1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse suspension problems

16 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the suspension on the 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse — 12% of all complaints for this model year.

Suspension complaints

12%

share of all complaints

—

median reported incident mileage

2 / 0

crash / fire reports

What owners report

“This vehicle has a recall for the lower ball joint. After calling to set up an appointment to fix this issue the vehicle shows up as already serviced, which may have only been as little as an inspection that was done. The ball joint in this vehicle is currently failing and is extremely noticeable…”
filed Mar 3, 2017
“I never received a recall alert from the dealer. Right now the dealer was sold to a new owner. I went to the dealer to buy a fender and my vin number does not appear in the mitsubishi computer system here in puerto rico either in usa. So I would like an advise. What I have to do. I have all the…”
filed Nov 28, 2016
“Tl* the contact owns a 1997 mitsubishi eclipse. While driving at any speed, the front end of the vehicle vibrated and veered to the right. The vehicle was not diagnosed. The vehicle was repaired under a recall in 2010, but was not repaired again. The vin was invalid. The approximate failure mileage was 170,000.”
filed Jan 26, 2016

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

This is a service newsletter (Tech Talk) that was sent out to dealers.
TT217 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions · issued Jul 22, 2015