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2001 Mitsubishi Caribbean Eclipse Spyder

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the wheels › rim. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Wheels › Rim1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Steering › Gear Box (other Than Rack and Pinion)00V225003
Filed Aug 10, 20002,996 vehiclesMitsubishi Caribbean

Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. A NUT IN THE STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY WAS NOT PROPERLY TIGHTENED, RESULTING IN SYMPTOMS RANGING FROM STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION TO STIFF STEERING, AND IN THE WORST CASE, NO ABILITY TO TURN LEFT.

Risk. A LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL INSPECT THESE VEHICLES AND REPLACE THE STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY IF A LOOSE NUT CONNECTION IS FOUND.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Wheels › Rim
Filed Dec 30, 200356,000 milesVA

WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH THE VEHICLE STARTING PULLING TO THE RIGHT. UPON INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE BY THE CONSUMERS THEY NOTICED THAT THE RIM WAS BENT, THE TIRE HAD GONE FLAT AND WAS OFF THE RIM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1997
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
2001 — this page1100Routine
19990100Routine
19980100Routine
19972100Routine
19960100Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

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Most recent recall on file: Aug 10, 2000. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.