Mitsubishi Diamante Complaints

505 consumer complaints on file.

#10193641June 18, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:HOSES/LINES/PIPING/FITTINGS
FIRST THE WINDSHIELD ON THE MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE 2003 LS FOGGED UP, LATER FUMES STARTED TO COME OUT OF THE VENTS. ALSO, NOTICED DAMP CARPET ON FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. CLOSE INSPECTION INDICATED COOLENT WAS LEAKING ON THE CARPET. *AK I TOOK THE CAR TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIRS. SERVICE TECHNICIAN AT THE DEALERSHIP DIAGOSED THE PROBLEM WITH HEATER CORE AND THE HOSE CONNECTING TO THE HEATING SYSTEM FAULTY. COOLENT FUMES ARE TOXIC AND CAN CAUSE SEVERE INJURY. I AM HOPING THAT NHTSA WILL TAKE ACTION AND MITSUBHI WILL REIMBURSE ME AND OTHERS FOR THE CHARGES TO REPLACE FAULTY EQUIPMENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10193546June 17, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
HEATER CORE RANDOMLY CRACKED ONE DAY, CAUSING A TEAR-LIKE SPILL OF ANTI-FREEZE THROUGH THE TOP OF THE RADIATOR. CAR WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC AND WE TRIED WELDING THE CRACKS. ANTI-FREEZE STILL SPILLED OUT AND ANTI-FREEZE SMELL CAME IN THROUGH AIR EVENTS AND THE LIQUID ALSO BURNED, CAUSING SMOKE TO COME OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10191235May 19, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
SINCE I BOUGHT THE USED CAR IN 2003 I FOUND THE CAR SMELLED SWEET, ANTIFREEZE COOLANT INSIDE, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS NORMAL FOR THE CAR. *AK BUT IN FEB, THE BURNING ODOR BECAME STRONGER ESPECIALLY WHEN I TURN ON THE HEATER. NOW, THE FRONT INTERIOR WINDOWS BECOME FOGS UP RIGHT AWAY WHENEVER I TURN ON THE HEATER OR JUST DRIVING. THE ODOR IS GETTING ME SICK, AND THE WINDSHIELD IS SO FOGGED THAT I NEED TO CONSTANTLY WIPE IT JUST TO SEE OUT. I THINK THIS IS BECOMING UNSAFE TO DIRVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10191188May 18, 2007
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
FOGGY SPOTS ON FRONT WINDSHIELD, SYRUP LIKE SMELL, AND VAPORS BLOWN THROUGH FRONT VENTS. HEATER CORE GASKET LEAKED COOLANT FLUID INTO CAR DRIPPING ON PASSENGER SIDE, FOUND FLUID UNDERNEATH CARPET. MITSUBISHI DEALERSHIP REPLACED HEATER CORE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10189662May 3, 2007
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
I HAVE A 2001 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE LS WITH 66,000 MILE AND MY HEATER CORE WENT OUT. I NOTICED MY WINDOW WOULD FOG UP AND YOU CAN SMELL ANTIFREEZE IN THE CAR, TO HAVE THIS REPLACED IS GOING TO COST ME ALMOST $998.00 FOR PART AND LABOR. MOST MECHANICS I HAVE TALKED TO ABOUT THIS PROBLEM SAID THAT I SHOULDN'T BE HAVING THIS PROBLEM WITH THE HEATER CORE SO EARLY. I KNOW OF NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THIS DEFECT FOR THIS (NONE OF WHICH I KNEW ABOUT BEFORE I BOUGHT THE CAR) I KNOW THAT IT IS DANGEROUS FOR THE ANTIFREEZE TO BE INHALED, AND WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS OBVIOUS DEFECT SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT IT. THERE IS HEALTH RISKS WITH THE HEATER CORE GOING OUT AND RELEASING THE ANTIFREEZE NOT TO MENTION THE SAFETY CONCERNS WITH THE HEATER CORE BEING SO NEAR IMPORTANT COMPUTER COMPONENTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10188952April 26, 2007
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON MY CAR FILLS UP WITH THE SMELL OF ANTI-FREEZE COOLANT WHEN I TURN ON THE HEATER. I HAVE READ THAT THIS IS CAUSED BY LEAKING 0-RINGS AND THAT THIS WILL DAMAGE THE COMPUTERS WHICH ARE UNDERNEATH THE LEAK. THE CAR IS A 2001 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE L.S. THE DEALER SAYS IT IS NOT A COMMON ISSUE. GOOGLE SAYS OTHERWISE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10188549April 22, 2007
