Mitsubishi Eclipse: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 30 recall campaigns for the Mitsubishi Eclipse, model years 1989 to 2012. NHTSA has 2,098 complaints on file for this model line. 20 of the 24 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
- 19890
- 19905
- 19912
- 19921
- 19931
- 19941
- 19955
- 19964
- 19973
- 19984
- 19992
- 20007
- 20017
- 20022
- 20033
- 20044
- 20053
- 20064
- 20074
- 20081
- 20091
- 20100
- 20110
- 20120
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Mitsubishi Eclipse NHTSA page | 0 | 5 | 6% | |
| 2011 Mitsubishi Eclipse NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 1% | |
| 2010 Mitsubishi Eclipse NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 1% | |
| 2009 Mitsubishi Eclipse | 1 | 42 | 48% | 74,836 |
| 2008 Mitsubishi Eclipse | 1 | 66 | 76% | 74,836 |
| 2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse | 4 | 96 | 110% | 124,112 |
| 2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse | 4 | 91 | 104% | 125,735 |
| 2005 Mitsubishi Eclipse | 3 | 6 | 7% | 589,862 |
| 2004 Mitsubishi Eclipse | 4 | 13 | 15% | 561,795 |
| 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse | 3 | 122 | 140% | 560,961 |
| 2002 Mitsubishi Eclipse | 2 | 73 | 84% | 543,874 |
| 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse | 7 | 207 | 237% | 837,887 |
| 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse | 7 | 303 | 347% | 1,193,194 |
| 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse | 2 | 120 | 137% | 667,864 |
| 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse | 4 | 129 | 148% | 713,113 |
| 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse | 3 | 136 | 156% | 591,826 |
| 1996 Mitsubishi Eclipse | 4 | 159 | 182% | 904,438 |
| 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse | 5 | 307 | 351% | 904,896 |
| 1994 Mitsubishi Eclipse | 1 | 34 | 39% | 24,275 |
| 1993 Mitsubishi Eclipse | 1 | 36 | 41% | 24,275 |
| 1992 Mitsubishi Eclipse | 1 | 49 | 56% | 24,275 |
| 1991 Mitsubishi Eclipse | 2 | 54 | 62% | 682,275 |
| 1990 Mitsubishi Eclipse | 5 | 46 | 53% | 688,178 |
| 1989 Mitsubishi Eclipse NHTSA page | 0 | 2 | 2% |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
2,732 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Power Train | 120.1 | 328 |
| Wheels | 101.8 | 278 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 96.3 | 263 |
| Structure | 78 | 213 |
| Service Brakes | 75.8 | 207 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 71.7 | 196 |
| Air Bags | 63 | 172 |
| Electrical System | 62.6 | 171 |
| Suspension | 58.6 | 160 |
| Visibility | 37.7 | 103 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Galant24 campaigns
- Montero16 campaigns
- Lancer15 campaigns
- Mirage11 campaigns
- Outlander41 campaigns
- Diamante7 campaigns
- 3000GT6 campaigns
- Montero Sport4 campaigns
- Endeavor12 campaigns
- Eclipse Spyder15 campaigns
- Lancer Evolution14 campaigns
- Outlander Sport26 campaigns
- Raider5 campaigns
- Expo3 campaigns
- Lancer Ralliart4 campaigns
- Spyder3 campaigns
- Precis6 campaigns
- Lancer Sportback6 campaigns
- I-Miev7 campaigns
- Outlander Phev9 campaigns
- Nativa4 campaigns
- Tredia2 campaigns
- Eclipse Cross2 campaigns
- Lancer Sportback Ralliart2 campaigns
Mitsubishi: all 25 model lines
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Mitsubishi Eclipse: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mitsubishi/eclipse/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 15 May 2019
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- MITSUBISHI AMERICA
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Mitsubishi Eclipse model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2001 with 7, 2000 with 7, 1995 with 5. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Mitsubishi Eclipse model year has the most complaints?
- The 1995 model year, with 307 of the 2,098 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Mitsubishi Eclipse name?
- Power Train: 120.1 per 1,000 component mentions. Wheels: 101.8 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 96.3 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Mitsubishi Eclipse?
- 9 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.