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

MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER (2003) - LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH Jan 21, 2004
Incident date: Jan 21, 2004
CONSUMER CANNOT UNLOCK THE FRONT AND REAR DOORS FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. WATER WENT UNDER FLOOR AND CORRODED THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THIS PROBLEM WAS SIMILAR TO NHTSA RECALL 03V194000: ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, WATER COULD ENTER THE FRONT FLOORBOARD AREA FROM OPENINGS IN THE SIDE SILL OR UPPER DASH AREA. THIS WATER COULD COLLECT UNDER THE SEAT AND CAUSE ELECTRICAL CO... Read more
MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER (2003) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING Jan 21, 2004
Incident date: Jan 21, 2004
CONSUMER CANNOT UNLOCK THE FRONT AND REAR DOORS FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. WATER WENT UNDER FLOOR AND CORRODED THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THIS PROBLEM WAS SIMILAR TO NHTSA RECALL 03V194000: ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, WATER COULD ENTER THE FRONT FLOORBOARD AREA FROM OPENINGS IN THE SIDE SILL OR UPPER DASH AREA. THIS WATER COULD COLLECT UNDER THE SEAT AND CAUSE ELECTRICAL CO... Read more
MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER (2003) - SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR Jan 21, 2004
Incident date: Jan 21, 2004
CONSUMER CANNOT UNLOCK THE FRONT AND REAR DOORS FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. WATER WENT UNDER FLOOR AND CORRODED THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THIS PROBLEM WAS SIMILAR TO NHTSA RECALL 03V194000: ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, WATER COULD ENTER THE FRONT FLOORBOARD AREA FROM OPENINGS IN THE SIDE SILL OR UPPER DASH AREA. THIS WATER COULD COLLECT UNDER THE SEAT AND CAUSE ELECTRICAL CO... Read more
MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER (2003) - AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW Jan 21, 2004
Incident date: Jan 21, 2004
CONSUMER CANNOT UNLOCK THE FRONT AND REAR DOORS FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. WATER WENT UNDER FLOOR AND CORRODED THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THIS PROBLEM WAS SIMILAR TO NHTSA RECALL 03V194000: ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, WATER COULD ENTER THE FRONT FLOORBOARD AREA FROM OPENINGS IN THE SIDE SILL OR UPPER DASH AREA. THIS WATER COULD COLLECT UNDER THE SEAT AND CAUSE ELECTRICAL CO... Read more
MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER (2003) - EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS Jan 21, 2004
Incident date: Jan 21, 2004
CONSUMER CANNOT UNLOCK THE FRONT AND REAR DOORS FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. WATER WENT UNDER FLOOR AND CORRODED THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THIS PROBLEM WAS SIMILAR TO NHTSA RECALL 03V194000: ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES, WATER COULD ENTER THE FRONT FLOORBOARD AREA FROM OPENINGS IN THE SIDE SILL OR UPPER DASH AREA. THIS WATER COULD COLLECT UNDER THE SEAT AND CAUSE ELECTRICAL CO... Read more
MITSUBISHI GALANT (2001) - SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:HYDRAULIC Jan 21, 2004
Incident date: Jan 10, 2003
MITSUBISHI GALANT 2001 ES HAS SEVERE BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE. BRAKE PADS THAT WERE INSTALLED BY MANUFACTURE ALWAYS WORN OUT WITHIN 1-1/2 YEAR OR 15000.*AK MITSUBISHI GALANT 2001 ES HAS A PROBLEM WITH ENGINE GASGET. MY CAR ENGINE GASGET WAS LEAK TWICE IN 2003.
