{"count":84,"message":"Results returned successfully","results":[{"odiNumber":10167908,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/25/2006","dateComplaintFiled":"09/11/2006","vin":"JA3CA31A4PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"1993 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE, NHTSA RECALL 97V073001  MITSUBISHI RELUCTANTLY PERFORMED RECALL.  MOTORIZED SHOULDER BELT STILL WOULD NOT WORK.  WAS TOLD TO MANUALLY LATCH AND UNLATCH SHOULDER BELT TO ANCHOR (EMERGENCY PROCEDURE).  SHOULDER BELT BECAME FRAYED BECAUSE OF RUBBING ON A GUIDE WHILE MANUALLY USING THE SHOULDER BELT.  DEALER SAID VEHICLE IS \"UNSAFE\".  REQUESTED REPLACEMENT OF SHOULDER BELT AND OFFERED TO PAY LABOR.  MITSUBISHI REFUSED.  APPROXIMATE COST OF REPAIR IS $300- $400.  DEALER PAPERWORK AND MITSUBISHI CORRESPONDENCE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":10123702,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/26/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"05/31/2005","vin":"JA3CA31A4PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"MOVING SEATBELT WOULD STICK IN CORNER AT BACK OF DOOR WOULD NOT MOVE COMPLETLY TO BACK OF DOOR. COULD OPEN DOOR AND CLOSE AND SEAT BELT WOULD WORK PROPERLY, NOW SEAT BELT IS STUCK IN THE CORNER OF DOOR AND THERE IS A GRAY CABLE STICKING OUT AND BELT WONT MOVE AT ALL FORWARD OR BACKWARD","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":10117580,"manufacturer":"MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/01/2005","dateComplaintFiled":"04/06/2005","vin":"JA3CA26A1PU","components":"SEAT BELTS,LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES","summary":"1993 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE HAS PROBLEMS WITH SEAT BELT EQUIPMENT.   *MR   RECALL CAMPAIGN# 97V073001.  THE SEAT BELTS FAILED ON THE DRIVERS DOOR WHEN ATTEMPTING TO USE.  THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT LATER HAD BECOME SLUGGISH. THE RUBBER DOOR LATCH SWITCH ON THE DRIVERS DOOR WAS INTERMITTENT.   *SC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN"}]},{"odiNumber":10089271,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/05/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"11/17/2004","vin":"JA3CA31A8P4","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"THE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT CABLE CAME OF IT'S TRACK. THIS RESULTED IN THE SEAT BELT FAILING TO RETRACT. ALSO, THE PLASTIC COATING OVER THE CABLE CAME OFF. THIS OCCURRED AFTER THE DRIVER'S SIDE GUIDE RAIL RECALL 97V073001 WAS PERFORMED.  THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN CONTACTED.   *JB   *SC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":10076142,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/12/2004","dateComplaintFiled":"06/14/2004","vin":"JA3CA31A8PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"RECALL REPAIRS FOR DRIVER'S SIDE GUIDE RAIL 97V073001 FAILED, AND THE DEFECT RECURRED. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":10057994,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"03/23/2004","vin":"JA3CA31A8PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT ON  DRIVER'S SIDE CAME OFF THE HINGES, CAUSING THE DRIVER NOT TO BE PROPERLY RESTRAINED.  THE SEAT BELT MOTOR WAS REPLACED LAST YEAR FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK   *JB","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":10040411,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/23/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"09/23/2003","vin":"","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"SEAT BELTS MALFUNCTIONED. PARTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED; HOWEVER, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":10030618,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/28/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"08/02/2003","vin":"JA3CA11A4PU","components":"SEAT BELTS,EQUIPMENT","summary":"I HAVE HAD LEFT FRONT DRIVER SIDE SEATBELT RETRACTOR FAIL 3 TIMES ONCE IN 1998,2000 &2003. THE CAR HAS THE AUTOMATIC SEATBELTS SO WHEN YOU CLOSE THE DOOR THE SEATBELT IS SUPPOSE TO RETRACT BACK BEHIND THE SEAT OR ALONG THE DOOR JAM IN EACH OF MY INCIDENCES I CLOSED THE DOOR AND THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR CABLE COMES OUT OF THE RAIL THAT RUNS ALONG THE TOP OF THE DOOR JAM AND GETS STUCK HALF WAY TO OR NOT AT ALL. IT IS A RECALL I BELIEVE AND I HAD IT REPLACED FOR THE RECALL 2 TIMES AND NOW IM GOING TO A 3RD TIME. IT IS VERY FRIGHTENING TO ME BECAUSE IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE I CANNOT DRIVE MY CAR WITHOUT A SEATBELT IT NOT ONLY UNSAFE ITS AGAINST THE LAW. I HOPE TO SHED SOME LIGHT ON THIS ISSUE AND ASK THAT IT BE LOOKED AT MORE CLOSELY.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."},{"type":"Equipment","productYear":"9999","productMake":"UNKNOWN","productModel":"AUTOMATIC","manufacturer":"AUTOMATIC EQUIP. MFG. CO."