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: Oct 24, 2005

MITSUBISHI GALLANT: I BOUGHT THIS CAR PRE-OWNED, WITH 40K MILES. I HAVE ALREADY SERVICE MY BRAKES ABOUT 4 TIMES. I USED HAVE A DEALER WARRANTY, BUT IT WAS USELESS. A MECHANIC THAT I TRUST TOLD ME THAT MY ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED. HOWEVER, HE DIDN'T ADVICE ME TO REPLACE THEM BECAUSE IT WAS AN EXPENSIVE JOB AND THERE WAS NOT WARRANTY THAT THE CAR WILL NOT CONTINUE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM DUE TO FACT... Read more

Incident date: Oct 13, 2005

VEHICLE IS 2001 DIAMANTE LS WITH 72,000 VIN # [XXX]. DEFROSTER NOT WORKING PROPERLY WINDOW FOG SMELL OF ANTIFREEZE AND PUDDLE OF ANTIFREEZE UNDER PASSENGER RUG. HAVE ESTIMATE OF $800 TO FIX. *NM UPDATED 07/18/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Incident date: Sep 6, 2005

THE HANDLE ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COMES OUT OF ITS PLACE. THE HATCHBACK ON THE OUTLANDER NO LONGER CAN STAY UP ON ITS OWN, THE ARM THAT HOLDS IT UP IS DEFECTIVE.

Incident date: Sep 6, 2005

THE HANDLE ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE COMES OUT OF ITS PLACE. THE HATCHBACK ON THE OUTLANDER NO LONGER CAN STAY UP ON ITS OWN, THE ARM THAT HOLDS IT UP IS DEFECTIVE.

Incident date: Feb 28, 2004

I HAVE A 2001 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE LS THAT REQUIRES I REPLACE THE HEATER CORE, THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE. I ALSO OWNED A 1998 DIAMANTE LS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *JB

Incident date: Oct 4, 2005

NOTHING EXTRAORDINARY LEADING UP TO THIS FAILURE BUT ON THE MORNING OF OCT 4TH I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 MITSUBISHI GALANT LS AT 55 MPH AND EXPERIENCED A TOTAL POWER STEERING FAILURE. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN AND PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I THEN OPENED THE HOOD AND THERE WAS A FLUID COVERING THE UNDERSIDE OF THE HOOD. I CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND A TOW TRUCK WAS D... Read more

Incident date: Aug 22, 2005

DURING REPLACEMENT OF STRUTS SERVICE TECHNICIAN NOTICED THAT BALL JOINTS HAD EXCESSIVE PLAY. *TS THE MANUFACTURER HAS RECALLED MANY BALL JOINTS RECALL #SR-04-001 ACCORDING TO ALLDATA. *NM

Incident date: Jun 1, 2005

DT: THE VEHICLE IS A 1992 MITSUBISHI 3000 GT, VR4. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN LEAKING OIL. THE CONTACT NOTICED THIS PROBLEM IN JUNE 2005. THE CONTACT EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE SEALS IN THE TRANSFER CASE BECAME DEFECTIVE. THE CONTACT KNEW THAT THERE HAD BEEN RECALL O2V413001/MITSUBISHI RECALL SR-02-003 FOR THE VEHICLE WHEN HE PURCHASED IT. WHEN HE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THEY RAN THE... Read more

Incident date: Oct 17, 2005

HARD KNOCKING NOISE AND OIL LAMP ON IMMEDIATELY AFTER OIL HAS BEEN CHANGED. CHECKED OIL, DIP STICK SHOWED NO OIL IN ENGINE. TOOK BACK TO MECHANIC WHO PERFORMED AN OIL PUMP PRESSURE TEST, DIAGNOSED WITH NO OIL PRESSURE RECOMMENDED TAKE TO DEALERSHIP. DEALERSHIP CLAIMS PROBLEM DUE TO LACK OF OIL CHANGES, HAVE DOCUMENTS PROVING SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE PERFORMED AS RECOMMENDED. VEHICLE IS AT THE DEA... Read more

Incident date: Oct 17, 2005

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED ON OCTOBER 17, 2005 CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THIS IS A MITISIBISHI GALANT 2003, THERE WAS NO PRIOR WARNING . THE AIR BAG LIGHT HAD NOT BEEN ON. CONSUMER HAS NOT CONTACTED HAS NOT CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Aug 8, 2005

