1993 Mitsubishi Mirage seat belts problems

Filed Sep 11, 2006 · Seat belts · 138,484 miles · ID

1993 mitsubishi mirage, the federal safety agency 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.

Filed May 31, 2005 · Seat belts · CA

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

Filed Nov 17, 2004 · Seat belts · 152,000 miles · OK

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

Filed Jun 14, 2004 · Seat belts · 101,000 miles · CA

Recall repairs for driver's side guide rail 97v073001 failed, and the defect recurred.

Filed Mar 23, 2004 · Seat belts · 60,000 miles · PA

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

Filed Sep 23, 2003 · Seat belts · WI

Seat belts malfunctioned. Parts have been replaced; however, problem still exists.

Filed Aug 2, 2003 · Seat belts · 73,000 miles · UT

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.

Filed Jun 14, 2002 · Seat belts · PA

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.

Filed Oct 10, 2001 · Seat belts · IL

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.

Filed Jul 30, 2001 · Electrical, Fuel system · TX

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.