Crash
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE (2003) - EXTERIOR LIGHTING:FOG LIGHTS Jan 18, 2004
Incident date: Oct 10, 2002
HI, I BOUGHT MY ECLIPSE IN SEPTEMBER 2003 AND A MONTH LATER ONE OF MY EXTERNAL FOG LIGHTS BROKE WITHOUT ANY REASON, I WENT TO THE DEALER AND TOLD ME THAT MUST BE A ROCK HITTING THE FOG LIGHT AND THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE NEW CAR WARRANTY, ALSO TOLD ME THE PRICE FOR REPLACEMENT WAS $160.00 WHICH IT SEEMS TO ME A RIDICULOUS PRICE FOR A FOG LIGHT SO I WENT BACK THINKING WAS MY BAD LUCK IT HAPPEN ... Read more
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE (1998) - SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:ROTOR Jan 16, 2004
Incident date: Jan 15, 2004
THE ROTORS ON MY BRAKES LASTED A GOOD MONTH AND A HALF BEFORE THEY STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY WHEN I WOULD TRY TO GRADUALLY BRAKE FROM SPEEDS BETWEEN 45-65 MPH. TODAY I WAS EXITING THE FREEWAY AT ABOUT 65 MPH AND IT FELT LIKE THEY JUST WEREN'T STOPPING ME. THERE WAS NO PRESSURE. I HAD THE BRAKES CHECKED OUT AND THE PADS ARE LIKE NEW, THE ROTORS SHOW SOME WARPING, HOWEVER IM NOT SURE A WARPED ROTO... Read more
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE (1998) - STEERING:RACK AND PINION:PINION SHAFT Jan 16, 2004
Incident date: Jan 15, 2004
THE ROTORS ON MY BRAKES LASTED A GOOD MONTH AND A HALF BEFORE THEY STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY WHEN I WOULD TRY TO GRADUALLY BRAKE FROM SPEEDS BETWEEN 45-65 MPH. TODAY I WAS EXITING THE FREEWAY AT ABOUT 65 MPH AND IT FELT LIKE THEY JUST WEREN'T STOPPING ME. THERE WAS NO PRESSURE. I HAD THE BRAKES CHECKED OUT AND THE PADS ARE LIKE NEW, THE ROTORS SHOW SOME WARPING, HOWEVER IM NOT SURE A WARPED ROTO... Read more
MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT (2002) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR Jan 16, 2004
Incident date: Jan 2, 2004
DEALERSHIP SAID THERE IS SLUDGE IN ENGINE DUE TO "LACK OF PROPER MAINTENANCE". WE'VE HAD THE OIL CHANGED ACCORDING TO THE MANUAL BUT BELIEVE THAT THE OIL PAN IS POSITIONED WRONG AS THE DEALERSHIPS TOLD US THAT ABOUT 1/4 INCH TO 1/2 INCH IS ALWAYS LEFT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE OIL PAN WHEN YOU CHANGE THE OIL, THEREFORE CREATING SLUDGE. THE OIL PUMP HAS ALSO GONE BAD ON THIS 2002 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SP... Read more
MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT (2002) - POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL Jan 16, 2004
Incident date: Jan 2, 2004
DEALERSHIP SAID THERE IS SLUDGE IN ENGINE DUE TO "LACK OF PROPER MAINTENANCE". WE'VE HAD THE OIL CHANGED ACCORDING TO THE MANUAL BUT BELIEVE THAT THE OIL PAN IS POSITIONED WRONG AS THE DEALERSHIPS TOLD US THAT ABOUT 1/4 INCH TO 1/2 INCH IS ALWAYS LEFT IN THE BOTTOM OF THE OIL PAN WHEN YOU CHANGE THE OIL, THEREFORE CREATING SLUDGE. THE OIL PUMP HAS ALSO GONE BAD ON THIS 2002 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SP... Read more
MITSUBISHI MONTERO (2000) Jan 16, 2004
Incident date: Dec 1, 2003
THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY ON A SUV CLASH TO THE CONCRETE WALL.