}]},{"odiNumber":10017102,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/02/2003","dateComplaintFiled":"05/06/2003","vin":"JA3CA31A6PU","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"MY 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HER CAR LATE ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND IT STALLED OUT IN A RURAL AREA.  WE HAD IT TOWED TO OUR MECHANICAL AND THINKING IT WAS THE FUEL PUMP.  HE INFORMED ME THAT THE CAM SHAFT HAD SPLIT.  HE SAID THAT THIS IS VERY UNUSUAL.  UPON FURTHER RESEARCH I HAVE LEARNED THAT MITSUBISHI HAS BEEN AWARE OF THE FACT THAT WITH THE MIRAGE THERE CAN BE A PROBLEM WITH STALLING DUE TO AN ENGINE SHAFT DEFECT.  WHEN I CALLED MITSUBISHI ALL THEY SAID WAS THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THAT AND BECAUSE THE CAR IS A 1993 WITH 103,000 MILES THERE IS NOTHING THEY WOULD DO.  I STRONGLY FEEL THIS IS A WARRANTY ISSUE NO MATTER HOW OLD THE CAR IS OR HOW MANY MILES IT HAS.  THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE OR NORMAL AND ROUTINE CARE COULD HAVE PREVENTED.  IT IS A SERIOUS MATERIAL DEFECT.    *NLM","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":763089,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/15/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"06/14/2002","vin":"JA3CA21A4PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE VIA  MAIL & BROUGHT MY CAR TO THE LOCAL MITSUBISHI DEALER.  THEY DID SOME WORK ON THE  AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT.  I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT ENOUGH WAS DONE.  NOW THEY REFUSE TO DO ANY MORE \"GOODWILL\"  REPAIRS AT NO CHARGE.  THIS IS MY SAFETY AT RISK.  I EVEN TOOK IT AND PAID FOR IT MYSELF TO ANOTHER SERVICE CENTER AFTER ANOTHER FAILURE.  I HAVE WRITTEN REPORTS OF THIS.  I ALSO HAVE COPIES OF WHAT I WAS TOLD IS A \"SILENT RECALL\"  WHERE THE OWNER IS NOT NOTIFIED.  KEEP IN MIND, BEFORE I TOOK IT FOR SERVICE TO THE FIRST PLACE, THERE WAS NEVER A PROBLEM.  ALL THE PROBLEMS HAVE DEVELOPED AFTER THE DEALERSHIP WORKED ON THE CAR.  THIS HAS BEEN EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING TO ME AND A LONG PROCESS.  NOW THEY REFUSE TO DO ANY FURTHER WORK FOR FREE.  I STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM AND IT IS MY SAFETY THAT IS AT RISK.  PLEASE ASSIST AS SOON AS YOU CAN.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":758102,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/21/2002","dateComplaintFiled":"02/11/2002","vin":"JA3CA21A6PU","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"THE FIRST HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED ON 3-8-1999 @30,886 MILES.  THE SECOND HEAD GASKET WAS REPLACED ON 1-24-2002 @ 55,691 MILES.  THEY WOULD NOT HELP COVER THE COST BECAUSE IT WAS LONGER THAN ONE YEAR EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS ONLY 24,000 MILES ON THE HEAD GASKET.  I HAVE KEPT ALL RECEIPTS ON MY VEHICLE AND HAVE KEPT UP WITH ALL THE REQUIRED MAINTENANCE.  THERE MUST BE SOME DEFECT INVOLVED.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":753074,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/09/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"10/10/2001","vin":"","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"THE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT QUIT WORKING AND THE CABLE CAME OUT ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND THE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE STARTED STICKING HALF WAY IN THE TRACK.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":749424,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/15/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"07/30/2001","vin":"JA3CA11A0PU","components":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SEAT BELTS","summary":"CAR WOULDN'T START. BROKEN FOR 1 1/2 YEARS. DEALER SAID IT IS A SHORT IN THE ECM THROTTLE CONTROL. ALSO SAID ORIGINALLY THAT IT WAS FUEL PUMP. SUPPOSED TO PREFORM RECALL ON SEATBELTS, BUT IT HAD NOT BEEN PREFORMED AFTER 2 WEEKS IN THE SHOP. CAR IS NOW WORKING, BUT ONLY AFTER ECM WAS COMPLETELY REPLACED. SEATBELT STILL NOT WORKING.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":890925,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/07/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"06/21/2001","vin":"JA3CA31A5PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"SEATBELT WAS FIXED ON RECALL ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. BUT,  SAME PROBLEM HAS BEEN  HAPPENING AGAIN.   AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT, WHEN SEAT BELT WENT TO  BACK, IT STARTED MAKING CLICKING SOUNDS.  BELT DROPPED DOWN OUT OF CEILING.  CONTACTED DEALER. DEALER WOULD NOT FIX BECAUSE IT WAS FIXED ON RECALL.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":889133,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/03/1996","dateComplaintFiled":"05/24/2001","vin":"JA3CA31A8PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"DRIVER'S SIDE GUIDE RAIL REMEDY HAD FAILED AGAIN FOR  3RD TIME.  