Vehicle report
1996 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE
This model year
What the record shows
The 1996 Mitsubishi Eclipse is a subcompact car, and the 26th model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 1971 to 2022.
The EPA rated six configurations: a single 2-litre four-cylinder engine, 4-wheel or all-wheel drive and front-wheel drive, two transmissions and running on premium gasoline and regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy ranges from 19 to 24 mpg depending on which one you have.
The federal record holds 159 owner complaints, 1 investigation and 81 service bulletins for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.