2000 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE Complaints

WINDOWS WERE NOT CLEARING PROPERLY AND SMELL OF ANTI-FREEZE WAS VERY STRONG. UPON CALLING THE MITSUBISHI DEALER, I WAS TOLD, IT'S PROBABLY THE HEATER CORE. I ASK IF THIS IS NORMAL FOR A CAR LESS THAN THREE YEARS OLDS WITH APPROXIMATELY 40,000 MILES. THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME, WELL TO GIVE YOU AND IDEA, I JUST REPLACED ONE LAST WEEK. I WAS TOLD VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY, COST TO REPAIR $650.

INTERMITTENT WHEN MAKING RIGHT TURNS VEHICLE STALL DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

NAR 02/10/2003. THE CONSUMER HAD A NEW HEATER CORE INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THERE WAS A DEFECT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD. *JB

THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO IGNORED THE PROBLEM AND DENIED SERVICE. *NLM

CONSUMER STATED CAN SMELL AND SEE THE VAPORS OF ANTIFREEZE COMING FROM VENTS OF VEHICLE WHEN VENTS ARE TURNED OFF. TOOK TO DEALER AND DEALER INDICATES WAS TSB ON THE FAULTY HEATER GASKETS ON VEHICLE.*JB

THE HEATING SYSTEM ON THIS VEHICLE HAS FAILED REPEATEDLY ON THIS VEHICLE. USUSALLY THIS IS ONLY A MINOR INCONVENIENCE. THERE HAVE BEEN TWO INSTANCES WHERE IT WAS DANGEROUS. ONCE WAS IN A HEAVY RAIN, WHERE THE DEFROSTER FAILED, THE OTHER WAS JUST RECENTLY IN A RAIN/SNOW MIX. THE INTERIOR OF THE WINDSHIELD COMPLETELY FOGS UP MAKING VISION TO THE ROAD AND ONCOMING TRAFFIC VERY POOR. I HAVE HAD A "CHIP" REPLACED TWICE UNDER WARRANTY AND WILL TRY AGAIN. *AK

AFTER BEING STOPPED A COUPLE OF MINUTES BECAUSE OF A PASSING TRAIN, WHEN PROCEEDING, THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE MORE THAN, PROBABLY, 5 MPH. NOTICED A SMELL COMING IN, LIKE OIL BURNING. DIDN'T SEE NO SMOKE COMING OUT OF HOOD. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. PARKED CAR AND GOT OUT TO SEE BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM BEHIND THE CAR. TURNED OFF ENGINE AND TRIED TO TURN ON TO MOVE CAR, IT WOULDN'T TURN ON AGAIN. HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALER. IT HAPPENED RIGHT BEFORE ENTERING FREEWAY, THANK GOD.*AK

WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN (IN PARTIVULARLY OFF A MAJOR HIGHWAY) THE CAR WILSTALL - NO POWER, BRAKES, OR POWER STEERING. NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS HAVE BEENT ODEALER AND THEY HAVE MMENTIONEDTHTA THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THEVEHICLE BUT CANNOT BE FIXED. PLEASE NOTE THAT WITH THE CAR STALLING AT SUCH SPEEDS, GETTING REAR ENDED IS INEVITABLE IN PARTICULAR WITH TRUCKS. *AK

ILL BE BRIEF  I OWN THE ABOVE CAR AND HAVE A SAFETY PROBLEM THAT IS NOT BEING FIXED BY MITSUBISHI. WITH ABOUT < TANK OF GAS IN THE CAR, A HARD RIGHT TURN OR EXIT OFF THE EXPRESSWAYS, CAUSES THE CAR TO COMPLETELY STALL  NO POWER STEERING, BRAKES, NO ACCELERATION. WORSE, THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH ALL DIAMANTES (VERBAL VIA THE SERVICE REP FOR THE CHICAGO AREA  JEFF HAMPTON). I HAVE BEEN IN A SITUATION MORE THAN ONCE WHERE THIS HAS ALMOST PRODUCED A REAR END ACCIDENT BY SEMI TRUCKS AND OTHER VEHICLES. MITSUBISHI SAYS THIS IS AN ENGINEERING ISSUE AND THEY DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO (NOTE THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE JULY 2000), SINCE A NEW TANK OR FUEL PUMP WOULD NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. EVEN THE 2002S ARE GOING TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING BETWEEN 55-70MPH AND TRYING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE TRANSMISSION WOULD GO INTO NEUTRAL POSITION, PRESSING ON ACCELERATER WOULD CAUSE IT TO SKIP TO 3RD GEAR, SOMETIMES HITTING GEAR DOWNSHIFT REAL HARD, VEHICLE SHAKES, WOULD HIT NEUTRAL FIRST BEFORE GOING INTO CORRECT GEAR, HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, VEHICLE WAS TEST DRIVEN, AND NOTHING FOUND PLACED ON DIAGNOSTIC, NO PROBLEM CODES APPEARED. *AK TRANSMISSION GOES INTO NEUTRAL INSTEAD OF THIRD AND GOES INTO NEUTRAL WHEN DOWN SHIFTING, THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED A HEAD ON COLLISION, CONSUMER ALSO STATES WHILE GOING DOWNHILL, HE SHIFTED INTO THIRD GEAR AND VEHICLE WENT FASTER. *SLC