AI DamageMitsubishi 3000GT: problems, complaints, bulletins
Summary for the Mitsubishi 3000GT across 12 model years: 462 owner complaints and 0 NHTSA service bulletins, plus repair videos. Pick a year for details.
Model years
What fails most often
- 1 Powertrain 48% of all complaints
- 2 Seat belts 30% of all complaints
- 3 Wheels 5% of all complaints
- 4 Service brakes 4% of all complaints
- 5 Vehicle speed control 3% of all complaints
- 6 Engine and cooling 3% of all complaints
- 7 Visibility 2% of all complaints
- 8 Suspension 2% of all complaints
- Powertrain: 222 complaints (48% of all), 6 of them with a crash reported by the owner.
- Seat belts: 137 complaints (30% of all).
- Wheels: 23 complaints (5% of all), 1 of them with a crash reported by the owner.
- Service brakes: 20 complaints (4% of all), 1 of them with a crash reported by the owner.
- Vehicle speed control: 15 complaints (3% of all), 5 of them with a crash reported by the owner.
Symptoms owners describe
How many of the 462 NHTSA complaints mention each symptom (automatic count from complaint text; one complaint can mention several).
Components owners complain about
| Component | Owner complaints | involving a crash | Technical service bulletins (TSB) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powertrain | 222 | 6 | 0 |
| Seat belts | 137 | 0 | 0 |
| Wheels | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| Service brakes | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| Vehicle speed control | 15 | 5 | 0 |
| Engine and cooling | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Visibility | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Suspension | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| Air bags | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| Electrical system | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Equipment | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Steering | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Structure | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Tires | 4 | 2 | 0 |
What owners report
Short excerpts of NHTSA complaints in the original wording. These are owner statements not verified by NHTSA; personal data removed.
While looking for an opportunity to pass another car, the accelerator pedal got stuck and the car's speed was increasing rapidly. While there was no opportunity to pass (another car coming from opposite direction), the driver had to swerve quickly back to own lane while the car?s accelerator pedal was still stuck.
Dt: the contact's vehicle crashed. The rear passenger wheel split in two places. The driver lost control and over corrected. The vehicle proceeded into a fence and was totaled. A police report was taken , and insurance report is on file.
While driving in a stop and go/bumper-to-bumper traffic vehicle suddenly and unexpectedly accelerated and lurched forward and hit another vehicle in front. No injuries were reported. Vehicle was towed to the dealer, who replaced vehicle's control unit. Transmission feels as if slipping gears.
Consumer was wearing seatbelts. However, frontal air bags did not deploy. Consumer and the passenger sustained non life threatening bumps to the head. Police did arrive at the scene, but no one was cited.
The vehicle was involved in an accident and none of the air bags deployed.
The consumer noticed while traveling 50-55 mph when depressing the gas pedal to gain speed, the pedal became stuck which resulted in a crash.
When owners complained
NHTSA complaints by filing year. The peak shows at what age the problems show up most.
What to check before buying
- Powertrain. Shift quality under load, harsh shifts, transmission codes, CV joints.
- Seat belts. Belt pretensioners after airbag deployment, SRS codes.
- Wheels. Wheel runout, cracks, signs of a wheel strike.
- Service brakes. Pedal feel, ABS operation, leaks, discs and hoses.
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Sources: public NHTSA data (USA): service bulletins and owner complaints; YouTube: links to videos credited to their authors. Complaints are owner statements not verified by NHTSA, and describe defects rather than crash damage. Data updated 2026-11-05.