Mitsubishi Eclipse: Years to Avoid and Best Years to Buy

Year-by-year data table

Running cost is fuel or energy plus the maintenance band midpoint for that car at its age today, re-priced to your country. Purchase price, insurance and depreciation are not included.

Photographs and every generation of the Eclipse, through the years →

Eclipse sub-models & family

Variants & trims on record

Body, powertrain and trim variants of the Eclipse on the federal record. Variants folded into this nameplate are counted in this page's data; the rest have too thin a record for a page of their own yet.

What goes wrong on the Mitsubishi Eclipse

Across every Eclipse model year in our index, owners report these component groups most often. The cost beside each one is the representative repair for that group at a US independent shop, re-priced to your country.

• Air Bags5 complaints across all Eclipse years · typical job: Airbag module, clockspring or sensor replacement$600–$1,700
• Service Brakes2 complaints across all Eclipse years · typical job: Pads, rotors and caliper service, both axles$580–$1,140
• Electrical System2 complaints across all Eclipse years · typical job: Alternator, battery-drain or body-module diagnosis and replacement$540–$1,310
• Suspension1 complaints across all Eclipse years · typical job: Struts, springs and control-arm bushings, one axle$780–$1,580
• Structure1 complaints across all Eclipse years · typical job: Body, subframe or corrosion repair$1,070–$2,920
• Exterior Lighting1 complaints across all Eclipse years · typical job: Headlamp assembly or lighting-module replacement$360–$1,380

Flat-rate labour hours x local shop rate plus a parts band. An estimate of what this class of failure costs, not a quote. Formula.

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