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Mitsubishi seat belts problems

Across all Mitsubishi models in NHTSA's complaint database, 608 complaints involve seat belts. The 3000GT accounts for the largest share (23%). The single worst model year is the 1993 Mirage with 58 seat belts complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
608 about seat belts, all Mitsubishi models
Most affected
3000GT 23% of these complaints
Typical mileage
76,000 miles 188 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
99 and 2

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Mitsubishi models

ModelComplaintsShare
3000GT14023%
Mirage13122%
Eclipse6010%
Galant5810%
Outlander478%
Expo295%
Montero234%
Lancer224%
Outlander Sport203%
Diamante142%

Worst model years for seat belts

  1. 1993 Mitsubishi Mirage58 complaints
  2. 1994 Mitsubishi 3000GT38 complaints
  3. 1992 Mitsubishi 3000GT29 complaints
  4. 1992 Mitsubishi Expo22 complaints
  5. 1993 Mitsubishi 3000GT19 complaints

Seat belts complaints by model year

Mitsubishi seat belts complaints by model year 0 48 95 1990: 47 '90 1991: 47 1992: 74 1993: 94 '93 1994: 66 1995: 35 1996: 19 '96 1997: 28 1998: 14 1999: 10 '99 2000: 19 2001: 14 2002: 7 '02 2003: 17 2004: 11 2005: 3 '05 2006: 2 2007: 11 2008: 6 '08 2009: 11 2010: 7 2011: 10 '11 2012: 1 2013: 2 2014: 13 '14 2015: 5 2016: 2 2017: 9 '17 2018: 6 2019: 5 2020: 4 '20 2021: 1 2022: 2 2023: 1 '23 2024: 3 2025: 2
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
199047
199147
199274
199394
199466
199535
199619
199728
199814
199910
200019
200114
20027
200317
200411
20053
20062
200711
20086
200911
20107
201110
20121
20132
201413
20155
20162
20179
20186
20195
20204
20211
20222
20231
20243
20252

Among the 188 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 76,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.