{"@context":{"@vocab":"https://schema.org/"},"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://api.morvs.ai/api/v1/nhtsa/complaints/check?make=MITSUBISHI%20CARIBBEAN","name":"MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN","_source":{"data_provider":"AI Analytics","brand_name":"MORVS","brand_url":"https://morvs.ai/","data_provider_url":"https://api.morvs.ai","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","primary_source":"https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/","generated_at":"2026-10-05T23:58:22.537Z"},"summary":{"total_complaints":13,"deaths":0,"injured":9,"fires":5},"top_components":[{"component_desc":"AIR BAGS:FRONTAL","n":5},{"component_desc":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION","n":2},{"component_desc":"STEERING","n":1},{"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP","n":1},{"component_desc":"SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR","n":1},{"component_desc":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE","n":1},{"component_desc":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","n":1},{"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH","n":1}],"recent_complaints":[{"cmplid":"591617","date_received":"2006-08-07","make":"MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN","model":"MONTERO","model_year":1999,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION","description":"DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON A HIGHWAY DURING DRY ROAD CONDITIONS, THERE WAS A  SMELL OF  SOMETHING BURNING.  THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND THERE WAS WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD.  THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED WHO EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THERE WAS AN NHTSA RECALL, # 99V041000, REGARDING THE POWER TRAIN: AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION.   THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/591617"},{"cmplid":"559341","date_received":"2005-10-20","make":"MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN","model":"MONTERO","model_year":1999,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH","description":"DT: THE CONTACT STATED  THAT THERE WAS A FIRE IN  VEHICLE.  SHE BELIEVED THERE MAY HAVE BEEN AN EXPLOSION BECAUSE THE  WINDOWS  WERE SHATTERED ON THE GROUND.  SHE SAID THAT IT LOOKED AS THOUGH THE FIRE CAME FROM WHERE THE RADIO AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM  WAS LOCATED ON THE DASHBOARD.  THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE.  THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT SHE WOULD NEED TO PAY FOR THE VEHICLE TO BE INSPECTED.*AK","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/559341"},{"cmplid":"559181","date_received":"2005-10-19","make":"MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN","model":"MONTERO","model_year":2001,"deaths":0,"injured":2,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP","description":"DT:  THE CONTACT STATES SHE OWNS A 2001 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT.  THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AS A RESULT OF THE BRAKES NOT WORKING.  WHEN APPLYING  THE BRAKES THEY WOULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE.  THE CONTACT  WAS PUMPING THE BRAKES TO TRY TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP, BUT IT WOULD NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP.  THIS  CAUSED  THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE  TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WSTOPPED IN FRONT OF CONTACT'S  VEHICLE.  THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.  THE MANUFACTURER SAID THAT THEY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BRAKES.  ALSO, SHE STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT COMPLETELY DEPLOY.  THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE BRAKE OR THE AIR BAG FAILURES. *AK","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/559181"},{"cmplid":"559182","date_received":"2005-10-19","make":"MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN","model":"MONTERO","model_year":2001,"deaths":0,"injured":2,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"AIR BAGS:FRONTAL","description":"DT:  THE CONTACT STATES SHE OWNS A 2001 MITSUBISHI MONTERO SPORT.  THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AS A RESULT OF THE BRAKES NOT WORKING.  WHEN APPLYING  THE BRAKES THEY WOULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE.  THE CONTACT  WAS PUMPING THE BRAKES TO TRY TO GET THE VEHICLE TO STOP, BUT IT WOULD NOT COME TO A COMPLETE STOP.  THIS  CAUSED  THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE  TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE THAT WSTOPPED IN FRONT OF CONTACT'S  VEHICLE.  THE DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.  THE MANUFACTURER SAID THAT THEY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BRAKES.  ALSO, SHE STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT COMPLETELY DEPLOY.  THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE BRAKE OR THE AIR BAG FAILURES. *AK","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/559182"},{"cmplid":"547564","date_received":"2005-07-25","make":"MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN","model":"GALANT","model_year":2001,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION","description":"2001 GALANT ES DEVELOPED PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION.*MR  THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING IN AND OUT OF GEAR, WHICH RESULTED IN THE CONSUMER HAVING THE VEHICLE TOWED.   