Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder
Owners filed 242 complaints across 14 model years of the Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder. The 2001 drew the most (81).
Which Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder years should you avoid?
Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 7 | 1 | — | — | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2008 | 16 | 1 | — | 4 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2007 | 22 | 4 | — | 4 | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | Child Seat | Routine | |
| 2004 | 6 | 4 | — | 2 | Wheels › Rim | Routine | |
| 2003 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 5 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2002 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 5 | Wheels › Rim | Fatalities reported | |
| 2001 | 81 | 8 | 2 | 6 | Wheels › Rim | Fatalities reported | |
| 2000 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | Air Bags › Frontal › Driver Side › Inflator Module | Routine | |
| 1999 | 11 | 2 | — | — | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 1998 | 16 | 2 | — | — | Structure › Body › Roof and Pillars | Routine | |
| 1997 | 20 | 2 | — | — | Structure › Body › Roof and Pillars | Routine | |
| 1996 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 1995 | 2 | 1 | — | — | Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.