Crash 3 injured
MITSUBISHI MIRAGE (2000) - LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH Jan 15, 2004
Incident date: Oct 13, 2003
MY VEHICLES PASSENGER AND DRIVER DOORS ARE FALLING OFF THE HINGES. I HAVE NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. THE PASSENGER DOOR CANNOT BE USED OR IT WILL FALL COMPLETELY OFF, THE DRIVER DOOR IS GETTING TO THAT POINT, WHILE DRIVING THE DOOR IS ADJURE, I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MITSUBISHI THAT THIS IS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR THE DEALER STATES THE SAME(I UNDERSTAND THE DEALER HAS TO FOLLOW MITSU WARRANTY) HOWEVER, TH... Read more
MITSUBISHI GALANT (2002) - SUSPENSION Jan 14, 2004
Incident date: Dec 19, 2003
I HAVE A 2002 GALANT, AND AT 30,000MILS, I HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS, AND THE BRAKE PADS. I WAS TOLD IT'S NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY TERMS. THERE'S SEVERE VIBRATIONS, AND ROTATIONAL NOISE NOTICED WHEN DRIVING AT 60MPH AND ABOVE, AND I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER, THEY TOLD ME THEY REPACKED MY BEARINGS, BUT THE NOISE AND VIBRATIONS STILL CONTINUE TO SURFACE. ALTHOUGH THE DEALER... Read more
MITSUBISHI GALANT (1992) - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE Jan 14, 2004
Incident date: Nov 8, 2003
MY CAR HAD BEEN STALLING SINCE AUGUST 2003. THE FIRST TIME I BROUGHT IT INTO HAVE IT SERVICED AT FIRESTONE, THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM. IN NOVEMBER 2003 MY CAR WAS STALLING AGAIN AND I LOST POWER DRIVING IT, AS THE CAR ENGINE SHUT OFF. I HAD BROUGHT MY CAR IN AGAIN TO A DIFFERENT FIRESTONE. I TRUST THE MECHANIC, I HAVE BEEN BRINGING MY CAR THERE FOR YEARS. THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE ELECTRO... Read more
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE (1996) - SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT Jan 13, 2004
Incident date: Dec 12, 2003
WHILE TRAVELING DOWN OUR STREET, MY LOWER BALL JOINT ON MY 1996 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GS FAILED. I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30-35 MPH AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. MY VEHICLE PULLED HARD TO THE RIGHT BEFORE THE FAILURE. I DID NOT REALIZE WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT THE TIME, SO I CORRECTED THE PULL BY TURNING THE WHEEL BACK TO THE LEFT. WITHIN SECONDS OF CORRECTING, THE BALL JOINT FAILED. MY PASSENGER SID... Read more
Crash
MITSUBISHI LANCER (2003) - POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION Jan 12, 2004
Incident date: Jan 5, 2004
WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION SLIPPED GEARS. THIS CAUSED A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER. DEALERSHIP'S MECHANIC WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK
MITSUBISHI MONTERO (1996) - ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE Jan 12, 2004
Incident date: Jan 2, 2004
THE BUTTERFLY VALVE IN THE INTAKE PLENUM IN THE 3.5L DOHC COMES LOOSE AND DROPS INTO THE MOTOR WHICH CAN CAUSE IT TO STOP SUDDENLY, THIS PROBLEM IS KNOWN BY THE MANUFACTURER, WHICH IS APPARENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE MADE A REPLACEMENT PART TO FIX IT; HOWEVER, IT IS EXPENSIVE AND THEY DO NOT HELP WITH THE COST. *LA
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE (1995) - ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE Jan 12, 2004
Incident date: Jan 12, 2004
OIL LEAK INSIDE OF THE ENGINE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SMOKE. MECHANIC NOTICED A SEAL BROKE FROM THE ENGINE, AND IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER ALLEGES THAT THE PROBLEM IS SIMILAR TO THE PROBLEM RECALLED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NO. 98V-069; HOWEVER, THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *AK *MJJ *MR
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE (2000) - WHEELS:RIM Jan 9, 2004
Incident date: Jan 9, 2004
