Consumer Complaint Detail

MITSUBISHI / ECLIPSE / 1999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 005011188 Incident Date: Mar, 11 2005
Consumer's City: CLARK Consumer's State: NJ
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Model Name: ECLIPSE Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 4A3AK44YXXE Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 11 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Oct, 06 1999
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 1st incident: april 2002: 1999 mitsubishi eclipse gs locks up (transmission) constantly jumps and the speedometer will shut off. this problem was checked by official mechanics of mitsubishi and suposedly corrected by them as well. *ak today: march 12, 2005: on my home, the car locks up, jumps, but completely shuts off, luckily i was only a block away from my home when this happened. after several attempts i did start the car again but the spedometer is not responding and when shifting from neutral to drive or reverse the car jumps. same problem all over again. mitsubishi said the problem was corrected back in april of 2002, parts were replaced. this could have caused a car accident or injury if i were on a major highway.