AI DamageMitsubishi Stealth: problems, complaints, bulletins
Summary for the Mitsubishi Stealth across 3 model years: 8 owner complaints and 0 NHTSA service bulletins, plus repair videos. Pick a year for details.
Model years
What fails most often
- 1 Seat belts 75% of all complaints
- 2 Electrical system 13% of all complaints
- 3 Visibility 13% of all complaints
- Seat belts: 6 complaints (75% of all).
- Electrical system: 1 complaints (13% of all).
- Visibility: 1 complaints (13% of all).
Symptoms owners describe
How many of the 8 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seat belts | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Electrical system | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Visibility | 1 | 0 | 0 |
What owners report
Short excerpts of NHTSA complaints in the original wording. These are owner statements not verified by NHTSA; personal data removed.
If you conduct a search on 3si for ecu and try to weed out who has replaced theirs and fixed their problems by replacing theirs I'm sure the number goes way over 9 we have wasted countless hours days and weeks worth of time and money hunching over our cars trying to troubleshoot issues with mechanical knowledge never…
My seatbelt restraints no longer retract on their own accord and must be fed back into the housing. I fear that if I were to ever get involved into an accident and the restraints weren't properly retracted it could seriously or fatally harm me or my passenger(s). Thank you for your time. -richard wilson
Retracring of seatbelt failed causing seatbelt to retain slack once cliped. Then causing seatbelt to not fit tightly against passengers.
Has about a little over 77k miles on it and ever since I got it, when it only had 25k miles on it, the seat belt has never really retracted properly and always has slack in it if pulled on.
Although my car is a 1995 and is 11 years old, I feel that the seat belts should remain in top working order. Unfortunately, after extending the belt to wear it, there is so much slack that it will not retract.
Drivers side seat belt does not retract properly. It will stick in the extended position and not snug against the shoulder.
When owners complained
NHTSA complaints by filing year. The peak shows at what age the problems show up most.
What to check before buying
- Seat belts. Belt pretensioners after airbag deployment, SRS codes.
- Electrical system. Scan all modules, test the battery and alternator, inspect connectors near the impact zone.
- Visibility. Wipers, mirrors, defrosters, cracked glass.
Other models of this make
Read also
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 2026-11-06.