1994 Mitsubishi 3000GT problems
Owners have filed 84 complaints with NHTSA about the 1994 Mitsubishi 3000GT. Seat belts is the most reported problem area, at 45% of complaints. After that come transmission (21%) and brakes (7%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 84 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Seat belts 45% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 5 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 80,000 miles 24 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 6 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 6 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Among the 24 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 80,000 miles. For seat belts specifically, the median reported mileage is about 80,000 miles (18 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 5 complaints mention a crash; 5 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1994 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 7 model years of the Mitsubishi 3000GT with enough data (16 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Driving at 45 MPH, steering wheel jerked abruptly to the left and took car into opposing lane of traffic. Tried to correct and the rear end fishtailed, spun the car 180 degrees, and went off the side of road (10 to 12ft. Embankment) flipped over and landed on it's top. Minor injuries to the two paseengers considering the severity of the damage to the car.
While driving at 65 MPH consumer's vehicle was cut off by a merging vehicle. Consumer swerved to the left to avoid colliding with the other vehicle. Then, consumer lost control of the vehicle, and collided head on with the guard rail. Consumer was wearing seatbelts. However, frontal air bags did not deploy. Consumer and the passenger sustained non life threatening bumps to the head. Police did arrive at the scene, but no one was cited.
Floor mat is supposed to be anchored with locking clip to keep from traveling; clip is not installed, caused sudden acceleration; car hit guard rail/embankment.
Driver and passenger seat belts to not function properly. Once the seat belt is pulled on and extended it will not retract, therefore having no restraint if an accident were to occur. This occurs everytime the seat belt is used.
Driver and passenger seat belt do not retract after being pulled out. There is quite a bit of slack when it is buckled, so in the event of an accident, it would not serve its purpose. When it is cold, seat belt does not move at all after pulling out.