SHOULDER BELT FAILED TO RETRACT TO ORIGINAL POSITION.  *AK   *SLC","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":743638,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/28/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"04/06/2001","vin":"JA3CA31A9PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"THIS SEATBELT HAS BEEN RECALLED IN 97, WHICH I HAD DONE.  NOW OUT OF THE BLUE IT JUST STOPPED WORKING.  I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND ALSO THE MITSUBISHI HOTLINE AND THEY ARE BOTH SAYING THAT BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY REPLACED THAT MY CASE IS CLOSED AND THEY WON'T GIVE ME A NEW ONE.  OTHER THAN THE SEATBELT NOT WORKING, THIS 8 YEAR OLD CAR RUNS FINE, I DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF IT JUST BECAUSE IT WILL COST MORE THAN HALF THE BOOK VALUE OF THE CAR TO REPLACE THIS DEFECTIVE PART.   CAN YOU HELP ME?*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":885153,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/02/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"04/05/2001","vin":"JA3CA21AXPU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT IS STUCK INTO RETRACTOR. SEATBELT IS  AUTOMATIC. OTHER PARTS ARE HANGING INSIDE OF ROOF OF VEHICLE.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":885162,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/02/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"04/05/2001","vin":"JA3CA21A9PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"COVERED CABLE WHICH IS A PART OF GUIDERAIL FOR SEAT BELT IS GOING TO COST APPROXIMATELY $500.00 TO FIX WHEN THERE IS  NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN  97V073001 WHICH DEALS WITH SAME PROBLEM.  PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":884786,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/02/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"04/02/2001","vin":"ADD","components":"LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES","summary":"WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH  HOOD FLEW OPEN AND SHATTERED  WINDSHIELD, LATCH BROKE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":884725,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/12/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"03/30/2001","vin":"JA3CA36C5PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"WAS HAVING SEAT BELT PROBLEM. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP WHERE MECHANIC PUT SWITCH ON. FOUND RECALL NOTICE #97V073000 IN PAPERS. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP AGAIN. SERVICE MANAGER REFUSED TO HAVE BELT GUIDE RAIL REPLACED. TOLD RECALL DONE. MANUFACTURER AGREED WITH DEALERSHIP.  OWNER INDICATED RECALL REPAIRS WERE PARTIALLY DONE.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":881830,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/01/2001","dateComplaintFiled":"03/01/2001","vin":"JA3CA26A8PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT IS NOT OPERATING PROPERLY.   AUTOMATED SHOULDER BELT TRACK WILL DISENGAGE AND GO INTO  UNLOCKED POSITION.  PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":876059,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"12/06/2000","vin":"16JA3CAZ1Z8","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"THE CONSUMER  WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH NHTSA RECALL 97V073000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL SR97.  LATER,  AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT RETRACTOR ON  DRIVER SIDE DIDN'T RETRACT. IT STAYED IN A RESTRAINT POSTION. DEALER FELT  IT WAS  ANOTHER COMPONENT THAT WAS CAUSING GUIDERAIL TO  BE  INOPERATIVE.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":874060,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"10/27/2000","vin":"JA3CA36C2PU","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING CAMSHAFT FAILED TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO HAVING VEHICLE IN SHOP FOR A TIMING BELT FAILURE.    DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF  PROBLEM.  IT TOOK $1400.00.*AK  ( SEE ODI # 733265).","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":873185,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/1995","dateComplaintFiled":"10/17/2000","vin":"JA3CA2683PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"CABLE HAS DISENGAGED FROM T MECHANISM AND IT HAS CAUSED THE SHOULDER ANCHORAGE TO BECOME STUCK. HAS TORNED THE SEATBELT WEBBING MATERIAL.  HE HAS CONTACTED  DEALERSHIP, AND THE DEALERSHIP WANTS $800.00 TO BE REPAIRED.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":734277,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/03/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"10/13/2000","vin":"JA3CU24AXNU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"THE LEFT SIDE AUTOMATIC SEATBELT PART THAT FITS INTO THE TRACK BROKE.  IT WAS MAKING A CLICK SOUND AND WOULDN'T MOVE.