Mitsubishi 3000GT Complaints

464 consumer complaints on file.

#10155102April 11, 2006
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
SEAT BELT FAILS TO RETRACT PROPERLY WHEN SECURED OR UNBUCKLED. THIS IS THE 3RD MITSUBISHI 3000GT AND STEALTH THAT HAS HAD THIS ISSUE. *JB
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#10155104April 11, 2006
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
MY DRIVERS SEAT BELT DOESN'T RETRACT PROPERLY
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#10155099April 11, 2006
SEAT BELTS:FRONT
WHEN I PURCHASED MY 1991 MITSUBISHI 3000GT VR-4 IN JUNE OF 2004. THE SEAT BELTS WOULD NOT RETRACT ON THEIR OWN AND WOULD HAVE TO BE FED BACK INTO THE REEL BY HAND. BOTH THE DRIVERS SIDE AND THE PASSENGER SIDE DO NO RETRACT. I HAVE DISASSEMBLED THE ENTIRE UNIT AND ATTEMPTED TO FREE UP AND LUBRICATE IT, BUT THE MECHANISM WAS NOT REPAIRED. IT SEEMS THAT IT IS A FAILURE IN THE DESIGN OF THE SEATBELT AND A STRONGER SPRING IS NEEDED. THE SEAT BELT NOT RETRACTING POSES A SERIOUS SAFETY RISK AS IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT THERE WOULD BE NO SHOULDER RESTRAINT. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AMOUNT 3000GT'S AND DODGE STEALTHS. ALMOST ALL CARS ARE AFFECTED. I BELIEVE THAT A DEALER RECALL SHOULD BE INSTALLED. *JB
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#10149658February 7, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
UNDER NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS, VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AND ENGINE RACED WILDLY WHEN ACCELERATOR WAS PRESSED. THIS CONDITION CONTINUED UNTIL VEHICLE SLOWED TO AROUND 20 MPH WHEN POWER WAS REGAINED UNTIL SPEED REACHED 40 MPH WHEN FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN. TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP BEHIND ME WITH ANGRY MOTORISTS PASSING IN DANGEROUS AREAS BECAUSE OF MY LIMITED SPEED. FAULT WAS TRACED TO THE END CLUTCH ASSEMBLY INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION THAT PREVENTED TRANSMISSION FROM SHIFTING INTO 4TH GEAR. I DON'T HAVE THE OLD PARTS. *NM
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#10148087January 19, 2006
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 3000GT MITSUBISHI VR4 1992 THAT HAS CAUSED PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, FOUND OUT THAT THE 1ST SYNCHRO DOESN'T WORK, AND FAILS IN MOST OF THE VR4'S THAT I HAVE BEEN CHECKING OUT. THIS IS A PROBLEM WHEN SHIFTING GEARS AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT IF I WERE REARENDED OR SOMETHING ON A MAIN ROAD,. IT IS FRUSTRATING THAT THE COMPANY DOES NOT FIX THIS. THE CAR AND TRANSMISSION STILL WORK BUT IT IS A PROBLEM WHEN YOU HAVE TO BYPASS GEAR 1 ALWAYS. THANK YOU. *NM
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#10147962January 17, 2006
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION OF 1992 3000 GT VR4 HAS VIBRATION PROBLEM CAN NOT BE FIXED OTHER THEN PURCHASING A NEW TRANSMISSION ?? SEEMED TO BE COMMON PROBLEM ON THESE CARS FOR WHICH MITSUBISHI HAS BEEN HIDING THE DEFECTS. *JB
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#10144152December 1, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DT: THE CONTACT COMPLAINED ABOUT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT ON OCTOBER 4, 2003. LATER, THE TRANSMISSION WAS AGAIN REBUILT. THE CONTACT WAS HAVING PROBLEMS AGAIN WITH THE TRANSMISSION WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK
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Yes
