1994 Mitsubishi Diamante problems
NHTSA has received 33 complaints about the 1994 Mitsubishi Diamante, and 21% of them involve air bags. After that come brakes (18%) and seat belts (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 33 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 21% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 6 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 5 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: 6 complaints mention a crash; 5 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 90% 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 1994 ranks 8th most-complained-about out of 10 model years of the Mitsubishi Diamante with enough data (18 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.
Owner hit another car from behind and the air bag didn't deploy. Also, seat belt didn't restrain driver from hitting the windshield.
While driving about 75 MPH left rear tire had a blowout and lost control of vehicle, crashing into a divider on the highway. Vehicle had to be towed. Bridgetone bt 70s, p205/65 r15.
Consumer states purchased new tire on 12/6/02. On 12/24/02 while driving tire blewout causing extensive damage to vehicle. Tire info: b.f. Goodrich ph p205/65r15 right front tire 30 miles on tire damage to vehicle tire not original
Tl* the contact owns a 1994 mitsubishi diamante. While driving at various speeds, the air bag warning light illuminated. The failure recurred whenever the vehicle was in operation. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 100,000.