Car Problem DataNHTSA records

1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling › exhaust system. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Equipment › Electrical › Radio/Tape Deck/Cd Etc.1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Fuel System, Gasoline › Delivery › Fuel Pump07E055000
Filed Jul 26, 2007222 vehiclesAirtex Products

Defect. CERTAIN AIRTEX FUEL PUMP MODULE ASSEMBLIES, P/N E7081H, SOLD FOR USE AS REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT FOR THE VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. THE WALL OF THE FLARED FITTING OF THE FUEL PUMP IS NOT THICK ENOUGH TO PREVENT THE MATING THREADED FITTINGS FROM BOTTOMING OUT BEFORE AN ADEQUATE SEAL IS ACHIEVED. THIS CONDITION MAY RESULT IN LEAKAGE OF FUEL AT THE CONNECTION OF THE VEHICLE FUEL LINE AND THE FUEL PUMP MODULE ASSEMBLY.

Risk. IN THE PRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, A FUEL LEAK COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.

Remedy. AIRTEX WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND REPLACE THE FUEL PUMPS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING JULY 2007. OWNERS CAN CONTACT AIRTEX AUTOMOTIVE AT 800-880-3056.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Equipment › Electrical › Radio/Tape Deck/Cd Etc.
Filed Jan 22, 2006146,700 milesSC

RADIO IS LOCKED I NEED A CODE TO PUT IN TO GET POWER DEALER DID NOT HAVE CODE. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TRACK LAST OWNER DOWN TO GET THE OWNERS MANUAL. *JB

Engine and Engine Cooling › Exhaust System
Filed May 14, 2002FL

WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A STRONG SMELL OF FUMES INSIDE/ OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF PROBLEM, AND SEEMD NOT TO FIND OUT WHAT CAUSED IT. *AK

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2001
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
20097100Routine
200816100Routine
200722400Routine
20052210Routine
20046400Routine
200327330Routine
200224211Fatalities reported
200181821Fatalities reported
20003100Routine
199911200Routine
199816200Routine
199720200Routine
19965110Routine
1995 — this page2100Routine

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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: Jul 26, 2007. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.