Consumer Complaint Detail

MITSUBISHI / ECLIPSE / 1998

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
Yes Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005041612 Incident Date: Sep, 20 2005
Consumer's City: THORNTON Consumer's State: CO
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Model Name: ECLIPSE Model Year: 1998
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Air bags:frontal
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: Yes Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Oct, 05 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: After crashing in a mitsubishi eclipse the airbags were deployed and the passenger side airbag caught fire. to fix this problem the fire department had to pull apart the dash in order to remove the wires from the airbag. *jb