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Windshield Defroster Heater

ODI ID: 559664 NHTSA Complaint ID: 285606

Make: Mitsubishi Model: 1998 DIAMANTE 98

Component/Parts: Windshield Defroster Heater

Failure Date: December 12, 2000 Complaint Date: February 14, 2001

City/State: SAN BERNAR, CA (California)
Crash: NA Fire: NA Injured: 1 Deaths: 0

Complaint Description: heater core failed to work for six weeks, fumes went through the vents and anti freeze leaked into the passenger's side carpet and padding, vehicle taken to dealership on 12/12/00, vehicle returned to dealership on 1/3/01 for the same problem, on 1/10/00 owner went into respiratory arrest, on 2/3/00 owner found heater core duck taped, heater core box cracked, pungent odor still exists which hazardous to health. cj .