Diluted primer may have been used on the windshield opening flanges prior to windshield glass installation which would not provide the retention required by fmvss 212.
Covers1990 Mitsubishi Eclipse
Visibility & wipers
Mitsubishi Eclipse Visibility problems by year
96 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Mitsubishi Eclipse's visibility & wipers. Windshields, wipers, defrosters, mirrors, backup cameras and glare.
Visibility complaints by model year
Visibility recalls
Operation of sunroof in "non-standard" manner may cause male hinge disengagement from the roof hinge receiver.
Covers1990 Mitsubishi Eclipse
Latest Eclipse visibility complaints
The contact owns a 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse. The contact stated that while parking the vehicle, the turn signal and headlights failed. The contact stated that the high beam failed to operate correctly whether the vehicle was turned or not. There were no warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The VIN was not included in NHTSA Campaign Number: 99V305001 (Exterior Lighting, Visibility). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 140,000.
Passenger airbag deployed caused me to veer off to the right for safety.Passenger visor flew off hit my arm and flew out window. Unable to see with airbag in my face I ended up half on and half off a culvert with cement pipe.Car stopped and then my driver airbag shot fire and chemicals into my face.Horrible still after a whole year noone cares noone helps no therapy follow up none only er when I can no longer tolerate the extreme pain.2 Titanium rods n 38 screws hold it together. Some screws are coming off and 3 bones are still shattered. Some are even missing. Please help
Takata recall: my vehicle is involved in the nhtsa campaign number 15v338000.On october 29, 2016, I was driving towards my home. After being in the stopped position for the duration of the left turn signal at the intersection of fm 518 and fm 1128 in pearland, texas, the light turned green and I proceeded down 1128 toward my home. After proceeding about1 block, my passenger airbag suddenly deployed. There was no passenger in my vehicle and nothing on the passenger seat, either.There were no other cars on the road....
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I had the windows open and the top down. The airbag was blowing in front of my face, blocking my vision. The passenger visor flew off, hitting my left arm, as I was trying to keep the airbag out of my face to get safely off the road.I pulled over to the right, into a parking lot. My vehicle stopped on the edge of a ditch at the side of the parking lot, due to my vision being blocked. My driver side airbag went off when I hit the culvert of the ditch. Fire came out of my steering wheel and I smelled chemicals. The fire promptly went out. My left arm was on the armrest of the door with both forearm bones visibly broken. The arm was swollen and deformed. I only had the vehicle 26 days. I was taken to the nearest trauma unit.The radia and ulna in my forearm have been put back together with rods and screws. My vehicle has major damage to the front end, radiator, transmission, steering, axle, etc. 9 Months later my armis not healed and I am still without a vehicle.
Received a safety recall from mitsubishi on the passenger sun visor requiring a tether strap. I called their toll free number to locate a dealer to install the tether strap as directed by the notice. Mitsubishi does not have a dealer in tucson and informed me we needed to take the vehicle to a phoenix dealer, over a 100 miles away for the repair. The cost of gas and the travel time (off work or missing school) is higher than the parts and labor for .5 Of an hour labor. They have not made arrangements with a local...
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tucson car repair facility to perform this recall, nor did they offer to send me the parts for self installation. This seems to be a very poor response to a safety recall notice. Can you assist as I know there are more of the same vehicle in tucson.
Tl* the contact owns a 2001 mitsubishi eclipse spyder. While driving approximately 30 mph, the drivers side sun visor opened independently and struck the contact on the bridge of her nose, breaking her glasses. The contact pulled over and repositioned the sun visor back on the clips. The contact sustained injuries that required medical attention. The failure recurred on several occasions on the driver and passenger side sun visors. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that nhtsa campaign number: 15v338000 (air bags) did not include the driver side sun visor. The approximate failure mileage was 125,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2003 mitsubishi eclipse. The contact stated that the hatch back and sun roof had water leakage. In addition, the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 109,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2000 mitsubishi eclipse rs. The contact was driving approximately 45-50 mph when he engaged the windshield wiper lever it fractured. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 125,000 and the current mileage was 145,000. Updated 06/07/12
Tl* the contact owns a 2008 mitsubishi eclipse. The contact stated that the rear and side view mirrors were too close to the vehicle causing inadequate visibility to the driver. The contact stated it would be difficult to change lanes or reverse without being able to have a clear line of vision. The dealer did not acknowledge a defect existed in the vehicle and advised the contact that no repairs would be made to the vehicle in regards to her opinion of the mirrors. The manufacturer was contacted but there was no response. The failure and current mileage was 97,000.
2000 Mitsubishi eclipse with a shock rupture due to rust. Consumer states that it is rare that rust in that amount happen on the interior of the vehicle. She states that the manufacturer was not going to investigate her claims. *Kb the consumer discovered 3 recalls for her make, model and year for her vehicle. The consumer stated she had already experienced the failures of the recalls. The column switch was replaced because the unit would not self-cancel nor would it cancel manually. The switch would not reset in...