PURSUANT TO THE BALL JOINT RECALL FOR MY 1994 MITSUBISHI GALANT, I TOOK MY CAR TO OURISMAN MITSUBISHI IN 2004 WHO THEN INSPECTED THE BOOT, NOTICED THE BOOT WAS BROKEN YET THE SERVICEMAN RESEALED THE BOOT AND INFORMED ME THAT THE CAR WAS CHECKED AND THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS WERE INTACT. IN AUGUST 2005, WHILE I WAS HAVING MY CAR SERVICE FOR A WATER PUMP PROBLEM, THE MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE LOWER ... Read more

Incident date: Aug 8, 2005

Incident date: Oct 14, 2005

TRAFFIC SUDDENLY STOPPED ON HIGHWAY, APPLIED BRAKES, SLID INTO BACK OF OTHER VEHICLE. BRAKES DID NOT STOP VEHICLE, AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, HIT HEAD. CAR IS BEING ESTIMATED. HAD TOTAL FRONT DAMAGE (CRUSHED). *JB

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Oct 14, 2005

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Oct 12, 2005

I CURRENTLY HAVE WHAT IS DESCRIBED TO BE A "HEATER CORE FAILURE" IN MY 2000 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE. I HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE THAT THIS ISSUE IS FAIRLY COMMON AMONGST DIAMANTES. ANY TIME I TURN ON THE HEATER, MY AUTOMOBILE IS FILLED WITH A NOXIOUS ODOR THAT I'M LEAD TO BELIEVE MIGHT BE DETRIMENTAL TO MY HEALTH. I AM ALSO UNABLE TO DEFROST MY WINDOWS BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. THIS CAUSES A DANGEROUS DRIVI... Read more

Incident date: Mar 15, 2004

2001 ECLIPSE RS BLACK PAINT JOB FADING REAL BAD IT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE A POKE-A-DOT CAR OF WHITE AND BLACK EVERY PANEL ON MY CAR IS FADING, HOOD TOP SIDE PANELS TRUNK IS REAL BAD AND ALL OTHERS THE VEHICLE IS IN NC AND I KNOW A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO DRIVE THE SAME CAR AND ITS HAPPENED TO THEM TO, AN 01 ECLIPSE GS I THINK. *NM

Incident date: Oct 11, 2005

DT: THE CONSUMER OWNS A 2001 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT. ON 10-11-05 WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE THERE WAS A WRECK IN FRONT OF CONSUMERS VEHICLE. WHEN THE CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, THEY WOULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKE LIGHT HAD COME ON EARLIER THAT DAY. THE CONTACTS VEHICLE HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED BUT NOT ALL THE WAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED... Read more

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Oct 11, 2005

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Oct 12, 2005

DT: CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GS. CONTACT TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE COLORED HALOGEN LIGHTS ENHANCERS PUT IN, AND THE MECHANIC LET THE CONTACT KNOW THAT THE WIRING HARNESS MELTED ON THE HALOGEN LIGHTS. THE VEHICLE IS AT THE DEALERSHIP. THEY WOULD NOT LET THE CONTACT DRIVE IT HOME BECAUSE IT WAS A FIRE HAZARD. THE PARTS WILL BE IN ON 10-13-05. THE DEALERSHIP GAVE THE CONTACT... Read more

Fire

Incident date: Oct 12, 2005

Fire

Incident date: Oct 8, 2005

DRIVING AT APPROX. 50 MPH WHEN THE TIRES LOCKED UP. TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP AND THEY TELL ME IT IS THE TRANSFER CASE. YET 15000 MILES AGO THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED, YET TO NO AVAIL THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED. MITSUBISHI WILL NOT FIX THE TRANSFER CASE A SECOND TIME, HOWEVER THEY DID NOT FIX IT THE FIST TIME, THEY MERELY REPLACED THE GASKET AND THE PROBLEM WAS STILL THERE! *NM

Incident date: Jun 15, 2002

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS 2000 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE. THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DOOR HINGES BROKE. THE DOOR HINGE DROPPED, AND THE DOOR SIMPLY FELL OFF. THESE TWO OCCURRENCES HAPPENED OVER A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS. THE DOORS WERE HARD TO OPEN ,AND THE CONTACT HAD TO LIFT THE DOORS TO CLOSE THEM PROPERLY WITH NORMAL USE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER, WHO SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD ... Read more

Incident date: Oct 10, 2005

MY CAR HAD AROUND 11,000 MILES ON IT (2003 MITSUBISHI GALANT ES) WHEN THE BRAKES STARTED TO MAKE A THUMPING NOISE. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE BRAKES ARE STILL FINE, BUT THE BRAKES PUT ON IN THE FACTORY ARE CHEAP BRAKES AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH GALANT'S ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. I HAVE 12,000 MILES ON THE CAR AND THE NOISE IS GETTING WORSE. IF MY BRAKES ARE STILL GOOD,... Read more

