Five problems related to dashboard crack have been reported for the 2002 Mitsubishi Eclipse. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2002 Mitsubishi Eclipse based on all problems reported for the 2002 Eclipse.
There is a major defect in the dashboards of Mitsubishi Eclipses (years 2000-05). The dashboard will crack as the car hits uneven road such ash pot holes. In the heat and cold although covered and protected fro direct sunlight the dash will expand and retract in size creating small fractures that can crack. Once the cracks become large enough pieces will either fly out towards the driver or fall into the heating and cooling ducts causing damage to the cars blower motor. It is also possible for pieces of the dashboard to shatter around the passenger airbag during a collision causing fatal damage to the passengers or driver. This is not a case by case basis but on every 2000-05 Mitsubishi Eclipse I have come across.
The failure is my dashboard. The care is a 2002 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS. The dash started cracking all over the top back in September. At least 4 other people I know with the same car have the same issue. Forums that I am a member of also have many third generation Eclipse owners complaining about the same thing. The manufacturer does not recognize this issue as a defect and will do nothing to resolve the issue.
Dashboard has cracked in two. This is the second dashboard that has been replaced in this car, Dodge and Mitsubishi will not do anything to rectify this problem.
Cracking dashbord on 2002 Mitsubishi Eclipse spider . No incident yet,could happen driving with the top down.
Vehicle was purchased used with a severly cracked dash. Apparently an occuring problem in the 2000-2006 Mitsubishi Eclipses.