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1997 Mitsubishi Caribbean Eclipse Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jan 27, 2005
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Jan 27, 2005

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1997 Mitsubishi Caribbean Eclipse. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Airbags
Filed Jan 27, 2005
Crash reported1 injury reported

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE SWERVED TO KEEP FROM STRIKING ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 45 MPH. THEN, VEHICLE WENT INTO A DITCHAND TURNED OVER. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES.*AK

NHTSA ID
10109066
Incident
Jan 22, 2005
Mileage
162,000 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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