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1999 Mitsubishi Rvr 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 Nov 8, 2004
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 Nov 8, 2004

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 1999 Mitsubishi Rvr. 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.

Complaints, most recent first

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EngineFuel system
Filed Nov 8, 2004

I JUST BOUGHT A 1999 MISHIBISHI ECLIPSE IN SEPT.2004(LAST MONTH) I TOOK MY CAR IN TO MY MECHANIC WHERE I HAVE ALWAYS GONE, FOR A THOROUGH INSPECTION & MAJOR TUNEUP ETC. HE FOUND THAT THE HEAD GASKET IS SHOT.!!!!! IT IS LEAKING OIL FROM THE ENGINE BLOCK, AND WILL CONTINUE TO GET WORSE. THE CAR ONLY HAS 63,000 MILES ON IT..!. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THIS WAS "FAMOUS" FOR THIS TYPE CAR & MODEL, AND THAT MISHISBISHI SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS! UPON FURTHER RESEARCH I FOUND HE WAS CORRECT. I WENT ON LINE TO SEE RATINGS FOR THIS CAR AND FOUND 4 OTHER OWNERS OF THIS CAR HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND THAT WAS JUST ONE PAGE OF MY RESEARCH!! MY MECHANIC TOLD ME NO WAY SHOULD THIS HAPPEN AT 63,000 MILES! THE COST TO REPAIR THIS IS APPROX. $2000.00..IT IS A MAJOR REPAIR. SINCE OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, I REALLY FEEL MISHIBISHI SHOULD PAY FOR THIS REPAIR!!! IT IS THEIR SCREWUP. AND THIS IS UNFAIR TO ME, THE BUYER TO ENCOUNTER THIS COSTLY REPAIR!*AK

NHTSA ID
10098468
Incident
Sep 9, 2004

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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