2001 Mitsubishi Fuso FH617 Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2001 Mitsubishi Fuso FH617, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Reports by component
Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category
- Body & structure133.3%
- Brakes133.3%
- Powertrain (other)133.3%
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
Each component in detail
What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words
Body & structure
Reports naming the vehicle structure, frame, body panels, doors, hood and trim.
From owner reports, verbatim
DRIVER RETURNED TO SHOP WITH AN ISSUE WITH THE BRAKE ALARM SOUNDING, FOUND FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH. WE CRAWLED UNDER THE TRUCK AND FOUND A DAMAGED BRAKE LINE. FOUND DAMAGED CROSS MEMBER WHICH CAUSED BRAKE LINE TO FAIL. WE BEGAN TO FURTHER INSPECT THE VEHICLE AND WAS HORRIFIED AT WHAT WE FOUND (PICTURES ATTACHED). TRUCK WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN OFF THE ROAD AND OUT OF SERVICE. FRAME SHOWED SIGNS OF SURFACE RUST BUT RAPIDLY DECOMPOSED OVER THE PAST YEAR TO THE POINT PIECES ARE CRUMBLING FROM THE FRAME AND SECTIONS OF THE FRAME AND CROSS MEMBERS ARE NOW MISSING. THE FRAME, CROSSMEMBERS, AND RIVETS ARE HEAVILY DECOMPOSED WHILE BRACKETS HOLDING SUSPENSION, FUEL TANK, EXHAUST , DRIVE SHAFT, REAR END HOUSING, AND ENGINE HAVE MERE SURFACE RUST THAT WOULD COMMONLY BE SEEN ON A VEHICLE OF IT'S AGE. ATTACHED ALSO IS A PICTURE OF THE ORIGINAL MUFFLER THAT IS STILL ON THE TRUCK, ALONG WITH THE BRACKETS THAT HOLD IT IN PLACE. ONE WOULD THINK THIS WOULD RUST AND ROT AWAY LONG BEFORE THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE. THERE APPEARS TO BE A SERIOUS DEFECT IN THE MATERIAL USED ON THESE FRAME RAILS. A FEW OF US HAVE STARTED TO NETWORK TOGETHER TO TELL OUR STORIES AND THEY ALL APPEAR TO BE THE SAME. THIS TRUCK IS NOT USED FOR PLOWING, SANDING, OR HAULING ANY CORROSIVE MATERIALS. THIS ISSUE SEEMS TO BE FOUND IN TRUCKS RANGING FROM 2000 TO 2005 FROM THE INFORMATION I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GATHER FROM VARIOUS WEBSITES, BLOGS, AND SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES. MANY OF THESE TRUCKS MAY HAVE RUN THEIR COURSE ALREADY DUE TO HIGH MILEAGE AND USE, AND MAY HAVE BEEN RETIRED FROM SERVICE DUE TO THESE SAME ISSUES WE ARE HAVING, WHICH WERE ATTRIBUTED TO REASONS OTHER THEN DEFECTIVE MATERIALS. HOWEVER SOME CONSUMERS, AS IN OUR CASE, HAVE LOW MILES ON THEIR VEHICLE, PURCHASING SUCH A TRUCK WITH REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS THAT IT WOULD LAST MUCH LONGER THEN THE LIFE IT HAS GIVEN US. *TR
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Brakes
Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake.
