2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse problems
Owners have filed 118 complaints with NHTSA about the 2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse. Brakes is the most reported problem area, at 64% of complaints. After that come air bags (10%) and body & structure (4%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 118 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 64% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 14 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 9 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 74,000 miles 82 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 13 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 11 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 9 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 11 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 15 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 7 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 8 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 4 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Among the 82 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 74,000 miles. For brakes specifically, the median reported mileage is about 80,000 miles (46 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 14 complaints mention a crash; 9 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2006 ranks 10th most-complained-about out of 18 model years of the Mitsubishi Eclipse with enough data (36 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Tl* the contact owned a 2006 mitsubishi eclipse. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 25-30 MPH, the contact lost control of the vehicle, the vehicle exited the roadway, ran into a swamp and crashed into several trees before coming to an abrupt stop. The contact stated that neither the driver's nor passenger's side frontal air bags deployed. Additionally, the seat belts were also inoperable. The contact stated that her head struck the windshield. A police report was filed.
While driving home from work on 12/8/05,I was involved in a rear impact collision, my vehicle sustained heavy rear damage as well as heavy front end damage not one of the air bags systems deployed as the vehicles manual stated it would, which resulted in myself being severely injured, the vehicle was a 2006 mitsubishi eclipse gs,less than a month old,I feel the vehicle is defective,and would like someone to look in to this matter.
I was driving the car normally fine and there was a small pot hole on the ground that I went over. I had my foot on the brakes while running over the pot hole and the pressure on the brakes were completely lost. It was a spongy feeling as the brakes were to the floor. The brakes had very little power and when let go had a whistling sound coming back up. I had to drive home while down shifting to lower gears because the brakes did not work.
When driving home from work going 30 MPH I turned right and needed to stop at a red light approximately 200 feet ahead. When I depressed my break pedal it went all the way down to the floor board and had very little, if any reaction. Also, there was a strange sound when I took my foot off the pedal. I took the car to a dealer in goodlettsville, tn to be diagnosed but they said it was something totally different than the problem I was having. I declined the service.