Mitsubishi 3000GT Complaints

464 consumer complaints on file.

#766765September 5, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
OEM TRANSFER CASE LEAK . CAUSING THE INTERNAL COMPONENTS TO OVERHEAT AND CEASE UP WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION ON INTERSTATE . RESULTING IN ALL 4 WHEELS LOCKING UP AND GOING INTO AN OUT-OF-CONTROL STATE .*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017835September 4, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSFER CASE SEALS LEAKED OIL ONTO TRANSMISSION, CAUSING TRANSMISSION TO STOP WORKING. CONTACTED DEALER,AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017873September 4, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING TRANSFER CASE CRACKED AND FLUID WAS LEAKING OUT. THIS COULD CAUSE STEERING WHEEL OR ALL FOUR TIRES TO LOCK UP WHILE DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017884September 4, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
A LEAK WAS COMING FROM TRANSFER CASE. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017910September 4, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
TRANSFER CASE IS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID. CONSUMER CONCERNED ABOUT TRANSFER CASE LOCKING UP WHICH IS POSING A SAFETY HAZARD.*AK CONSUMER STATED THE TRANSFER CASE LOCKED UP CAUSING ALL THE WHEELS TO LOCK UP *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017803September 3, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
WHEN DRIVING FRONT WHEELS WILL LOCKED UP. CHECKED VEHICLE AND TRANSFER CASE WAS DRY AS A RESULT OF FUEL LEAKING. CONTACTED DEALER. THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766453August 30, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
ROTORS/BRAKE PADS DESIGNED FOR THE VEHICLE DO NOT HOLD UP TO NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS ROTORS GET TOO HOT AND WARP CAUSING EXCESSIVE SHAKING OF THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015905August 9, 2002
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AND RELEASING CLUTCH THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE. VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR, AND TRANSMISSION FAILED. DEALER STATED THAT TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER CASE HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE VEHICLE WAS DEFECTIVE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8015243July 31, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
BRAKES HAVE TO BE CHANGED FREQUENTLY FOR ACCESSIVE WEAR,EVEN IF ROTORS HAVE BEEN TURNED. CONTACTED DEALER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#764180July 13, 2002
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012587June 25, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
TRANSFER CASE LEAKED OIL, RESULTING IN POWER TRAIN LOCKUP*AK.*YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#761789May 12, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
I AM NOT THE 1ST OWNER OF THIS CAR BUT PREVIOUS OWNER EXPERIENCED SAME PROBLEM. AWD TRANSFER CASE LOCK-UP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. LOUD RATTLING NOISE, EXTREME DIFFICULTY SHIFTING, FLUID LEAKED OUT. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY COMMON IN ALL 3000GT AND STEALTH CARS EQUIPPED WITH AWD POWERTRAIN. ADDITIONL CASES OF THIS PROBLEM CAN BE FOUND SIMPLY BY SEARCHING AROUND CAR OWNER COMMUNITIES SUCH AS WWW.3SI.ORG . MITSUBISHI DEALER WON'T REPAIR MY TRANSFER CASE AND ONLY SOLUTION IS TO BUY A NEW ONE. TOTAL COST WOULD BE OVER $5000 ASSUMING NO OTHER DAMAGE TO DRIVETRAIN WAS EXPERIENCED, WHICH IS VERY LIKELY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#760938April 20, 2002
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
REVERSE ROUTINELY GRINDS DUE TO POOR SYNCRO DESIGN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#760370April 7, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MITSUBISHI NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING TO THESE TRANSMISSIONS, THEY DO NOT HAVE FACTORY PARTS TO REPLACE THEM, YOU HAVE TO BUY A WHOLE NEW AFTERMARKET TRANSMISSION, AND THEY RUN ABOUT 4000 TO 5000 WITHOUT LABOR. MITSUBISHI NEEDS TO HAVE ALL THESE TRANSMISSIONS REPLACED!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#760317April 5, 2002
WHEELS:RIM
