2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE — Complaint #667198
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NHTSA Complaint about VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING filed April 25, 2008
NHTSA complaint #667198 (ODI reference 10226210) concerns a 2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE and was filed on April 25, 2008. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 1, 1901. The report was geocoded to Virginia based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as visibility:windshield wiper/washer:switch/wiring, 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 cohort independently describe similar visibility:windshield wiper/washer:switch/wiring 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 2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE WITH A SHOCK RUPTURE DUE TO RUST. CONSUMER STATES THAT IT IS RARE THAT RUST IN THAT AMOUNT HAPPEN ON THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. SHE STATES THAT THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT GOING TO INVESTIGATE HER CLAIMS. *KB THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED 3 RECALLS FOR HER MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR FOR HER VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE HAD ALREADY EXPERIENCED THE FAILURES OF THE RECALLS. THE COLUMN SWITCH WAS REPLACED BECAUSE THE UNIT WOULD NOT SELF-CANCEL NOR WOULD IT CANCEL MANUALLY. THE SWITCH WOULD NOT RESET IN AN OFF POSITION WHICH CAUSED THE LIGHTS TO REMAIN ON ONCE THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TURNED OFF. THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED FREQUENTLY, EVEN WHEN TRAVELING ON A STRAIGHT HIGHWAY. THE CONSUMER ALSO HAD REPEATED PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE NOT STARTING AND ALWAYS ASSUMED THE PROBLEM WAS THE BATTERY WHICH THE CONSUMER HAD REPLACED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE LOW OIL PRESSURE LAMP ILLUMINATED FREQUENTLY, EVEN WHEN THE OIL WAS NOT LOW. THE RECALL WAS ONLY FOR V6 ENGINE'S, HOWEVER THE CONSUMER EX
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 667198 |
| ODI Number | 10226210 |
| Date Filed | April 25, 2008 |
| Failure Date | January 1, 1901 |
| VIN | 4A3AC44G9YE |
Similar VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING Complaints for 2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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