THE CONSUMER HAD TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS BECAUSE OF THE RECURRING TRANSMISSION PROBLEM.   IT WAS DETERMINED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED UNDER THE MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY.  THE CONSUMER STATED THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION IS NOW SLIPPING, HOWEVER THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.   THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND ONCE AGAIN IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE TRANSMISSION, EVEN THOUGH THE DEALER CLAIMED THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.  THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME.  ON JUNE 2, 2005  THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING IN AND OUT OF GEAR AGAIN AND THE CONSUMER NOTICED WHITE SMOKE EMITTING FROM THE TAIL PIPE, MOMENTS LATER THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE.   AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, IT WAS DETERMINED THERE WAS A TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK FROM A LINE WHICH LED FROM THE TRANSMISSION TO THE LOWER PART OF THE RADIATOR AND WAS USED AS A COOLER LINE. *JB","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/547564"},{"cmplid":"523273","date_received":"2005-02-23","make":"MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN","model":"MONTERO","model_year":1998,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"AIR BAGS:FRONTAL","description":"THE CONSUMER STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM THE REAR AT 40 MPH , AND THE AIR BAG DID DEPLOY.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/523273"},{"cmplid":"518705","date_received":"2005-01-27","make":"MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN","model":"ECLIPSE","model_year":1997,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"AIR BAGS:FRONTAL","description":"CONSUMER'S VEHICLE SWERVED TO KEEP FROM STRIKING ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 45 MPH. THEN, VEHICLE WENT INTO A DITCHAND TURNED OVER. UPON IMPACT, THE  AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.   CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES.*AK","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/518705"},{"cmplid":"502327","date_received":"2004-11-15","make":"MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN","model":"ECLIPSE SPYDER","model_year":1997,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"AIR BAGS:FRONTAL","description":"THE CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH.  SHE HIT A PARKED POLICE CAR AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.   *JB   NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.   *SC","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/502327"},{"cmplid":"507237","date_received":"2004-11-03","make":"MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN","model":"GALANT","model_year":1996,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","description":"A RED LIGHT FLASHED ON LEFT SIDE OF STEERING WHEEL. VEHICLE WAS LOSING POWER, THEN GRAY SMOKE FROM FRONT. CAR CAUGHT FIRE AND TOTALED.  *BF  *TC","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/507237"},{"cmplid":"379197","date_received":"2002-10-22","make":"MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN","model":"MONTERO","model_year":2001,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE","description":"CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARK IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE VEHICLE EXPLODED CAUSING TOTAL DAMAGE.  DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND IS NOT BEEN RESPONSABLE FOR DAMAGES.     MR","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/379197"},{"cmplid":"377990","date_received":"2002-10-15","make":"MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN","model":"ECLIPSE","model_year":1991,"deaths":0,"injured":3,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"STEERING","description":"WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL RESULTING AN ACCIDENT IN WHICH THE VEHICLE HITTING A TREE.  THE DRIVER STATED THAT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO STEER SHARP ENOUGH O MAKE A TURN, ALL THREE OCCUPANTS WERE INJURED, A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM WAS RECEIVED MONTHS LATER.      MR   *NLM","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/377990"},{"cmplid":"159834","date_received":"1999-07-23","make":"MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN","model":"ECLIPSE","model_year":1998,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"AIR BAGS:FRONTAL","description":"DAUGHTER WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT.  FRONTAL AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT. TRAVELING AT 30 MPH.  CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER.  *AK","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/159834"},{"cmplid":"159835","date_received":"1999-07-23","make":"MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN","model":"ECLIPSE","model_year":1998,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR","description":"DAUGHTER WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT.  FRONTAL AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AND SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT. TRAVELING AT 30 MPH.  CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER.  *AK","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/159835"}]}