Model years Mitsubishi Eclipse
2009 Mitsubishi Eclipse
This year drew an ordinary 42 complaints for a Mitsubishi Eclipse — the model's median is 8. What they were about is the unusual part: 16.7% of them mention unable, against 4.7% across the model's other years.
| Complaints filed | 42 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 8 |
| Involving a crash | 8 |
| Recalls | 1 |
| EPA combined | 20.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- unable — 16.7% of this year's complaints, against 4.7% across the model's other years (3.6×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
THE DASHBOARD WARPED [VIN]. THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED IN THE AREA OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE EFFECT THAT THE WARPED DASHBOARD WOULD HAVE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG. THE DEALER STATED THAT TH…
NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V337000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC) AND THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE PART TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL APPOINTMENT. THE [VIN] WAS CONTACTED SEVERAL TIMES AND WAS NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE A TIME FRAME FOR WHEN THE PART WOUL…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 15V337000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Mitsubishi Eclipse was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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