Consumer Safety Complaints

Search 2,215,138 safety complaints filed by vehicle owners with NHTSA — including 138,663 crashes, 56,255 fires, and 8,561 deaths.

2,215,138 Total Complaints

138,663 Reported Crashes

56,255 Reported Fires

8,561 Reported Deaths

What is a NHTSA consumer complaint?

A consumer complaint is a free-form report filed by a vehicle owner directly to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) describing a safety concern about their vehicle. NHTSA collects these reports through its Vehicle Owner Defect Report (VOQ) system and publishes them publicly. Each complaint includes the affected component, the date and circumstances of the incident, whether the failure caused a crash or fire, and any reported injuries or deaths. The owner's full narrative description is included verbatim — NHTSA does not edit or moderate the descriptions.

The database below contains over 2,215,138 individual complaints. NHTSA's investigators monitor it for clusters of similar reports — when enough owners describe the same failure mode on the same vehicle, NHTSA may open a Preliminary Evaluation that can lead to a recall. Many of the largest recalls in U.S. history, including the Takata airbag recall and the Hyundai/Kia engine fire recalls, started as patterns visible in this complaint database years before they became formal recalls.

How to interpret what you read

A few principles for reading consumer complaints usefully:

One complaint is anecdote; a hundred similar complaints is data. NHTSA does not investigate the truthfulness of any individual report — that's the job of the Office of Defects Investigation, which looks at the full pattern. When evaluating a vehicle, look for whether multiple owners describe the same chain of events.
Crash, fire, injury, and death flags are owner-set. They are not verified by NHTSA. They are still useful as a filter, because owners who tick those boxes are typically reporting more serious incidents than those who don't.
Component categories are NHTSA-assigned, not owner-assigned. NHTSA standardizes the component field so that complaints can be aggregated. The owner narrative often goes into more detail than the component category captures.
Complaint volume scales with sales volume. A best-selling model will accumulate more raw complaints than a niche model even at the same defect rate. To compare across vehicles, look at complaints per 100,000 units sold, not raw counts.

If you've experienced a defect

File a complaint. NHTSA's investigators rely on this database to detect emerging defects, and useful complaints — specific, concrete, with dates and mileage and clear descriptions of what happened — feed directly into the agency's pattern detection. The form takes about 10 minutes and is at nhtsa.gov/recalls under "Report a Safety Problem." Your complaint becomes part of the same public record that this page is built from. Owners filing detailed VOQs are how recalls get triggered.

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Showing 14,402 complaints for MITSUBISHI

Incident date: Dec 31, 2006

UPON ENTRY OF MY VEHICLE I GO TO PUT ON MY SEAT BELT AND IT GETS LOOSE AND DOES NOT RETRACT BACK INTO WHERE EVER IT GOES. IT STAYS LOOSE AND I FEAR THAT IF I GET INTO AN ACCIDENT I WILL BE INJURED MORE THAN I WOULD BE IF THE RESTRAINTS WORKED AS THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO. *NM

Incident date: Feb 9, 2007

THIRD TIME WHEELS HAVE FAILED CAUSING RAPID DEFLATION OF TIRE AND SUBSEQUENT CONTROL OF THE CAR. TIRE SUSTAINS NO DAMAGE, BUT LIP ON RIM GETS BENT BACK RELEASING AIR. RIMS ARE TOO SOFT, OR THE CAR NEEDS A HIGHER PROFILE RIM AND TIRE. DAMAGE ALWAYS OCCURS ON FRONT WHEELS DUE TO EXTRA WEIGHT OF ENGINE, ETC. ON FRONT END. AT AGE 62, I'VE OWNED A NUMBER OF CARS WITH ALLOY WHEELS AND CAUGHT A POTHOLE ... Read more

Incident date: Aug 1, 2005

I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT WITH THE NHTSA DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND OVER 40 OTHER OWNERS OF THE 2002 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE AUTOMOBILE. THE BACK GROUND ON ALL OF THESE COMPLAINTS CAN BE VIEWED AT WWW.MYCARSTATS.COM . IT IS MY FEELING THAT THESE MITSUBISHI CUSTOMERS WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT FILING A COMPLAINT ON MYCARSTATS.COM WAS THE SAME AS FILING ONE WITH THE NHTSA. IF YOU WOULD T... Read more

