1998 Mitsubishi Caribbean Spyder

Routine

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

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Vehicle Speed Control98V045003
Filed May 14, 1998100 vehiclesMitsubishi Caribbean

Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES LOCATED IN THE CARIBBEAN. THE DASH PANEL PAD CAN SHIFT INTERFERRING WITH THE THROTTLE CABLE CONTROL.

Risk. THE THROTTLE CABLE CONTROL WOULD NOT RETURN TO IDLE INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH.

Remedy. DEALERS WILL REMOVE A PORTION OF THE DASH PANEL PAD SO IT CANNOT INTERFERE WITH THE THROTTLE CABLE CONTROL.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Jul 7, 2000CA

SEVERE CRACKS IN TWO OF THE ENGINE MOUNTS AND THE OTHER TWO ARE CRASHED. REPAIRS ARE BEING MADE AT A INDEPENDENT REPAIRS SHOP. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

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.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: May 14, 1998. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.