Mitsubishi Diamante Complaints

505 consumer complaints on file.

#10108324January 31, 2005
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
HEATER CORE, PRODUCING TOXIN FUMES, INSIDE THE CAR. THIS IS MY ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION, I HAVE A TWO YEAR OLD CHILD WHO I DRIVE AROUND EVERY DAY.THIS IS GOING TO COST ME $400.00 DOLLARS IN LABOR, WHICH I DO NOT HAVE, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE HEATER CORE COST. BUT IT MUST BE FIX BEFORE MY FAMILY OR I COME DOWN WITH SOME SERIOUS ILLNESS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10107978January 26, 2005
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
MY DIAMANTE HAS ABOUT 42,000 MILES ON IT, AND I HAVE JUST BEEN NOTICING THAT THE FRONT AND SIDE WINDOWS FOG UP AND THE DEFROST DOES NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. I LIVE IN COLORADO, WHERE IT CAN BE VERY COLD IN THE WINTER MONTHS AND THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE! I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT A SMOKE OR VAPOR COMES OUT OF THE VENTS AND SMELLS BAD. THIS TOO IS A HEALTH CONCERN OF MINE. I HAVE A LITTLE THREE YEAR OLD BOY THAT HAS RESPITORY PROBLEMS SO I AM VERY CONCERED ABOUT TAKING HIM IN THE CAR. I KNOW THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM, BECAUSE I SEE MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT ON THE WEB, BUT THEY ARE PROBABLY UNAWARE OF THE NHTSA. I FEEL THAT MITSUBISHI SHOULD STAND BEHIND THIS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10108967January 26, 2005
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE DEFROSTER. IT WILL NOT CLEAR THE WINDOWS. ALSO, THERE WAS A MIST COMING OUT OF THE VENT. CONSUMER HAS AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER ON THURSDAY 27 JANUARY, 2005. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10107967January 26, 2005
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
SMELLED ANITFREEZE IN THE CAR, SUBSEQUENTLY FOUND CARPET SOAKED WITH ANTIFREEZE CALLED DEALERSHIP IN ARLINGTON AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE HEATER CORE. ESTIMATED COST TO REPAIR $930. CAR IS OUT OF FACTORY WARRANTY BUT HAS EXTENDED WARRANTY W/ $500 DEDUCTIBLE. WAS TOLD TO CALL WARRANTY PEOPLE AND TELL THEM WAS "CRACKED" AND THAT IT WOULD BE COVERED. MILEAGE IS ONLY 47,000. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10107965January 26, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
THIS HEATER CORE LEAKS DIRECTLY OVER COMPUTERS WHICH CONTROL THE ENGINE - AND COULD CAUSE IT TO ACT UNPREDICTABLY OR CUT OUT ALTOGETHER WHEN DRIVING. *AK * ANTI-FREEZE CONTAINS ETHYLENE GYLCOL WHICH CAN CAUSE SERIOUS RESPIRATORY DAMAGE * THE LEAKING ANTI-FREEZE CAUSES A FILM TO FORM ON THE WINDSHIELD, WHICH CAN CAUSE THE WINDSCREEN TO FOG UP SUDDENLY, OBSCURING THE VIEW OF THE ROAD AND POTENTIALLY CAUSING A COLLISION IT WILL COST ME MORE THAN 900.00 TO REPAIR THIS ITEM, PLUS THE COST TO REPLACE MY CARPET AND TO CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF MY VEHICLE. PLUS I DO NOT KNOW IF I WILL EVERGET RID OF THE SMELL AND THIS WILL MOST LIKELY LOWER THE RESALE VALUE COSTING ME EVEN MORE IN THE LONG TERM.I WOULD EXPECT THIS KIND OF THING TO HAPPEN TO A CAR THAT IS MORE THAN 10 YEARS OR OLD. BUT IN A CAR THAT WAS MADE IN 2001 AND HAS ONLY 54,000 MILES AND WAS SERVICED REGULARLY AT THE COMPANY'S OWN DEALER SERVICE CENTER IS ABSURD. I FOLLOWED ALL THE MANUFACTURERS SERVICE INTERVALS AND AM BEING TOLD THAT THIS USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN THE COOLANT IS NOT CHANGED, THIS MAKES ME QUESTION THE DEALERS' AND MANUFACTURERS' COMMITMENT TO SAFETY. I AM SAVING THE PARTS THAT ARE BEING REPLACED AND WILL MAKE THEM AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION IF NEED BE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10107739January 22, 2005
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
