Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 vs Mitsubishi Eclipse

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Chevrolet Avalanche 1500	Mitsubishi Eclipse
Complaints on file	1,115	2,785
Model years covered	2002–2013	1989–2012
Worst model year	2002	2001
Best model year	2009	2012
Crashes reported	58	328
Fires reported	14	83
Injuries reported	40	169
Deaths reported	1	11
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	10.1%	21.2%

Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 by year

185 213 175 153 63 142 49 27 7 43 20 38

02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Electrical System 228 20.4%

Brakes 220 19.7%

Airbags 147 13.2%

Other & Unspecified 93 8.3%

Body & Structure 72 6.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 63 5.7%

Steering 44 3.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 41 3.7%

Mitsubishi Eclipse by year

13 59 65 65 44 53 440 220 185 174 150 380 287 84 158 20 8 118 122 83 44 1 1 11

89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Brakes 427 15.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 331 11.9%

Wheels 278 10.0%

Engine & Cooling 272 9.8%

Body & Structure 217 7.8%

Airbags 179 6.4%

Electrical System 176 6.3%

Suspension 163 5.9%