Mitsubishi Diamante Complaints

505 consumer complaints on file.

#10152758March 15, 2006
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
STRONG COOLANT (ANTI-FREEZE) SMELL IN CAR. WINDOWS FOGGED UP AND COULD NOT SEE AND PUFFS OF SMOKE COMING FROM VENTS. DEALER INFORMED ME HEATER CORE NEEDED REPLACING. ALSO STATED THAT ALTHOUGH IT WAS KNOWN ISSUE WITH VEHICLE MITSUBISHI WOULD NOT TAKE CARE OF COST. MITSUBISHI HAS EVEN ISSUED A TECH PUB ON PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY WERE EXPERIENCING A SHORTAGE. IT TOOK FOUR DAYS TO GET A HEATER CORE FOR MY VEHICLE DUE TO A CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF HEATER CORES. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10151855March 6, 2006
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
NOTICED BAD ODOR IN THE VEHICLE FOLLOWED BY THE WINDOWS FOGGING UP AND THE HEATER NOT WORKING A FEW DAYS LATER. REPAIR SHOP STATED THAT THE HEATER CORE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS UNUSUAL FOR CARS THAT ARE ONLY A FEW YEARS OLD AND HAVE LOW MILEAGE. REPAIR WOULD BE AROUND $1000.00. I HAVE THE 2002 DIAMANTE AND THIS PART WAS VERY HARD TO FIND. EVEN THE DEALERSHIP HAD TO ORDER IT. CAN ANYTHING BE DONE TO HELP WITH THIS COST. JUST A STRUGGLING MAN TRYING TO PROVIDE FOR A FAMILY IN A HONEST WAY. PLEASE HELP!!*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10152060March 6, 2006
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
MITSUBISHI 2003 DIAMANTE. DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER : HEATER CORE WINDOWS WERE NOT CLEARING PROPERLY WITH DEFROSTER. WINDOWS SEEMED TO FROST UP AND STRONG SMELL LIKE BURNING WIRES. FOUND OUT THAT ANTIFREEZE WAS LEAKING INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR AND HEATER CORE AND SEALS NEED TO BE REPLACED. $900 TO REPAIR WITH 75% OF THIS AMOUNT IN LABOR! APPARENTLY THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS SINCE 1998. THE SMELL IN THE CAR CAN'T BE GOOD FOR YOU AND I FEEL NAUSEATED AND DIZZY WHILE DRIVING. HAVE TO KEEP THE WINDOWS OPEN IN 32 DEGREE WEATHER IN ORDER TO USE THE CAR. DEALER SAYS THE SMELL WILL REMAIN FOR AT LEAST 2 WEEKS. SEEMS THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS ONGOING PROBLEM. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10151808March 5, 2006
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
EXCESSIVE FOGGING OF INTERIOR WINDOWS AND FAILURE TO CLEAR UP HAVE RESULTING IN VERY UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WITH OUR CHILDREN AND JUST MISSED GETTING HIT BY A TRACTOR TRAILER THE OTHER DAY. IN ADDITION THE SMELL OF ANTIFREEZE IS DISGUSTING! BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND SPENT NEARLY $600 TO REPAIR "O RINGS". DOES NOT SEEM RIGHT TO HAVE AS MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE WITHOUT HAVING THE MANUFACTURER PROPERLY ADDRESS THE ISSUE. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED OR SEVERELY INJURED SOONER OR LATER. I GUESS WE SHOULD WAIT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN BEFORE WE HEAR FROM NHTSA AND MITSUIBISHI. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10151809March 5, 2006
SUSPENSION:REAR
NOTICED RECENTLY PURCHASED REAR TIRES WERE BALDING ON INSIDE CAMBER AND A NOISE WAS DETECTED WHEN ROUNDING CORNERS. WENT TO REPLACE TIRES AND THE MECHANIC "COULD NOT ALIGN THE CAR WITHIN MFGR SPECS". BROUGHT TO THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND WAS ADVISED THE REAR BUSHINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. SEEMS LIKE AND UNUSUAL REPAIR FOR A CAR OF ITS AGE AND MILEAGE. THE REPAIR IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED THIS WEEK. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10151637March 2, 2006
