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2000 Mitsubishi Caribbean Vehicle Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Apr 19, 2007
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Apr 19, 2007

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2000 Mitsubishi Caribbean Vehicle. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

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Fuel system
Filed Apr 19, 2007

I PARKED MY VEHICLE AFTER ARRIVING FROM WORK IN MY CARPORT. SEVERAL MINUTES LATER MY DAUGHTER NOTICED THE SMELL OF GASOLINE AND PROCEEDED TO CHECK MY VEHICLE AND THE OTHER CARS IN THE CARPORT AND DETERMINED THE SMELL TO BE COMING FROM MY VEHICLE. NOT SEEING ANY VISIBLE LEAK FROM THE VEHICLE,I DECIDED TO CHECK IT THE FOLLOWING MORNING. AFTER LOOKING FOR THE LEAK THE FOLLOWING MORNING AND NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND IT, I DECIDED TO USE THE VEHICLE AGAIN AS I WAS CALLED FOR WORK. I AGAIN CHECKED FOR THE LEAK AT MY PLACE OF WORK WITH THE HELP OF CO-WORKERS BUT THE ODOR HAD FADED SOMEWHAT AND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT IT'S SOURCE. I FINALLY TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC THE FOLLOWING DAY FOR THIS PROBLEM AND A BRAKE JOB. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS RAISED AND THE WORK ON THE BRAKES HAD BEGUN,A LOOK AT THE GAS TANK REVEALED A MOIST AREA BEHIND IT'S METAL SHIELD. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION AND REMOVAL OF THE SHIELD,A CRACK WAS NOTED IN A WELD JOINT ON THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK AND FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM IT. I INSTRUCTED THE MECHANIC TO REPLACE IT WITH A USED ONE FROM A JUNKER AS THESE TANKS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE. I HAVE SECURED THE OLD TANK FOR INSPECTION IF WARRANTED. THE TANK IS IN GOOD CONDITION AND HAD NOT BEEN ABUSED OR DAMAGED IN ANY WAY BY ANY ACCIDENT OR OTHERWISE. LUCKILY NO DAMAGE,FIRE ,EXPLOSION OR INJURY OCCURRED BECAUSE OF THIS INCIDENT BUT THE POTENTIAL WAS THERE. MY WORRY NOW IS THAT THE REPLACEMENT TANK MIGHT FAIL THE SAME WAY AND MAYBE THE NEXT TIME I WON'T BE SO LUCKY. *JB

NHTSA ID
10188403
Incident
Apr 14, 2007
Mileage
132,298 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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