1993 Mitsubishi Diamante problems
NHTSA has received 43 complaints about the 1993 Mitsubishi Diamante, and 23% of them involve air bags. After that come brakes (23%) and transmission (14%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 43 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 23% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 10 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 7 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: 10 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 7 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 94% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1993 ranks 5th most-complained-about out of 10 model years of the Mitsubishi Diamante with enough data (24 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.
Vehicle cut in front to make right turn, hit vehicle on passenger side, driver hit steering wheel column with knee and leg, air bag did not deploy.
Consumer rearended a vehicle and the airbags did not deploy. The seat belt restraints retracted, but owner received injuries to neck and shoulders. Dup of 815028, added on 25-feb-98.
While traveling 60 MPH on freeway, another vehicle turned directly in front which resulted in a high speed impact. Neither dual air bags deployed upon impact. Please describe details.
'93 mitsubishi diamante. Bought in '98 has smoked after idling at stops for years and I thought it was normal for this make and have found that a lot of mitsubishi's have the problem also and would like to know the cause. Mechanic's say new engine is needed, but new cars also smoke? Compression is good so what is the underlying problem? Also will not pass deq which is illegal to drive with that much smoke!