Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||||
| TSB9752B002 | 02/01/1997 | 52073 | Additional srs air bag troubleshooting procedures- service manual revision. *jd | 07/17/1997 | |
Investigations
| NHTSA ID | Manufacturer | Date open | Date close | Subject | Recall campaign | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | ||||||
| EA99007 | MITSUBISHI MOTORS NORTH AMERICA, INC. | 03/16/1999 | 05/30/2000 | INADVERTENT AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT | ||
| Allege that the driver's air bag may deploy from an undercarriage or tire/wheel impact with a curb, bump, dip pothole, etc. | ||||||
| PE98033 | MITSUBISHI MOTORS NORTH AMERICA, INC. | 05/27/1998 | 03/16/1999 | OVERSENSITIVE AIR BAG DEPLOYMENTS | ||
| Complaints allege that the driver-side air bag deployed without any vehicle impact or from minor undercarriage impact | ||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 08/18/2001 | 1 | 06/01/1996 | |
| While driving down hwy airbag deployed for unknown reason.*ak | |||
| 12/28/1996 | 1 | ||
| Vehicle experienced false deployment of air bag while driving. | |||
| 07/23/1998 | 1 | 04/01/1994 | |
| No deployment of driver airbag during vehivle collision caused injury to driver. | |||
| 01/05/1995 | 5 | ||
| No deployment of driver's/passenger's air bags during accident, resulting in injury. *skd | |||
| 02/07/1995 | 1 | ||
| Air bag deployment was violent, also false deployment, causing accident, resulting in driver suffering cuts/bruises/swelling. dup: see 957419. *ak | |||
| 12/16/1994 | 1 | ||
| Driver's air bag did not inflate during accident, resulting in injury. dup: see 957923. *skd | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 11/29/2003 | 134765 | 1 | |
| My boyfriend and i were driving down the road, when i had to come to a quick stop. i slammed on my brakes and my airbag enabled, when i was able to see what happened i was 5ft away from the car in front of me. i suffered a burn and bruises under my chin along with bruises on my arm and soreness on my chest. i did not hit anything and there was no impact! i have stopped worse then that before. is this considered a manufacter defect? *ak | |||
| 03/01/2001 | |||
| Vehicle experienced an inadvertent air bag deployment while driving at 30 mph, no bump/pot hole, etc. dealer notified and contacted manufacturer who informed consumer that they were willing to pay half on repairs. feel free to provide any further details on this matter. *ak | |||
| 11/03/2000 | 1 | 12/01/1999 | |
| No summary listed for above vehicle. *ak | |||
| While vehicle was being driven and without a collision occurring driver's air bag deployed, cause unknown. please give any further details.*ak | |||
| 06/20/2000 | 1 | ||
| Ea 99 007/indavertent air bag deployment: while traveling on a gravel road of 20 mph; driver's air bag deployed/ reason unknown? driver received cuts and bruises on left arm. dealer notified. *ak | |||
| 08/20/1997 | |||
| Consumer was in traffic, traveling at approximately 5 mph when in an emergency stop had to apply brake pedal and air bag deployed, causing injury. dealer/manufacturer were not nofitied at this time. *ak | |||
| 0 | |||
| Consumer was going about 45 to 55mph when she was hit by a nother car going 5-10mph. consumer's air bag failed to deploy, and she was injured. *ak *ml | |||
| 06/13/1998 | 1 | ||
| Was approaching light. another vehicle in front suddenly stopped. mirage rear ended vehicle at approximately 5mph. air bags deployed. no damage done to bumper. had 2 mechanics check air bags & both said air bags should not have deployed. resulting in 1 injury. emergency room treatment. *ak | |||
| 08/28/1997 | 2 | 03/11/1997 | |
| While driving at 2mph the vehicle rearended another vehicle and driver side airbag deployed. also , front driver side seatbelt failed to restrain driver. *ak | |||
| 10/07/1997 | |||
| When driving the vehicle about 35 to 40mph, going through an intersection, another vehicle ran the red light and hit the vehicle on the right front passenger's side. upon impact the driver's side nor the passenger's side airbags deployed, causing injuries to the passanger of the vehicle. *ak | |||
| 08/04/1997 | 1 | 04/12/1994 | |
| While driving on the highway the driver air bag deploy without any warning. driver states that he did not hit any thing on the road. the air bag deploy for no reason. *ak | |||
| 08/14/1997 | |||
| For no apparent reason while driving the vehicle the driver's side air bag deployed. the problem has not been corrected. *ak | |||
| 1 | 03/01/1995 | ||
| Consumer was involved in a 25 mph frontal collision in which the driver's air bag did not deploy. *ak consumer was injured in accident. *slc | |||
| 02/07/1997 | 1 | ||
| Owner hit another car and the driver's side air bag didn't deploy. *ak | |||
| 11/27/1996 | |||
| When making a sudden stop,the driver's side air bag deployed without any reason. *ak | |||
| 11/27/1996 | 1 | 09/01/1995 | |
| While driving driver's air bag deployed without any notice. *ak consumer states while driving another vehicle cut in front of his vehicle and consumer hit brake to avoid from hitting that vehicle an air bag deployed.*jb | |||
| Consumer was in an accident and driver side air bag didn't deploy. please describe . *ak | |||
| 06/01/1996 | |||
| Air bag didn't deploy when hit by a truck. please give more details. *ak | |||
| 11/26/1995 | 1 | 09/30/1995 | |
| Consumer was in an accident and driver side air bag did not deploy. tt there was one injury in accident. *slc | |||
| 10/13/1995 | |||
| Driver side airbag burst and resulted in burns to the driver. tt | |||
| 02/16/1984 | 5 | ||
| Other: driver's air bag failed during accident, resulting in injury. (attorney for client) *skd | |||
| 03/15/1995 | 5 | ||
| Other: driver's air bag defective, resulting in injury. (attorney for client) (other vehicle on 489486) *skd | |||
| 03/03/1995 | 1 | ||
| Hit patch of ice slid under semi hit dollie support bar air bag did not deploy. tt | |||