MITSUBISHI MIRAGE 1996 : Problems

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Hood Latch

ODI ID: 781708 NHTSA Complaint ID: 182691

Make: Mitsubishi Model: 1996 MIRAGE 96

Component/Parts: Hood Latch

Failure Date: June 26, 1997 Complaint Date: May 27, 1998

City/State: UNKNOWN, UN ( )
Crash: NA Fire: NA Injured: 0 Deaths: 0

Complaint Description: while traveling at 30 mph the hood opend and smashed into the windshield. upon investigation, the owner found the frame that the hood latch is bolted to had cracked at the right bolt and was hanging down. a secondary latch assembly that should have prevented the failure failed itself. .