2023 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE CROSS — Complaint #2143272
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NHTSA Complaint about POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT filed October 27, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2143272 (ODI reference 11695750) concerns a 2023 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE CROSS and was filed on October 27, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on October 20, 2025. The vehicle had 39,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Maryland based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as power train:driveline:differential unit, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE CROSS cohort independently describe similar power train:driveline:differential unit failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2023 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE CROSS shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2023 Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross. The contact stated that while the vehicle was at the independent mechanic for a service appointment, the contact was informed that the front and rear differentials were failing. The contact was informed of the clicking sound when the steering wheel was turned in either direction. The contact was informed that the front and rear differentials needed to be replaced. No warning lights were illuminated. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 39,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2143272 |
| ODI Number | 11695750 |
| Date Filed | October 27, 2025 |
| Failure Date | October 20, 2025 |
| VIN | JA4ATWAA4PZ |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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