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
THE FIRST TIME MY 5 YEAR OLD SON DROVE IN THIS CAR, HE VOMITTED. EVERYTIME HE RIDES IN IT HE BECOMES NAUSEOUS. THE CAR'S WINDSHIELD FOGS UP AND A SICKLY SWEET SMELL COMES OUT OF THE VENTS. THE WINDSHIELD IS COVERED IN A PERMANENT HAZE. WE NOTICED THESE SYMPTOMS BUT HAD NOT GIVEN IT A SECOND THOUGHT SINCE THE CAR WAS NEW AND HAD NO REASON TO SUSPECT MAJOR PROBLEMS. THE CAR WAS RECENTLY IN THE SHOP FOR 1 WEEK, WHEN WE PICKED IT UP WE REALLY NOTICED THE SWEET SMELL AND ALERTED THE SHOP. AFTER INSPECTION THE SHOP DIAGNOZED IT AS A HEATER CORE PROBLEM, A LEAK THAT IS VAPORIZING AND CONDENSATING ON THE WINDSHIELDS. THE ANTI-FREEZE FUMES ARE NOXIOUS, AND AFTER SOME RESEARCH WE HAVE FOUND THAT MITSUBISHI HAS BEEN AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND HAS EVEN ISSUED 2 TSB ABOUT THE PROBLEM. MITSUBISHI FAILS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BY FIXING THE CAR. BECAUSE OF THE NOXIOUS NATURE OF THE FUMES, THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ON RECORD, MITSUBISHI SHOULD BE FORCED TO RECALL THESE CARS AND TO FIX THE PROBLEM. IF NHTSA REFUSES TO HELP ALL OF US WHO HAVE BEEN SCREWED BY ANOTHER LARGE CORPORATION, WHY AM I PAYING MY TAXES, SO THAT YOU CAN PROTECT CORPORATE INTERESTS LIKE ALL OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES? THE INCIDENT IS EVERYDAY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10151952February 28, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
1999 DIAMANTE ENGINE BLEW THREE WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE. *TS *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10151331February 27, 2006
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AN ODOR OF ANTIFREEZE ENTERED THE VEHICLE AND THE WINDOW WERE FOGGING UP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE HEATER CORE O-RINGS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT ALERTED. UPDATED 3/28/2006 - *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10150876February 22, 2006
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE, TIRES
HEATER CORE HOSES LEAKED BY 34K MILES - SEEPING ANTI FREEZE INTO PASSENGER SIDE CARPET, SMELLING OF SYRUP, AND FOGGING UP WINDOWS WHEN THEY NEEDED TO BE DEFOGGED. ALSO, TIRES WERE NOISY FROM FIRST DRIVE. AT 36.5K MILES THEY ARE VERY BAD, VIBRATING ENTIRE CAR AND MAKING EXTREME ROAD NOISE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10150578February 18, 2006
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
AT APPROXIMATELY 40,000 MILES, MY 2001 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE HEATER CORE STARTED LEAKING. THE FIRST INDICATION WAS THAT THE WINDSHIELD STARTED FOGGING UP IMMEDIATELY. THIS WAS IN THE WINTER (FEBRUARY, MINNESOTA) AND THE DEFROSTER MADE IT WORSE, DRIVING WAS DIFFICULT AT BEST. I WAS LUCKY IN THAT I WAS CLOSE TO HOME. HAD I BEEN ON THE FREEWAY, IT COULD HAVE BEEN MORE DANGEROUS. A CALL TO ONE OF THE LOCAL DEALERS INFORMED ME THAT THE COST FOR THE FIX WAS OVER $1000. RESEARCH THAT I DID ON THE INTERNET SHOWED THAT THIS WAS A VERY COMMON FAILURE AND THAT MOST DEALERSHIPS PREFER TO CHARGE THE CUSTOMER OUTRAGEOUS BILLS FOR FIXING WHAT IS OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. NOT BEING ABLE TO AFFORD A BILL OF THIS SIZE, I FOUND A WAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM MYSELF, BUT IT WAS NOT EASY. I'VE FOUND MITSUBISHI IS NOT EASY TO DEAL WITH. MY GUESS IS THAT BECAUSE THEY NO LONGER SELL THIS MODEL, THEY WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF CUSTOMERS THAT ARE OWNERS OF THE DIAMANTE. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER CAR FROM THIS MANUFACTURER. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10150380February 15, 2006