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":734277,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/03/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"10/13/2000","vin":"JA3CU24AXNU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"THE LEFT SIDE AUTOMATIC SEATBELT PART THAT FITS INTO THE TRACK BROKE.  IT WAS MAKING A CLICK SOUND AND WOULDN'T MOVE.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":733265,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/02/2000","vin":"JA3CA36C2PU","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"I HAD A TIMING BELT INSTALL , ONE WEEK LATER  MY CAR STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY, SO I CALL MITSUBISHI AND THEY TOLD ME THAT MY TIMING BELT PROBABLY CAME OFF. I HAD ALREADY PAID $400.00  TO INSTALL MY TIMING BELT, SO WHEN I WENT DOWN TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG THEY TOLD ME THAT MY CAM SHAFT HAD BROKEN, SO I WENT AND TALK TO A MECHANIC  AND THEY TOLD ME THAT ONLY WAY A CAM SHAFT CAN BREAK IS THE TIMING BELT WAS NOT INSTALL RIGHT OR CAM SHAFT WAS DEFECTED , I HAD TO PAID $1400.00 TO GET IT FIX , SO I NEED SOME HELP TO SEE WHAT REALLY HAPPEN......THANK.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":871331,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"09/23/2000","vin":"JA3CA21A1PU","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"PROBLEM WILL START WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING.  VEHICLE JUST STALLS OUT.   DEALERSHIP STATED THAT  VEHICLE ISN'T ON RECALL.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":869898,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"09/07/2000","vin":"JA3CA11AXPU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"SHOULDER BELT STAYS IN LOCK POSITION, DOESN'T RETRACT IN ORDER TO USE THE SHOULDER STRAP.  WE MUST MANUALLY PUT  ITON AND  OFF.  ALSO, CAN HEAR THE CLICKING NOISE OF THE MOTORIZED BELT NOT WORK.ING.   SHOULDER STRAP WAS FIXED BY THE MANUFACTUREE ON A RECALL.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":868951,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/01/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"08/28/2000","vin":"JA3CA11A7PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"PASSENGER'S SHOULDER SEATBELT IS INOPEABLE.   UPPER ANCHOR HAS JAMMED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRACK.    *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":864610,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/26/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"06/30/2000","vin":"JA3CA31A6PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"RECALL 97V073001/DRIVER'S SIDE GUIDE RAIL: VEHICLE EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH THE DRIVER SIDE GUIDE CABLE  COMING OUT OF THE RAIL, AND  LEAVING THE OCCUPANT WITHOUT ANY RETRAINT. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL DUE TO VIN.  *AK   THE SHOULDER BELT BECAME STUCK IN A POSITION THAT WOULD NOT RESTRAIN THE DRIVER.  *YH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":724642,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/24/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"06/27/2000","vin":"JA3CA31A6PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"THE CABLE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT DROPPED OUT OF THE CHAMBER AND THE SHOULDER BELT ANCHORAGE BECAME STUCK.  I HAVE PREVIOUSLY TAKEN MY 1993 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE IN TO THE DEALER FOR RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 97V073001.  THE PROBLEM THAT THIS RECALL WAS DESIGNED TO FIX IS EXACTLY THE PROBLEM THAT I AM HAVING.  THE DEALER WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIRS BECAUSE OF THE 12 MONTH, 12,000 MILE WARENTY HAS EXPIRED ON THE RECALL.  THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN FIXED AND I FEEL I COULD BE AT RISK.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":863859,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/04/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"06/20/2000","vin":"JA3C821A2PU","components":"SEAT BELTS,STRUCTURE","summary":"AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT STOPPED WORKING, CABLE HUNG LOOSE ON  PIECE OF GREY WIRE.  WHEN  ENTERING THE DOOR THERE  WAS A CLINKING NOISE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":723321,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/26/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"05/29/2000","vin":"JA3CA11A5PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"HAD RECALL WORK DONE PRIOR TO ANY FAILURE IN 1997/NOW THE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY HAS FAILED WITH REPAIR COST OF THE PART @ $650.00 AND 2 HOURS LABOR @ $136.00-- IT IS FELT THAT THE REPAIR @ TIME OF RECALL WAS NOT RELIABLE AND CURRENT FAILURE SHOULD BE REPAIRED WITHOUT COST TO CAR OWNER--THINK MANUFACTOR SHOULD STILL PAY FOR REPAIR.