Incident date: Jan 1, 1901

2004 MITSUBISHI LANCE CUSTOMER HAS CONCERNS ABOUT THE DASH DESIGN. ***CC THE CONSUMERS DAUGHTER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE A JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE HIT HER. THERE WAS A VERY LONG, LARGE PIECE OF THE PLASTIC DECORATIVE DASHBOARD THAT THE CONSUMER BELIEVED ACTED LIKE A WHIP WHICH CAME FROM THE PASSENGERS SIDE OF THE CAR AND STRUCK THE CONSUMERS DAUGHTER IN THE HEAD. *JB

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Feb 9, 2007

HEATER CORE ISSUE WITH MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE 2003 SUMMARY: NOTICE CONSISTENT AND VERY NOTICEABLE FOUL ODOR WHEN HEATER IS ON. . FOGGING OF FRONT WINDSHIELD. HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM IDENTIFIED AS CONSISTENT WITH HEATER CORES ISSUES BY OTHER DIAMANTE OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR CAR SERVICED AT A MITSUBISHI DEALER. HAVE NOT REPLACED ANYTHING YET BECAUSE THE PARTS AND LABOR QUOTES HAVE BEEN ANYWHERE FROM ... Read more

Incident date: Dec 21, 2006

SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH 2004 MISTSUBISH OUTLANDER. ALL FIXED UNDER WARRANTY, EXCEPT LATEST PROBLEM. CAR WON'T RUN. HAD TO TOW TO DEALERSHIP. CAR SHAKES AND ENGINE CUTS COMPLETELY OUT. DEALERSHIP NOT COOPERATING, FIXED THE WRONG THING, ENGINE STILL CUTS OUT/STALLS, NOW SAYING I "OVERFILLED THE GAS TANK, RUINING THE CHARCOAL FUEL CANISTER." THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY?! THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER... Read more

Incident date: Dec 21, 2006

Incident date: Feb 6, 2007

FRONT WINDSHIELD FOGS UP, STRONG SMELL OF ANTI-FREEZE, CAN'T CLEAR THE FOG WITH DEFOGGER, READ POTENTIAL RISKS TO HEALTH BECAUSE OF THE CONTACT TO ANTI-FREEZE FUMES. *JB

Incident date: Aug 1, 2006

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MITSUBISHI GALANT. DURING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE CHECKS THE MECHANIC DISCOVERED RUST ON THE FRAME UNDER THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF EACH REAR WHEEL. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 157000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155000. *AK UPDATED 2/27/2007 - *NM

Incident date: Feb 4, 2007

DURING COLD WEATHER (APPROXIMATELY 20 DEGREES C AND BELOW) THE HORN STARTS BLOWING AND WON'T TURN OFF UNLESS THE BATTERY IS DISCONNECTED OR THE CAR INTERIOR HAS WARMED UP. THE ONLY WAY I HAVE TO PREVENT THE HORN FROM COMING ON IS TO KEEP THE HORN/AIR/BAG ASSEMBLY WARM. I WRAP AN ELECTRIC BLANKET AROUND THE STEERING WHEEL. *JB

Incident date: Jan 15, 2006

CAR IS A 2000 ECLIPSE, BLACK. IN 2006 THE CLEAR COAT BEGAN TO CRACK THEN FLAKE OFF. STARTED ON ROOF THEN STARTED ON HOOD, TRUNK, AND PANELS ABOVE WINDOWS. THE FRONT AND BACK BUMPERS ARE NOT AFFECTED. WITHIN 6 MONTHS THE SPOTS GREW LARGER AND THE CLEAR COAT ON THE ROOF IS ABOUT 70% GONE. CALLED MITSUBISHI, THEY SAID GO TO DEALER. I WENT, THEY TOOK PICTURES. MITSUBISHI SAID AT FIRST THEY WENT BY A C... Read more

