2003 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE Air Bags Problems

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

Mileage: 135,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOY WHEN THE CONTACT REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT BODY SHOP FOR FURTHER INSPECTION. THE CONTACT DID NOT SUFFER ANY INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 180,845.

Mileage: 180,845

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. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

I WAS STRUCK HEAD ON IN MY 2003 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE BY A BMW SUV WHO WAS TRAVELING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION ON A POSTED ONE WAY STREET. I WAS PUSHED UP THE BLOCK AND SPUN 90 DEGREES ON TO A SIDE STREET. MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE FRONT OF MY CAR WAS CRUSHED I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A CERVICAL SPRAIN. MY ECLIPSE WAS DECLARED "A TOTAL LOSS" BY MY INSURANCE COMPANY. I AM VERY CONCERNED SINCE MY OTHER CAR THAT MY WIFE DRIVES WITH MY 2 YOUNG CHILDREN IS ALSO A MITSUBISHI. WHEN I CALLED MITSUBISHI FOR A NAME AND ADDRESS OF SOMEONE THAT I COULD CORRESPOND WITH, I WAS TRANSFERRED TO 3 DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND WAS TOLD TO SEND MY LETTER TO THEIR GENERAL CUSTOMER SERVICE PO BOX. I HAVE READ THROUGH MY OWNERS MANUAL CAREFULLY AND IT SAYS THAT THE BAGS SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED. THE LANGUAGE IN THE MANUAL IS VERY VAGUE. *JB

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, CAUSING CONSUMER'S VEHICLE TO REAR END THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER DRIVER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. AS A RESULT THE DRIVER IMPACTED THE STEERING WHEEL.*AK

Mileage: 20,000

VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*MR . WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE CONSUMERS DAUGHTER LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR AND HIT A CEMENT GUARDRAIL HEAD ON. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT MITSUBISHI SO THEY COULD CHECK OUT THE AIR BAG DEFECT BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, THE CONSUMER EVEN FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THEM AND WAS GIVEN A FILE# AND WAS SENT A PAMPHLET ON THE SAFETY OF AIR BAGS. AFTER THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY REPAIRED THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON WHICH ALLOWED THE REPAIR SHOP TO GET MITSUBISHI INVOLVED TO CHECK THE SYSTEM. IN THEIR INSPECTION REPORT THEY FOUND A CONNECTOR UNPLUGGED, THE SENSOR CUT AND THE ENGINE HARNESS AND WIRING HARNESS WAS HANGING DOWN IN THE L/F. IN THIS REPORT IT WAS ALSO STATED THAT THE MOST LIKELY REASON THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WAS BECAUSE THE CAR WAS NOT IN A HEAD ON COLLISION IT WAS AND END ACCIDENT. THE CONSUMER HAS PROVIDED FILES AND PICTURES OF THE VEHICLE. *CB *JB

MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH IN HER 2003 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE WHEN SHE WAS IN A HEAD ON COLLISION HITTING A CEMENT GUARDRAIL WHEN THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, FRONT OR SIDE. CAR HAD IN EXCESS OF $4,000 DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END, ENGINE, FRAME, ETC. AND HAD TO BE REBUILT. ALL MY EFFORTS TO CONTACT MITSUBISHI FOR SOMEONE TO CHECK OUT THE AIR BAG DEFAULT WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL. I EVEN FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THEM AND WAS GIVEN A FILE NUMBER AND SENT A PAMPHLET ON THE SAFETY OF AIR BAGS. AFTER THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY REPAIRED THE AIR BAG LIGHT WENT ON WHICH ALLOWED THE COLLISION REPAIR SHOP TO GET MITSUBISHI INVOLVED TO CHECK THE SYSTEM. IN THEIR INSPECTION REPORT THEY FOUND A CONNECTOR UNPLUGGED AT SRS ECU AND ALSO 11783 HARNESS AT OUTSIDE TEMP. SENSOR CUT, NEEDS ENGINE HARNESS AND A PART OF WIRING HARNESS THAT IS HANGING DOWN IN THE L/F, ADVISE WHERE IT IS SUPPOSE TO GO. IN THIS REPORT IT WAS ALSO STATED THAT THE MOST LIKELY REASON THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WAS THE CAR WAS NOT IN A HEAD ON COLLISION IT WAS A FRONT END ACCIDENT. THIS IS TOTALLY INCORRECT. FORTUNATELY, HER INJURIES WERE NOT LIFE THREATENING AS SHE SUFFERED A SEVERE BODY WIPE LASHE. AFTER DOCTOR'S VISITS MRI, PAIN MEDICATION AND MASSAGE THERAPY, SHE IS STILL IN PAIN. MEDICAL BILLS ARE IN EXCESS OF $10,000. AND I AM STILL SEEKING A TREATMENT TO HELP HER PAIN. I DON'T WANT THE CAR - I WANT MITSUBISHI TO TAKE THE CAR BACK. ALSO, COMPENSATE ME FOR THEIR LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY AND INVOLVEMENT WHEN CLEARLY THIS CARS SAFETY FAILURE HAS PROVEN TO HAVE PUT MY DAUGHTER LIFE IN DANGER. I AM VERY CERTAIN THAT IF ANYONE ELSE WAS IN THE CAR - MAJOR INJURIES WOULD NOT HAVE SPARED EVERYONE. THIS IS MITSUBISHI AND THE MANUFACTURERS ERROR ONE TO THIS POINT THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO IGNORE AS I HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY INDICATION THEY ARE WILLING TO COOPERATE. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN SINCE ITS' REPAIRS. I HAVE A FILE AND PICTURES THAT UNQUESTIONABLE SHOW THIS VEHICLE WAS IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. *LA

LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 60-70 MPH IN THE RAIN, HIT A GUARDRAIL SEVERAL TIMES AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. FRONT OF VEHICLE WAS SO DAMAGED THAT CAR COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. *LA

Mileage: 3,600

THE DAY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED DRIVER APPLIED PRESSURE TO BRAKE PEDAL AND THE VEHICLE FISHTAILED ACROSS THE ROAD. VEHICLE WENT AIRBORNE, AND FLIPPED OVER INTO A DITCH. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE AIR BAGS ALSO DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

Mileage: 54

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING 40MPH HAD A FRONT END COLLISION AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. TS