1991 Mitsubishi Caribbean Eclipse

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the vehicle speed control › linkages. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Vehicle Speed Control › Linkages	1		0	0	0
Steering	1		1	0	3

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports

Seat Belts › Front › Buckle Assembly98V311000

Filed Dec 10, 199853,162 vehiclesMitsubishi Caribbean

Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES SOLD IN THE CARIBBEAN. IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT OF THESE VEHICLES, WHICH ARE EQUIPPED WITH TAKATA BELT BUCKLES, THE SEAT BELT RELEASE BUTTONS, WHICH ARE MADE OF ABS PLASTIC MATERIAL AND MARKED "PRESS," CAN BREAK, ALLOWING PIECES TO FALL INTO THE BUCKLE ASSEMBLY.

Risk. IF PIECES FALL INTO THE BUCKLE ASSEMBLY, THE BUCKLE MAY NOT OPERATE PROPERLY, FAILING TO PROPERLY RESTRAIN AN OCCUPANT IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL REPAIR THE FRONT SEAT BELT BUCKLES.

What owners reported

Newest filings

SteeringCrash3 injured

Filed Oct 15, 200222,000 milesWA

WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL RESULTING AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH THE VEHICLE HITTING A TREE. THE DRIVER STATED THAT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO STEER SHARP ENOUGH O MAKE A TURN, ALL THREE OCCUPANTS WERE INJURED, A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM WAS RECEIVED MONTHS LATER. MR *NLM

Vehicle Speed Control › Linkages

Filed Jul 29, 1999OR

SUDDEN ACCELERATION. *AK

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2000

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Assessment
2003	2	0	Routine
2001	2	1	Routine
2000	4	4	Routine
1999	2	1	Routine
1998	3	2	Routine
1997	1	1	Routine
1996	1	2	Routine
1995	1	2	Routine
1991 — this page	2	1	Routine
1990	1	2	Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Dec 10, 1998. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.