Consumer Complaint Detail

MITSUBISHI / ECLIPSE / 2003

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003252294 Incident Date: May, 29 2003
Consumer's City: AUSTIN Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Model Name: ECLIPSE Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Air bags
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: 4A3AC74H53E Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Dec, 08 2003 Complaint Type: LETR
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Aug, 18 2002
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Vehicle involved in a head on collision and air bags did not deploy.*mr . while driving 60 mph the consumers daughter lost control of the car and hit a cement guardrail head on. the air bags did not deploy. the consumer attempted to contact mitsubishi so they could check out the air bag defect but was unsuccessful, the consumer even filed a complaint with them and was given a file# and was sent a pamphlet on the safety of air bags. after the car was completely repaired the airbag light came on which allowed the repair shop to get mitsubishi involved to check the system. in their inspection report they found a connector unplugged, the sensor cut and the engine harness and wiring harness was hanging down in the l/f. in this report it was also stated that the most likely reason the air bags did not deploy was because the car was not in a head on collision it was and end accident. the consumer has provided files and pictures of the vehicle. *cb *jb