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No
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0
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0
#10144060November 30, 2005
WHEELS
DT: THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE CRASHED. THE REAR PASSENGER WHEEL SPLIT IN TWO PLACES. THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL AND OVER CORRECTED. THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED INTO A FENCE AND WAS TOTALED. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN , AND INSURANCE REPORT IS ON FILE. *AK
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Yes
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No
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0
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#10139876October 17, 2005
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
DT: THE VEHICLE IS A 1992 MITSUBISHI 3000 GT, VR4. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN LEAKING OIL. THE CONTACT NOTICED THIS PROBLEM IN JUNE 2005. THE CONTACT EXAMINED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE SEALS IN THE TRANSFER CASE BECAME DEFECTIVE. THE CONTACT KNEW THAT THERE HAD BEEN RECALL O2V413001/MITSUBISHI RECALL SR-02-003 FOR THE VEHICLE WHEN HE PURCHASED IT. WHEN HE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP THEY RAN THE VEHICLE'S VIN AND FOUND THAT THE RECALL REPAIR WORK HAD ALREADY BEEN PERFORMED. WHEN HE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURE ,THEY SAID THAT ACCORDING TO THEIR RECORDS THE RECALL REPAIR WORK HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE, AND THAT THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR ANY WORK DONE ON THE VEHICLE . *AK
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#10139521October 12, 2005
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
DRIVING AT APPROX. 50 MPH WHEN THE TIRES LOCKED UP. TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP AND THEY TELL ME IT IS THE TRANSFER CASE. YET 15000 MILES AGO THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED, YET TO NO AVAIL THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED. MITSUBISHI WILL NOT FIX THE TRANSFER CASE A SECOND TIME, HOWEVER THEY DID NOT FIX IT THE FIST TIME, THEY MERELY REPLACED THE GASKET AND THE PROBLEM WAS STILL THERE! *NM
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#10131727August 5, 2005
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
DT: WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION LOCKED. CONTACTED THE DEALER, WHO SAID CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR REPAIRS BECAUSE IT WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. THIS HAPPENED ON AUG 2, 2005. *AK
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#10127794July 7, 2005
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
MY TRANSMMISSION IS LEAKING AND WHEN I GO 45MPH IT JERKS AND GRINDS I SPOKE TO MISTUBISHI DEALER IN BAYTOWN, TEXAS AND THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID YES WE CAN FIX IT AT NO CHARGE THAT SHE WOULD CALL ME WHEN PART GETS IN SO I WAITED FOR TWO WEEKS THEN I CALLED BACK AND I ASKED IF PART CAN IN AND SHE SAID THAT HER MANGER TOLD HER THAT MY CAR HAS ALREADY BEEN DON AND I TOLD HER TAHT IT WAS NOT DONE SO SHE SAID THAT SHE WAS GOING TO LOOK INTO IT AGAIN AND CALL ME BACK AND I HAVE CALLED SEVERAL TIME AND LEFT MESSAGE AND VIN# AND THEY WILL NOT RETURN MY CALLS AND MY CAR IS JUST SITTING AT HOME PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS IT IS NOT RIGHT. MG CROSBY, TEXAS
