MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE 1999 : Problems

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Parking Brake

ODI ID: 729594 NHTSA Complaint ID: 249320

Make: Mitsubishi Model: 1999 ECLIPSE 99

Component/Parts: Parking Brake

Failure Date: August 28, 2000 Complaint Date: August 30, 2000

City/State: YORK, PA (Pennsylvania)
Crash: Yes Fire: No Injured: 1 Deaths: 0

Complaint Description: car is an automatic; parked in an "outpouching" of driveway; in park with parking brake on; car was not on!!! i was in passenger side reaching under seat; car drifted across driveway,crashed into wooden shed, was still in park with parking brake on and not turned on; my right leg was dragged, for it was out of passenger door, right passenger door was dragged against rock wall as was my leg; car is to have safety feature that it must be turned on, stepon brake pedal & disengage button on gear shift to move car...car was not on and i was in passenger side .