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
MY WINDSHIELD WAS FOGGING UP CREATING A SAFETY HAZARD. I HAD TO REPLACE THE HEATER CORE. COST WAS APPROXIMATELY $500. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10187242April 7, 2007
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
WHEN USING THE DEFROSTER THE WINDOWS INCREASINGLY FOG UP AND IT DOES NOT CLEAR. FROM INVESTIGATING I HAVE COME TO FIND OUT THAT THIS ISSUE APPEARS TO BE CAUSED BY A DOCUMENTED PROBLEM WITH THE HEATER CORE OF THIS MODEL OF OF VEHICLE, 2001 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE, IN THIS CASE. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED FROM A LOCAL DEALER APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO. I GUESS LUCKY FOR US THE WEATHER TURNED COLD, FORCING US TO USE THE DEFROSTER, AND THEREBY DISCOVERING THIS PROBLEM. I REALIZE I MOST LIKELY DO NOT HAVE ANY RECOURSE IN MY CASE I WANT TO FILE THIS ON BEHALF OF THOSE WHO MIGHT SINCE, AS STATED ABOVE, THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE DIAMANTE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10187209April 6, 2007
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
I NOTICED THE SMELL OF MAPLE SYRUP ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. TODAY, THE INSIDE WINDSHIELD AND SIDE WINDOWS OF THE DIAMANTE FOGGED UP WITH A GREASE FILM THAT WOULD NOT CLEAR. I WENT TO MY LOCAL MOBILE 1 AND HAD THE COOLANT SYSTEM FLUSHED. WHEN I DROVE OFF IT WAS ACTUALLY WORSE. IT GOT TO THE POINT THAT I COULD NOT SEE. I HAVE SUFFERED SEVERE HEADACHES FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS AS WELL AS NAUSEA. I IMMEDIATELY DROVE TO MY MITSUBISHI DEALER. AFTER ANALYSIS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE HEATER CORE WENT OUT. AS WELL, AN OIL LEAK HAD FORMED AND THE TIMING BELT WAS GOING BAD. THEY SAID THAT COOLANT WAS LEAKING IN THE RIGHT PASSENGER FLOOR , I FELT IT AND NEVER ONCE DID IT FEEL DAMP, AND THEY NEEDED TO CLEAN THE CARPET AND REPLACE THE FLUX FOR $237.00. THE COST TO REPAIR THE HEATER CORE AND OIL LEAK, $1300.00. THE TIMING BELT REPAIR IS $700.00. THANK GOD I BOUGHT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. ALL BUT THE TIMING BELT IS COVERED WITH A $100.00 DEDUCTIBLE. I ONLY HAVE 63,000 MILES ON THIS CAR. THIS IS MY FOURTH MITSUBISHI AND MAY POSSIBLY BE MY LAST, ESPECIALLY IF MY HEALTH IS JEOPARDIZED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10186998April 4, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
RECENTLY THE WINDOWS KEEP FOGGING UP IN MY 2002 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE. I HAVE FOUND THROUGH COMPLAINTS WITH YOU AND OTHER INTERNET SITES THAT THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT AND VERY EXPENSIVE TO REMEDY. IS THERE NOTHING BEING DONE BY NHSTA TO MAKE THE MANUFACTURE FIX THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM? EVERY DAY IT GETS WORSE. SO FAR I HAVE NOT NOTICED A COOLANT LEAK, BUT FROM WHAT I HAVE READ, IT IS FORTHCOMING IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE SOLVED!! *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10186818April 3, 2007
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
HEATER CORE FAILURE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10186639March 31, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
2003 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE COOLANT LEAK INSIDE THE CAR. STEAM FOGGING THE WINDOWS AND STRONG CHEMICAL ODOR LEAVING RESIDUE ON WINDOWS. QUOTED $1000 TO REPAIR, THEY SAY IT NEEDS A NEW HEATER CORE. IT MAY NOT BE THE HEATER CORE, BUT JUST SEALS. I HAVE BYPASSED THE HEATER HOSES AND FORTUNATELY LIVE IN A WARM AREA. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10186110March 25, 2007