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
'02 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE; HEATER CORE FAILURE; 2ND OWNER EFF. 2/05; BOUGHT FROM SAME DEALER THAT LEASED TO 1 PERSON; FOUND MANY OTHER OWNERS SUFFERING SAME ISSUE ON GOOGLE TO SITE: HTTP://WWW.DIAMANTEOWNERS.COM/FORUM/INDEX.PHP?S=918C701E5465C87381CCAE0AA22C20A3&SHOWTOPIC=3615 I HAVE BEEN QUOTED $1200 BY 2 DEALERS AND $900 BY A MECHANIC/INDEPENDENT. THE DEALER THAT LEASED THE CAR TO '1ST OWNER' AND SOLD IT TO ME AT END OF LEASE TOLD ME THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON TWO DIAMANTES PER WEEK FOR HEATER CORE REPLACEMENT! WHY IS THERE NO RECALL YET??? THIS LEAK - PER BRAD/SALE AND SERVICE DEALER STATES THAT IF I FAIL TO FIX IMMEDIATELY - 10 HOURS OF LABOR - RADIATOR COOLANT WILL LEAK INTO PASSENGER FOOT WELL/FLOOD AND THE LEAKAGE GOES OVER MY COMPUTER THAT RUNS THE CAR! 2 REPAIRS A WEEK IS UNACCEPTABLE!!! PLEASE HELP!!! I HAVE A TODDLER AND TEENAGER RIDING DAILY WITH ME SMELLING THE RADIATOR FLUID THAT STEAMS INSIDE WINDSHIELD (CANNOT USE HEATER). THIS FOGGING OCCURS EVEN WHEN HEATER NOT IN USE (ALTHOUGH MUCH MILDER IN CONDENSATION). BOUGHT CAR IN MINT CONDITION -USED- AT SAME DEALERSHIP THAT ISSUED LEASE/ALL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE PERFORMED. I CANNOT AFFORD THIS OBVIOUS DEFECT THAT NEEDS FULL 'RECALL' STATUS - PLEASE HELP! P.S. PERSONALLY, I HAVE WANTED THIS CAR FOR 6 YEARS - TO HAVE THIS ISSUE, AND OBVIOUSLY JUST BEFORE A RECALL WILL / "*HAS** TO BE MADE IS SO TERRIBLY STRESSFUL AND DISAPPOINTING. *NM UPDATED 07/17/2012 *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10150285February 14, 2006
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
I OWN A 1999 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE WITH 87K MILES ON THE ODOMETER. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE LAST WEEK AND NOTICED THAT THE WINDOWS OF THE CAR STARTED TO FOG UP. THE FOGGING BECAME SO THICK THAT SHE HAD TO PULL OVER (BLINDLY) AND FRANTICALLY WIPE THE WINDOW CLEAN IN ORDER TO SEE OUT OF THE CAR. SHE HAD TO CANCEL HER TRIP SHORT BECAUSE THE PROBLEM KEPT RECURRING THE CAR ALSO STARTED TO SMELL LIKE ANTI-FREEZE, WHICH, ACCORDING TO MY WIFE, CONTINUED TO GET STRONGER AS SHE DROVE IT HOME. I CALLED THE LOCAL MITSUBISHI DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD BY THE PERSON IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS CAR AND THAT BY NOT REPAIRING IT IMMEDIATELY IT CAN CAUSE THE ECU TO FAIL (THE CAR COMPUTER) WHICH COULD CAUSE A LOSS OF CONTROL IF THIS OCCURS AT SPEED. MITSUBISHI IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT HAS NOT TAKEN ACTION TO ISSUE A RECALL OF THE DEFECTIVE PART (THE GASKETS THAT ATTACH THE HEATER CORE TO THE COOLING SYSTEM). I AM LOGGING THIS COMPLAINT ONLY BECAUSE I HAVE COME ACROSS A SITE ON THE INTERNET WHERE OWNERS OF THE SAME TYPE OF VEHICLE (BUT DIFFERENT YEARS) ARE DETAILING THE EXACT SAME ISSUE WITH THEIR CARS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10148783January 26, 2006
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
WE NOTICED BLACK RESIDUE ON THE REAR WINDSHIELD OF 2001 DIAMANTE. THE NEXT DAY WHEN THE DEFROSTER WAS TURNED ON BLACK SMOKE FILLED THE INSIDE OF THE CAR. THE FOLLOWING DAY BLACK SMOKE FILLED THE CAR WITHOUT THE DEFROSTER BEING ON. HAD THE CAR TOWED, AND THEY TOLD US IT WAS THE HEATER CORE HAVING A HOLE IN IT. THEY HAD ANOTHER 2001 DIAMANTE SITTING THERE WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. SINCE IT WASN'T UNDER WARRANTY, WE BOUGHT IT CERTIFIED IN DECEMBER, IT WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $875 TO FIX IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10148065January 18, 2006
