Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1992 Mitsubishi Expo

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.

2
Open recalls
41
NHTSA complaints
1
Defect investigations
10
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

41 filed
1
Crashes
0
Fires
3
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Seat Belts
    8
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
    7
  • STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
    4
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
    4
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    4
  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
    2
  • LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
    2
  • STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR:HINGE AND Attachments
    2

Recalls

2 campaigns
98V168000·POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION1998-07-22

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: ALL WHEEL DRIVE PASSENGER VEHICLES. LOCKUP OF THE TRANSFER CASE CAN OCCUR DUE TO INSUFFICIENT LUBRICATION.

RiskTHIS CONDITION CAN CAUSE A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

FixDEALERS 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.

97V063001·LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH1997-04-18

EXCESS LUBRICATION CAN CAUSE THE RUBBER DOOR LATCH SWITCH COVER TO DEFORM, AND THE DOOR LATCH SWITCH TO MALFUNCTION, SO THAT THE SHOULDER BELT ANCHORAGE WOULD REMAIN AT THE A-PILLAR WHEN THE DOOR WAS CLOSED.

RiskIN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE SEAT OCCUPANT MAY NOT BE PROPERLY RESTRAINED.

FixDEALERS WILL REPLACE THE DOOR LATCH SWITCH.

NHTSA investigations

1 action
EA98002·WHEELS1998-01-30 → 1998-04-30

TRANSFER CASE LOCKUP

Led to recall98V069001

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