Consumer Complaint Detail

MITSUBISHI / ECLIPSE SPYDER / 1997

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005048593 Incident Date: May, 04 2005
Consumer's City: LAS VEGAS Consumer's State: NV
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Model Name: ECLIPSE SPYDER Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:exhaust system:emission control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 4A3AX55F7VE Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Dec, 02 2005 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 30 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Car fails mandatory obd-ii smog test due to non-continuous readiness monitors failing to set to complete during normal driving. dealer must use mut-ii diagnostic tool to set monitors to ready state. when diagnostic mode is exited and ignition turned off monitors revert to not-ready state. problem common to 1997 mitsubishi eclipse gst according to dealer. no remedy available. car does not meet federal emission requirements.*jb