Vehicle recall 04V428000 · September 1, 2004

Mitsubishi Eclipse, Mitsubishi Diamante and 10 more models

Certain passenger vehicles fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 208, 'occupant crash protection.' the bilingual english/spanish…

Source: NHTSA data as of September 22, 2026. Last refreshed Sep 23, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.

Summary: Certain passenger vehicles fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 208, 'occupant crash protection.' the bilingual english/spanish removable air bag warning labels affixed to the dash and to the sunvisor do not meet the size requirements of the standard.
Consequence: This does not meet the requirements of the standard.
Remedy: Mitsubishi caribbean will mail a customer notification letter containing a written description and a graphic of the bi-lingual dashboard air bag warning label. In addition, all current 2000-2004 nativa owners will also receive replacement air bag alert labels for the sun visors. This recall is expected to begin during March or April 2005. The notification to the nativa owners is expected to begin during April or may 2005. Owners should contact Mitsubishi caribbean at 1-787-251-8715.
Notes: The manufacturer's petition which requested that NHTSA determine this FMVSS noncompliance does not create an unreasonable risk to motor vehicle safety was partially denied on January 26, 2005. Therefore, this manufacturer is obligated to conduct an owner notification and remedy campaign.customers can also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236.

Recall details

NHTSA campaign: 04V428000
Reported to NHTSA: September 1, 2004
Filed by: MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN
Vehicles potentially affected: 100,432
Initiated by: the manufacturer
Components: Equipment › Other › Labels

Recall 04V428000 on nhtsa.gov, with the manufacturer’s documents

Vehicles covered

As listed by NHTSA. A recall usually covers only some vehicles of each model and year, often a production date range.

Mitsubishi 3000GT (1999): 1999
Mitsubishi Diamante (1998-2004): 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998
Mitsubishi Eclipse (1998-2005): 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998
Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder (2000-2005): 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000
Mitsubishi Endeavor (2004): 2004
Mitsubishi Galant (1999-2003): 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999
Mitsubishi Lancer (2002-2004): 2004, 2003, 2002
Mitsubishi Mirage (1999-2002): 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999
Mitsubishi Montero (1998-2004): 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998
Mitsubishi Nativa (1998-1999, 2002): 2002, 1999, 1998
Mitsubishi Outlander (2003-2004): 2004, 2003
Mitsubishi Caribbean Nativa (2000-2001, 2003-2004): 2004, 2003, 2001, 2000

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