RIMS BEND FOR NO APPARENT REASON CAUSING TIRES TO BLOW OUT, FALL OFF RIMS, LOSE AIR PRESSURE AND CREATE UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITION.*AK
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE (2000) - TIRES Jan 9, 2004
Incident date: Jan 9, 2004
RIMS BEND FOR NO APPARENT REASON CAUSING TIRES TO BLOW OUT, FALL OFF RIMS, LOSE AIR PRESSURE AND CREATE UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITION.*AK
MITSUBISHI SPYDER (2003) - VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS Jan 9, 2004
Incident date: Jan 9, 2004
CONSUMER COULD NOT ROLL THE ELECTRICAL WINDOWS UP OR DOWN. CONSUMER INSISTED THAT THE WINDOWS WERE A DESIGN FLAW. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR ANALYSIS, AND MECHANIC NOTICED THAT A WORN PART IN THE REMOTE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK *MR
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE (9999) - AIR BAGS Jan 9, 2004
Incident date: Jan 9, 2004
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED, AND IT HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED HEAD INJURIES AND FACIAL CUTS, AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK
Crash 1 injured
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE (2001) - TIRES Jan 9, 2004
Incident date: Aug 3, 2003
I TOO HAVE HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH RIMS AND TIRES. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE 2 TIRES AND 1 RIM ALREADY. WHILE DRIVING MY CAR NOW OVER 65 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL WILL SHAKE. I AM OFTEN SCARED TO GO OVER 50 DUE TO THAT FACT THAT I FEAR MY TIRES WILL BLOW.*AK
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE (2001) - WHEELS Jan 9, 2004
Incident date: Aug 3, 2003
I TOO HAVE HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH RIMS AND TIRES. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE 2 TIRES AND 1 RIM ALREADY. WHILE DRIVING MY CAR NOW OVER 65 MPH THE STEERING WHEEL WILL SHAKE. I AM OFTEN SCARED TO GO OVER 50 DUE TO THAT FACT THAT I FEAR MY TIRES WILL BLOW.*AK
MITSUBISHI LANCER (2003) - POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY Jan 8, 2004
Incident date: Dec 16, 2003
AT 1000 MILES THE CLUTCH IN MY 03 LANCER EVO BEGAN TO SLIP OCCASIONALLY. I BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE MITSUBISHI SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY EXPLAINED THAT THEY COULD NOT HELP ME UNLESS THE PROBLEM COULD BE RECREATED. AT 3000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO GRIND INTO 5TH GEAR OCCASIONALLY. AGAIN I WAS TOLD NOT TO BRING IT IN UNTIL IT COULD BE RECREATED. AT 4000 MILES I WAS ABLE TO RECRE... Read more
MITSUBISHI LANCER (2003) - POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION Jan 8, 2004
Incident date: Dec 16, 2003
AT 1000 MILES THE CLUTCH IN MY 03 LANCER EVO BEGAN TO SLIP OCCASIONALLY. I BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE MITSUBISHI SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY EXPLAINED THAT THEY COULD NOT HELP ME UNLESS THE PROBLEM COULD BE RECREATED. AT 3000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO GRIND INTO 5TH GEAR OCCASIONALLY. AGAIN I WAS TOLD NOT TO BRING IT IN UNTIL IT COULD BE RECREATED. AT 4000 MILES I WAS ABLE TO RECRE... Read more
MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE (2001) - VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE Jan 8, 2004
Incident date: Dec 16, 2003
HEATER CORE FAILED, CAUSING THE FRONT WINDSHIELD TO FOG UP. ALSO, CONSUMER COULD SMELL ANTI FREEZE INSIDE THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK
MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE (2001) - ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM Jan 8, 2004
Incident date: Dec 16, 2003
HEATER CORE FAILED, CAUSING THE FRONT WINDSHIELD TO FOG UP. ALSO, CONSUMER COULD SMELL ANTI FREEZE INSIDE THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.*AK
MITSUBISHI GALANT (2002) - SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Jan 8, 2004
Incident date: Jan 8, 2004
BRAKES. *LA
