Consumer Complaint Detail

MITSUBISHI / ECLIPSE / 2003

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006110997 Incident Date: Jun, 05 2006
Consumer's City: PIQUA Consumer's State: OH
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Model Name: ECLIPSE Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Structure:body
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 4A3AC44G33E Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jul, 06 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 07 2005
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: There was no incident, crash or injury. i purchased a black 2003 mitsubishi eclipse, in 2005, which had 40000 mi on nit. the paint was ok at time of purchase. unknown to me, mitsubishi vehicles from 1999-2004 have defective primer which causes the paint to flake off in large quantities. i had the vehicle less than a year when the paint starting coming off. the manufacturers aware of the problem, but only fixes some of the vehicles. my claim was denied. i believe these vehicles should be recalled due to defective paint.*ak