Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1991 Mitsubishi Eclipse submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
OIL SENDING UNIT WENT OUT ON THE VEHICLE PEP BOYS IN NORTH LITTLE AR HAD VEHICLE FOR 5 MONTHS TRYING TO REPAIR , IF THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH A RECALL COULD I PLEASE BE NOTIFIED. I HAVE RECEIVED NO INFO ON ANY RECALLS.THANK YOU.
COMPUTER FAILS CAUSING CAR TO SURGE AND STOP, USUALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. BRAKE ROTORS WARP AND CAUSE STEERWHEEL VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING
THE HARMONIC BALANCER FAILED. NLM
RECALL WORK ON TIMING BELT PERFORMED (40,000) HOWEVER FAILED RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO ENGINE WHEN BELT FAILED.
TIMING BELT FAILED AT 47,000 MILES, NOT DUE FOR MAINTENANCE UNTIL 60,000 MILES PER MANUAL.
ENGINE FAILURE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO STALL. *AK
AT 7,000 MILE THE OIL IS LEAKING ON THE CRANKSHAFT, HAD TO REPLACE THE SEAL FOUR TIMES . PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK
TIMING BELT WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING UP INCLINE; LOST ALL VEHICLE POWER; WOULD NOT RESTART; TOWED TO DEALERSHIP; SPEED 55 MPH. TT
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.
Categories with enough reports to have a page of their own
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