Incident date: Jan 31, 2007

DEFROSTER WOULD NOT DEFROST THE WINDOWS. THE TRANSMISSION KEEPS GOING IN AND OUT OF GEAR. WAS TOLD THE HEATER CORE HAS GONE BAD, WHICH THE TRANSMISSION WAS GOING IN AND OUT BECAUSE COOLANT WAS DRIPPING ON THE RELAY THAT WAS UNDERNEATH IT. IT IS GOING TO COST $500 DOLLARS FOR THE RELAY, THE RESET OF THE CHECK ENGINE AND HEATER CORE. THEN A ADDITIONAL $600 DOLLARS FOR LABOR SINCE THEY HAVE TO REMOV... Read more

Incident date: Jan 18, 2007

MY WHEELS LOCKED UP DUE TO A DEFECTIVE TRANSFER CASE NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. MITSUBISHI REFUSES TO TAKE BLAME. *JB

Incident date: Dec 28, 2006

2000 GALLANT HEADLIGHT WIRES OVERHEAT CAUSING TO BURN OUT WIRE. POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD (DID NOT HAPPEN TO US), HOWEVER HEADLIGHT WIRES OVERHEATED ON BOTH HEADLIGHTS CAUSES THEM TO FUSE AND STOP WORKING. *NM

Incident date: Jan 29, 2007

SEAT BELTS IN 1991 MITSUBISHI 3000GT VR4 DO NOT RETRACT!!! WIDESPREAD ISSUE AMONG 3000GT AND GTO OWNERS! PLEASE OPEN INVESTIGATION AS THIS IS HIGHLY DANGEROUS SINCE SEAT BELTS DO NOTHING IF THEY FAIL TO CINCH-UP AS DESIGNED. *NM

Incident date: Jan 19, 2007

ON FRIDAY, JAN 19, 2007, I WENT TO MY 2003 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE VRX AFTER WORK TO GO HOME. WHEN I GOT TO IT, ALL WINDOWS WERE TOTALLY FOGGED OVER, WHICH IS ABNORMAL. WITH HIGH HEAT, I WAS ABLE TO CLEAR A PORTION OF THE WINDSHIELD, RELYING ON A PAPER TOWEL TO CLEAR THE REMAINDER. I PARKED THE VEHICLE FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS AFTER ARRIVING AT HOME AND HAD TO RELY ON PAPER TOWELS TO CLEAR THE WINDSHIELD ... Read more

Incident date: Nov 30, 2006

TL*- THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED AND ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE THE 2003 MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION HE TURNED ON THE IGNITION WHILE IN NEUTRAL AND THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD AND FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER STATED EVERYONE WITH THE SAME VEHICLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM.

Incident date: Oct 1, 2006

THE PAINT ON MY BLACK 2000 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE IS PEELING OFF FOR THE SECOND TIME WITHIN A 2 YEAR PERIOD. I HAD IT PAINT IN JANUARY 2006 BY A LOCAL MISTUBISHI DEALERSHIP IN CLEARWATER, FL BUT THEY ONLY PAINTED THE HOOD, ROOF AND TRUNK AT THE TIME. SO NOW OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS THE DOORS AND SIDE PANELS ARE STARTING TO FLAKE AND DISCOLOR. I CONTACTED THE MANUFACTUER AND THEY TOLD ME MY WARRANTY H... Read more

Incident date: Dec 21, 2005

DRIVING IN 1ST GEAR WENT TO SHIFT & IT JUST STARTED GRINDING....NOW HAVE TO HAVE NEW TRANSMISSION & TRANSFER CASE $7100.00.... TRYING TO FIND USED PARTS NOW...TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM... CAR HAS 96,500 MILES ON IT. *JB

Incident date: Oct 9, 2006

2002 MITSUBISHI MONTERO DEVELOPED NOISE UNDER THE LEFT SIDE DASH. **CC THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAKE ACCUMULATOR HAD FAILED. AFTER SOME RESEARCH THE CONSUMER FOUND THAT A RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED ON THE 2001-2002 MONTERO FOR THIS PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURER THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE DID NOT FALL IN THE RECALL RANGE. THE CONSUMER BELIEVES ... Read more

Incident date: Jan 24, 2007

ANTI FREEZE ODOR IS OVERWHELMING IN THE CAR, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE HEATER IS RUN. I HAVE HAD THE CAR SINCE IT WAS NEW, AND HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AFTER ONLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS. THE DEALERSHIP FIXED THE ISSUE BY INSTALLING A NEW GASKET, BUT THE FIX HAS LASTED ONLY A COUPLE OF YEARS. MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN HAVING A VARIETY OF RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES RECENTLY, AND I BELIEVE THESE FUMES ARE A CONTRIBUT... Read more

