1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse airbags problems

14 complaints (10% of all complaints for this car). 14 crashes reported.

owner complaints: 14
of this car's complaints: 10%
crashes: 14
recalls: 0

Which part fails

Frontal
11
Side/window
1

At what mileage

Complaints by mileage at the time of the problem.

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Mitsubishi Eclipse airbags problems in other years

Specific symptoms reported on the 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse airbags

Phrases found in the owners' own descriptions, so one complaint can mention several symptoms.

No deployment 6

Related recalls

No recalls on record for this model year.

What 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse owners say

Most recent owner complaints, unedited.

Filed Jan 21, 2010 · Airbags · MO · crash

Son driving a eclipse ran off the road and hit a tree going 55 MPH and the air bags never came out resulting in the death of only child.

Filed Feb 17, 2002 · Airbags · CA · crash · 2 injuries

I was going on us-101 north and got side-swiped by an SUV which was trying to get into my lane (car pool lane). I was at a speed of 60-65 MPH. I lost control of the car and rear-ended another SUV. You can find photos of my crashed car ( now parked at the auto body shop) at : http://photos.yahoo.com/shamakarkal under the folder named "crash". You can see that the air bags failed to deploy at that speed.

Filed Aug 8, 2000 · Airbags · UT · crash · 1 injury

No summary listed for above vehicle.

Filed Jun 1, 2000 · Airbags · NC · crash

While traveling 70 MPH vehicle was involved in a crash. Front side hit a median . Vehicle spun around, and hit the median again on the back side. There was no deployment of driver's side or passenger's side air bags. Please provide any further information.

Filed Sep 9, 1999 · Airbags · CA · crash

When traveling the air bag light flashed on the dash, and both driver's side and passenger's side air bags deployed without a cause, causing an accident. Consumer has contacted the dealer. Please provide any further details.

Filed Jun 25, 1999 · Airbags · CA · crash · 2 injuries

No deployment of driver nor passenger air bag during vehicle collision with another vehicle. Nlm

Filed Dec 31, 1998 · Airbags · WV · crash · 2 injuries

While driving at approxmatly 50-60 MPH hit guardrail, dual airbags did not deploy,causing injuries even with seatbelts on.

Filed Oct 7, 1998 · Airbags · NC · crash · 1 injury

Driving at approximately 40mph, coming to a stop light and the vehicle ran into the back of another vehicle, driver's side airbag deployed, burning the driver's arm. Also the passanger's side airbag deployed and burned the sunvisor.

Filed Aug 5, 1998 · Airbags · AZ · crash

During frontal impact at 35 MPH, the driver's and passenger's side air bags did not deploy. Please provide details.

Filed Jul 16, 1998 · Airbags · FL · crash · 2 injuries

No deployment of air bag during a vehicle collision.

Questions about the 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse airbags

Does the 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse have airbags problems?

Owners have filed 14 complaints about the airbags of the 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse, 10% of all its complaints.

At what mileage do 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse airbags problems start?

Not enough complaints include the mileage to tell.

Was there a recall on the 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse airbags?

There is no recall for this problem on this model year.

What year does the Mitsubishi Eclipse have bad airbags?

The Mitsubishi Eclipse model years with the most airbags complaints are 1995 (32 complaints), 2001 (22 complaints) and 1998 (18 complaints).