Owners filed 11 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › automatic transmission. It has been recalled 1 time.
What fails
Component
Reports
Crashes
Fires
Injuries
Power Train › Automatic Transmission
3
0
0
0
Air Bags › Frontal
2
1
0
2
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
1
0
0
0
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components
1
0
0
0
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
1
0
0
0
Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Park/Neutral Start Interlock Switch
1
0
0
0
Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Lever and Linkage › Column Shift
1
0
0
0
Air Bags
1
0
0
0
1 safety recall
Part 573 reports
Power Train › Automatic Transmission98V168000
Filed Jul 22, 19989,560 vehiclesMitsubishi America
Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: ALL WHEEL DRIVE PASSENGER VEHICLES. LOCKUP OF THE TRANSFER CASE CAN OCCUR DUE TO INSUFFICIENT LUBRICATION.
Risk. THIS CONDITION CAN CAUSE A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.
Remedy. DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE VEHICLES FOR ADEQUACY OF THE TRANSFER CASE OIL VOLUME, TRANSFER CASE OIL LEAKAGE, AND OPERATIONAL DEGRADATION OF THE TRANSFER CASE MECHANISM. IF OIL VOLUME IS INSUFFICIENT, THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF OIL WILL BE ADDED. IF THERE IS TRANSFER CASE OIL LEAKAGE, AFFECTED COMPONENTS WILL BE REPLACED. IF THE TRANSFER CASE SHOWS OPERATIONAL DEGRADATION, THE TRANSFER CASE WILL BE REPLACED.
What owners reported
Newest filings
Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Sep 12, 2003117,000 milesCO
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING VEHICLE TO BE INOPERABLE. *PH
Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed May 14, 2002FL
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED FIVE TIMES.
Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Lever and Linkage › Column Shift
Filed Jun 27, 2001CA
TRANSFER CASE LEAKING, WHICH CAUSES TRANSMISSION TO SLIP, LURCHES IN LOW GEAR AND TRANSFER CASE LOCK UP. CONSUMER HAD TRANSFER CASE REPLACED 3 TIMES. AT DEALER AT THIS TIME FOR THE FOURTH REPLACEMENT. THERE IS A RECALL, BUT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT AFFECTED.*AK
Air Bags
Filed Feb 27, 2001CO
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING FRONTAL COLLISION, THE IMPACT WAS SEVERE ENOUGH TO PUSH THE FRONT BUMPER THROUGH THE HOOD, RADIATOR AND ENGINE. NLM
Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Feb 23, 2001CA
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE IT WOULD BE SLIPPING WHILE IN GEAR. FAILS TO MAINTAIN GEAR SELECTION. IF VEHICLE IS PARKED IT WOULD JUMP OUT OF GEAR. *AK
Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Park/Neutral Start Interlock Switch
Filed Mar 30, 2000TN
THIS VEHICLE HAS AN ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION THAT STARTED SLIPPING AND JERKING BEFORE IT SUDDENLY WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REBUILT THREE TIMES. *AK
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor
Filed Oct 1, 1998WA
PREMATURE WEAR OF FRONT DISC BRAKES.
Air Bags › Frontal
Filed Sep 10, 1998PA
DRIVING VEHICLE IN A PARKING LOT AND THE VEHICLE HIT A CONCRETE BUMPER IN THE PARKING LOT, AND BOTH AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE HIT THE BUMPER WITH MORE FORCE THAN NORMAL. *AK
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Nov 17, 1997CO
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS FAILED TWICE. *AK
Air Bags › FrontalCrash2 injured
Filed Aug 5, 1997NY
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WEST DIRECTION ON HIGHWAY WAS HIT BY ANOTHER DRIVER, WHO WAS DRIVING NORTH, ON THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY NEITHER ON THE DRIVER'S OR PASSANGER'S SIDES. A POLICE REPORT WAS DONE AND COMSUMER DID NOT CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER. *AK TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC
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: Jul 22, 1998. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.