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
CAR SMELLS LIKE COOLANT. WINDOWS WON'T CLEAR UP WHILE IM DRIVING. VERY FOGGY. IT HAPPENED WHEN THE HEATERWAS NEEDED. THE ODOR WAS MAKING ME NAUSEOUS AND SICK. DEALER SAID I NEEDED A NEW HEATER CORE AT 20,000 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10185460March 18, 2007
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
NOTICE THICK RESIDUE ON FRONT WINDOW AND WAS NOT ABLE TO REMOVE IT WITH DEFOGGER. NOTICE LOSE OF ANTIFREEZE WHICH CAUSED OVER HEATING AND POTENTIAL ENGINE CEASING. THEN NOTICED PASSENGER SIDE CARPET WAS FULL OF ANTI-FREEZE. AFTER INTENSE CLEANING AND ATTEMPTS TO FIX THE PROBLEM, IT STILL EMITS A MAPLE SYRUP ANTI FREEZE TOXIC FUME
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10185300March 16, 2007
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
SEAT BELT ON DRIVERS SIDE OF OF 2001 MITSUBISHI, DIAMANTE HAS RETRACTED BACK INTO THE SIDE COLUMN RETRACTOR MECHENISM AND WILL NOT RELEASE BACK OUT. TOOK VEHICLE TO A LOCAL SERVICE REPAIR SHOP AND THEY DID NOT HAVE AN ANSWER. THE RETRACTOR IS A SEALED UNIT FROM THE MFG. AND CAN'T BE OPENED. IT APPEARS THAT THE RETRACTOR IS RIVITED TO THE VEHICLE FRAME. CALLED THE MITSUBISHI DEALER AND ASKED IF THERE IS A WAY TO RELEASE THE BELT AND IF THERE IS A RECALL. THEIR ANSWER WAS NO AND THEY NEEDEED TO LOOK AT THE CAR. I WAS TOLD IT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO HAVE THIS REPAIRED OR REPLACED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10184586March 9, 2007
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
HEATER CORE PROBLEM. WINDOW FOG. ANTI FREEZE SMELL IN SIDE OF CABIN. EXTENDED WARRANTY IS NOT COVER.ONLY 28800 MILES 2002 DIAMANTE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10183423February 25, 2007
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
THE CAR ONLY HAS 63,000 MILES. AN ANTIFREEZE ODOR WAS NOTICED INITIALLY AND BEGAN TO INTENSIFY WITH TIME. WHEN THE DEFROSTER IS RUNNING THE WINDSHIELD WILL FOG UP AND THE ANTI-FREEZE SMELL IS SO INTENSE THAT IT NAUSEATES MY WIFE AND KIDS. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE CARPET ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IS DAMP. IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE DIAMANTE DUE TO A FAILURE WITH THE HEATER CORE AND ITS CONNECTIONS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10183444February 25, 2007
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
LEAKAGE OF ANTIFREEZE ( ENGINE COOLANT) INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF VEHICLE. THE COOLANT SMELL WAS APPARENT WITHIN THE CAR. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10183268February 22, 2007
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:HEATER CORE
WINDOWS WILL NOT DEFROST AND ODOR COMING FROM VENTS. ALSO PUDDLE OF ANTI-FREEZE ON PASSENGER FLOOR. DID NOT THINK PROBLEMS WHERE RELATED BUT THEY ARE. HEATER CORE GASKET LEAKING AND CAUSING THE PROBLEMS. $1 GASKET AND $700+ LABOR. THIS IS A SCAM FROM THE DEALERSHIP, EXPLOIT A UNSAFE DEFECT AND THEN CHARGE AN ARM AND A LEG TO GET IT FIXED. NEXT THEY WILL CHARGE FOR THE AIR WE BREATHE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10183214February 21, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
HEATER LEAKAGE FROM FAULTY SEALS, COMPLAINED OF HEADACHE FOR 3 WEEKS AS SOON AS LEAK WAS DISCOVERED AND FIXED HEADACHES HAVE BEEN GONE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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