG FAILURES- FRONT. *AK |
| 2004-01-02 | POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | CRANKSHAFT HAS REPOSITIONED ITSELF CAUSING THE CLUTCH TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. *AK |
| 2003-12-12 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT | Yes | 0 | WHILE TRAVELING DOWN OUR STREET, MY LOWER BALL JOINT ON MY 1996 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GS FAILED. I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMA… |
| 2003-09-26 | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY 1996 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE WAS IN FOR SERVICING THE TIMING BELT. THE SERVICE MANAGER CALLED ME TO ASK IF I WOULD APPRO… |
| 2003-05-25 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS | No | 0 | BOTH DOOR HANDLES BROKE OFF IN MY HAND WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE DOOR. |
| 2003-03-11 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS | No | 0 | THE VEHICLES LEFT HEADLIGHT HAD A WHITE FILM OVER IT WHICH CAUSED THE LIGHT NOT TO EXTEND THE FULL DISTANCE. DEALER NOT… |
| 2003-02-13 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT | Yes | 0 | I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 70 ON THE INTERSTATE, I PULLED OFF ONTO THE ACCESS ROAD. MY CAR FELT VERY UNSTABLE. I WAS COMING … |
| 2003-02-02 | POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET TRAVELING 30MPH WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG!!! MY CAR SLAMMED TO A HALT IN THE FRONT YARD O… |
| 2003-01-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I BOUGHT A 1996 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE AND ON THE WAY HOME IT BROKE DOWN COMPLETELY. I RESEARCHED THE CAR AND FOUND EVIDEN… |
| 2002-12-09 | TIRES | No | 0 | AFTER COMING FROM A STOP AT A STOP LIGHT, REACHING A SPEED OF AROUND 10 MPH, HEARD LOUD POP (ALMOST LIKE TIRE BLOWING O… |
| 2002-10-04 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND NO WARNING THE FRONT BALL JOINT ARE WORN AND THE CONSUMER CAN HEAR … |
| 2002-08-01 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | No | 0 | CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE FLOOR. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK |
| 2002-07-01 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER BECAUSE SRS AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER STATED THAT BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AI… |
| 2002-06-28 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AT 65 MPH CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE, FRONT WHEELS LOCKED UP, AND VEHICLE WENT IN CIRCLES. D… |
| 2002-05-24 | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | Yes | 0 | MY DAUGHTER AND I WERE TRAVELING BETWEEN 60 &65 AT 6:30AM MAY 21, 2002 WHEN I NOTICED A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE BOTT… |
| 2002-04-10 | TIRES:TREAD/BELT | No | 0 | 1 SET OF REPLACEMENT TIRES (4 EACH) WERE PURCHASED AND ALL HAVE TREAD SEPARATION AND 1 BLOWOUT ONE AFTER ANOTHER. SEARS… |
| 2002-03-07 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM | No | 0 | ON JANUARY 14 I TOOK MY CAR TO PUNTE HILLS MITSUBISHI FOR A RECALL ON THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS. SINCE I WAS THERE I ASKE… |
| 2001-12-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSS POWER AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE ABOVE 15 MPH, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FUR… |
| 2001-12-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ILLUMINATED INDICATING A PROBLEM WITH HEAD GASKETS. DEALER REPLACED HEAD GASKETS. HOWEVER, ENGI… |
| 2001-11-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE HEAD GASKETS WERE LEAKING AND CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL WHEN DRIVING ABOVE 15 MPH. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED F… |
| 2001-09-02 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 25MPH, GOING AROUND A CURB, AND THERE WAS A BRIEF NOISE. HE FELT VIBRATION FROM UNDERNEATH OF V… |
| 2001-07-11 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT | No | 0 | THE LOWER LATERAL ARM BALL JOINT WERE DEFECTIVE CAUSING PREMATURE AND EXCESSIVE WEAR TO THE TIRES, THE DRIVER OF THE VE… |
| 2001-07-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | SUPPORT FRAME FOR ROOF TOO SMALL FOR STRESS PLACED ON THEM. *AK |
| 2001-05-17 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | WHEN STARTING CAR WITH FOOT ON BRAKE, TIRES WERE SKIDDING, AND CAR TOOK OFF INTO A POLE. *AK |
| 2001-03-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | MITSUBISHI REPLACED THE HEAD GASKET AT 38,000 MILES DUE TO IT LEAKING OIL. OWNER REPORTED IT LEAKING OIL 2000 MILES LAT… |
| 2001-03-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | WHITE SMOKE COMES OUT OF THE TAIL PIPE WHEN VEHICLE IS RUNNING. ENGINE IS KNOCKING AND OIL HAS TO BE PUT IN VEHICLE EV… |
| 2001-01-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | HEAD GASKET FAILED, IT WAS MADE OF PAPER, NOT STEEL. CONSTANT LEAKS ON GASKET FROM WHERE HEAD MEETS ENGINE. DEALER… |
| 2001-01-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY OR MAKING A TURN STEERING HAS VIBRATION INSIDE OF THE WHEEL. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLE… |
| 2000-11-28 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | THE DEALERSHIP OFFERED TO THROW IN A THROTTLE BODY CLEANING, FREE OF CHARGE, BUT AS I LOOKED AT OTHER COMPLAINTS..I REA… |
| 2000-11-06 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH IN A "MISTY" LIGHT RAIN VEHICLE HIT AN EMBANKMENT HEAD-ON WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO ROLL OVER THREE … |
| 2000-11-03 | STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS | No | 0 | PROBLEM WITH CONVERTIBLE TOP WHICH WILL NOT GO ALL THE WAY DOWN PROPERLY, AND CAUSING INSIDE DAMAGE TO TOP FABRIC. D… |
| 2000-10-01 | TIRES:TREAD/BELT | No | 0 | PE00-046 ; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER T… |
| 2000-09-24 | SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM | Yes | 0 | RECALL IN NOVEMBER ON BALL JOINT, HAD AUTO CO. CHECK, SAID IT WAS NO PROBLEM. SUNDAY WHEN PULLING AWAY FROM CURB, HEA… |