general problems of the 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse

Four problems related to air bag have been reported for the 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse based on all problems reported for the 2003 Eclipse.

1 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 10/29/2016

Takata airbag: my incident has already been reported. I am adding the police report. I am still requiring surgery and unable to use my left arm 10 months later.

2 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 10/29/2016

Passenger airbag deployed caused me to veer off to the right for safety. Passenger visor flew off hit my arm and flew out window. Unable to see with airbag in my face I ended up half on and half off a culvert with cement pipe. Car stopped and then my driver airbag shot fire and chemicals into my face. Horrible still after a whole year noone cares noone helps no therapy follow up none only er when I can no longer tolerate the extreme pain. 2 titanium rods n 38 screws hold it together. Some screws are coming off and 3 bones are still shattered. Some are even missing. Please help.

3 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 04/15/2013

Drivers airbag deployed while turning into a parking space. Airbag deployment caused bruising and lacerations to neck and chest.

4 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 08/31/2007

I was in a car accident. We were hit on the front corner of the drivers side. We were going 35mph and the other driver was going about that speed. He was turning from the opposite direction and turned right into us. I'm not sure if you would describe it as head on because it was at an angle. The whole front of our car was crushed in. The battery and radiator were pushed up near the dash. I was the passenger. My seat belt didn't lock up and my air bag didn't go off. I hit the rear view mirror and my knees slammed into the dash. I also twisted a vertebrae in my back and bruised or cracked a rib. It's been over 6 months and I still have trouble walking because I have tendinitis in my left knee and I have fluid on my knee from the impact. My fiance㉠was driving. His knees hit the dash and one of them still bothers him. He has injuries to the tendons in his shoulder and he has a 2. 8 mm cut in his thoracic spinal chord. His air bag did not go off either. Both of us had horrible bruising from the force of the crash. I believe our airbags should have gone off. The guy who hit us had very minor damage done to his vehicle and his air bags went off.


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