The manufacturer filed it. Here it is, by model.
Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross: deaths and injuries the manufacturer reported to NHTSA
Mitsubishi reported 24 incidents alleging a death or injury in a Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross, model years 2018–2024, in its quarterly Early Warning reports to NHTSA (49 CFR 579.21), through 2026 Q1. Each is a claim the manufacturer received, not a finding; NHTSA does not verify them.
By model year
Source: manufacturer EWR death and injury reports and production reports| Model year | Incidents | Killed | Injured | Built | Per 100,000 built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 13,258 | 53 |
| 2019 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 16,754 | 48 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13,400 | 22 |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15,837 | 19 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13,508 | 15 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18,696 | 5.3 |
The model year is the one the manufacturer named in the report. A model year with its own page links to it. “Built” is the manufacturer’s cumulative production for the model year from its latest Early Warning production report; the rate is incidents per 100,000 of them.
By the system the claimant named
Source: as the manufacturer reported it| System named | Incidents | Killed |
|---|---|---|
| Air Bags | 15 | 0 |
| Service Brake System | 5 | 0 |
| Engine and Cooling System | 2 | 0 |
| Steering System | 1 | 0 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 1 | 0 |
| Service Brake System, Air | 1 | 0 |
| Forward Collision | 1 | 0 |
| Power Train | 1 | 0 |
| Fire | 1 | 0 |
| Suspension System | 1 | 0 |
| Fuel System | 1 | 0 |
An incident naming several systems is counted under each. “Fire” and “Other” are categories in the rule, not systems.
Every one of these, dated and numbered
The defect dossier for the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross puts each report beside the recalls, investigations, bulletins and owner complaints on the same system, as a PDF and two CSVs: the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross, one system, every model year, numbered as exhibits.
The incidents
Source: VIN shown as NHTSA publishes it: the first eleven characters| Incident | Model year | State | Killed | Injured | Systems named | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-26 | 2018 | PR | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2025 Q3 |
| 2025-01-29 | 2024 | NY | 0 | 1 | Air Bags · Service Brake System | 2025 Q1 |
| 2025-01-11 | 2019 | WI | 0 | 1 | Air Bags · Service Brake System · Steering System | 2025 Q1 |
| 2024-05-19 | 2020 | MI | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2024 Q2 |
| 2024-04-21 | 2023 | IN | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System · Vehicle Speed Control | 2024 Q2 |
| 2024-03-28 | 2022 | VA | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2024 Q2 |
| 2023-04-19 | 2023 | NY | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2023 Q3 |
| 2022-12-20 | 2019 | NY | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2023 Q1 |
| 2022-10-04 | 2019 | OH | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2022 Q4 |
| 2022-06-22 | 2022 | NY | 0 | 1 | Air Bags · Service Brake System, Air · Forward Collision | 2022 Q3 |
| 2022-06-11 | 2022 | TX | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System | 2022 Q2 |
| 2022-04-28 | 2020 | NH | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2022 Q2 |
| 2022-02-10 | 2018 | PA | 0 | 1 | Power Train | 2022 Q1 |
| 2021-07-21 | 2019 | DE | 0 | 2 | Air Bags | 2021 Q3 |
| 2021-03-31 | 2020 | CA | 0 | 1 | Fire | 2021 Q1 |
| 2020-10-28 | 2019 | MA | 0 | 1 | Suspension System | 2020 Q4 |
| 2020-09-03 | 2018 | CT | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2020 Q4 |
| 2020-08-21 | 2018 | WI | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2020 Q4 |
| 2019-12-12 | 2019 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Engine and Cooling System | 2019 Q4 |
| 2019-11-12 | 2019 | MI | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System | 2019 Q4 |
| 2019-11-04 | 2018 | OH | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2019 Q4 |
| 2019-10-11 | 2019 | MI | 0 | 1 | Engine and Cooling System | 2019 Q4 |
| 2018-11-13 | 2018 | AZ | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2018 Q4 |
| 2018-10-20 | 2018 | WV | 0 | 1 | Fuel System | 2018 Q4 |
Each row above is a claim or notice Mitsubishi received alleging a death or injury in a Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross and reported to NHTSA as 49 CFR 579.21 requires; NHTSA does not verify it, and a Eclipse Cross that sold more will have more rows. All Mitsubishi models · What these reports are, and are not.