2004 MITSUBISHI ENDEAVOR Complaints

MY VEHICLE IS 2004 ENDEAVOR, PROBLEM FIRST NOTICED EARLY OCT 2010. DRIVER SIDE FLOORBOARD AND REAR PASSENGER FLOORBOARD COMPLETELY SOAKED WITH WATER. WATER IS COMING UNDERNEATH FLOOR BOARD FROM AC DUE TO IMPROPER DRAINAGE. THIS IS A MAJOR HEATH CONCERN THERE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. AFTER RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET I FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE ENDEAVOR AND PART NEEDED TO REPAIR PROBLEM IS NOT EXPENSIVE BUT LABOR IS SO EXPENSIVE BECAUSE OF DIFFICULTY IN GETTING TO PROBLEM AREA. THIS IS DEFINITELY A DESIGN PROBLEM AND WE AS CONSUMERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE OVERCHARGED FOR THE REPAIR, WHICH ACCORDING TO DEALER COST AROUND 1000.00 . THIS IS UNREALISTIC. THEY PRESENT ECONOMY IS BAD ENOUGH WITHOUT BEING RIPPED OUT MY MITSUBISHI. I NEEDED MY CAR TO GET TO WORK BECAUSE THIS IS MY ONLY SOURCE OF TRANSPORTATION. I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO DEAL THIS SOGGY FLOOR, MOLD,MILDEW,BAD SMELL AND NOT TO MENTION HEALTH CONCERNS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MITSUBISHI ENDEAVOR. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE FLOOR MAT WAS MOIST. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHEN IT RAINED, WATER ENTERED THE VEHICLE AND MOISTURE ACCUMULATED ON ALL OF THE FLOOR MATS AND FLOOR BOARDS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

THE DRIVERS SIDE FLOORBOARD IS ALWAYS WET. THE DEALER INDICATED IT WILL COST $365 TO FIX. SEEMS THAT INTERNET FORUMS INDICATE THIS IS A DESIGN ISSUE AND NOT SIMPLY A PLUGGED AIR CONDITIONING DRAIN LINE. *TR

BROKEN REAR CONTROL ARMS ON A 2004 MITSUBISHI ENDEAVOR CAUSED EXTREME FISHTAILING ON EVEN SLIGHT SNOWFALL AND POOR SUSPENSION WHEN MAKING TURNS AND GOING OVER BUMPS MY MECHANIC SAID THAT HE HAS SEEN THIS OFTEN ON MITSUBISHI ENDEAVORS JUST WONDERED IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE OFTEN NOT SURE WHY THEY BROKE. *TR

AFTER DRIVING MY 2004 MITSUBISHI ENDEAVOR OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS I HAD A GAS LEAK THAT I THOUGHT WAS STRANGER WHILE FUELING MY SUV . IT TURNED OUT TO FALL UNDER THE RECALL FOR MY SUV. I HAD THIS PROBLEM LONG BEFORE THE RECALL WAS ISSUED .LORD ONLY KNOWS HOW MUCH GAS I LOST AT THE PUMP THAT I WILL NEVER GET BACK... BUT I RECENTLY HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY FRONT ROTORS I HAD A MITSUBISHI DEALER INSPECT MY ENTIRE SUV FOR ANY AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT COULD BE WRONG..JUST THE OTHER DAY I WENT TO STOP AT A RED SIGNAL AND MY SUV DID BRAKE BUT ONLY FOR A SECOND IT STARTED TO SLIDE FORWARD AS I LOST BRAKING POWER IN MY FRONT BRAKES I HEARD A BIG POP AND A CLANK AS I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND HALFWAY SLID THROUGH THE LIGHT AFTER THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I DROVE A WAYS DOWN THE ROAD AND WAS HEARING THE CLANK SOUND AND IT FELT AS IF THE FRONT TIRES WERE TRYING TO CATCH ON SOMETHING I THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE CALIBERS OR THE BRAKE PADS. I PULLED INTO THE CLOSEST GAS STATION TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED . THE PADS WERE FINE THE TIRES WERE FINE AND EVERYTHING LOOKED OK NO BRAKES FLUID LEAKING THE CALIBERS WERE FINE... I SLOWLY DROVE/COASTED MY SUV TO A FRIEND'S HOME GOING ABOUT FIVE TO TEN MILES AN HOUR. I TOOK OFF THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE TO SEE IF INDEED IT WAS THE BRAKE PADS OR CALIBERS AS I WAS TAKING OFF THE TIRE I NOTICED THAT THE ROTOR HAD SPLIT IN HALF. LIKE SEPARATING TWO PLATES AT THAT POINT I CALLED A LICENSED MECHANIC AND HE STATED IT SOUND LIKE A DEFECT IN THE ROTORS I'VE HAD THESE ROTORS ON THE SUV SINCE I'VE HAD IT AND IT WAS CHECKED OUT BY A DEALERS SERVICE CENTER BEFORE THIS HAD HAPPENED. I WONDERED SINCE MY SUV HAD TO GO THROUGH THE RECALL OF THE FUEL FILLER FOR SUV IN THE NORTH FOR SALT AND SNOW THAT WOULD CORRODED MY FUEL FILLER WOULD IT BE THE SAME FOR THE ROTORS IF THEY WERE TO HAVE A SPECIAL KIND OF ROTORS FOR MY SUV USED IN THE NORTH DURING WINTER, I WAS TOLD IT WAS A GOOD THING I HADN'T BEEN TRAVELING AT HIGHER RATE OF SPEED IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. *TR