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":862353,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"05/23/2000","vin":"JA3CA31A5PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT DISENGAGE FROM THE RETRACTING MECHANISM, CAUSING THE SEAT BELT TO INTERMITTENTLY BECOME INOPERABLE.  PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":861026,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"04/26/2000","vin":"JA3CA11A8PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT IS INOPERATIVE, THE SEAT IS LOCKED IN  OPEN POSITION, PRVENTING ANY USAGE OF THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT. ALSO,  RECALL 97V073001 DEALS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM,  BUT ONLY INCLUDES DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT. PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT IS NOT INCLUDED. *AK *ML","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":859552,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/24/2000","dateComplaintFiled":"03/31/2000","vin":"JA3CA36C1PV","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"AUTOMATIC SEATBELT RETRACTOR  BROKE ON DRIVER'S SIDE , CAUSING THE DRIVER TO BE UNRESTRAINED.  DEALER WILL BE NOTIFIED.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":718444,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"02/07/2000","vin":"JA3CA21A3PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"SAFETY BELT STRUCTURE RECALLED ONCE PRIOR, REPLACEMENT PART IS ALSO DEFECTIVE, COMPANY WILL CHARGE YOU APPROX. $600.00 TO $800.00 TO FIX SAFETY DEFECT.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":851248,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"10/20/1999","vin":"JA3CA36C7PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"SHOULDER SEAT BELT WON'T RETRACT, WHICH KEEPS  GETTING STRUCK IN THE UPPER POSITION. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":548888,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/18/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"10/05/1999","vin":"JA3CA31A1PU","components":"SEATS","summary":"RECALL REPAIR ON THE GUIDE RAIL AND PIN, RECALL REPAIR FAILED CAUSING LOCK UP AND FAILURE OF THE SEAT BELT. MJS (98V-317)","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":847398,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/09/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"09/09/1999","vin":"NOT AVALIAL","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"SEATBELT ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE  BROKE, SEATBELT WEBBING DOES  COME OVER THE HEAD.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":708743,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"07/17/1999","vin":"","components":"STRUCTURE","summary":"HOOD WILL NOT OPEN.  OPEN MECHANISM DOES NOT WORK AT ALL.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":708681,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"06/25/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"07/16/1999","vin":"JA3CA21A5PU","components":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,SEAT BELTS","summary":"NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":837972,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"06/17/1999","vin":"JA3CA21A3PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"PASSIVE RESTRAINT  BELT WAS REPAIRED UNDER A RECALL AND DEFECT STILL EXISTS.  MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.  RECALL 97V073. 001.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":838035,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"05/17/1999","vin":"","components":"SEATS","summary":"WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN  VEHICLE WAS REAR ENDED WHICH CAUSED  DRIVER'S  SEAT TO RELEASE FROM THE UPRIGHT POSITION,  CAUSE UNKNOWN.  PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":704633,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/16/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"03/19/1999","vin":"JA3CA31A9PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"THERE HAS BEEN 2 RECALLS SINCE PURCHASE OF THE CAR IN 1993 FOR THE SEAT BELT.  THE FIRST ONE WAS FOR THE TRACK, & NOW FOR THE LATCH.  THE DEALERSHIP IS WANTING TO CHARGE ME FOR FIXING THE PROBLEM.  THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM WITH THE SAFETY SYSTEM OF 1993 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE LS MODEL.  SOMEONE COULD GET HURT OR KILLED SHOULD THEY BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT.  THE CABLE THAT IS IN THE TRACK SHOOTS OUT AND STAYS THAT WAY & THE LATCH FREEZES IN A POSITION. I'M WAS TOLD THAT IT COST ABOUT $500.00  TO REPAIR.  I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR A DEFECT  WHICH SHOULD BE A HIGH CONCERN FOR MITSUBISHI & DOT.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":834151,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/10/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"03/01/1999","vin":"JA3CA26A1PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"AUTOMACTIC SEAT BELT ISN'T WORKING PROPERLY FOR THE PASSENGER'S SIDE, AND THE CONSUMER CAN ONLY USE THE LAP BELT.