Worst years for a Mitsubishi Eclipse
Owners have filed 2,785 complaints about the Mitsubishi Eclipse with NHTSA across model years 1989 to 2012. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.
Cleanest on record
2012 Mitsubishi Eclipse11 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.
Every Mitsubishi Eclipse year, graded
The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.
| Year | Grade | Complaints | Crashes | Fires | Median miles | Most reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | A | 11 | 1 | 0 | 86,000 | Airbags |
| 2011 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | Airbags |
| 2010 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | Brakes |
| 2009 | B | 44 | 10 | 0 | 67,070 | Brakes |
| 2008 | C | 83 | 13 | 0 | 73,823 | Brakes |
| 2007 | C | 122 | 21 | 1 | 80,700 | Brakes |
| 2006 | C | 118 | 14 | 0 | 73,750 | Brakes |
| 2005 | — | 8 | 0 | 4 | 70,000 | Electrical System |
| 2004 | C | 20 | 9 | 3 | 51,500 | Body & Structure |
| 2003 | D | 158 | 18 | 8 | 38,973 | Body & Structure |
| 2002 | C | 84 | 6 | 4 | 50,500 | Wheels |
| 2001 | F | 287 | 33 | 10 | 44,470 | Wheels |
| 2000 | D | 380 | 18 | 13 | 75,946 | Wheels |
| 1999 | C | 150 | 10 | 3 | 72,000 | Transmission & Drivetrain |
| 1998 | D | 174 | 23 | 6 | 81,000 | Transmission & Drivetrain |
| 1997 | D | 185 | 30 | 7 | 103,000 | Engine & Cooling |
| 1996 | D | 220 | 31 | 5 | 84,600 | Brakes |
| 1995 | F | 440 | 64 | 13 | 120,000 | Engine & Cooling |
| 1994 | C | 53 | 8 | 2 | — | Transmission & Drivetrain |
| 1993 | B | 44 | 2 | 1 | — | Transmission & Drivetrain |
| 1992 | — | 65 | 8 | 1 | 70,500 | Transmission & Drivetrain |
| 1991 | — | 65 | 5 | 2 | 140,000 | Transmission & Drivetrain |
| 1990 | — | 59 | 4 | 0 | — | Transmission & Drivetrain |
| 1989 | — | 13 | 0 | 0 | — | Engine & Cooling |
What breaks on a Mitsubishi Eclipse
Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.
Exactly what failed on a Mitsubishi Eclipse
The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.
Complaints filed over time
Every complaint about every Mitsubishi Eclipse, by the month it reached NHTSA.
Mitsubishi Eclipse problems by state
Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.
Compare the Mitsubishi Eclipse
Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.