I NOTICED WATER DROPPING FROM UNDER THE DRIVERS DASHBOARD OCCASIONALLY AND THOUGHT IT WAS CONDENSATION/SWEATING IN JULY 2010. THIS YEAR ON VACATION I NOTICED THE CARPET WAS FULL OF WATER ON THE DRIVERS SIDE INCLUDING THE REAR FLOORBOARD WITH MILDEW GROWING EVERY WHERE. THIS IS MY WIFE'S VEHICLE , SO I DON'T DRIVE IT VERY OFTEN. SHE HAD BRONCHITIS FOR TWO AND A HALF MONTHS THIS SPRING THAT COULD NOT BE EXPLAINED THAT THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF ANTIBIOTICS, STEROIDS, AND A NEBULIZER MACHINE COULDN'T MAKE HER BETTER. NOW I KNOW WHAT CAUSED HER PROLONGED ILLNESS, DRIVING HER CAR EVERY DAY WITH MILDEW UNDER THE FLOOR MATS AND IN THE AIR. MY WHOLE FAMILY HAS EITHER ALLERGIES, ASTHMA OR BOTH. AFTER WE RETURNED FROM VACATION I GOOGLED FOR A ANSWER TO FIND WHERE THE CONDENSATION TUBE WAS LOCATED TO CLEAR IT AND POSSIBLY STOP IT FROM LEAKING INSIDE.MUCH TO MY SURPRISE THE INTERNET SEARCH RESULTED WITH A BEVY OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE VERY SAME PROBLEM ! I READ FORUMS, ARTICLES, AND COMPLAINTS WITH THE END RESULT THAT MITSUBISHI WAS CHARGING $1000.00 TO FIX. SINCE THEN THEY ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN ON HOW TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM WITH OUT TAKING THE WHOLE A/C UNIT OUT. THERE IS A TSB REPORT # 09-55-002 ON THE PROBLEM WITH THE FINDINGS THAT INSULATION USED IN THE HOUSING FALLS APART AND CLOGS THE DRAIN INSIDE THE HOUSING.THE DESIGN OF THE A/C CONDENSER INSIDE THE VEHICLE IS ASKING FOR LEAKS AND PROBLEMS. I CAN'T EXPOSE MY FAMILY TO MOLD AND MILDEW EVERY TIME THE A/C IS USED. THE WATER IN THE CARPET SMELLS VERY BAD AND WILL RUST THE FLOORBOARDS AND THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK! THIS MAKES THE PROBLEM TWO FOLD. THE RUST IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THE MOLD IS A SEVERE HEALTH ISSUE FOR PEOPLE ESPECIALLY WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. I AM VERY UPSET AND WILL BE CONTACTING THE MITSUBISHI REGIONAL SERVICE REP. FOR THE WASHINGTON D.C. AREA. PLEASE RECALL! MANY MORE CAN'T OR WON'T COMPLAIN! THANK YOU.....

