Consumer Complaint Detail

MITSUBISHI / ECLIPSE / 2001

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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006078601 Incident Date: Sep, 08 2006
Consumer's City: HILLIARD Consumer's State: OH
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Model Name: ECLIPSE Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:wiring:front underhood
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 4A3AC84H41E Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 11 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 10 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 2001 mitsubishi eclipse gt was running fine for 4 years. on 9/9/06 i got in my car at about 9:00 pm and turned on the lights. as i was driving down the road, i realized that my headlights were not on. i quickly pulled over and checked them. upon opening my hood, i noticed smoke coming from my headlights and after they cooled, i saw that the connector and wires were melted. i went to the dealer where i bought the car and he advised me that the were out of connectors because the original connectors were not strong enough to take the charge of the light bulb and many people were having the same problem of the connectors just melting off. mitsubishi now sells a stronger connector for 12.95 each. *jb