Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1997 Mitsubishi 3000GT

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
35
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
40
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

35 filed
1
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
    8
  • Wheels
    4
  • Seat Belts
    3
  • WHEELS:RIM
    3
  • Power TRAIN:TRANSFER Case (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
    3
  • Power TRAIN:MANUAL Transmission
    3
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN Shift
    3
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    2

Recalls

1 campaign
02V143001·POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)2002-05-14

ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES, A CONDITION EXISTS THAT ALLOWS OIL TO LEAK FROM THE ALL-WHEEL DRIVE TRANSFER CASE.

RiskLOW OIL LEVELS IN THE TRANSFER CASE COULD CAUSE BEARING DAMAGE AND RESULT IN DRIVE TRAIN LOCKUP, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

FixDEALERS WILL INSPECT THE TRANSFER CASE FOR INDICATIONS OF OIL LEAKAGE OR DAMAGE. VEHICLES THAT HAVE OIL LEAKAGE WILL HAVE THE TRANSFER CASE RESEALED AND RE-FILL THE TRANSFER CASE TO THE PROPER LEVEL, OR REPLACED THE TRANSFER CASE IF THERE IS EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE. OWNER NOTIFICATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DECEMBER 9, 2002. OWNERS WHO TAKE THEIR VEHICLES TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON AN AGREED UPON SERVICE DATE AND DO NOT RECEIVE THE FREE REMEDY WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME SHOULD CONTACT MITSUBISHI AMERICA AT 1-888-648-7820 OR MITSUBMISHI CARIBBEAN AT 1-787-251-8715.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
PE02013·WHEELS2002-01-31 → 2002-06-03

TRANSFER CASE LOCKUP

Led to recall02V143001

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