2002 Mitsubishi Nativa

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine and engine cooling. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Engine and Engine Cooling	1		0	0	0
Electrical System › 12v/24v/48v Battery	1		0	0	0

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports

Equipment › Other › Labels04V428000

Filed Sep 1, 2004100,432 vehiclesMitsubishi Caribbean

Defect. CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 208, 'OCCUPANT CRASH PROTECTION.' THE BILINGUAL ENGLISH/SPANISH REMOVABLE AIR BAG WARNING LABELS AFFIXED TO THE DASH AND TO THE SUNVISOR DO NOT MEET THE SIZE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STANDARD.

Risk. THIS DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STANDARD.

Remedy. MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN WILL MAIL A CUSTOMER NOTIFICATION LETTER CONTAINING A WRITTEN DESCRIPTION AND A GRAPHIC OF THE BI-LINGUAL DASHBOARD AIR BAG WARNING LABEL. IN ADDITION, ALL CURRENT 2000-2004 NATIVA OWNERS WILL ALSO RECEIVE REPLACEMENT AIR BAG ALERT LABELS FOR THE SUN VISORS. THIS RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING MARCH OR APRIL 2005. THE NOTIFICATION TO THE NATIVA OWNERS IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING APRIL OR MAY 2005. OWNERS SHOULD CONTACT MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN AT 1-787-251-8715.

What owners reported

Newest filings

Electrical System › 12v/24v/48v Battery

Filed Jul 30, 200415,333 milesVA

POWER FAIURE TO MY 2002 MITSUBISHI NATIVA. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS I'VE TRIED TO START MY SUV AND ALTHOUGH BATTERY IS NEW AND NO LIGHTS LEFT ON IT DOES NOT START. I'VE HAD TO JUMP START MY VEHICLE. I KNOW SOMEONE WHO ALSO HAS A MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS. *AK

Engine and Engine Cooling

Filed Feb 21, 2003PR

THE VEHICLE STALLED AT A LOW SPEED.*JB

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2002

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Assessment
2002 — this page	2	1	Routine
1999	1	3	Routine
1998	0	3	Routine
1997	1	2	Routine

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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.

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: Sep 1, 2004. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.