Incident date: Jan 24, 2007

Incident date: Jan 23, 2007

AFTER 64,000 MILES DEALER SAYS TRANSFER CASE IS NO GOOD. *NM

Incident date: Jan 17, 2007

2002 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE - HEATER CORE, BOUGHT USED FROM MITSU DEALER, FOUND HEATER CORE HOSES DISCONNECTED & BYPASSED. EVIDENCE OF PAST LEAK ON/NEAR ECU. $1000.00 TO REPAIR AT INDEPENDENT GARAGE. *NM

Incident date: Jan 24, 2007

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MITSUBISHI MONTERO. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE THE BRAKES DIDN'T ENGAGE. THE CONTACT WAS ONLY ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY USING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATOR LIGHTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE A SAFETY RECALL 01V254001 THE. CURRENT FAILURE IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO RECALL NUMBER 01V254001.THE DEALER STATED TH... Read more

Incident date: Jan 23, 2007

I WAS DRIVING MY CAR TODAY AND OUT OF NOWHERE ALL OF MY WHEELS LOCK UP AND I LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR. LUCKILY I STOPPED AND DIDN'T HIT ANYTHING BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MUCH WORSE IF OTHER CARS WOULD HAVE BEEN AROUND. THIS PROBLEM WAS SUPPOSEDLY FIXED SEVERAL YEARS AGO BUT IT OBVIOUSLY WASN'T. THE RECALL SAYS THAT FLUID LEAKS OUT OF THE TRANSFER CASE AND CAUSES LOCK UP, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT H... Read more

Incident date: Dec 6, 2006

WATER LEAKS FROM SUNROOF (WHICH I DO NOT USE) SWITCH, AND FROM SIDE AIRBAGS. I HAVE REPORTED THIS TO SELLING DEALERSHIP WITH NO RESULTS. I THEN REPORTED THIS PROBLEM TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP WHO SAID THAT IT IS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT RESULTED FROM A BAD DRAINAGE ALONG THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE( BESIDE FRONT WINDSHIELD). *JB

Incident date: Oct 1, 2005

TL* - SOMETIME IN DECEMBER OF 2002 WHILE DRIVING ON A LOW GRADE HILL ON A RAINY DAY THE 1992 MITSUBISHI 3000 GT TRANSFER CASE SEIZED AT 40-50 MPH, RESULTING IN ALL 4-WHEELS LOCKING UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO A LIGHT POLE. AFTER THE CRASH THE CLUTCH, HOOD, RADIATOR, FRONT CRASH BAR, WINDSHIELD AND AIR BAG WERE REPLACED. ON OCTOBER OF 2006 WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE WHEELS LOCKED A... Read more

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Jul 26, 2006

DRIVING ON THE NJ TURNPIKE, NOTICED SPEED DECREASING ON ITS OWN. WHILE MOVING OVER TO THE EMERGENCY LANE, THE REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP. *NM

Incident date: Dec 1, 2004

WHEN I PURCHASED MY CAR TWO YEARS AGO, I REALIZED THAT THE HEATER CONTROL KNOB IN MY CAR WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO MOVE. AFTER SPEAKING WITH MANY PEOPLE THAT OWN THE SAME VEHICLE AS MYSELF, I LEARNED THAT IN MANY CASES, THE KNOB TO THE CONTROL BREAKS, PREVENTING THE OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE TO SUCCESSFULLY CHANGE FROM COLD TO WARM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE PRIMARILY DUE TO THE DIFFICULTY TO CLEAR THE WIN... Read more

Incident date: Jan 9, 2007

MITSUBISHI HAS NOT HONORED THEIR RESPONSIBILITY ON THE RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 02V143001 FOR MY 1997 3000GT VR4. THE LOCAL ZONE REP HAS TURNED IT DONE WITHOUT A PERSONAL VISIT . I HAVE FORCED A MEETING WITH HIM FOR THURSDAY JAN 18TH BUT I HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS A WASTE OF MY TIME BY THE LOCAL DEALER. MY CAR HAD THE OIL LEAK AND AFTER RUNNING DRY I HAVE HAD DAMAGE TO THE TRANSFER CASE LEAVING THE C... Read more