Incident date: Oct 5, 2005

VEHICLE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND LOCKED INTO THIRD GEAR. NOTICED SMELL OF COOLANT INSIDE DRIVERS COMPARTMENT AND HAZING OF THE WINDSHIELD. BROUGHT VEHICLE TO DEALER TO HAVE PROBLEM IMPROPERLY DIAGNOSED AND HAD TO HAVE IT RE-TESTED TWO WEEKS LATER. HEATER CORE LEAKAGE HAS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE ECU AND NOW BOTH HAVE TO BE REPLACED. TOTAL COST OF REPAIR FOR BOTH WAS $3,357.62. COOLANT FUMES... Read more

Incident date: Oct 5, 2005

Incident date: Oct 8, 2005

I HAVE A 2003 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GTS. IT HAS ABOUT 75,000 MILES ON IT NOW. I HAVE NOW BENT 4 WHEELS ON THIS MODEL. THEY KEEP BLAMING IT ON ME, SAYING ITS MY DRIVING, BUT AFTER THE FOURTH TIME, I KNOW IT IS NOT ME. I SHOULD NOT BE REGULARLY BENDING WHEELS ON A CAR, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE VAST MAJORITY OF MY DRIVING IS HIGHWAY DRIVING. *JB

Incident date: Jun 1, 2002

I OWN A 2000 ECLIPSE. EVERY TIME IT RAINS HEAVILY I GET A PUDDLE OF WATER IN THE FRONT FLOOR BOARDS. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME TIME NOW. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO SEVERAL DEALERSHIPS AND THEY SAY IT IS FIXED BUT IT STILL LEAKS. THERE IS A REAL BAD MOLDY SMELL ON THE WINDOWS. WHEN I DRIVE IT AFTER A BIG RAIN STORM, I CAN HEAR WATER SLUSHING AROUND IN THE DOOR. THERE HAS TO BE A FIX FOR THIS. I DO NO... Read more

Incident date: Apr 1, 2005

VEHICLE VIBRATES VIOLENTLY AT SPEEDS 40-50 MPH. *JB

Incident date: Oct 6, 2005

DASH BOARD CRACKED IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS NOT SURE WHAT THE CAUSE OF THIS IS VEHICLE NOT INVOLVED IN ANY COLLISIONS THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS, SUSPECT MATERIAL FOR DASH IS AFFECTED BY TEMPERATURE, NEVER USED ANY CHEMICALS ON THE DASH FOR CLEANING PURPOSES. THIS HAS HAPPENED IN MANY FRIENDS 2000+ MODEL MITSUBISHI ECLIPSES. *JB

Incident date: Sep 21, 2005

AFTER CRASHING IN A MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE THE AIRBAGS WERE DEPLOYED AND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG CAUGHT FIRE. TO FIX THIS PROBLEM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD TO PULL APART THE DASH IN ORDER TO REMOVE THE WIRES FROM THE AIRBAG. *JB

Crash Fire

Incident date: Oct 5, 2005

HEATER CORE (AND POSSIBLE EFFECT ON TRANSMISSION ISSUES) GOING UP BEFORE ITS TIME (AND THIS KNOWN TO BE A PROBLEM ON THE DIAMANTES FOR OVER 3 YEARS OF THE MODEL) AND CAUSING ANTIFREEZE FUMES AND SMOKE TO FILL MY CAR FOR MONTHS UNNOTICED EXPOSING MY FAMILY AND SELF TO NAUSEOUSNESS, HEADACHES, NOT TO MENTION EXPENSE OF REPAIR ON A RELATIVELY NEW VEHICLE. *NM

3 injured

Incident date: Sep 29, 2005

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT. IN 6-03 HE BROUGHT THE CAR I TO DEALER BECAUSE THE TIMING BELT CAME OFF. THE REPAIR WORK COST $463.06. ON 7-26-03 THE CONTACT BROUGHT IT BACK BECAUSE THE TIMING BELT CAME OFF AGAIN. HE FOUND THERE WAS RECALL 00V311001 AND THE DEALER FIXED IT AT NO COST LAST WEEK ON 9-29--0) THE TIMING BELT CAME OFF AGAIN. HE HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED, AND THE ... Read more

Incident date: Sep 28, 2005

SMELL OF ANTI FREEZE 3 MONTHS AGO WHILE HEATER WAS RUNNING. WINDOWS STARTING TO FOG AND UNABLE TO DEFROST/DEFOG. WILL HAVE TO SCHEDULE A REPAIR WITH THE DEALER. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AS COOLANT VAPOR IS TOXIC TO BREATHE AND ELECTRICAL CONTROL COMPONENTS TO ENGINE MAY BE DAMAGED IF LEAKING INTO ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS OR DEVICES; TRACTION CONTROL AND THROTTLE CONTROL BEING THE MOST DANGE... Read more

