Mitsubishi Motors is recalling about 209,000 Libero station wagons sold mostly in Japan for defective mounting bolts, according to the Associated Press (AP).
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Mitsubishi has exported 88,000 units of the model – badged as the Lancer wagon – to various countries, including Europe, but none were shipped to North America.
Subject to the recall are vehicles made between March 1992 and August 2002, Mitsubishi Motors told AP.
Citing Mitsubishi Japan, AP said a Libero owner last September was taking something out of the car and suffered a head injury when a loose bolt caused the hatchback door to come down – the injury required three weeks of treatment, according to Mitsubishi.
The Associated Press noted that he latest announcement follows a recall last July of about 49,000 Libero vehicles for another problem with the hatchback door – at that time, at least 18 people were reported to have been injured when the door suddenly shut.
A Mitsubishi Motors Europe spokesman told just-auto that no recall would occur in Europe. The defect prompting the latest recall in Japan was identified last year and vehicles sold in Europe were fixed at that time.
AP added that the automaker, which has seen sales plunge in Japan, has announced a series of recalls since acknowledging five years ago that it had been systematically hiding vehicle defects to avert recalls.