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#10125917June 20, 2005
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
I OWN A 1992 MITSUBISHI 3000GT VR4 WHICH EXPERIENCED A MAJOR DRIVETRAIN LOCKUP. I BOUGHT THE CAR 2000. IN JAN 03, I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT CAUSING BODY DAMAGE. I COMPLETED REPAIRS BY LATE JAN 05 & RELICENSED THE CAR IN FEB. ON MAR 22, 05, THE CAR SUDDENLY MADE AN AWFUL SOUND & THE TIRES LOCKED UP. I REGAINED CONTROL AS THE TIRES BECAME FREE AGAIN. ONCE TOWED HOME, I FOUND THE T-CASE HAD BEEN RIPPED OFF OF THE TRANSMISSION & MOUNTS. UPON ATTEMPT TO DRAIN THE T-CASE I FOUND IT EMPTY WITH METAL SHAVINGS PRESENT. THE OUTSIDE WAS WET WITH T-CASE OIL. LEAKY SEALS CAUSED A MAJOR LOCKUP. I LEARNED OF RECALL #02V143001. I WROTE MITSU. TO WHICH THEY REPLIED BY HAVING ME TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID IF THE RECALL CAUSED FAILURE, MITSU. WOULD COMPLETE ALL REPAIRS. WALKERS RENTON MITSUBISHI DETERMINED WITHOUT A DOUBT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY THE RECALL. CORPORATE TOLD THE DEALER THEY WOULD BUY ME OUT OF THE CAR BECAUSE OF THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. SHORTLY AFTER, THE STORY CHANGED & MITSUBISHI DECIDED TO DO NOTHING. FINALLY, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM MIKE PALIKAN, MANAGER OF DISPUTE RESOLUTIONS FOR MITSU. HE EXPLAINED THE RECALL WAS NO LONGER VALID BECAUSE TOO MUCH TIME HAD LAPSED SINCE ISSUANCE IN DEC 02 AND I SHOULD HAVE ALREADY HAD THE RECALL DONE. THEREFORE, MITSUBISHI IS NO LONGER LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE RECALL. I AM ACTIVE DUTY O3 IN THE US COAST GUARD. THE RECALL WAS SENT TO MY PERM. ADDRESS (PARENTS HOME). THE CAR HAD BEEN LICENSED & DRIVABLE FOR A TOTAL OF 2 1/2 MONTHS SINCE RECALL AND I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO COMPLETE IT. WHAT MITSU. IS DOING IS ILLEGAL. THERE IS NO EXPIRATION ON A SAFETY RECALL. THEY ARE DOING NEW RECALLS EVERY DAY BECAUSE THEY DONT WANT A LAWSUIT BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS KILLED DUE TO THIS. HAD MY WHEELS REMAINED LOCKED ON THE HIGHWAY, I WOULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT. I HOPE NHTSA WILL RESOLVE THIS WITH MITSUBISHI WITH THEM COMPLETING ALL REPAIRS BEFORE FURTHER ACTION MUST BE TAKEN BY MY ATTORNEY AND I.
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#10124394June 6, 2005
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
NHTSA RECALL ID: 02V143001 MITSUBISHI 3000GT TRANSFER CASE LEAK. [XXX] THIS RECALL WAS PERFORMED ON MY VEHICLE ON 03/20/2003. ON 06/04/2005 THE TRANSFER CASE HAD LEAKED OUT ALL OF THE FLUID AND CAUSED IT TO SEIZE THUS LOCKING THE REAR WHEELS, FORCING THE VEHICLE INTO AN UNCONTROLLABLE SKID. THE ORIGINAL SEAL LASTED OVER 10 YEARS, THE REPAIRED SEAL ONLY LASTED 2.5 YEARS. NOT ONLY WAS THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, IT WAS UNFORESEEN. IN A LETTER REGARDING THIS RECALL IT STATED: "THIS COULD CAUSE THE WHEELS TO LOCK UP AND RESULT IN ACCIDENT WITHOUT WARNING." THE TECH AT THE DEALERSHIP SAID THE TRANSFER CASE WAS "BONE DRY". I HAD JUST RETURNED FROM A 500 MILE ROUND TRIP FROM PA A COUPLE WEEKS EARLIER WITH NO PROBLEMS. AND THAT NIGHT WAS LEAVING MY HOUSE FROM DROPPING OFF MY LITTLE BROTHER. HAD I BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY, OR ANY SPEED ABOVE THE 30MPH I WAS TRAVELING AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, IT COULD HAVE