2006 Mitsubishi Raider
Complaints about this year name brakes far more often than the model's other years — 17% of them, about 42× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 54 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 16 |
| Involving a crash | 2 |
| Recalls | 5 |
| EPA combined | 15 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- back — 15% of complaints, 37× usual
- needed — 15% of complaints, 37× usual
- light — 15% of complaints, 37× usual
What owners wrote
WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH ON DRY PAVEMENT, THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MINOR UPPER BACK INJURIES. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID…
WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, SHE ATTEMPTED TO DECELERATE BUT THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE CRUISE CONTROL FUNCTION ERRONEOUSLY ENGAGED. THE CONTACT CONTINUED TO APPLY THE BRAKES AND AS THE BRAKE PEDAL ABNORMALLY TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD, THE VEHICLE FINALLY CAME TO A S…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 16V352000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 15V313000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 14V795000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 06V039000 VISIBILITY
- 06V038000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
How this was worked out
Every year of the Mitsubishi Raider was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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