Consumer Safety Complaints

Search 2,245,377 safety complaints filed by vehicle owners with NHTSA, including 140,173 crashes, 56,794 fires, and 8,580 deaths.

2,245,377 Total Complaints

140,173 Reported Crashes

56,794 Reported Fires

8,580 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 2,245,377 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 14,474 complaints for MITSUBISHI

Incident date: Apr 10, 2005

I HAVE A 1995 MITSUBISHI 3000 VR4 THAT HAS SEAT BELTS THAT DO NOT WORK. THEY DO NOT FULLY RETRACT WHEN PULLED OUT. I HAVE OWNED THE CAR FOR 10 YEARS AND THEY HAVE NOT CONSISTENTLY WORKED SINCE JUST ABOUT DAY ONE. IT STARTED INFREQUENTLY AND NOW IT IS CONSTANT WHERE THE SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT AND FIT SNUG AGAINST YOUR BODY WHEN DRIVING. I CONSIDER THIS A SERIOUS POTENTIAL SAFETY ISSUE. *JB

Incident date: Jul 21, 2005

SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT PROPERLY. *JB

Incident date: Mar 10, 2006

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE COLLISION OCCURRED WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE RAN A RED LIGHT. THE CONTACT TRIED TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT, BUT HIT A TREE HEAD ON. THE IMPACT WAS THE COMPLETE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. BOTH OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE RECEIVED INJURIES TO THE HEAD AND SHOULDERS; HOWEVER, BOTH WERE WEARING ... Read more

Crash 2 injured

Incident date: Apr 2, 2006

SEAT BELTS DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY WHEN THE SEAT BELT 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 RESTRAINT PURPOSE. *JB

Incident date: Nov 18, 1999

BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELTS DO NOT PROPERLY RETRACT. I HAVE USED LEATHER CONDITIONER ON THE BELTS, WHICH WILL FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST HALF A YEAR FIX THE PROBLEM. BUT AFTER A WHILE THEY WILL GO BACK TO NOT RETRACTING. I HAVE NOT BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT SO I DO NOT HAVE FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE IF THIS ISSUE DEFECTS THE SAFETY USE OF THE SEAT BELT. *JB

Incident date: Jan 1, 2006

1 - SEAT BELTS IN THE MITSUBISHI 3000GT FAIL TO WORK ON A NUMBER OF CARS 2 - THIS FAILURE TO RETRACT IS A SAFETY CONCERN AND COULD BE MAJOR IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT. *JB

Incident date: Apr 11, 2006

THE SEAT BELTS DO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. WHEN THE SEAT BELT 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. *JB

Incident date: Apr 10, 2005

I OWN A 1995 MITSUBISHI 3000GT SPYDER VR4, AND I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE SEAT BELTS FAILING TO RETRACT. THE SEAT BELT HAS TOO MUCH SLACK, AND DOES NOT RETRACT WHEN EITHER BUCKLED OR NOT BUCKLED. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE ATTENDED TO. OUR CARS ARE TOO OLD TO RECEIVE THE FACTORY WARRANTY, SO THERE IS A NEED FOR A RECALL SO THAT WE CAN RECEIVED NEW PARTS. IF FIXED THIS COULD SA... Read more

Incident date: Mar 17, 2005

I WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT MY SEAL BELT DOESN'T WORK AS IT SHOULD ON MY 1994 3000GT SL. I HAVE LOOKED ONLINE AND IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR EVERY YEAR OF THIS VEHICLE. I FEEL VERY UNSAFE TRYING TO BUT ON MY SEAT BELT BECAUSE IT WILL NOT RETRACT THE WAY IT SHOULD. CAN THE GOV. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS COMMON PROBLEM. THANKS. *JB

Incident date: Apr 11, 2006

DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELTS TO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. ONCE THE SEAT BELT IS PULLED ON AND EXTENDED IT WILL NOT RETRACT, THEREFORE HAVING NO RESTRAINT IF AN ACCIDENT WERE TO OCCUR. THIS OCCURS EVERYTIME THE SEAT BELT IS USED. *JB

