1992 Mitsubishi Diamante problems
NHTSA has received 60 complaints about the 1992 Mitsubishi Diamante, and 20% of them involve engine. After that come brakes (17%) and electrical system (13%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 60 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 20% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
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%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 2 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 3 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1992 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 10 model years of the Mitsubishi Diamante with enough data (23 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 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.
Traveling about 40 MPH when the steering wheel locked up, causing the consumer to hit a fire hydrant. The driver's nor passenger's side air bags deployed, causing injuries to the passenger.
Fuse; approximately every (2) weeks, unknown reason of blowing fuse which operates numerous functions as well as safety feature. Please describe details. Tt
Mitsubishi has produced 3.0 liter v6 engines from about 1990 through 1996 that exhibit chronic exhasut valve guide function deteroriation after approximately 60,000 miles. This results in heavy oil consumption and eventual engine failure. This engine was utilized in the mitsubishi diamianti, 3000gt, dodge caravan, chrysler town & country, plymouth voyager among others.