Mitsubishi Diamante
Owners filed 505 complaints across 12 model years of the Mitsubishi Diamante. The 2002 drew the most (123).
Model years12
Complaints505
Recalls21
Fires3
Deaths2
Which Mitsubishi Diamante years should you avoid?
Going by 505 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Mitsubishi Diamante years to avoid are 2002.
- 2002123 complaints, 2.9× a typical Diamante year, most often about the visibility.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Mitsubishi Diamante model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | 1 | — | — | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2003 | 56 | 2 | — | 1 | Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System › Heater Core | Routine | |
| 2002Avoid | 123 | 3 | — | 4 | Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System › Heater Core | Fatalities reported | |
| 2001 | 78 | 2 | — | — | Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System › Heater Core | Routine | |
| 2000 | 51 | 3 | — | 3 | Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System › Heater Core | Routine | |
| 1999 | 23 | 2 | — | — | Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System › Heater Core | Routine | |
| 1998 | 27 | 1 | — | 1 | Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System › Heater Core | Routine | |
| 1997 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 1995 | 12 | 0 | — | 3 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 1994 | 27 | 2 | — | 3 | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 1993 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 10 | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 1992 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.