Incident date: Feb 11, 2003

THE SEAT BELT RETURN MECHANISMS ON MY 1991 3000GT VR-4 NO LONGER WORKS PROPERLY WHICH LEAVES SLACK IN THE SAFETY BELT. IF AN CRASH WERE TO OCCUR WITH THIS SLACK IN THE SEAT BELT THE SEAT BELT WOULD NO LONGER SERVE ITS PURPOSE AS A SAFETY RESTRAINT. *JB

Incident date: Feb 22, 2006

ALL FOUR SEAT BELTS IN MY 1994 DODGE STEALTH DO NOT RETRACT PROPERLY. I WOULD SAY THAT OVER 90% OF THE TIME THE SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETACT AT ALL. THIS IS A MAJOR CONCERN OF MINE! *JB

Incident date: Apr 5, 2006

MY MITSUBISHI 1999 3000GT VR4'S SEAT BELTS DON'T RETRACT ALL THE TIME. IT LEAVES THEM LOOSE. *JB

Incident date: Apr 10, 2006

SEAT BELT FAILS TO RETRACT PROPERLY WHEN SECURED OR UNBUCKLED. THIS IS THE 3RD MITSUBISHI 3000GT AND STEALTH THAT HAS HAD THIS ISSUE. *JB

Incident date: Apr 11, 2006

MY DRIVERS SEAT BELT DOESN'T RETRACT PROPERLY

Incident date: Apr 11, 2006

WHEN I PURCHASED MY 1991 MITSUBISHI 3000GT VR-4 IN JUNE OF 2004. THE SEAT BELTS WOULD NOT RETRACT ON THEIR OWN AND WOULD HAVE TO BE FED BACK INTO THE REEL BY HAND. BOTH THE DRIVERS SIDE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE DO NO RETRACT. I HAVE DISASSEMBLED THE ENTIRE UNIT AND ATTEMPTED TO FREE UP AND LUBRICATE IT, BUT THE MECHANISM WAS NOT REPAIRED. IT SEEMS THAT IT IS A FAILURE IN THE DESIGN OF THE SEATBELT A... Read more

Incident date: Jan 20, 2006

STEERING WHEEL BEGAN TO SHAKE AND VISIBLE FUMES BEGAN ENTERING VEHICLE THROUGH AIR VENTS. THERE WAS A STRONG STENCH OF ANTI-FREEZE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON AND VEHICLE BECAME HARD TO CONTROL. AFTER TAKING CAR TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP, I WAS IMMEDIATELY TOLD, EVEN BEFORE AN INSPECTION WAS DONE, THAT THE HEATER CORE ON VEHICLE HAD A SLOW LEAK THAT OVER THE COURSE OF "SEVERAL MONTHS" THAT EVENTUALLY LEA... Read more

Incident date: Nov 21, 2005

I PURCHASED A MITSUBISHI MONTERO AS A MAIN CAR TO TRANSPORT BACK AND FORTH TO MY BUSINESS. THE CRANK SHAFT PULLEY BOLT CAME OUT AND I HAD THE CAR REPAIRED. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE CAR FOR APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 4 WEEKS BEFORE THE PULLEY BOLT BROKE OFF IN THE CRANKSHAFT NOW I AM STUCK TRYING TO FIND A MECHANIC TO DRILL THE REMAINDER OF THE BOLT OUT. I BELIEVE THAT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS C... Read more

Incident date: Apr 10, 2006

HAD WHEEL CYLINDERS REPLACED -- LEFT REAR IN 2004 AND RIGHT REAR IN DEC 2005. WENT FOR OIL CHANGE TODAY AND ASKED THE MECHANIC TO PULL OF REAR WHEELS BECAUSE THE BRAKES DIDN'T FEEL RIGHT TO ME. RIGHT REAR WAS SOAKED IN BRAKE FLUID AND LEFT REAR HAD JUST STARTED TO LEAK. RIGHT REAR HAD ALSO STARTED TO SEIZE UP DUE TO BRAKE FLUID COATING THE SHOES. WHEEL CYLINDERS SHOULDN'T FAIL AFTER ONLY 4 MON... Read more

