Mitsubishi 3000GT Complaints

464 consumer complaints on file.

#10026239June 27, 2003
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL REGARDING THE VEHICLE'S TRANSFER CASE OIL SEALS. *MR THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD ALL OF THE WORK WAS TAKEN CARE OF, HOWEVER HE LATER DISCOVERED THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TOUCHED AND THE TRANSFER CASE WAS LEAKING *TS *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10020430May 22, 2003
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
AFTER THE RECALL REGARDING THE TRANSFER CASE WAS PERFORMED, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO EXPERIENCE OTHER PROBLEMS. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017909April 30, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
THE CONSUMER NOTICED WHILE TRAVELING 50-55 MPH WHEN DEPRESSING THE GAS PEDAL TO GAIN SPEED, THE PEDAL BECAME STUCK WHICH RESULTED IN A CRASH. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017815April 29, 2003
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
THE TRANSFER CASE RECALL REPAIR FAILED. NHTSA RECALL NUMBER 02-V-143-001. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10012504March 26, 2003
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE REGARDING THE TRANSFER CASE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THE DEALER DID NOT PERFORM THE ENTIRE RECALL REPAIR. AS A RESULT THE TRANSFER CASE SHATTERED TWO WEEKS LATER BECAUSE THE DEALER NEVER CHECKED FOR A LEAK. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10010290March 11, 2003
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
I OWN A 1996 MITSUBISHI 3000GT VR-4 WITH A 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION. MY FRIEND, BRIAN WATSON AND I WERE TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON HIGHWAY 20, JUST ABOUT 50 MILES EAST OF BEND, OR. I MADE AN ATTEMPT TO SHIFT FROM 5TH TO 6TH GEAR, BUT BECAUSE OF SOME PROBLEMS WITH WHAT I NOW UNDERSTAND TO BE THE SYCROS, IT WENT INTO 4TH GEAR. NOT NOTICING IT WAS IN 4TH GEAR BECAUSE I HAD SHIFTED IT INTO THE POSITION OF 6TH, I LET OUT THE CLUTCH AND PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR. SHORTLY AFTER, I HEARD THIS POP. I LOOKED DOWN AND NOTICED THE RPM'S WERE PAST THE RED LINE, THIS IS WHEN I FIGURED OUT THAT THE CAR WAS IN 4TH GEAR. I SHIFTED IT BACK INTO 5TH GEAR AND BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN, CONCERNED ABOUT THE POP SOUND I HAD HEARD. I ASKED BRIAN, IF HE HAD HEARD IT AND HE TOLD ME NO. I ASKED HIM IF HE WAS SURE HE DIDN'T HEAR IT, HE TOLD ME NO, SO I KEPT DRIVING. SHORTLY AFTER, I STARTED HEARING CLANKING SOUNDS COMING FROM WHAT SOUNDED LIKE THE TRANSMISSION. THE ENGINE STOPPED, THE VEHICLE STARTED SLOWING DOWN RAPIDLY. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER OFF THE PAVEMENT ONTO THE GRAVEL ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE CAR. I'M WORRIED THAT MY CAR IS ABOUT TO CATCH ON FIRE. I BEGAN POURING THE WATER ONTO THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH WAS BOILING THE WATER AT THIS POINT, BUT IT SEEMED TO BE ENOUGH TO STOP THE ENGINE AREA FROM SMOKING. LATER I FOUND OUT THAT THE TRANSAXLE WAS BAD AND THAT IT COSTS $4414.29 NEW, PLUS $696.00 FOR LABOR. I ASKED IF THEY COULD GET THE TRANSAXLE REPLACED CONSIDERING THE DRIVE TRAIN HAS A 60,000-MILE WARRANTY ON IT AND MY MILEAGE IS ONLY 66,000-MILES. THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP SAID NO AND SO DID THE PERSON THAT MADE THE DECISION AFTER I CALLED MITSUBISHI. SO I AM WRITING IN HOPES THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO ASSIST ME IN THIS MATTER. THE TRANSAXLE SHOULD NOT HAVE SHIFTED INTO THE WRONG GEAR, IT ALSO SHOULD HAVE NOT EXPLODED BECAUSE IT WAS IN ABOVE RED LINE.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10006600February 5, 2003
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
VEHICLE MADE A TERRIBLE NOISE AND IT FELT LIKE THE WHEELS WERE LOCKING UP. DEALER STATED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACING. PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10005943January 29, 2003
WHEELS
VEHICLE JERKED AND LOST POWER. DEALER DIAGNOSIS ALL FOUR WHEELS HAD LOCKED UP. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. PH *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000866January 9, 2003
WHEELS:RIM