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":703478,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"02/12/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"02/18/1999","vin":"JA3CA26A4PU","components":"STEERING,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER ENGINE STALLS . AFTER RESTING A COUPLE OF MINUTES ENGINE CAN BE RESTARTED, BUT PROCESS WILL OCCUR AGAIN.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":703479,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/1999","dateComplaintFiled":"02/18/1999","vin":"JA3CA26A4PU","components":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","summary":"NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":702884,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"02/02/1999","vin":"JA3CA31A1PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM JERRY GROSS, HE RECEIVED IT FROM MITSUBISI  WHEN I TOOK THE CAR TO A DEALER IN SPARTANBURG S.C. (THE NEAREST DEALER), THEY RAN OUT  A SHEET  AND TOLD ME THE CAR HAD  A BRANDED TITLE, AND THE CAR HAD BEEN IN A WREAK. I ALREADY KNEW THIS, BUT THEY SAID IT WAS A SALVAGED CAR, AND THEY COULD NOT FIX IT FOR FREE.   I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT OUT OF POCKET. WHAT DO YOU KNOW  OF THIS, IS IT TRUE? CONTACT ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE I WOULD LIKE TO BE SAFE. ROBERT HANSELMAN.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":832591,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/12/1998","dateComplaintFiled":"12/22/1998","vin":"JA3CA21A1PY","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"PASSENGER'S SIDE AUTOMACTIC SEAT BELT ISN'T WORKING.  CONSUMER STATES THAT THE DEALER FIXED THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT, AND CONSUMER DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE PASSENGER'S SIDE WAS ON RECALL. CONSUMER DOESN'T FEEL SAFE RIDING IN THE PASSENGER'S SEAT WTIHOUT A SEAT BELT.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":831750,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/12/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"12/03/1998","vin":"JA3CA46C7PU","components":"SEAT BELTS,SEATS","summary":"SEAT BELT MOTOR ISN'T WORKING. ALSO,  WHEN DRIVING THE SEAT MOVES FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK AND THE SEAT CAME OFF THE TRACK.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":701089,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"05/20/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"12/03/1998","vin":"JA3CA46C7PU","components":"EQUIPMENT","summary":"THERE ALREADY BEEN A RECALL ON THE SYSTEM IN QUESTION GUIDE RAIL/DOOR LATCH SWITCH.  I HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE LATCH SWITCH RECALL BUT NOT THE GUIDE RAIL BECAUSE MY CAR IS A FOUR DOOR AND NOT A TWO DOOR.  THIS SEEMS PREPOSTERIOUS.  THE LOCAL DEALER I WENT TO BILL SEIDEL'S MITSUBISHI EVEN DENIES THAT  I AM QUALIFIED FOR THE SWITCH.  IN MY OPINION THE SWITCH HAS CAUSED THE RAIL PROBLEM.  THE DEALER SEEMS LIKE A CROOK.   BECAUSE MY CAR HAS MORE MILAGE ON IT MEANS I COMMUTE LONGER DISTANCES NOT USE MY SEAT BELT MORE OFTEN.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":820311,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/05/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"01/06/1998","vin":"","components":"SEATS","summary":"AFTER SITTING DOWN ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT, THE SEA BACK BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT TO COLLAPSE BACKWARDS.   *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":816885,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"10/03/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"10/06/1997","vin":"JA3CA21A3PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"THE AUTOMATIC RESTARAINT CHOKED THE DRIVER.THE OWNER PUSHED THE EMERGENCY RELEASE BUTTON. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED.   *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":811000,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"04/07/1997","dateComplaintFiled":"05/12/1997","vin":"JA3CA21A2PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"EA 96 015, DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELTS IS INOPERATIVE PRIOR TO RECALL. WILL COST OVER $800 TO FIX.  INOPERATIVE SHOULDER BELTS CAN CAUSE NO PROTECTION TO OCCUPANT IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT. 97V-073.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":513356,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/01/1995","dateComplaintFiled":"12/31/1996","vin":"","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT FAILED.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":806759,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"12/26/1996","vin":"JA3CA11AOPU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"OWNER HAS AUTOMATIC SEATBELTS, HE STATES THAT SEATBELTS ON DRIVER'S SIDE DO NOT STAY ON TRACK, HE HAS DIFFICULTY IN FASTENING THEM.