Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Brakes reportsComplaints 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.
10
Latest Jan 25, 2002
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
8%
of 120 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
2
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
1
What this page shows
Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 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.
Owner reports naming brake
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
Brakes
Filed Jan 25, 2002
THE CAR SHAKES WILE BRAKING @ OR AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. DEALER REPORTED THE CAUSE AS ROTOR RUN OUT ON THE FRONT BRAKES AND TURNED ROTORS TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. SOON AFTERWARDS, I REPORTED TO THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT THE SAME THING WAS HAPPENING AGAIN AND HE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS OK AND TO BRING THE CAR IN WHEN THE SHAKING GETS REALLY, REALLY BAD. I BROUGHT THE CAR BACK WHEN THE SHAKING GOT REALLY, REALLY BAD AND THEY TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE MY BRAKES BECAUSE THERE WASN'T ENOUGH THICKNESS ON THE ROTOR TO TURN THEM ANYMORE. THE DEALER GAVE ME A HARD TIME ABOUT REPLACING THE BRAKES UNDER WARRANTY, BUT FINALLY REPLACED THEM AS A GOODWILL REPAIR. THEY REPLACED THE FRONT ROTORS, SHIMS, CLIPS AND PADS IN JULY 2000. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY BRAKE PADS TWICE IN 2001 AND ONCE THEY WERE CRACKED. THE MECHANIC AT MIDAS TOLD ME THAT HE HAS NEVER SEEN CRACKED BRAKE PADS BEFORE. I FEEL THAT THERE IS A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE FRONT BRAKES THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BRAKE PADS, BUT SOME KIND OF MANUFACTURER DEFECT IN THE BRAKE SYSTEM SUCH AS CALIPERS. THE COMPANY HAS TRIED TO USE ANY EXCUSE THEY CAN TO NOT TAKE BLAME, LIKE SAYING THAT IT'S BECAUSE OF MY DRIVING OR BECAUSE I LET MIDAS CHANGE MY BRAKE PADS IN 2001. MIDAS HAS AN EXCELLENT REPUTATION IN THE BRAKE AREA AND THEY DON'T LIE AND COVERUP WHAT THEIR FINDINGS ARE. *AK
NHTSA ID
757332
Incident
Jan 22, 2000
Brakes
Filed Aug 18, 2001
DOOR HANDLE ON DRIVER SIDE BROKE OFF IN MY HAND CAUSING DOOR TO BE INOPERABLE FROM THE OUTSIDE IN AN EMERGENCY THIS COULD BE FATAL TO OCUPANTS BEFOR THE REPAIRS COULD BE DONE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HANDLE BROKE IN MY HAND LEAVING THIS DOOR OUT OF SERVICE GOOD THING THE DOOR WAS AJAR OR WE WOULD HAVE TO WALK AS CAR COULD NOT BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE THE DOOR HANDLES ARE PLASTIC AND BECAME BRITTLE IN 2 YEARS.*AK
NHTSA ID
750721
Incident
Aug 1, 2001
Brakes
Filed Oct 25, 2000
THE ROTORS HAVE TO MACHINED EVERY FEW MONTHS. THEY WERE REPLACED AT BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBET 2000. DEALER HAS NO EXPLANATION WHY. FRONT END RATTLES TOWARD DRIVER'S SIDE.*AK
NHTSA ID
873791
Incident
Oct 1, 1999
Brakes
Filed Aug 30, 2000
Crash reported1 injury reported
CAR IS AN AUTOMATIC; PARKED IN AN "OUTPOUCHING" OF DRIVEWAY; IN PARK WITH PARKING BRAKE ON; CAR WAS NOT ON!!! I WAS IN PASSENGER SIDE REACHING UNDER SEAT; CAR DRIFTED ACROSS DRIVEWAY,CRASHED INTO WOODEN SHED, WAS STILL IN PARK WITH PARKING BRAKE ON AND NOT TURNED ON; MY RIGHT LEG WAS DRAGGED, FOR IT WAS OUT OF PASSENGER DOOR, RIGHT PASSENGER DOOR WAS DRAGGED AGAINST ROCK WALL AS WAS MY LEG; CAR IS TO HAVE SAFETY FEATURE THAT IT MUST BE TURNED ON, STEPON BRAKE PEDAL & DISENGAGE BUTTON ON GEAR SHIFT TO MOVE CAR...CAR WAS NOT ON AND I WAS IN PASSENGER SIDE
NHTSA ID
729594
Incident
Aug 28, 2000
BrakesSuspension
Filed Dec 20, 1999
THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT. YH
NHTSA ID
550036
Incident
Jul 8, 1999
Brakes
Filed Dec 3, 1999
Crash reported
PROBLEM SEEMS TO OCCUR WHEN TIRES/BRAKE SYSTEM GETS WET; UPON MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN, BRAKES LOCK AND CAR PULLS TO LEFT; SECOND INCIDENT 10/25/99
NHTSA ID
715598
Incident
Jul 21, 1999
Brakes
Filed Nov 10, 1999
WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED THEY GRAB AND THE VEHICLE VIBRATES. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE BRAKE SYSTEM EARLIER. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
NHTSA ID
852756
BrakesTransmission
Filed Oct 29, 1999
AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN FOR A STOP, TRANSMISSION WOULD SHIFT & THEN JERK FORWARD. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & INFORMED CONSUMER THE BRAKE ROTORS WERE WARPED & NEEDED TO BE TURNED. *AK
NHTSA ID
852236
Incident
Oct 6, 1999
Brakes
Filed Sep 28, 1999
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES IN A NORMAL BRAKING SITUATION VEHICLE WOULD JERK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE BRAKE ROTORS WERE REPLACED BECAUSE OF WARPING. ALSO THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, THAT DEALERSHIP WAS NOT ABLE TO IDENTIFY. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
NHTSA ID
848912
Incident
Sep 4, 1999
Brakes
Filed Sep 28, 1999
PREMATURE WEAR OF THE BRAKE PADS CAUSED NOISE. MJS
NHTSA ID
547442
Incident
Jul 8, 1999
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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