Incident date: Apr 10, 2006

Incident date: Mar 27, 2006

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55MPH A DEER WAS STRUCK WITH THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. WHILE APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO GAIN SPEED, SPUN AROUND, VEERED OFF THE ROAD AND ROLLED OVER FOUR TIMES IN A DITCH. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN THE ACCIDENT. THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE CRASH. THERE WERE THREE OCCUPANTS IN THE VEHICLE ALL OF WHIC... Read more

Crash 3 injured

Incident date: Mar 30, 2006

IN JAN. MY WIFE STARTED TO GET A WHIFF OF GASOLINE EVERY NOW AND THEN WHEN SHE GOT OUT OF HER 2001 MONTERO SPORT. IT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO AROUSE SUSPICION. IN THE WEEK OF 3/27/06, THE SMELL BECAME SEVERE. I FOUND GAS RUNNING DOWN THE GAS TANK, DRIPPING ONTO A HOSE RUNNING BELOW IT, AND TO THE GROUND. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO BE REPAIRED AT VACHON MITSUBISHI ON THURS., 3/30/06. I WAS CONTACTED ... Read more

2 injured

Incident date: Apr 5, 2006

OCPL.COM EPNET.COM AUTO REPAIR REFERENCE CENTER MISUBISHI MOTORS TECH INFORMATION UPDATE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN NO: TSB-03-13-007 ODI ID NUMBER: 10152897 DATE: OCTOBER/2003 MODEL: 1997-2003 DIAMANTE MODELS PRODUCED BEFORE 7/7/03 PART: MR908180 DESC: FUEL TANK PUMP AND GAUGE ASSEMBLY SUBJ:LOW FUEL WARNING LIGHT ON SOME AFFECTED VEHICLES, THE LOW FUEL WARNING LIGHT MAY NOT ILLUMI... Read more

Incident date: Feb 25, 2006

MY HORN CONTINUES BLOW AND WILL NOT STOP. I REPLACED THE HORN RELAY BUT IT CONTINUES TO BLOW AND THE ONLY WAY TO STOP IT IS TO UNPLUG THE HONE FUSE OR RELAY. *NM

Incident date: Apr 5, 2006

WINDSHIELD FOGGING UP WITH FILM AND DEFOG NOT EVEN TOUCHING IT. NOTICED SMOKY LIKE AIR COMING FROM UNDER PASSENGER SIDE DASH. AC IS NOW FLAKY. SOMETIMES WILL WORK SOMETIMES WON'T. MOST LIKELY HEATER CORE IS DEFECTIVE OR LEAKING AS STATED IN MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE TSB. CAR IS 2002 WITH ROUGHLY 40K MILES ON IT. RIDICULOUS. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ONLINE MOST DEALERS ARE CHARGING UP TO $1200 TO FIX ... Read more

Incident date: Mar 31, 2006

MY DAUGHTER HIT A POT HOLE IN HER 2001 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE AND THE RIM BENT SEVERELY AND THE TIRE WENT FLAT. *NM

Incident date: Mar 1, 2006

MY REAR MIDDLE SEAT BELT DID NOT FUNCTION SO WHEN I WENT TO GET MY SAFETY CHECK FROM MITSUBISHI HAWAII THEY CHARGED ME TO REPLACE IT, STATING THEY COULD NOT COMPLETE MY SAFETY CHECK SINCE THE SEAT BELT WAS NOT FUNCTIONING. AT THE TIME OF SERVICE, MY 5 YEAR MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED BY ONE WEEK. WHEN I TOOK MY CAR TO ANOTHER SERVICE COMPANY TO GET A TUNE-UP (THAT MITSUBISHI SAID I NEEDED... Read more

Incident date: Mar 15, 2006

HEATER WENT OUT, AND AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO HAVE REPAIRED, WAS INFORMED HEATER CORE WAS DEFECTIVE. REPAIRING/REPLACING HEATER CORE IS AN EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE PROCEDURE!! *NM