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE (1996) - POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY Jan 7, 2004
Incident date: Jan 2, 2004
CRANKSHAFT HAS REPOSITIONED ITSELF CAUSING THE CLUTCH TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. *AK
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE (1996) - ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CRANKCASE (PCV) Jan 7, 2004
Incident date: Jan 2, 2004
CRANKSHAFT HAS REPOSITIONED ITSELF CAUSING THE CLUTCH TO BECOME INOPERATIVE. *AK
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE (2003) - AIR BAGS Jan 7, 2004
Incident date: May 30, 2003
VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*MR . WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE CONSUMERS DAUGHTER LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR AND HIT A CEMENT GUARDRAIL HEAD ON. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT MITSUBISHI SO THEY COULD CHECK OUT THE AIR BAG DEFECT BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, THE CONSUMER EVEN FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THEM AND WAS GIVEN A FILE# AND WAS SENT ... Read more
Crash 1 injured
MITSUBISHI GALANT (2001) - SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:ROTOR Jan 6, 2004
Incident date: Jan 5, 2004
BRAKE PROBLEMS WITH 2001 MITSUBISHI GALANT SE. VEHICLE IN FOR WARRANTY REPAIRS TWO TIMES FOR STRONG STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION AND SHIMMY WHEN BRAKING. BOTH TIMES, EXCESSIVE WARPING AND UNEVEN WEAR FOUND ON ROTARS AND BRAKE PADS. VEHICLE HAS ONLY 32000 MILES, AND IS NOT DRIVEN IN STOP/GO TRAFFIC. REPAIR SHOP MACHINED ROTARS, BUT UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF CONSTANT UNEVEN WEAR ON R... Read more
MITSUBISHI GALANT (2001) - SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:PADS Jan 6, 2004
Incident date: Jan 5, 2004
BRAKE PROBLEMS WITH 2001 MITSUBISHI GALANT SE. VEHICLE IN FOR WARRANTY REPAIRS TWO TIMES FOR STRONG STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION AND SHIMMY WHEN BRAKING. BOTH TIMES, EXCESSIVE WARPING AND UNEVEN WEAR FOUND ON ROTARS AND BRAKE PADS. VEHICLE HAS ONLY 32000 MILES, AND IS NOT DRIVEN IN STOP/GO TRAFFIC. REPAIR SHOP MACHINED ROTARS, BUT UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF CONSTANT UNEVEN WEAR ON R... Read more
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE (1995) - POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE) Jan 6, 2004
AFTER RECALL 98V069001 REPAIRS FOR TRANSFER CASE WAS PERFORMED THE DEFECT RECURRED, AND TRANSFER CASE WAS LEAKING. THERE WAS A METAL PIECE IN THE OIL. *AK
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE (1998) - AIR BAGS Jan 6, 2004
Incident date: Jan 6, 2004
WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK
Crash
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE (2000) - WHEELS:RIM Jan 6, 2004
Incident date: Mar 20, 2003
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE 2000GT- I HAVE GONE THROUGH 5 RIMS AND TIRES IN LESS THEN ONE YEAR. DOING RESEARCH, I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH THIS ISSUSE. MY FIRST INCIDENT WAS AT THE END OF MARCH AND THEN I HAVE HAD ANOTHER IN DEC 2003. THE RIMS ON THIS CAR ARE WEAK AND THEY BEND, CRACK AND BREAK TIRES. THIS VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO HAVE ON THE ROAD. YOUNEVER KNOW WHEN YOUR RIM WIL... Read more
MITSUBISHI ENDEAVOR (2004) - TIRES:TREAD/BELT Jan 5, 2004
Incident date: Jan 2, 2004
WHILE DRIVING REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO STEER THE VEHICLE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. *AK
MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE (2001) - VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE Jan 4, 2004
Incident date: Jan 2, 2004
CAR SMELLS LIKE COOLANT. WINDOWS WON'T CLEAR UP WHILE IM DRIVING. VERY FOGGY. DEALER SAID I NEED A NEW HEATER CORE AT 43,000 MILES. *LA
MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE (2001) - ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM Jan 4, 2004
Incident date: Jan 2, 2004