2 injured

Incident date: Sep 21, 2005

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MITSUBISHI MONTARO . STARTED WITH AN ABNORMAL SOUND IN LEFT SIDE OF VEHICLE, NOISE SOUNDED LIKE A GOOSE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP , WHO TOLD THE CONTACT THAT IT WOULD COST $200 TO FIX IT. ALSO, CALLED MANUFACTURER WHO SAID VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 01V254000L DUE TO VIN. NO CRASHES. NO POLICE REPORTS .NO INJURIES . *AK

Incident date: Oct 4, 2003

I HAVE A 2003 MITSUBISHI LANCE OZ RALLY, CAR HAS 32,000 MILES ON IT, I PURCHASED IT USED. I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WHERE SOMETIMES I WOULD SMELL BURNING ODOR FROM THE VENTS. I THINK CAR RUNS VERY RUFF AND IM NOT SURE WHAT IT IS.. I BELIEVE IT'S THE TRANSMISSION FROM READING ALL THE POST ON HERE.. AND ALSO THE SHIFTING IS ROUGH. I WILL BE TAKING IT TO A DEALER SOON.. HOPEFULLY THEY WONT GIVE ME THE ... Read more

Incident date: Oct 1, 2005

OWNER OF A 2004 ECLIPSE. FIRST PROBLEM WAS END OF JUNE 2005 BUBBLE ON FRONT RIGHT TIRE, WHEN TAKEN TO GET REPLACED FOUND OUT THAT RIM WAS CRACKED ON THE INSIDE. BOUGHT NEW TIRE AND RIM AND HAD REPLACED! SECOND TIME END OF SEPTEMBER 2005, TOOK CAR INTO GET OIL CHANGED TOLD THEM ABOUT SHAKING OF THE CAR. FOUND OUT THAT BACK RIGHT RIM WAS CRACKED AND MISSING A CHUNK OF THE RIM. NEW RIM WAS PURCHAS... Read more

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Jul 15, 2005

CAR SMELLED OF SYRUP WHEN THE HEAT WAS ON AND SMOKE CAME FROM THE VENTS. AFTER BREAKING DOWN, I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT THE O RINGS/HEATER CORE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WHICH COST ME $850.00.. *JB

Incident date: Jun 9, 2005

REFUSAL TO COMPLY WITH RECALL ID# 01V254001. WE TOOK OUR 2001 MONTERO TO THE MITSUBISHI DEALER AS THE BRAKE PART HAD GONE BAD JUST AS STATED IN THE RECALL. THE DEALER SAID THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN INSPECTED WHEN NEW AND IT WAS DEEMED OK. IT WAS NEVER REPLACED AND NOW THAT IT HAS BECOME DEFECTIVE THEY WILL NOT REPLACE IT. *JB

Incident date: Sep 26, 2005

THE CLUTCH DISC ON A 2002 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE MANUAL TRANSMISSION WAS EATEN UP DOWN TO THE BARE METAL, STARTING TO EAT AWAY AT THE FLYWHEEL AND CHIP THE DRIVESHAFT BECAUSE I WAS NOT INFORMED IN ANY WAY THAT THE CLUTCH DISC WAS A WEAR ITEM AND WAS DISAPPOINTED WHEN I FOUND OUT. THE CLUTCH DISC WAS FAULTY, IN COMPLETE SHREDS ALL OVER THE INSIDE OF THE TRANSMISSION. I HAD TO CLEAN OUT THE TRANSMISSION ... Read more

Incident date: Aug 13, 2005

I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY DOING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WHEN I STRUCK A DEER, CAUSING $4,500 WORTH OF DAMAGE AND THE AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED EVEN THOUGH MY WHOLE FRONT END WAS REPLACED INCLUDING THE FRONT BUMPER. THE DAMAGES TO MY CAR WERE REPLACED AND FIXED, BUT MITSUBISHI HAS YET TO INSPECT THE AIRBAGS TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NO DEFECT. *JB

Crash 2 injured

Incident date: Aug 10, 2005

MITSUBISHI MOTORS WILL NOT ACCEPT LIABILITY AND PAY TO HAVE A FAILURE OF A FACTORY WELD REPAIRED ON THE RIGHT FRONT ENGINE CROSS MEMBER OF MY 2003 MITSUBISHI MONTERO WHICH IS STILL UNDER THE FACTORY WARRANTY. MY INSURANCE ADJUSTER HAS SUBMITTED A LETTER INFORMING MITSUBISHI'S VEHICLE DEPARTMENT THAT THE DAMAGE TO MY VEHICLE IS DUE TO FAILURE FROM IMPROPER WELDING. I HAVE ALSO BEEN INFORMED BY A CE... Read more

