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Mitsubishi Caribbean Mirage Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 7 safety recalls and 5 owner complaints across 12 model years of the Mitsubishi Caribbean Mirage (1986–2001). The most-complained-about year is 1999.

7
safety recalls, all years
5
owner complaints, all years
1998
year with most recalls
1999
year with most complaints

Pick your Mitsubishi Caribbean Mirage model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2001 Mitsubishi Caribbean Mirage10
2000 Mitsubishi Caribbean Mirage11
1999 Mitsubishi Caribbean Mirage32
1998 Mitsubishi Caribbean Mirage30
1997 Mitsubishi Caribbean Mirage11
1993 Mitsubishi Caribbean Mirage21
1991 Mitsubishi Caribbean Mirage10
1990 Mitsubishi Caribbean Mirage10
1989 Mitsubishi Caribbean Mirage10
1988 Mitsubishi Caribbean Mirage10
1987 Mitsubishi Caribbean Mirage10
1986 Mitsubishi Caribbean Mirage10

What Mitsubishi Caribbean Mirage owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 5 complaints with NHTSA. The 1999 model year has the most, with 2.

All Mitsubishi Caribbean Mirage recalls (7)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Mitsubishi Caribbean Mirage, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Engine (engine and engine cooling)

    NHTSA 01V340002 Reported 8,887 vehicles potentially affected MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN

    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. The bolt securing the crankshaft pulley can become loose and the pulley could fall off the vehicle.

    Remedy: Dealers will inspect the vehicles to insure that the bolt is tightened. For those bolts not properly tightened, the bolt and pulley will be removed and inspected for any indication of damage. Components showing any…

    Model years: 1999, 2000, 2001

  2. Engine (engine and engine cooling)

    NHTSA 00V311002 Reported 61,068 vehicles potentially affected MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN

    Vehicle description: passenger and sport utility vehicles. The bolt securing the crankshaft pulley can become loose and the pulley could fall off the vehicle.

    Remedy: On the mirage vehicles, the dealers will install a new, improved crankshaft pulley bolt on the older engines. On new engines which already have the improved bolt, the dealer will tighten the crankshaft pulley bolt to…

    Model years: 1997, 1998, 1999

  3. Air bags

    NHTSA 99V334000 Reported 3,000 vehicles potentially affected MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN

    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles. Mitsubishi caribbean had replaced the original factory installed mounting bracket bolts of both driver and passenger air bags with aluminum rivets. After air bag deployment, the rivets can loosen or break, causing partial or total displacement of the air bag modules.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace these rivets with original factory bolts.

    Model years: 1998, 1999

  4. Latch (latches/locks/linkages)

    NHTSA 98V316000 Reported 6,979 vehicles potentially affected MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN

    Vehicle description: passenger and sport utility vehicles sold in the caribbean. Excess lubrication can cause the rubber door latch switch cover to deform, and the door latch switch to malfunction, so that the shoulder belt anchorage would remain at the a-pillar when the door was closed.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the door latch switch.

    Model years: 1993

  5. Seats

    NHTSA 98V317000 Reported 3,978 vehicles potentially affected MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN

    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles sold in the caribbean. The guide rail on the driver's side contains a covered cable and also an angled belt guide at the top end of the webbing. The combination of these factors can lead, over time, to the cable's movement exerting abrading force to the lower edges of the cable's chamber,…

    Remedy: Dealers will install a new replacement guide rail.

    Model years: 1993

  6. Buckle assembly (seat belts)

    NHTSA 98V311000 Reported 53,162 vehicles potentially affected MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN

    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles sold in the caribbean. In the front passenger seat of these vehicles, which are equipped with takata belt buckles, the seat belt release buttons, which are made of ABS plastic material and marked "press," can break, allowing pieces to fall into the buckle assembly.

    Remedy: Dealers will repair the front seat belt buckles.

    Model years: 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991

  7. Hoses, lines/piping, and fittings (service brakes)

    NHTSA 98V059000 Reported 1,303 vehicles potentially affected MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN

    Vehicle description: passsenger vehicles. Some of these vehicles have a poorly manufactured vacuum check valve located in the vacuum hose between the intake manifold and brake vacuum booster.

    Remedy: Dealers will replace the brake vacuum hose on these vehicles.

    Model years: 1998

Other Mitsubishi Caribbean models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.