Incident date: Dec 1, 2005

I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW VEHICLE IN OCTOBER OF 2005 A 2006 MITSUBISHI EVOLUTION MR. AROUND LATE DECEMBER OF 2005 THE CLUTCH WOULD NOT GO INTO 6TH GEAR. I NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP FROM WHERE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE OF THE PROBLEM AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT'S GET IT CHECKED OUT. THE DAY BEFORE I WAS TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP THE CLUTCH COMPLETELY FAILED THIS WAS ON JANUARY 26 OF 2006. I HAD IT TO... Read more

Incident date: Apr 15, 2005

PROBLEM #1) PURCHASED USED VEHICLE FROM PRIVATE SELLER. THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR/WINDOW HAS RATTLING SOUND DURING DRIVING, CAUSING UNPLEASANT DRIVING EXPERIENCE AND CONCERN FOR SAFETY. DURING PRE-PURCHASE INSPECTIONS, DEALERSHIP(S) DID NOT HAD CLEAR DIAGNOSTIC EXPLANATION REGARDING CAUSE AND/OR SOLUTION. PROBLEM #2) REAR PASSENGER RIGHT SIDE DOOR, WHEN DOOR WAS SHUT, WITH THE CHILD SAFE LOCK UNLO... Read more

Incident date: Apr 15, 2005

Incident date: Mar 15, 2006

CONTINUAL ODD ODOR ENTERING CABIN OF CAR. IT SMELLS SWEET LIKE MAPLE SYRUP. IT OCCURS WHEN I USE HEATER AND ODOR IS EMITTED THROUGH VENTS. I BELIEVE IT IS ANTI-FREEZE THAT HAS LEAKED, I AM SMELLING ANTI-FREEZE AND I'M CONCERNED FOR MY HEALTH. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS IN MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE ONLINE FORUMS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THERE IS A HUGE NUMBER OF HEATER CORE HOSE O-RING GASKET FAILUR... Read more

Incident date: Mar 23, 2006

DEFECTIVE LEFT LOWER CONTROL ARM ASSEMBLY. *JB

Incident date: Mar 20, 2006

I HAVE A 2003 MITSUBISHI GALANT AND ALREADY THE HEATER IS GONE IN IT, I HAVE SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND LEARNED THAT MANY OTHERS THAT HAVE THIS VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM I THINK MITSUBISHI SHOULD PAY FOR THIS DEFECT SINCE WE PAID MONEY OUT OF A-- TO REPLACE THERMOSTAT,WATER HOSES,ETC AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST THE HEATER ONLY BLOWS OUT COLD AIR. *JB

Incident date: Mar 20, 2006

Incident date: Mar 23, 2006

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THERE WAS A POPPING NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER AND IT WAS DETERMINED THE LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINTS NEEDED REPLACED. A NHTSA RECALL, #00V421001 WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE CONCERNING, THE SUSPENSION HOWEVER, THE RECALL DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT OFFER A SECOND REPAIR WITHOUT CHAR... Read more

Incident date: Feb 21, 2006

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START AND WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE TRANSFER CASE SEIZED. A NHTSA RECALL, #98V069001 WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE CONCERNING THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION HOWEVER, THE RECALL DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT OFFER A SECOND REPAIR WITHOUT CHARGE UNDER THE RECALL.

Incident date: Mar 21, 2005

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, WHILE APPLYING BRAKE PRESSURE THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE STEERING COLUMN VIBRATE AND THE BRAKE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ALTHOUGH THE DEALER WAS ALERTED NO APPOINTMENT FOR INSPECTION WAS MADE.

