1992 MITSUBISHI 3000GT — Complaint #637652
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:SHOES/LININGS filed September 7, 2007
NHTSA complaint #637652 (ODI reference 10202187) concerns a 1992 MITSUBISHI 3000GT and was filed on September 7, 2007. The owner reports the failure occurred on September 4, 2007. The vehicle had 89,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to New Jersey based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:drum:shoes/linings, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same MITSUBISHI 3000GT cohort independently describe similar service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:drum:shoes/linings failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 1992 MITSUBISHI 3000GT shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1992 MITSUBISHI 3000GT. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT HAD TO PUMP THE BRAKES IN ORDER FOR THEM TO ENGAGE. HE STATED THAT HE HAD TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR FOR THE BRAKES TO SLOWLY ENGAGE AT THE LAST MINUTE. AT ONE POINT, THE CONTACT HAD TO DRIVE OFF THE ROAD TO AVOID CRASHING INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN AT 10 MPH AND HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 96V143001 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS). THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 89,000.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 637652 |
| ODI Number | 10202187 |
| Date Filed | September 7, 2007 |
| Failure Date | September 4, 2007 |
| VIN | JA3XD64BXNY |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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