THE CHROME WHEEL RIMS ON MY CAR ARE CORRODING ON THE INSIDE. THE TIRES LEAK AIR BECAUSE THE RIMS DO NOT SEAL PROPERLY. THIS CAUSES THE TIRE TO BECOME FLAT. I BROUGHT THE VEHICLE TO A TIRE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS A DEFINITE DEFECT IN THE WHEELS AND THE MANUFACTURER SHOUILD REPLACE ALL FOUR WHEELS,. DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE WHEELS THIS WILL EVENTUALLY HAPPEN TO THE WHEEL RIMS, AGAIN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#760094April 1, 2002
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION ON THE AWD 3000GT SEEMS TO HAVE ALOT OF PROBLEMS. AFTER SPENDING $4000+ ON REBUILDING THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION, INSTEAD OF PAYING MITSUBISHI $6000+ FOR A WHOLE NEW ONE, THE TRANNY STILL IS HARD TO ENGAGE, BUT SYNCHROS ARENT AS BAD. HAVE BAD FEELING THAT THEY ARE STARTING TO WEAR ALREADY AND WILL NEED MORE TRANNY WORK ONLY AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF WORK ON IT. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON THE 3000GT, UNFORTUNATLY, ITS A $4K+ JOB TO FIX.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759832March 26, 2002
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION OUTPUT CRANKSHAFT WORE. A BRAND NEW ONE WAS INSTALLED BECAUSE NOBODY MAKES PARTS FOR THIS TRANSMISSION. THE COST OF A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS AROUND $8,000. THIS IS DEFINITELY A DEFECT IN THE COMPONENT BECAUSE EVERYONE WITH THE AWD MODEL 3000GT OR STEALTH HAS THIS PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM STARTED IN 1991 AND YET NOBODY HAS BEEN ABLE TO GET THE MAKER TO OWN UP TO IT. ITS TIME TO MAKE THEM PAY, THESE CARS ARE NOT CHEAP TO BEGIN WITH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8005629March 13, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
A SMELL OF SMOKE WAS COMING INSIDE OF VEHICLE. ALSO, VEHICLE WAS BURINING GEAR OIL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759312March 13, 2002
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELTS WILL NOT TIGHTEN WHEN THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE IS ENGAGED INTO THE SEAT BELT HOLDER AND THE IGNITION IS PLACED IN THE ON POSITION. WHEN DRIVING IF YOU WERE TO LOOSEN YOUR SHOULDER HARNESS IT WOULD NOT AUTOMATICALLY RESUME THE SENSE OF OPPRESSION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY THERE. WHEN RELEASING THE SEAT BELT IT WILL NOT RETRACT AUTOMATICALLY INTO THE RETRACTOR WITH THE IGNITION ON. WHEN TURNING OFF THE IGNITION AND RELEASING THE SEAT BELT IT WILL NOT RETRACT INTO THE RETRACTOR FOR THIRTY SECONDS AS IT WAS DESIGNED TO DO. I AM ONE OF MANY 3000GT OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. I NOTIFIED THE CLOSEST MITSUBISHI DEALER AND TALKED WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER WHO STATED THAT HE WAS UNAWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS OF THIS NATURE WITH THESE CARS. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#759018March 6, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
IN THE NEARLY YEAR I'VE OWNED MY CAR I'VE HAD FOUR PROBLEMS WITH MY TRANNY. AT THE TIME I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, I COULD NOT AFFORD THE $3000+ THE DEALERSHIP WAS ASKING FOR AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND NO OTHER EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY THAT I'VE CONTACTED OFFERS EXTENDED WARRANTIES ON TWIN TURBO CARS. SO ALL OF THIS, ROUGHLY $8000 IN THE PAST YEAR, HAS COME FROM MY POCKET, WHICH I'M STILL PAYING. IN THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION WITH THE CAR, THE SEALS WERE LEAKING ROUGHLY 2 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR. I BOUGHT REPLACEMENT SEALS AND FIXED THIS, ONLY TO HAVE MY TRANNY LOCK UP THE WHEELS ON ME WHILE DOING ROUGHLY 75 MPH ON THE 241 TOLL ROAD. IT IS ONLY DUE TO LOW TRAFFIC AT THAT TIME THAT NO ONE GOT HURT. I THEN REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. AND AFTER ABOUT 6 MONTHS, MY WHEELS LOCKED UP AGAIN, AND ON THE 241 LATE AT NIGHT. I HAVE YET TO FIGURE OUT HOW I DIDN'T GET INJURED, AND NOW, THE LATEST PROBLEM IS THAT THIS TRANSMISSION IS LEAKING AS WELL! FOR ORIGINALLY BEING A $45000 SPORTS CAR, WHICH I PURCHASED USED AT $20000, THESE ARE PROBLEMS THAT CERTAINLY AREN'T EXPECTED OR MAKE THE CAR WORTH OWNING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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