1992 Mitsubishi Expo Lrv 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 1992 Mitsubishi Expo Lrv, 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
- Seat belts3100.0%
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
Seat belts
Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners.
From owner reports, verbatim
THE SEAT BELT ON DRIVER SIDE STOPPED OPERATING. MECHANISM IS STUCK AND DOES NOT MOVE THE SEAT BELT CLIP ON THE RAIL ASSEMBLY. HAD PARKED THE VEHICLE, OPENED MY DOOR BUT THE SEAT BELT STOPPED 1/3 ON THE WAY. IT KEPT TRYING TO FUNCTION PROPERLY BUT IT GAVE OUT. WHEN I WENT BACK TO THE VEHICLE, I OPENED THE DOOR AND THE WIRE CAME OUT OF THE RAIL ASSEMBLY. CALLED MULTIPLE DEALERSHIPS BUT WAS TOLD PART IS OBSOLETE. HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE CORRECT PART TO MAKE THE VEHICLE SAFE TO DRIVE. IT'S THE ONLY VEHICLE ACCESSIBLE FOR USAGE. PLEASE HELP.
DRIVER'S SEAT BELT RAIL ASSEMBLY BROKE. I TOOK IT TO SEVERAL MECHANICS. GLENDALE, CA DEALER SAID THE PARTS ARE OBSOLETE. C & C COLLISION IN PASADENA ON 8/23/2012 WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT SAFE BY DISENGAGING THE CABLE/MOTOR MECHANISM. THANK YOU, NHTSA, FOR CONTACTING MITSUBISHI ON MY BEHALF, TO GET IT REPAIRED PROPERLY. PLEASE SEE EMAILS BELOW: EMAILS: SENT: 8/29/2012 SUBJ: RE: DESPERATE WOMAN FROM: [XXX] SENT: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2012 11:44 AM TO: [XXX] SUBJECT: RE: DESPERATE WOMAN HI [XXX], ....I DO KNOW THE PRESIDENT OF THE AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY COUNSEL, WHICH IS AN INDUSTRY GROUP THAT INCLUDES ALL THE BIG AUTOMOTIVE RESTRAINT MANUFACTURERS. I'LL FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO HIM AND COPY [XXX].... FROM [XXX].... I AM A SEATBELT EXPERT IN CA, A FORMER NHTSA CONTRACT INVESTIGATOR AND FORMER NTSB INVESTIGATOR.... SHE'S .... OLD, VERY DISABLED, CANCER STRICKEN WOMAN.... SHE HAS A 1992 MITSUBISHI XLR VAN. THE MOTOR ASSEMBLY WHICH DRIVES THE PASSIVE SHOULDER HARNESS ALONG THE TRACK IS BROKEN. I HAVE SEARCHED .... PARTS STORE, JUNK YARD, ETC. TO FIND HER A REPLACEMENT. SHE CANNOT TRADE THE VAN IN BECAUSE 1, SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY,AND 2 IT IS SO CUSTOMIZED THAT IT COULD NEVER REALLY BE REPLACED.... I KNOW MITSUBISHI IS NOT REQUIRED TO KEEP THESE PARTS THIS LONG, BUT I ....WONDERED IF NHTSA HAD METHODS OF GETTING MANUFACTURERS TO HELP HER. NOW, HER ONLY RESOLUTION, IS TO LEAVE THE BELT AT THE "B" PILLAR SO SHE IS AT LEAST PROTECTED BY IT, BUT GETTING IN AND OUT OF HER VAN IS VERY DIFFICULT. IF THERE IS ANYTHING YOU CAN DO.... THANK YOU.... [XXX] OCCUPANT SAFETY CONSULTING [XXX] CC [XXX] THANK YOU EVERYONE. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *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
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