Incident date: Jan 5, 2007

I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE 2 DOOR HANDLES IN A YEAR DUE TO THEM BREAKING OFF IN YOUR HAND WITH ROUTINE USE, THESE ARE CHEAP PLASTIC HANDLES WITH NO APPARENT METAL REINFORCEMENT. I HAVE OWNED MANY VEHICLES AND NEVER HAD DOOR HANDLES JUST SNAP OFF LIKE THIS. I AM CURRENTLY CONTACTING THE DEALER FOR A 3RD REPLACEMENT HANDLE. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE SINCE IN AN EMERGENCY IF THE HANDLES BREAK THEN TH... Read more

Incident date: Dec 24, 2006

WINDOWS WERE NOT CLEARING PROPERLY AND SMELL OF ANTI-FREEZE WAS VERY STRONG. UPON CALLING THE MITSUBISHI DEALER, I WAS TOLD, IT'S PROBABLY THE HEATER CORE. I ASK IF THIS IS NORMAL FOR A CAR THREE YEARS OLDS WITH APPROXIMATELY 45,000 MILES. DEALER SAID THEY HAD SEEN A FEW. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN MUCH HELP YET. *NM

Incident date: Jan 15, 2007

TL*- THE CONTACT HAS A 2001 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GT. THE CONTACT HAS A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE ALLOY WHEELS ON THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLES TIRES WERE BALANCED ON 1/15/07 AT THAT POINT THE CONTACT WAS NOTIFIED THAT ONE OF THE ALLOW WHEELS WAS SLIGHTLY BENT AND MAY CAUSE AIR TO LEAK AND THE TIRE TO BE DAMAGED. THE CONTACT WANTS TO MAKE A FORMAL COMPLAINT TO MITSUBISHI IN REGARDS TO THIS ISSUE... Read more

Incident date: Jan 15, 2006

CLUTCH WORE OFF AT 33000 MILES AND NOT EVEN ONE YEAR. I'VE BEEN DRIVING MANUAL FOR TEN YEARS AND NEVER HAD TO REPLACE CLUTCH ON MY 97 NISSAN TRUCK. I STILL HAVE THE OLD CAR WITHOUT EVER HAVING TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH AND NOW A NEW 2006 ECLIPSE BURN OUT AFTER LESS THAN A YEAR. DEALER SAID THAT IT ISN'T COVERED BY WARRANTY BECAUSE ITS WEARABLE BUT I THINK IT SHOULD BE PART OF THE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY F... Read more

Incident date: Nov 12, 2006

I HAVE CRACKS IN THE HEADLIGHT LENS IN BOTH HEADLIGHTS. THERE HAS BEEN NO WRECKS, BANGS, OR BAD TREATMENT OF THIS VEHICLE. I WAS TOLD BY A SOURCE CLOSE TO THE COMPANY THAT THEY ARE STRESS FRACTURES, I AM CONCERNED THEY MAY BEGIN TO LEAK AND TAKE ON WATER. PLUS THEY ARE $400 EACH TO REPLACE. I CALLED MITSUBISHI AND ALL THEY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS WARRANTY. THEN I WAS TOLD THEY DO NOT DO RECALLS U... Read more

Incident date: Dec 10, 2006

AC/HEATER KNOB IS DEFECTIVE, CAN'T CHANGE BETWEEN A/C AND HEAT TO EFFECTIVELY USE DEFROSTER. *NM

Incident date: Apr 27, 2005

DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE FRONT INSIDE DOOR PANELS ARE REPEATEDLY FALLING OFF AND CREATING THE DOORS TO JAM AND NOT ALLOW PASSENGERS TO GET IN OR OUT OF VEHICLE. WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT MITSUBISHI MOTORS WILL NOT COVER THIS UNDER WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH THIS HAS HAPPENED REPEATED MOUNT OF TIMES. *JB

Incident date: Jan 11, 2007

TURNED WARPED BRAKE ROTOR. PROBLEM CAME BACK, UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO POOR HANDLING WHEN BRAKING. *JB

