2002 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE Complaints

HEATER LEAKAGE FROM FAULTY SEALS, COMPLAINED OF HEADACHE FOR 3 WEEKS AS SOON AS LEAK WAS DISCOVERED AND FIXED HEADACHES HAVE BEEN GONE. *NM

NOTICED ANTI-FREEZE SMELL WITHIN THE VEHICLE. WINDSHIELD FOGGING UP AND HEATER WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD O-RINGS NEEDED REPLACED. ADVISED WORK WAS COMPLETED, CHARGED $652.97, AND THE NEXT DAY STILL EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS. CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP. THEY ARE GOING TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER. *JB

I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT WITH THE NHTSA DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND OVER 40 OTHER OWNERS OF THE 2002 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE AUTOMOBILE. THE BACK GROUND ON ALL OF THESE COMPLAINTS CAN BE VIEWED AT WWW.MYCARSTATS.COM . IT IS MY FEELING THAT THESE MITSUBISHI CUSTOMERS WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT FILING A COMPLAINT ON MYCARSTATS.COM WAS THE SAME AS FILING ONE WITH THE NHTSA. IF YOU WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO VIEW THE VARIOUS STORIES UNDER THE COMPLAINTS SECTION, SUB HEADINGS ENGINE COOLING SYSTEMS AND VISUAL SYSTEMS, YOU WILL SEE THE MAGNITUDE AND THE SIMILARITIES OF THE PROBLEM. YOU WILL ALSO FIND A SIMILAR COLLECTION OF COMPLAINTS UNDER OTHER VEHICLE MODEL YEARS, AS MITSUBISHI BUILT THIS VEHICLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, FOR MANY YEARS. THE MAIN PROBLEM IS IN THE FAULTY DESIGN OF THE O RINGS THAT WERE TO SEAL THE ENGINE COOLANT FROM LEAKAGE AS IT ENTERS THE CABIN HEATER CORE. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT MITSUBISHI RECOGNIZED AND ACTUALLY ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN ADVISING DEALERS OF A REPAIR KIT DESIGNED TO ELIMINATE THE LEAKS THAT ARE SURE TO DEVELOP. AS YOU WILL LEARN FROM READING THE COMPLAINTS OF THE MANY OWNERS ON THE WWW.MYCARSTATS.COM WEB SITE, THIS LEAKING PROBLEM HAS CAUSE THESE OWNERS TO SPEND IN THE AREA OF $800 TO $1200 IN REPAIRS ON VEHICLES WITH RELATIVELY LOW MILES. IN MANY CASES THE MILES ARE AS LOW AS 40,000. THE LOWER COSTS OF REPAIR ARE USUALLY FOUND AT INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOPS WITH THE HIGHER COSTS NORMALLY ATTRIBUTED TO MITSUBISHI DEALERSHIPS. MOST COMPLAINING OWNERS ONLY MENTION THE ACCUMULATION OF ANTI-FREEZE VAPOR ON WINDOWS AND THE SATURATION OF THE VEHICLES FLOOR COVERING. SOME ALSO REPORT DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLES COMPUTER SYSTEM. I ASK ONLY THAT YOU VISIT THE WWW.MYCARSTATS.COM WEB SITE AND REVIEW THE EXTENSIVE LIST OF ALMOST IDENTICAL COMPLAINTS. I FEEL THAT AFTER DOING SO YOU WILL FEEL, AS I, THAT MITSUBISHI OWNS THEIR CUSTOMERS REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE PROBLEMS THEIR FAULTY DESIGN HAS CAUSED. *JB

2002 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE - HEATER CORE, BOUGHT USED FROM MITSU DEALER, FOUND HEATER CORE HOSES DISCONNECTED & BYPASSED. EVIDENCE OF PAST LEAK ON/NEAR ECU. $1000.00 TO REPAIR AT INDEPENDENT GARAGE. *NM

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 THREE YEARS OLDS WITH APPROXIMATELY 45,000 MILES. DEALER SAID THEY HAD SEEN A FEW. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN MUCH HELP YET. *NM

WINDOWS FOGGED UP, MAPLE SYRUP SMELL COMING FROM HEATER. RESPIRATORY SICKNESS AFTER INCIDENT. *NM

HEATER CORE IN '02 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE LEAKED CAUSING WINDOWS TO FOG AND ANTI-FREEZE TO LEAK INTO PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. *JB

I HAVE A 2002 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE WITH A FAILED HEATER CORE. SMELLED ANTIFREEZE FOR AWHILE, THEN ONE EVENING, IT WAS COMING OUT OF MY AIR VENTS AND FOGGING UP MY WINDSHIELD - EXCEPT IT WASN'T "FOG" BUT ANTIFREEZE MIST THAT WOULD NOT GO AWAY, SO I HAVE TO DRIVE WITH MY HEAD OUT THE WINDOW TILL I GOT IT HOME AND WIPED IT DOWN. APPARENTLY THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM, AND I BELIEVE MITSUBISHI IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REFUNDING MY 800+ DOLLAR SHOP BILL FOR REPAIRING THIS DEFECT. *NM

HEATER CORE LEAKING....CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON....WELL KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED PROBLEM WITH THE DIAMANTE....PAID CLOSE TO 800 TO HAVE REPAIRED...COOLANT LEAKED ON THE COMPUTER AND CAR WENT INTO FAIL SAFE DRIVING MODE. *NM

2002 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE PURCHASED FROM WALLACE MITSUBISHI IN KINGSPORT TN. IN JULY 2006. MILEAGE 45000 MILES. FOUL ODOR FROM VENTS, WINDOWS FOGGED WITH GREASY FILM, IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE THROUGH WINDOWS. GARAGE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE CAUSE TO BE HEATER CORE MALFUNCTION. REPAIRS TO COST BETWEEN $700.00 TO $800.00 . I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. THE SHOULD BE A RECALL. *JB