CAR SMELLS LIKE COOLANT. WINDOWS WON'T CLEAR UP WHILE IM DRIVING. VERY FOGGY. DEALER SAID I NEED A NEW HEATER CORE AT 43,000 MILES. *LA
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE (2001) - WHEELS:RIM Jan 2, 2004
Incident date: Dec 30, 2003
RIM BENT EASILY AFTER HITTING POTHOLE. *AK
MITSUBISHI GALANT (2003) - SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR Jan 2, 2004
Incident date: Dec 12, 2003
WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED, THEY FAILED TO RESPOND WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO HIT A GUARDRAIL. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED IN AUG OF 2003 AND THE CONSUMER WA TOLD THE ROTORS WERE BAD. THREE MONTHS LATER THE ROTORS WENT BAD AGAIN AND THE DEALER MACHINED THEM AND TWO DAYS LATER THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *JB
Crash
MITSUBISHI GALANT (2003) - AIR BAGS Jan 2, 2004
Incident date: Dec 12, 2003
WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED, THEY FAILED TO RESPOND WHICH CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO HIT A GUARDRAIL. *AK THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED IN AUG OF 2003 AND THE CONSUMER WA TOLD THE ROTORS WERE BAD. THREE MONTHS LATER THE ROTORS WENT BAD AGAIN AND THE DEALER MACHINED THEM AND TWO DAYS LATER THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *JB
Crash
MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT (2003) - SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR Jan 2, 2004
Incident date: Jan 2, 2004
BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS REPLACED EVERY 3,000-4,000 MILES. DEALER CLAIMED IT WAS DRIVER'S ABUSE THAT CAUSED PREMATURE WEAR OF BRAKE ROTORS/PADS. CONSUMER WAS FURIOUS. CURRENTLY, AFTER 4,000 MILES. BRAKES WERE SHOT.*AK
MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT (2003) - SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS Jan 2, 2004
Incident date: Jan 2, 2004
BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS REPLACED EVERY 3,000-4,000 MILES. DEALER CLAIMED IT WAS DRIVER'S ABUSE THAT CAUSED PREMATURE WEAR OF BRAKE ROTORS/PADS. CONSUMER WAS FURIOUS. CURRENTLY, AFTER 4,000 MILES. BRAKES WERE SHOT.*AK
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE (2003) - AIR BAGS:FRONTAL Jan 2, 2004
Incident date: Dec 31, 2003
CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, CAUSING CONSUMER'S VEHICLE TO REAR END THE VEHICLE IN FRONT. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER DRIVER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. AS A RESULT THE DRIVER IMPACTED THE STEERING WHEEL.*AK
Crash
MITSUBISHI LANCER (2003) - POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:PEDAL/HAND LEVER(MOTORCYCLE) Jan 2, 2004
VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING A SPONTANEOUS A LACK OF ACCELERATION WHILE INADVERTENTLY LOSING POWER. THERE WAS A SERIOUS CLUTCH PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER DENIED THAT THERE WAS ANY PROBLEM. *AK
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE (2003) - STRUCTURE Dec 31, 2003
Incident date: Dec 3, 2003
WHEN THE CONSUMER DROVE THE VEHICLE, IT WAS HARD TO SEE OUT OF THE REAR WINDOW. THE VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED WITH THE BACK SETTING TO HIGH UP. THE MANUFACTURER AND THE DEALER WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *JB *MR
MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE SPYDER (2001) - POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION Dec 31, 2003
Incident date: Sep 1, 2003
AFTER 39,000 MILES ON MY 2001 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE SPYDER, THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS. SPECIFICALLY, THE CAR HAS TROUBLE SHIFTING INTO FIRST AND SECOND GEARS (WORST WHEN COLD), STUDDERS WHEN FIRST ACCELERATING, AND MAKES A CONTINUOUS RATTLING NOISE WHEN THE CLUTCH IS NOT ENGAGED. THESE PROBLEMS ARE APPARENTLY THE RESULT OF A DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION INVOLVING THE CLUTCH PLA... Read more
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