CAUSED SERIOUS INJURY TO ME AND MY PASSENGER AS WELL AS ONCOMING TRAFFIC, OR DEATH TO ANYONE INVOLVED. AFTER THE VEHICLE CAME TO A SCREECHING HALT IT WOULD NOT MOVE. NOT ONLY HAD IT SKID UNCONTROLLABLY, BUT NOW WOULD NOT MOVE FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. IT WAS AGAIN A HAZARD TO OTHER DRIVERS. THE PEOPLE AT MITSUBISHI THAT I SPOKE WITH STATED THAT "MITSUBISHI HAD COMPLETED THE RECALL ONCE AND THAT THE RECALL ONLY HAD TO BE PERFORMED ONCE." NOT ONLY DOES THE DEALERSHIP WANT $1300 FOR A NEW TRANSFER CASE, THEY WANT ME TO PAY FOR 3 HOURS OF LABOR. ANOTHER QUOTE: "WE'RE SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE, BUT WE ARE SINCERELY CONCERNED ABOUT YOUR SAFETY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS IMPORTANT MATTER." IF THEY ARE SO CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY WHY WOULD THEY NOT HELP ME MAKE THE REPAIRS THAT WERE NOT DONE CORRECTLY TWICE? I DO NOT BELIEVE MITSUBISHI HAS HELD UP THEIR END OF THE DEAL IN THIS CASE, AND OTHERS LIKE IT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MITSUBISHI PERFORM THE RECALL AGAIN ON MY VEHICLE, THIS TIME DONE CORRECTLY, AND AT NO EXPENSE. SINCERELY, [XXX] *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (F
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#10117773June 3, 2005
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SUSPENSION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING IN A STOP AND GO/BUMPER-TO-BUMPER TRAFFIC VEHICLE SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY ACCELERATED AND LURCHED FORWARD AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO REPLACED VEHICLE'S CONTROL UNIT. *AK TRANSMISSION FEELS AS IF SLIPPING GEARS. TRANSMISSION CONTROL UNIT WAS REPLACED. SHIFTER BUSHINGS REPLACED. ENGINE IDLED BY ITSELF. ISC MOTOR REPLACED AND THROTTLE BODY CLEANED. LEFT AXLE BOOT WAS REBUILT. ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. ECU WAS REPLACED. FRONT END PULLS LEFT. FRONT AND REAR WHEEL ALIGNMENT PERFORMED. BRAKES PULSATE WHEN APPLIED. FRONT ROTORS RESURFACED. *TT *NM
Crash:
Yes
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No
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#10118574April 27, 2005
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
MY GT 3000 SL MANUAL TRANSMISSION PROBLEM THE FIRST GEAR SYNCHRO AR BAD. COME TO FIND OUT THAT YOU CAN NOT GET PARTS, HOW CAN A COMPANY SELL SOEMTHING THAT YOU CAN'T GET PARTS FOR ALL YOU CAN DO IS BUY A NEW TRANSMISSION THAT HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS OR SALVAGE ONE THAT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM. GETRAG AND MITSUBISHI SHOULD FIX THERE BLUNDER
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0
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#10117085March 29, 2005
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN SHIFTING GEARS TRANSMISSION MADE A LOUD GRINDING NOISE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR SERVICE, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED IT WAS THE SYNCHRONIZER. *AK
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0
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#10114082March 14, 2005
WHEELS:RIM