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an off position which caused the lights to remain on once the vehicle had been turned off. The steering wheel vibrated frequently, even when traveling on a straight highway. The consumer also had repeated problems with the engine not starting and always assumed the problem was the battery which the consumer had replaced multiple times. The low oil pressure lamp illuminated frequently, even when the oil was not low. The recall was only for v6 engine's, however the consumer experienced the same problem with her 4 cylinder engine. Recall numbers 99v333001, 99v305001 and 00v225001. *Jb
In researching what might be wrong with my mitsubishi galant heater, I find it is a common problem described to the tee. Not having heat in my car and living in the pacific northwest could prove to be dangerous for myself and others as visibility and freezing will occur as I have to run the cold air on my windshield to see. *Tr
I. The events leading up to the failure are: 1. I washed and waxed my car on a regular basis. 2. I drove my car on the highway at a speed of approximately 70 miles per hour. *Tr ii. Failure and its consequences: 1. The passenger side molding on the front windshield officially called the a pillar separated form the bolts which held it to the frame of the car and flew off striking and denting the passenger door. 2. The bolds that held this molding to the frame are still attached to the car showing that there...
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was a breakdown of the adhesive material that originally held this part to the bolts. Iii. What was done to correct the failure? Nothing 1. After going to the dealer, they contacted the factory representative, nothing was done. 2. After speaking to a customer service representative from mitsubishi motors of north america, nothing was done. 3. After writing to the president of mitsubishi motors of north america on september 24, 2007, I heard nothing. 4. On october 8, 2007, I sent a second letter to the president of mitsubishi motors of north america and members of the board of directors. I coincidentally received a call from the customer service representative from mitsubishi motors of north america the same day who said that my situation had been reviewed and the decision was the same. To do nothing. 5. I have written to the president again on october 10, 2007. As of today I have not heard from anyone. 6. To this day no one, including the factory representative, has inspected my vehicle to see what caused this failure.
My wife and I were driving on the highway and the right molding on the front window flew off the car.(It is called the a pillar.) It shot back, banging against the side of the car dented the door. When we got to our destination I looked and the bolts were still in the frame, but the molding was gone. The next day I went to the dealer (coconut creek mitsubishi in coconut creek, florida) to ask if this was normal. They of course said no. I asked what they would do to get it replaced. Their first response was to sell...
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me a new one at a cost of $163.70 Plus tax, but they would install it for free because they admitted that this should not happen. A week later I spoke to the service manager michael see at coconut creek mitsubishi and find out what the factory rep told him. Michael told me that john hackworth the factory rep said I'm not going to do anything. The factory rep never looked at the car or inspected the bolts to see why the molding flew off. He heard the age of the car and the mileage and that was the basis for his final decision. The story that michael see and the assistant manager of the dealership stanly anders keep telling me is that the car is six years old and has 95,000 miles on it and things break. First mr. Anders said that it was normal wear and tear. The fact that the factory rep never called to look at the vehicle and inspect the bolts to see what happened, in my opinion is unacceptable. The fact that mitsubishi motors of north america has no influence over the decisions of a factory rep is absurd. In addition, the dashboard is slowly falling apart. The dashboard had approximately seven cracks in it when I purchased the car. The dealer said that this is normal on convertibles and that they will not replace it. Your car, your problem we did more then enough for a used car. Today there are about eleven or twelve cracks and I suppose that one day it will just fall apart completely, but according to the dealer, that's normal. *Tr
Tl*the contact owns a 2002 mitsubishi eclipse. The contact stated that the column switch lever became detached while attempting to turn the vehicle. The lever was replaced. The manufacturer stated that his vin was excluded from recall # 99v305001 (visibility:windshield wiper/washer:switch/wiring). The purchase date was unknown. The current mileage is 83,000 and failure mileage was 72,000.
Sun roof exploded and shattered while driving 65 mph on a two lane highway on a clear night, no rocks on the road way, and one vehicle traveling approximately half a mile ahead when my glass shattered. When the closed sun roof exploded and shattered it sounded like a something fell from the sky on the roof of my vehicle, I pulled over to check what had happened, but there was only the shattered glass all over the roof and trunk of my car. I inspected the shattered glass laying on the roof, interior slide and trunk...
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of my vehicle for anything that might have caused the sun roof shatter, yet there was nothing that could have caused this damage. Fortunately the interior roof slide was closed, stopping the exploding shattered glass from injuring my daughter and I sitting in the driver and passenger seats below the sun roof. This is a severe safety defect which could cause serious injury and/or death if the interior roof slide is not closed. *Jb
Heater went out, and after several attempts to have repaired, was informed heater core was defective. Repairing/replacing heater core is an extremely expensive procedure!! *Nm
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