DUE TO A FAULTY A.C. FILTER MATERIAL, THE AIR CONDITION DRAIN DUCT IS OBSTRUCTED. THE FAULTY MATERIAL BREAKS DOWN AND HINDERS THE ABILITY OF THE CONDENSATION TO DRAIN OUTSIDE OF THE SUV. THE WATER HAS NO WHERE TO GO AND LEAKS INTO THE INTERIOR FLOOR BOARD AND SATURATES THE CARPET AND INTERIOR COMPONENTS OF THE CAR. THE WATER ALSO BECOMES TRAPPED IN A POCKET OR AREA OF THE FLOORBOARD AND CANT DRAIN OUTSIDE. THIS PROBLEM RESULTS IN A MOLD DEVELOPING AND CAN OR WILL BE HARMFUL WHEN EXPOSED TO PROLONG PERIODS! WE HAVE HAD THE DRAIN LINE CLEANED OUT ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, AT OUR OWN EXPENSE AND THE ISSUE KEEPS RECURRING? THE REPAIR SHOP STATES THE DETERIORATED FILTER MATERIAL CONTINUES TO BREAK APART AND BECOME LODGED IN THE DRAIN LINE. MITSUBISHI HAS YET TO HAVE A RECALL ON THIS ISSUE AND THEIR REMEDY IS TO BRING IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A REPAIR CHARGE THAT IS EXPENSIVE, UNAFFORDABLE AND UNREASONABLE! WE ARE HAVING BREATHING DIFFICULTIES DUE TO THE OBNOXIOUS AND POSSIBLY TOXIC MOLD SMELL. WE NEED THE CAR FOR TRANSPORTATION BACK AND FORTH TO OUR JOBS AND HAVE NO CHOICE AS WE NEED TO PAY OUR BILLS! SURELY IF THIS WAS A MINOR REPAIR COST WE WOULD HAVE CORRECTED IT DUE TO THE POSSIBLY HARMFUL NATURE, HOWEVER THE REPAIR COST IS UNAFFORDABLE. CONSIDERING THIS IS A POSSIBLE SAFETY ISSUE, WE WOULD APPRECIATE AND FEEL IT NECESSARY TO INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE AND HAVE THE MANUFACTURER CORRECT IT. WE ARE AWARE OF THE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP THAT IS EFFECTING EVERYONE AND ARE CONCERNED, HOWEVER INSURANCE AND SAFETY OF OCCUPANTS SHOULD BE UPHELD ABOVE ANY CIRCUMSTANCE! CERTAIN MOLDS ARE PROVEN TO BE HARMFUL OR FATAL. THANK YOU *TR

NORMAL DAILY USE OF VEHICLE, WENT TO OPEN FRONT DRIVER DOOR AND HANDLE BROKE OFF. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MITSUBISHI ENDEAVOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A ROLL OVER CRASH AND NONE OF THE FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DRIVER SUFFERED MINOR CONTUSIONS, CUTS ON HIS HANDS, HIS HEAD HIT THE WINDOW AND AS A RESULT HE BECAME UNCONSCIOUS. THE VEHICLE WAS DECLARED DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED HER TO NHTSA. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 116,000.

MY 2004 MITSUBISHI ENDEAVOR HAS SOME SORT OF PROBLEM THAT SEEMS TO BE THE SAME TO MANY OTHERS. THE FLOORBOARDS ARE SOAKING WET AND ARE CAUSING OUR FEET TO SLIP WHEN PRESSING ON THE BRAKE AND GAS PEDALS. THE CARPET IS CONSTANTLY COVERED IN MOLD BECAUSE OF ALL THE MOISTURE AND THE SMELL IS MISTY AND SOMETIMES UNBEARABLE. MY ENTIRE FAMILY SUFFERS FROM SEVERE ALLERGIES AND THE MOLD JUST MAKES THEM WORSE. I ALSO HAVE A NEWBORN AND THE AIR IN THE CAR IS JUST HORRIBLE TO BREATHE. MY WINDOWS ALSO ARE FULL WITH CONDENSATION IN THE MORNINGS AND IT IS SOMETIMES IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE ALL THE WATER FROM MY WINDOWS WHICH CAUSES SOME TROUBLE WHILE I'M DRIVING. I HAVE NOT FIXED THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THERE IS NOT A DEALERSHIP NEAR BY AND I ALSO DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO PAY FOR SOMEONE TO FIX IT. *TR