Incident date: Sep 22, 2005

ROAD DEBRIS CAUSED A COMPLETE FAILURE OF MY RADIATOR BECAUSE IT IS POORLY DESIGNED WITH NO PROTECTION FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THERE IS NO GRILL PROTECTION IN FRONT OF THE RADIATOR SO STONES AND DEBRIS ARE FREE TO HIT THE RADIATOR DIRECTLY AND PUNCTURE THE TUBING. THIS HAPPENED TO ME ON 09-22-05. IT WILL COST ME $650 FOR A NEWLY INSTALLED RADIATOR FROM MITSUBISHI. THE PROBLEM I AM HAVING... Read more

Incident date: Sep 24, 2005

A FEW WEEKS AGO MY VEHICLE BECOME VERY TOUGH TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK WHEN PARKED ON ANY INCLINE OR, UNEVEN SURFACE. ONCE THE GEAR SELECTOR WOULDN'T EVEN MOVE AND THREE PEOPLE HAD TO STAND BEHIND THE CAR AND PUSH IT FORWARD TO ALLOW ME TO SHIFT OUT OF PARK. I'VE TAKEN IT TO CITY MITSUBISHI IN JACKSONVILLE FL. AND THEY HAVE INFORMED ME THAT THE BEST THING TO DO IS STOP, PUT IT IN NEUTRAL, SET THE E-B... Read more

Incident date: Sep 22, 2005

I OWN A 2005 MITSUBISHI EVOLUTION LANCER THAT HAS 9,661 MILES ON IT AND THE CLUTCH IS ALREADY NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. MITSUBISHI ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS PROBLEM THAT DATES BACK TO THE 2003 LANCER, BUT YET THEY STILL REFUSE TO CONFRONT THE ISSUE AND TAKE CARE OF IT. *NM

Incident date: Jun 22, 2004

AT 4 YEARS OLD MY 2000 MITSUBISHI GALANT'S BUMPER STARTED PEELING. AT 5 YEARS OLD MY ROOF (BY THE SUNROOF) STARTED SEVERELY FADING. MY CAR IS BLACK AND I HAVE A HUGE WHITE SPOT ON THE ROOF. I AM EXTREMELY WORRIED WHAT WILL HAPPEN THIS WINTER WITH THE PAINT. NOT TO MENTION SUCH A YOUNG CAR SHOULDN'T HAVE SUCH A PROBLEM WITH THE PAINT AND IT LOOKS HORRIBLE. MITSUBISHI SHOULD BE ASHAMED THAT THE C... Read more

Incident date: Feb 1, 2004

WHEN BRAKES APPLIED THE CAR SHAKES SO BAD YOU CAN'T CONTROL IT. BRAKES WERE WORKED ON BY MITSUBISHI 3 TIMES THEN REPLACED BRAKES AND THEY ARE BAD AGAIN. *JB

Incident date: Sep 19, 2005

DT: THE CONTACT STATES IN AUGUST 04 HE HAD H CAR INSPECTED AND IT PASSED INSPECTION, AND THEY TOLD HIM THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSFER CASE IN TRANSMISSION. HE HEARD THERE WAS A RECALL ON TRANSFER CASE, HE HAD IT CHECKED. ABOUT THREE DAYS AGO THE REAR WHEELS ON 1992 MITSUBISHI GALLANT LOCKED UP. HE HAD IT TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP, AND THEY ARE REFUSED TO DO RECALL REPAIRS BECAUSE THEY TO... Read more

Incident date: Sep 20, 2005

THE PAINT ON THE ROOF AND TRUNK DECK OF MY 1997 DIAMANTE IS FADING WITH WHITE PATCHES. THE HOOD AND BODY PAINT LOOKS GOOD AS NEW. I WAXED MY VEHICLE AT LEAST 3 TIMES A YEAR. IS THIS A DEFECT FROM THE FACTORY I HAVE NOTICE SEVERAL SIMILAR MODELS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. WHAT SHOULD I DO ABOUT THE PROBLEM? *JB

Incident date: Sep 20, 2005

FAILURE OF TURN SIGNAL / EMERGENCY HAZARD LIGHTS. RELAY SWITCH BURNED OUT. CAR HAS 39000 MILES AND IS 20 MONTHS . OLD DEALER AND DISTRIBUTOR CLAIM NOT THEIR PROBLEM. I CLAIM IT IS A SAFETY PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.*JB

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