MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE 1997 : Problems

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Frontal Air Bag,Frontal Air Bag,Brake,Speed Control

ODI ID: 820287 NHTSA Complaint ID: 118143,118144,118145,118142

Make: Mitsubishi Model: 1997 ECLIPSE 97

Component/Parts: Frontal Air Bag,Frontal Air Bag,Brake,Speed Control

Failure Date: December 10, 1997 Complaint Date: January 20, 1998

City/State: DANVILLE, VA (Virginia)
Crash: Yes Fire: No Injured: 1 Deaths: 0

Complaint Description: brakes: driving approximately 25mph, truck ahead of the eclipse had come to stop, applied brakes and there were no brakes. car accelerated as if the cruise control was on, kept pumping brakes, but car kept accelerating. when brakes finally kicked in car slid underneath truck, demolishing front end and the air bags did not deploy. *ak .