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":806456,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"12/17/1996","vin":"","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT DOES NOT GO BACK ALL THE WAY WHEN THE DOOR IS SHUT.  PLEASE GIVE MORE DETAILS.    *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":805481,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/09/1994","dateComplaintFiled":"11/22/1996","vin":"","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"THE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELTS RETRACT BACK AND FORTH  WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":804930,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":true,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":1,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/07/1996","dateComplaintFiled":"11/13/1996","vin":"JA3CA11A8PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"DURING A VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT 55 MPH AT WHICH THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT DISCONNECTED AT THE DOOR.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":803243,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"10/04/1996","vin":"","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR STOPPED WORKING . PLEASE DESCRIBE .   *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":509074,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/21/1996","dateComplaintFiled":"09/24/1996","vin":"JA3CA21A3PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"SEAT BELT FAILED.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":801492,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"08/01/1996","dateComplaintFiled":"08/28/1996","vin":"","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"FAILURE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR, AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT FAILURE EA96-015.*AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":986895,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"07/08/1996","dateComplaintFiled":"08/07/1996","vin":"JA3CA11A3PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"THE DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC RESTRAINT CABLE BROKE SO THE SEATBELT NO LONGER WORKS AND WOULD NOT PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN A VEHICLE CRASH, EA96-015.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":984091,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"05/06/1996","vin":"","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"THE AUTOMATIC RESTRAINT SYSTEM FOR THE DRIVERS SIDE HAS NOT WORKED FOR A WHILE AND THE DRIVER CANNOT USE THE SEATBELT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":504133,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/22/1995","dateComplaintFiled":"05/06/1996","vin":"JA3CA31A9PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"DRIVERS SEAT BELT WILL NOT LOCK DRIVER IN POSITION WHILE DRIVING.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":504133,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"09/22/1995","dateComplaintFiled":"05/06/1996","vin":"JA3CA31A9PU","components":"TIRES","summary":"FRONT TIRES LOSE 8 POUNDS OF PRESSURE PER WEEK. *DSH","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":983971,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/1995","dateComplaintFiled":"05/02/1996","vin":"","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"FRONT LAP/SHOULDER WILL NOT RETRACT.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":983971,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"01/01/1995","dateComplaintFiled":"05/02/1996","vin":"","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"FRONT LAP/SHOULDER WILL NOT RETRACT.  *AK","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":977137,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":null,"dateComplaintFiled":"12/27/1995","vin":"JA3CA46C6PU","components":"SEAT BELTS","summary":"CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR WENT.  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TT","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":962872,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/31/1995","dateComplaintFiled":"03/31/1995","vin":"JA3CA46C3PU","components":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","summary":"THERMOSTAT FAILURE.  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TT","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]},{"odiNumber":480013,"manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"11/16/1994","dateComplaintFiled":"01/26/1995","vin":"JA3CA26A5PU","components":"POWER TRAIN","summary":"VEHICLE STALLED AFTER TRANSMISSION FAILED.  *SKD","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"1993","productMake":"MITSUBISHI","productModel":"MIRAGE","manufacturer":"Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc."}]}]}