- Vehicles
- 100,432
- Built between
- May 1997 – Aug 2004
- Models
- 12
- Recall type
- Vehicle
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- Not yet
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between May 1997 and August 2004. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- 1999 Mitsubishi 3000GTBuilt June 1998 to January 1999
- 1998-2004 Mitsubishi DiamanteBuilt July 1997 to March 2004
- 1998-2005 Mitsubishi EclipseBuilt June 1999 to September 2003
- 2000-2005 Mitsubishi Eclipse SpyderBuilt July 2000 to August 2004
- 2004 Mitsubishi EndeavorBuilt February 2003 to May 2004
- 1999-2003 Mitsubishi GalantBuilt May 1998 to January 2001
- 2002-2004 Mitsubishi LancerBuilt June 2001 to July 2004
- 1999-2002 Mitsubishi MirageBuilt May 1997 to November 2001
- 1998-2004 Mitsubishi MonteroBuilt June 1997 to June 2004
- 1998-1999, 2002 Mitsubishi NativaBuilt June 1997 to February 2004
- 2003-2004 Mitsubishi OutlanderBuilt August 2002 to June 2004
- 2000-2001, 2003-2004 Mitsubishi Caribbean NativaBuilt June 1997 to February 2004
What the defect is
Certain passenger vehicles fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 208, 'occupant crash protection.' the bilingual english/spanish removable air bag warning labels affixed to the dash and to the sunvisor do not meet the size requirements of the standard.
What could happen
This does not meet the requirements of the standard.
What gets fixed
MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN WILL MAIL A CUSTOMER NOTIFICATION LETTER CONTAINING A WRITTEN DESCRIPTION AND A GRAPHIC OF THE BI-LINGUAL DASHBOARD AIR BAG WARNING LABEL. IN ADDITION, ALL CURRENT 2000-2004 NATIVA OWNERS WILL ALSO RECEIVE REPLACEMENT AIR BAG ALERT LABELS FOR THE SUN VISORS. THIS RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING MARCH OR APRIL 2005. THE NOTIFICATION TO THE NATIVA OWNERS IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING APRIL OR MAY 2005.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtMay 1997 to August 2004
- Recall reported to NHTSA1 September 2004
No owner-notification date has been published yet. Manufacturers normally write to registered owners within 60 days of reporting a recall.
Your rights
A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.
That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 1 September 2004.
To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.
Manufacturer contact
Owners should contact mitsubishi caribbean at 1-787-251-8715.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN
- Safety standard
- FMVSS 208
- Recall initiated by
- MFR
Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
Additional notes
The manufacturer's petition which requested that NHTSA determine this FMVSS noncompliance does not create an unreasonable risk to motor vehicle safety was partially denied on january 26, 2005. Therefore, this manufacturer is obligated to conduct an owner notification and remedy campaign.customers can also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236.
Check your own vehicle
This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.
A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.