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
HEATER CORE FAILURE - WINDSHIELD FOGGED UP SEVERELY, AND TURNING ON DEFROSTER MADE PROBLEM WORSE AS GASEOUS ETHYLENE GLYCOL WAS PUMPED DIRECTLY ONTO INTERIOR WINDSHIELD. VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS, AS WELL AS AIR QUALITY IN CAR CABIN WAS EXTREMELY PUNGENT W/EG FUMES. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10147393January 10, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM
I PURCHASED A USED 2002 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE IN AUGUST 2005. THE CAR HAD 45,000 MILES ON IT. IN OCTOBER WHEN I STARTED TO USE THE HEATER I COULD SMELL AN UNUSUAL SMELL INSIDE THE CAR. IN JANUARY OF 2006 MY BROTHER RODE IN THE CAR AND TOLD ME THE SMELL WAS ANTI-FREEZE. I WENT ON THE INTERNET AND INSTANTLY FOUND OUT THAT THIS MODEL CAR HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE HEATER CORE O-RINGS FAILING. THE SMELL IN THE CAR GOT REAL BAD REAL QUICK AND I HAD TO HAVE THE LEAKING O-RINGS REPAIRED. I WOULD GET SICK FROM THE SMELL AND HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO HAVE IT FIXED. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO A MITSUBISHI DEALER AND HAD THE REPAIR DONE FOR $650.THE CAR HAD 48,000 MILES ON IT WHEN THE REPAIR WAS MADE. THAT IS ALOT OF MONEY FOR PROBLEM THAT MITSUBISHI SHOULD HAVE CORRECTED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10147174January 8, 2006
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
COULD NOT CLEAR THE INSIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD. SMELL LIKE ROTTEN EGGS WHEN I TURN ON THE HEATER. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE LIGHTS INDICATOR ON BOTH THE N AND D WERE FLASHING. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTING WAS DIFFICULT. DEALER'S MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION RELAY HAD BEEN DAMAGED BY COOLANT LEAKING ONTO THE ECU FROM THE HEATER CORE. COOLANT WAS ALSO FOUND TO HAVE LEAKED UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE CARPETING. REPLACED THE HEATER CORE AND THE RELAY TO A TUNE OF $1,500 BILL. CAR HAS 50,000 MILES .DH. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10147032January 5, 2006
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
1998 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE HEATER CORE LEAKING FOGGING WINDSHIELD DURING FREEWAY TRAVEL. HAZARD TO HEALTH WITH WHILE OPERATION AUTO. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10146838January 3, 2006
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE WINDOWS WOULD CONSTANTLY BE FOGGY. THE VEHICLE WAS SMOKING UNDER THE DASHBOARD. ALSO, COOLANT LEAKED INSIDE THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE DASHBOARD. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE VEHICLE CHECKED. THEY DISCOVERED THE PROBLEM TO BE THE HEATER CORE, IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10143534November 23, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN 55 MPH DIRECT FRONT END COLLISION. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10143336November 21, 2005
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
HEATER CORE LEAKING AND FOGGING UP WINDOWS. INHALING OF RADIATOR FLUID FUMES IS NOXIOUS. CAN NOT KEEP WINDOW CLEAN, IT'S GREASY, AND CAN'T SEE TO DRIVE WITHOUT WIPING OFF FILM. PASSENGER SIDE CARPET IS WET FROM RADIATOR FLUID AND I'M AFRAID SMELL WILL NOT GO AWAY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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