I AM THE SECOND OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE.THE FIRST OWNER HAD THE RIMS REPLACED WITH FACTORY REPLACEMENT CHROME RIMS 15,000 MILES AGO.HE SAID HAD EXPERIENCED"UNEXPLAINBLE FLAT TIRES" A FEW TIMES BEFORE HE REPLACED THE RIMS.I HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR 8 MONTHS AND HAVE HAD 4 FLAT TIRES,TWO OF WHICH TOTALLY DESTROYED THE TIRES.BOTH OF THOSE BLEW OUT ON THE SIDE WALLS.2 OF THEM WERE "UNEXPLAINABLE"THERE WAS NO SHARP OBJECTS IN THE TIRE,NO CUTS,NO PHYISICAL DAMAGE THAT WOULD EXPLAIN HOW THEY WENT FLAT.THEY JUST WENT FLAT AFTER THE FIRST 2 BLOW OUTS I CHANGED TIRE BRAND THINKING IT WAS THE TIRES,BUT IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE MORE SINCE THEN.THIS HAS NOW COST ME 4 TIRES.*AK
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Deaths:
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#10112735March 8, 2005
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
MY CAR BEGAN TO BUCK VIOLENTLY ON THE WAY HOME THE REAR WHEELS LOCKED UP AND THE FRONT CONTINUED TO MOVE, WHICH CAUSED HEAVY VIBRATIONS. I TURNED THE HAZARD LIGHTS ON AND SLOWED DOWN TO A STOP. I THEN REMOVED THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION AND RESTED THE CAR WHERE IT STOPPED, 120 FT FROM MY HOUSE. IMMEDIATELY, I KNEW THE CULPRIT -- THE TRANSFER CASE, AND A RECALL WAS ISSUED APPROXIMATELY 2 YEARS AGO. I HAD THE CAR TOWED TO DARCARS MITSUBISHI TO HAVE THE RECALL PERFORMED. INITIALLY, SERVICE SUPPORT TOLD ME THE PROBLEM WOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF. A FEW DAYS PASSED, AND I RECIEVED A CALL FROM THE DEALERSHIP SAYING IT WAS NOT COVERED BECAUSE THE "FLUID PLUG WAS MISSING." THEY PROPOSED THE REMEDY OF REFILLING THE FLUIDS AND REPLACING THE PLUGS, SOMETHING THAT ALSO SHOULD HAVE BEEN COVERED BY THE RECALL -- AT THE CHARGE OF ABOUT $82. I RECIEVED THE CAR THE NEXT FRIDAY, AND THE CAR WORKED FINE... TEMPORARILY. THE VERY NEXT FRIDAY, THE CAR EXPERIENCED THE SAME SYMPTOMS AS BEFORE. I PULLED OVER BY A NEARBY SHOPPING CENTER AND CALLED TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED. IT WAS TOWED TO THE SAME DEALERSHIP AS BEFORE -- DARCARS MITSUBISHI. THE DEALERSHIP GAVE ME A RATHER LARGE LIST OF FAULTS -- MOST NOTABLY, AN INTERNALLY DAMAGED AND LEAKING TRANSFER CASE. I ONCE AGAIN FOUGHT FOR THE RECALL, BUT THE DEALERSHIP REFUSED. THE RECALL EXPLICITLY STATES TRANSFER CASE, YET THEY WERE ARGUING THAT IT WAS THE YOKE THAT IS COVERED -- WHICH IS COMPLETELY FALSE. I CALLED MITSUBISHI AMERICA AND THEY SAID THAT THE CAR HAS HAD ITS TRANSFER CASE REPLACED BEFORE -- IN 1999, 3 YEARS BEFORE THE TRANSFER CASER RECALL HAD BEEN INSSUED IN 2002. THE CAR WAS THEN TOWED HOME AND HAS SAT SINCE. HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH SEVERAL OTHER DEALERSHIPS WHO WERE UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING, BECAUSE DARCARS SIGNED OFF AS COMPLETING THE RECALL ON MY CAR -- WHICH THEY DID NOT, AS I WAS CHARGED FOR THE ONLY WORK THAT WAS DONE ON MY CAR AT THE DEALERSHIP. *AK
Crash:
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
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#10111141January 14, 2005
POWER TRAIN
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE'S WHEELS LOCKED UP WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO COME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. *NM THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT THE CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE'S TRANSFER CASE CHECKED BECAUSE OF A RECALL. THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE DEALER DID NOT CONDUCT A THOROUGH INSPECTION. THE CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE COST OF A NEW TRANSMISSION. *NM
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Deaths:
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