Incident date: Dec 30, 2005

THE CLIMATE CONTROL KNOB ON MY 2002 MITSUBISHI LANCER, WILL NOT TURN WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT EFFORT IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT THIS WILL CAUSE IT TO BREAK AT A LATER DATE. *NM

Incident date: Nov 10, 2006

FILING A COMPLAINT THAT I'VE NOTICED TO BE OCCURRING A LITTLE TO OFTEN TO THE SAME BRAND/MODEL VEHICLE I OWN. I OWN A 2002 MITSUBISHI LANCER. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A VERY WEAK LINK IN THE HEATER/AC CONTROLS IN THE CENTER CONSOLE. FOR SOME REASON, THEY TEND TO STICK UP AND UPON TURNING THEM THEY SEEM TO BREAK. MITSUBISHI IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND THEY ARE CHARGING AN EXTENSIVE AMOU... Read more

Incident date: Oct 24, 2006

MY HEATER KNOB IS BROKE. IT HAS BEEN VERY HARD TO TURN SINCE I BOUGHT THIS CAR. IT WAS USED BUT THIS IS MY SECOND CAR OF THE SAME TYPE. IT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM IN THE CAR BEFORE THIS ONE AND THERE WAS ONLY A 1 YEAR DIFFERENCE IN THEM. I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH THIS PROBLEM. MOST OF THE PEOPLE I KNOW ON THE INTERNET FORUM HAS THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. *JB

Incident date: Dec 9, 2006

TL* - THE CONTACT PURCHASED A 1991 MITSUBISHI 3000GT VR4 DECEMBER 9, 2006. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 75 MPH UNDER DRY ROAD CONDITIONS AND LIGHT TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND VIBRATED A FEW TIMES. THE CONTACT SLOWED DOWN TO STOP THE VEHICLE, WHILE REDUCING SPEED TO 10 MPH THE VEHICLE REAR WHEELS LOCKED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SKID ABOUT 20 FEET. NO ONE WAS STRUCK OR INJURED DURING... Read more

Incident date: Jan 10, 2007

HEATER KNOB STICKS, PREVENTING AC ADJUSTMENT TO HEAT FROM COOL. THIS PREVENTS DEFOGGER SYSTEM FROM EFFECTIVELY WORKING HAMPERING VISIBILITY, WHEN IT OCCURS WHILE DRIVING. *JB

Incident date: Jan 8, 2007

TL* - THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HAD PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 2 MONTHS AFTER SHE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20-25 MPH THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING., IT REGISTERED 0 MPH, AND HE COULDN'T TELL HOW FAST HE WAS GOING. THE CONTACT STATED THE BODY VIBRATED, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER HAS RELATED THE DETAILS TO ... Read more

Incident date: Dec 22, 2006

THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY BOLT BECAME LOOSE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER STEERING,CHARGING SYSTEM, AND THE VEHICLE BECAME HOT. MY WIFE WAS PUT IN DANGER BECAUSE OF THE STEERING LOSS DURING HER COMMUTE FROM WORK IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. THERE IS AN ACTIVE RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM, NHTSA I.D. 00V311001 BUT THE BOLT WAS NEVER REPLACED JUST INSPECTED. I TALKED TO THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER SERVIC... Read more

Incident date: Jan 10, 2007

WHEN THE SEATBELT IS PULLED ON IT DOES NOT RETRACT, LEAVING ENOUGH SLACK IN THE BELT THAT IF AN ACCIDENT WERE TO OCCUR, IT WOULD NOT SERVE ITS PURPOSE AS A SAFETY RESTRAINT. THE EVENTS LEADING TO THE FAILURE ARE JUST NORMAL DAY TO DAY USE OF THE SEAT BELT, NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY WAS DONE TO CAUSE THIS. NOTHING THAT I KNOW OF HAS BEEN DONE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM WHICH HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE TH... Read more

Incident date: Jan 1, 1996

THE SEAT BELT SYSTEM IN MY 1996 MITSUBISHI 3000GT VR-4 DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. THE BELTS DO NOT RETURN TO THEIR RETRACTED STATE AFTER USE. MOREOVER, USING THE SEAT BELT IS DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THE OVER-THE-SHOULDER LOOP THE BELT PASSES THRU CAUSES THE BELT TO BE "TIED UP".*JB

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