Incident date: Mar 20, 2006

I HAVE A 1999 "BLACK" MITSUBISHI GALANT, WHICH I PURCHASED BRAND NEW. THE COMPLAINT IS OVER THE PAINT JOB, I HAVE NOTICE SEVERAL DIFFERENT "BLACK OR DARK COLORED" GALANT HAVE MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE PAINT JOB, WHERE THE CLEAR COAT HAS TOTALLY BEEN DESTROYED BY OXIDATION. "THIS IS A MANUFACTURE'S FLAW!!" *NM

Incident date: Feb 1, 2006

I HAVE A 2001 ECLIPSE GT (V6) AND I HAVE HAD TO CHANGE THE TRANSMISSION TWICE ALREADY. I LIVE IN MINOT ND WERE IT SNOWS. THE FIRST TIME MY TRANSMISSION JACKED ON ME I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT. THEIR WAS SNOW ON THE GROUND SO WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGED TO GREEN MY TIRES SLID A LIKE AND THE GRAB THE PAYMENT AS THAT HAPPENED I HEARD A BIG THUMP. MY CAR FELT LIKE AN AXLE MESS UP OR THE CLUTCH. THE CAR BEHI... Read more

Incident date: Mar 17, 2006

OUR 2003 MITSUBISHI LANCER ES HAS ONLY 15,520 MILES ON IT AND WE'VE HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS. WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND I ASKED IF THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE BRAKES ON THIS MODEL OF MITSUBISHI, EXPLAINING THAT MY WIFE DRIVES THIS CAR AND IT IS PARKED IN A COVERED GARAGE, AS EVIDENCED BY THE EXCELLENT CONDITION AND LOW MILEAGE. I WAS TOLD THIS SEEMS TO BE LOW MILEAGE... Read more

Incident date: Mar 14, 2006

I JUST PURCHASED A 2002 ECLIPSE FROM A SMALL DEALER. BEFORE I HAD PURCHASED THE CAR, THEY PUT 2 BRAND NEW TIRES ON THE FRONT. THE NIGHT I PICKED UP THE CAR, I HAD TO TRAVEL ON A FEW HIGHWAYS TO GET HOME. AS I WAS GETTING BACK ON THE HIGHWAY, I TRAVELED OVER A ROUGH SPOT IN THE ROAD, BUT I ONLY FELT THE LEFT SIDE GOING OVER IT. A LITTLE WHILE WENT BY AND AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, I NOTICED T... Read more

Incident date: Mar 17, 2006

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE VEHICLE STARTED SMOKING UNDER THE HOOD. IT WAS PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE ENGINE STALLED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE BUT NO REPORT WAS FILED. THEY DETERMINED THERE WAS NOT A FIRE, BUT THERE WAS A LEAK OF OIL AND ANTIFREEZE DUE TO A BUSTED HOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS HOME. ALTHOUGH THE DEALER WAS A... Read more

Incident date: Mar 7, 2005

LOWER BALL JOINTS. *JB

Incident date: Mar 11, 2006

1995 MITSUBISHI GALANT 95 - FRONTAL AIR BAG MY WIFE HAD SUSTAINED HEAD, BACK,SHOULDER, AND KNEE INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE AIRBAGS NOT DEPLOYING. *JB

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Mar 2, 2006

FUEL LEVEL GAUGE STUCK NEAR HALF FULL. *NM

Incident date: Feb 15, 2006

STRONG COOLANT (ANTI-FREEZE) SMELL IN CAR. WINDOWS FOGGED UP AND COULD NOT SEE AND PUFFS OF SMOKE COMING FROM VENTS. DEALER INFORMED ME HEATER CORE NEEDED REPLACING. ALSO STATED THAT ALTHOUGH IT WAS KNOWN ISSUE WITH VEHICLE MITSUBISHI WOULD NOT TAKE CARE OF COST. MITSUBISHI HAS EVEN ISSUED A TECH PUB ON PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY WERE EXPERIENCING A SHORTAGE. IT TOOK FOUR DAY... Read more

Incident date: Mar 9, 2006

ON 5 OCCASIONS NOW WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN THE ENGINE ACCELERATES ON IT'S OWN REVVING EXTREMELY LOUD. IF I DON'T PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND TURN OFF THE IGNITION IT FEELS LIKE IT WILL TAKE OFF AND CAUSE A SEVERE ACCIDENT. I BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW AND THIS FIRST OCCURRED ABOUT 6 MONTHS AFTER BUYING THE VEHICLE. I BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. I CONTINUED ... Read more

Incident date: Mar 9, 2006

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