From owner reports, verbatim
DRIVER RETURNED TO SHOP WITH AN ISSUE WITH THE BRAKE ALARM SOUNDING, FOUND FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH. WE CRAWLED UNDER THE TRUCK AND FOUND A DAMAGED BRAKE LINE. FOUND DAMAGED CROSS MEMBER WHICH CAUSED BRAKE LINE TO FAIL. WE BEGAN TO FURTHER INSPECT THE VEHICLE AND WAS HORRIFIED AT WHAT WE FOUND (PICTURES ATTACHED). TRUCK WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN OFF THE ROAD AND OUT OF SERVICE. FRAME SHOWED SIGNS OF SURFACE RUST BUT RAPIDLY DECOMPOSED OVER THE PAST YEAR TO THE POINT PIECES ARE CRUMBLING FROM THE FRAME AND SECTIONS OF THE FRAME AND CROSS MEMBERS ARE NOW MISSING. THE FRAME, CROSSMEMBERS, AND RIVETS ARE HEAVILY DECOMPOSED WHILE BRACKETS HOLDING SUSPENSION, FUEL TANK, EXHAUST , DRIVE SHAFT, REAR END HOUSING, AND ENGINE HAVE MERE SURFACE RUST THAT WOULD COMMONLY BE SEEN ON A VEHICLE OF IT'S AGE. ATTACHED ALSO IS A PICTURE OF THE ORIGINAL MUFFLER THAT IS STILL ON THE TRUCK, ALONG WITH THE BRACKETS THAT HOLD IT IN PLACE. ONE WOULD THINK THIS WOULD RUST AND ROT AWAY LONG BEFORE THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE. THERE APPEARS TO BE A SERIOUS DEFECT IN THE MATERIAL USED ON THESE FRAME RAILS. A FEW OF US HAVE STARTED TO NETWORK TOGETHER TO TELL OUR STORIES AND THEY ALL APPEAR TO BE THE SAME. THIS TRUCK IS NOT USED FOR PLOWING, SANDING, OR HAULING ANY CORROSIVE MATERIALS. THIS ISSUE SEEMS TO BE FOUND IN TRUCKS RANGING FROM 2000 TO 2005 FROM THE INFORMATION I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GATHER FROM VARIOUS WEBSITES, BLOGS, AND SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES. MANY OF THESE TRUCKS MAY HAVE RUN THEIR COURSE ALREADY DUE TO HIGH MILEAGE AND USE, AND MAY HAVE BEEN RETIRED FROM SERVICE DUE TO THESE SAME ISSUES WE ARE HAVING, WHICH WERE ATTRIBUTED TO REASONS OTHER THEN DEFECTIVE MATERIALS. HOWEVER SOME CONSUMERS, AS IN OUR CASE, HAVE LOW MILES ON THEIR VEHICLE, PURCHASING SUCH A TRUCK WITH REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS THAT IT WOULD LAST MUCH LONGER THEN THE LIFE IT HAS GIVEN US. *TR
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Powertrain (other)
Powertrain reports that are not specifically the engine or transmission — driveshafts, axles, transfer cases and differentials.
From owner reports, verbatim
DRIVER RETURNED TO SHOP WITH AN ISSUE WITH THE BRAKE ALARM SOUNDING, FOUND FLUID LEAKING FROM UNDERNEATH. WE CRAWLED UNDER THE TRUCK AND FOUND A DAMAGED BRAKE LINE. FOUND DAMAGED CROSS MEMBER WHICH CAUSED BRAKE LINE TO FAIL. WE BEGAN TO FURTHER INSPECT THE VEHICLE AND WAS HORRIFIED AT WHAT WE FOUND (PICTURES ATTACHED). TRUCK WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN OFF THE ROAD AND OUT OF SERVICE. FRAME SHOWED SIGNS OF SURFACE RUST BUT RAPIDLY DECOMPOSED OVER THE PAST YEAR TO THE POINT PIECES ARE CRUMBLING FROM THE FRAME AND SECTIONS OF THE FRAME AND CROSS MEMBERS ARE NOW MISSING. THE FRAME, CROSSMEMBERS, AND RIVETS ARE HEAVILY DECOMPOSED WHILE BRACKETS HOLDING SUSPENSION, FUEL TANK, EXHAUST , DRIVE SHAFT, REAR END HOUSING, AND ENGINE HAVE MERE SURFACE RUST THAT WOULD COMMONLY BE SEEN ON A VEHICLE OF IT'S AGE. ATTACHED ALSO IS A PICTURE OF THE ORIGINAL MUFFLER THAT IS STILL ON THE TRUCK, ALONG WITH THE BRACKETS THAT HOLD IT IN PLACE. ONE WOULD THINK THIS WOULD RUST AND ROT AWAY LONG BEFORE THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE. THERE APPEARS TO BE A SERIOUS DEFECT IN THE MATERIAL USED ON THESE FRAME RAILS. A FEW OF US HAVE STARTED TO NETWORK TOGETHER TO TELL OUR STORIES AND THEY ALL APPEAR TO BE THE SAME. THIS TRUCK IS NOT USED FOR PLOWING, SANDING, OR HAULING ANY CORROSIVE MATERIALS. THIS ISSUE SEEMS TO BE FOUND IN TRUCKS RANGING FROM 2000 TO 2005 FROM THE INFORMATION I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GATHER FROM VARIOUS WEBSITES, BLOGS, AND SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES. MANY OF THESE TRUCKS MAY HAVE RUN THEIR COURSE ALREADY DUE TO HIGH MILEAGE AND USE, AND MAY HAVE BEEN RETIRED FROM SERVICE DUE TO THESE SAME ISSUES WE ARE HAVING, WHICH WERE ATTRIBUTED TO REASONS OTHER THEN DEFECTIVE MATERIALS. HOWEVER SOME CONSUMERS, AS IN OUR CASE, HAVE LOW MILES ON THEIR VEHICLE, PURCHASING SUCH A TRUCK WITH REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS THAT IT WOULD LAST MUCH LONGER THEN THE LIFE IT HAS GIVEN US. *TR
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
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.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
Data on this page last refreshed .