AIR LEAKING OCCURS IN 2 TIRES. MITS SERVICE DEPARTMENT CHECKED TIRES & STATED THEY ARE FINE. THEY STATED THE PROBLEM IS AIR LEAKING AROUND THE 2 RIMS AND THAT SEALS ARE BREAKING, POSSIBLY DUE TO WHEEL CORROSION. THE PROBLEM IS WORSENING. THIS IS THE 2ND SET OF WHEELS. MITSUBISHI REPLACED ALL 4 WHEELS ONCE BEFORE FOR THE SAME PROBLEM--AT THAT TIME, AIR LEAKED OUT OF ALL 4 TIRES. MITSUBISHI STATES THEY WILL NOT REPLACE THIS SET OF WHEELS DUE TO VEHICLE AGE AND PROBABLY NO INVESTIGATION ALTHOUGH AT LEAST 9 CONSUMER COMPLAINTS ON NHTSA WEBSITE ARE LOGGED ON THE SAME MAKE/MODEL. NOT SURE WHY ANYONE SHOULD EXPECT IT'S ACCEPTABLE TO NEED A 3RD SET OF RIMS FOR A 6-YEAR-OLD CAR. COINCIDENCE?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8022671November 13, 2002
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
VEHICLE HAS MANUAL TRANSMISSION. CONSUMER STATES THE TRANSFER CASE IF LEAKING DIFFERENTIAL FLUID. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8022479November 8, 2002
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
WHILE DRIVING AT 80 MPH THE VEHICLE TRANSFER CASE FAILED. THIS CAUSED THE REAR WHEELS TO LOCK UP RESULTING IN CONSUMER LOSING CONTROL OF VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769289November 5, 2002
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
THE TRANSMISSION WAS LEAKING AT THE TIME THAT I PURCHASED THIS CAR. THE DEALER WHO I HAD INSPECT THE CAR TOLD ME THAT THE REPAIR WOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, WHICH IT EVENTUALLY WAS. HOWEVER, I HAVE SINCE LEARNED THAT THESE TRANSMISSION FAIL ON A VERY WIDESPREAD BASIS, WHICH I WAS NOT TOLD. I THINK THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL ISSUE. I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE CAUGHT MY PROBLEM WITH JUST 3 MONTHS LEFT ON THE WARRANTY. NO DOUBT MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE NOT BEEN SO LUCKY. THE MFG. ALSO CREATED THESE TRANSMISSIONS IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THEY CAN NOT BE REPAIRED, ONLY REPLACED. IT WOULD HAVE COST ME $6000 TO REPLACE THIS HAD I NOT NOTICED IT UNTIL 3 MORE MONTHS HAD GONE BY. THIS IS NOT RIGHT. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8022110November 4, 2002
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
WHILE AT A RED LIGHT, CONSUMER PROCEEDED TO GO THROUGH THE LIGHT VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE. ENGINE WAS RACING BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FOWARD OR BACKARDS IN GEAR, CONSUMER STATES THERE A RECALL ON TRANSFER CASE BUT VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8020238October 4, 2002
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
CONSUMER STATES THAT THE TRANSFER CASE ON THE VEHICLE IS LEAKING OIL WHILE THE CONSUMER IS DRIVING. THIS PROBLEM CAN CAUSE THE WHEELS TO LOCK WHILE DRIVING. CONTACTED DEALER. 8MR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767832September 27, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP ON VEHICLE LEAVING THE VEHICLE IN 3RD GEAR, THEREFORE KEEPING VEHICLE FROM MANUEVERING AND DRIVING PROPERLY. WAS REASON FOR POTENTIAL ACCIDENT. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767792September 27, 2002
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
TRANSFER CASE FAILED AT HIGHWAY SPEED, SQUEALED FOR ABOUT A MILE, AND THEN LOCKED UP. TRANSFER FAILURE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSSION AND CLUTCH, REQUIREING REPLACEMENT OF TRANSFER CASE, TRANSMISSION, AND CLUTCH. WAS TOLD BY RENO MITSUBISHI THAT FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY LOSS OF LUBRICATION FROM TRANSFER CASE SEAL FAILURE. WHEN CHECKED IN 2001 BY DELON MITSUBISHI TRANSFER WAS REPORTED TO HAVE NO PROBLEMS. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8019500September 25, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE VEHICLE IS LEAKING TRANSMISSION FLUID AND WHILE SHIFTING GEAR THE VEHICLE ARE HARD. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#767031September 11, 2002
SUSPENSION
DRIVING AT 45 MPH, STEERING WHEEL JERKED ABRUPTLY TO THE LEFT AND TOOK CAR INTO OPPOSING LANE OF TRAFFIC. TRIED TO CORRECT AND THE REAR END FISHTAILED, SPUN THE CAR 180 DEGREES, AND WENT OFF THE SIDE OF ROAD (10 TO 12FT. EMBANKMENT) FLIPPED OVER AND LANDED ON IT'S TOP. MINOR INJURIES TO THE TWO PASEENGERS CONSIDERING THE SEVERITY OF THE DAMAGE TO THE CAR.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#8018142September 9, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
TRANSFER CASE IS LEAKING. DEALER CONTACTED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8017941September 5, 2002
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
CONSUMER NOTICED OIL UNDERNEATH VEHICLE, THE TRANSFER CASE IS LEAKING. VEHICLE HAS BEEN EXAMINED BY DEALER.*JB THIS TYPE OF LEAKING IS KNOWN TO CAUSE ALL 4 WHEELS TO LOCK IF ALL THE FLUID IS LOST FROM THE TRANSFER CASE. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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