STRONG SMELL OF ANTIFREEZE CAUSING NAUSEA AND LOSS OF VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING DUE TO HEAVY FOGGING OF ALL WINDOWS. IN REVIEW ONLINE FOR OTHER DOCUMENTED CASES THE HEATER CORE AND CORE ASSEMBLY O RINGS ARE SUBJECT TO PREMATURE FAILURE, SEEMS TO BE VERY PREVALENT IN 2001 AND NEWER MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE MODELS.MY DIAMANTE HAS 48,000 MILES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10107593January 20, 2005
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
HEATER CORE HAS FAILED. ANTI-FREEZE LEAKS AND, AS THE RESULT, SYRUP-LIKE SMELL IS EVERYWHERE INSIDE THE CAR! WINDOWS FOG UP. POSSIBLE DAMAGES ARE NOT TO BE IGNORED!. IF THE PROBLEM ISN'T TAKEN CARE OF, IT CAN UNDOUBTEDLY LEAD TO LONG TERM HEALTH PROBLEMS DUE TO ANTI FREEZE FUMES, AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL DAMAGES TO THE COMPUTER. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10107556January 19, 2005
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
2001 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE. BACK IN NOVEMBER, CAR BEGAN TO SMELL OF ANTIFREEZE/COOLANT, WINDOWS BEGAN TO FOG AND FUMES EMERGED FROM THE VENTS. THE VEHICLE TEMPERATURE GAUGE BEGAN TO RUN HOT. THE FUMES CAUSE NAUSEA. I TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY REPLACED THE THERMOSTAT AND CHECKED FOR LEAKS. NOW, THREE MONTHS LATER THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. HEATER CORE PROBLEM AT A COST OF $1300 TO FIX. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10106544January 18, 2005
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
WINDSHIELD WOULD NOT DEFROST. VAPOR BLOWING FROM VENTS. CALLED TO GET COST ESTIMATE-$765 FROM DEALER. CALLED OTHER REPAIR SHOPS--THEY SAID THEY'VE DONE 4 REPAIRS IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS ON MITSUBISHI'S FOR THIS PROBLEM. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10106240January 12, 2005
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
FOGGED UP WINDOWS ALONG WITH BAD MUSTY SMELL. EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE OUT THE WINDOW. 65,000 MILES SEEMS LOW FOR A HEATER CORE TO GO OUT. THE DEALER SHOULD PAY TO FIX THE PROBLEM OR GIVE A GREAT VALUE ON A TRADE IN.*AK I AM VERY DISSAPOINTED. MY RESEARCH SHOWS THAT THE HEATER CORE IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL OR SOME SORT OF ACTION!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10106016January 9, 2005
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
I PURCHASED A USED MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE IN OCTOBER 2003 WITH 52,000 MILES ON IT. A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER THERE WAS A STRONG ODOR COMING FROM THE VENTS AND THE WINDOW STARTED FOGGING UP. THE TRANSMISSION STARTED ACTING STRANGE SO I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE HEATER CORE WAS LEAKING AND HAD LEAKED ON THE TRANSMISSIONS COMPUTER. THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION COMPUTER UNDER WARRANTY BUT THE HEATER CORE WAS NOT COVERED AND IT WOULD COST ME ABOUT $668. I HAD TO COME UP WITH THE MONEY TO GET THE HEATER CORE FIXED BEFORE THE COULD FIX THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. I ALSO NOTICED SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE VENTS EARLY IN THE MORNING AND THE PASSENGER SIDE MATS WERE ALSO SOAKED WITH ANTIFREEZE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10109540January 7, 2005
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
BOTH REAR KNUCKLE BUSHING WERE SHOT ON 2001 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE. *BF IT APPEARED THAT THE BODY OF THE VEHICLE WAS FALLING OFF OF THE FRAME. *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104863December 31, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
HEATER CORE FAILURE/LEAK IN 2001 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE LS; LEAKED ON CARPET; CONTINUOUS ODOR. DEALER MCGINNIS MITSUBISHI SAID IT WOULD COST OVER $1000 IN LABOR COSTS TO REPLACE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10104806December 30, 2004
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
MY WIFE NOTICED LITTLE CLOUDS OF WHITE SMOKE COMING FROM THE VENTS WHEN THE HAETER/DEFROSTER WAS TURNED ON, WE COULD ALSO SMELL SOMETHING THAT SMELLED LIKE SYURP OR ANTIFREEZE. THE WINDOWS DO NOT DEFROST ANYMORE, WHICH IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD. I AM TOLD THAT THIS MOST LIKELY FROM A BROKEN HEATER CORE. IF NOT REPLACED ANTIFREEZE CAN LEAK INTO THE CARS COMPUTER, WHICH COULD CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT BY SHUTTING DOWN THE ENTIRE CAR. THE ESTIMATED COST OF REPAIR IS $400-$1000. I HAVE READ MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I HOPE SOMETHING CAN BE DONE TO FIX THIS SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY SITUATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103973December 16, 2004
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
NOXIOUS ODOR COMING OUT OF VENTS INSIDE CAR. WINDOWS NOT CLEARING WITH DEFROSTERS ON AND SMOKE SWIRLING AROUND LOWER WINDSHIELD. TOOK TO DEALER, PAID $704 FOR REPAIR. WHEN ENTERED CAR TO LEAVE DEALERSHIP, SAME PROBLEM EXISTED. LEFT CAR WITH DEALER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10103809December 15, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING ENGINE CHECK LIGHT WILL NOT ILLUMINATE. VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THEY COULD NOT FIX THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THE ENGINE CHECK LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. ALSO, WAS TOLD THEY REPLACED THE CRANK SENSOR. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER THREE TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102933December 14, 2004
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
WINDOWS FOGGING UP, HEATER NOT WORKING, ANTI-FREEZE LEAKING INTO THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102931December 14, 2004
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
WINDOWS FOG CONSTANTLY AND I CAN NOT GET THEM DEFROSTED. SMOKE AND SMELL OF ANTIFREEZE COMES INTO CABIN OF CAR. TOOK TO DEALER A YEAR AGO AND WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG, CAR NOW HAS 98,000 MILES AND THEY ARE TELLING ME IT WILL COST 672.00 TO REPLACE THE HEATER CORE. I HAVE FOUND SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUES. I BECAME ILL IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, THE DOCTORS (4 OF THEM AND THREE HOSPITALS, CT SCANS, ETC) COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS. TURNS OUT IT WAS BREATHING THE FUMES IN MY CAR. AT THAT TIME, THE SMOKE ONLY APPEARED A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT NOW IT HAS INCREASED CONSIDERABLY. I THINK IT'S SAD THAT MITSUBISHI WILL NOT REPAIR THIS PROBLEM, NOR HAVE THEY CORRECTED IT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10102415December 9, 2004
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
STRONG ANTIFREEZE SMELL AND VAPORS COMING THROUGH THE VENTS. ESPECIALLY WHEN THE HEATER IS TURNED ON. WINDOWS ARE FOGGING CONSTANTLY. THE CAR STARTED OVERHEATING AND HAVE TO REFILL ANTIFREEZE. SERVICE CENTER SAID ANTIFREEZE IS LEAKING AND EVAPORATING AND THEY HEARD ABOUT THIS PROBLEM BEFORE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10100757November 30, 2004
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I OWN A PREOWNED 1998 MISTUBISHI DIAMANTE LS. WHEN THE CLIMATE CONTROL, PARTICULARLY THE HEATER IS ENGAGED, THE SMELL OF ANTI-FREEZE BECOMES QUITE APPARENT. DEALER CLAIMED 2 YEARS AGO WHEN I BOUGHT IT THAT IT WAS THE SMELL OF THE CHEMICALS USED TO CLEAN THE CAR DURING "MAKE-READY." ETHYLEN GLYCOL FUMES ARE TOXIC AND THIS IS A REOCCURING DEFECT IN THIS MODEL CAR FROM POSTS I HAVE SEEN ON VARIOUS WEBSITES. I WAS LATER TOLD THAT TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WILL COST CLOSE TO $1000 SINCE THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. MITSUBISH ISSUED A TSB ADDRESSING THIS PROBLEM, OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE AWARE OF IT. IN ADDITION, THE WINDSHIELD IS COVERED WITH A FILM THAT CANNOT BE WASHED OFF FROM THIS LEAK. A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED FOR THIS PROBLEM, I AM NOT THE FIRST PERSON TO FILE THIS COMPLAINT ON YOUR WEBSITE. THANK YOU.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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