1994 Mitsubishi 3000GT Transmission Problems

PURCHASED A USED 1994 3000GT MIT. TWO YEARS LATER THE AUTO. TRANSMISSION "BLEW OUT". HAD TO PAY $2,000.00 FOR REPAIRS IN ADDITION TO STORAGE CHARGES. TOOK A MONTH TO SCRAPE UP THE MONEY TO PAY. HAD TO DOUBLE UP ON BILLS IN ORDER TO GET CAR FIXED. READ LAST WEEK MIT. MOTORS IN JAPAN KNEW ABOUT DEFECTIVE PARTS INSTALLED IN THEIR VEHICLES FOR OVER 2 DECADES. TRADED THIS LEMON IN SEPT. 2000 LICCARDI FORD, INC. ESTIMATED EXACT DATE OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE. AS WELL AS DATE OF PURCHASE. GOOD RIDDANCE!! DESERVE REIMBURSEMENT! *NM *NM UPDATED 03/09/06. *JB *NM

NHTSA ID

10150652

Incident

Nov 1, 1998

Mileage

43,000 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10149658

Incident

Dec 29, 2005

Mileage

172,521 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10127794

Incident

Apr 1, 2005

Mileage

141,950 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10117085

Incident

Dec 23, 2004

I AM NOT THE 1ST OWNER OF THIS CAR BUT PREVIOUS OWNER EXPERIENCED SAME PROBLEM. AWD TRANSFER CASE LOCK-UP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. LOUD RATTLING NOISE, EXTREME DIFFICULTY SHIFTING, FLUID LEAKED OUT. THIS PROBLEM IS VERY COMMON IN ALL 3000GT AND STEALTH CARS EQUIPPED WITH AWD POWERTRAIN. ADDITIONL CASES OF THIS PROBLEM CAN BE FOUND SIMPLY BY SEARCHING AROUND CAR OWNER COMMUNITIES SUCH AS WWW.3SI.ORG . MITSUBISHI DEALER WON'T REPAIR MY TRANSFER CASE AND ONLY SOLUTION IS TO BUY A NEW ONE. TOTAL COST WOULD BE OVER $5000 ASSUMING NO OTHER DAMAGE TO DRIVETRAIN WAS EXPERIENCED, WHICH IS VERY LIKELY.*AK

NHTSA ID

761789

Incident

Apr 28, 2002

IN THE NEARLY YEAR I'VE OWNED MY CAR I'VE HAD FOUR PROBLEMS WITH MY TRANNY. AT THE TIME I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, I COULD NOT AFFORD THE $3000+ THE DEALERSHIP WAS ASKING FOR AN EXTENDED WARRANTY AND NO OTHER EXTENDED WARRANTY COMPANY THAT I'VE CONTACTED OFFERS EXTENDED WARRANTIES ON TWIN TURBO CARS. SO ALL OF THIS, ROUGHLY $8000 IN THE PAST YEAR, HAS COME FROM MY POCKET, WHICH I'M STILL PAYING. IN THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION WITH THE CAR, THE SEALS WERE LEAKING ROUGHLY 2 MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR. I BOUGHT REPLACEMENT SEALS AND FIXED THIS, ONLY TO HAVE MY TRANNY LOCK UP THE WHEELS ON ME WHILE DOING ROUGHLY 75 MPH ON THE 241 TOLL ROAD. IT IS ONLY DUE TO LOW TRAFFIC AT THAT TIME THAT NO ONE GOT HURT. I THEN REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION. AND AFTER ABOUT 6 MONTHS, MY WHEELS LOCKED UP AGAIN, AND ON THE 241 LATE AT NIGHT. I HAVE YET TO FIGURE OUT HOW I DIDN'T GET INJURED, AND NOW, THE LATEST PROBLEM IS THAT THIS TRANSMISSION IS LEAKING AS WELL! FOR ORIGINALLY BEING A $45000 SPORTS CAR, WHICH I PURCHASED USED AT $20000, THESE ARE PROBLEMS THAT CERTAINLY AREN'T EXPECTED OR MAKE THE CAR WORTH OWNING.*AK

NHTSA ID

759018

Incident

Jan 13, 2002

THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH ALL MITSUBISHI 3000GT VEHICLES. *AK

NHTSA ID

757798

Incident

Dec 25, 2001

THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THESE POORLY MADE TRANSMISSIONS AND SYNCHROS. *AK

NHTSA ID

757671

I WAS ASKED TO FILL OUT FORM BY 3SI.ORG B/C OF FAILURES AND LEAKAGE OF THE TRANSMISSION. *AK

NHTSA ID

757524

MY TRANMISSON IS LEAKING AND GRINDING. SINCE MITS. DON'T MAKE ANY PART FOR THE TRANMSSION, I WAS ASKED TO BUY A BRAND NEW TRANMISSON. ALSO MY TRANSFER CASE IS MAKING THIS STRANGE NOISE AND PEOPLE TOLD ME THEIR TRANSFER CASE LOCKED UP ON THEM WHILE THE CAR WAS DRIVING. *AK

NHTSA ID

757504

TRANSMISSION HAS DEVELOPED "NUMEROUS LEAKS" ACCORDING TO DEALER. INDICATED MY ONLY OPTION IS REPLACEMENT FOR ROUGHLY $5500. *AK

NHTSA ID

754952

Incident

Oct 1, 2001

1ST TRANSMISSION:BAD SYNCROS (GEARS), 2ND TRANSMISSION:LEAKING & BAD SYNCROS (GEARS)

NHTSA ID

743349

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

742886

SOON AFTER BUYING VEHICLE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT. CONSUMER HAD IT REPLACED. BUT, PROBLEM HAS RETURNED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NHTSA ID

881563

THESE TRANSMISSIONS FAIL WAY TOO OFTEN AND SOMETIMES, AND ALSO THE TRANSFER CASES LOCK UP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGE. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS AND DO NOT LET MITSUBISHI SLIDE ON THIS!!

NHTSA ID

730289

Incident

Jan 29, 2000

DEALERSHIP REPLACED 5TH GEAR UNDER WARRANTY AND NOW 3RD GEAR SYNCHROS ARE GOING OUT. ALSO FRONT DISC BRAKES GET WARPED EVERY 6 MONTHS OR SO OF DRIVING, HAVE TO REPLACE/RESURFACE ROTORS BEFORE BRAKE PADS NEED REPLACING EVERY TIME. HAVE REPLACED ROTORS 4 TIMES IN 3 YEARS. *AK

NHTSA ID

723538

Incident

Jun 1, 1997

CLUTCH ASSEMBLY HAD LOOSE BOLTS. THIS CAUSED VEHICLE TO JUMP OUT OF 5TH GEAR. THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A CRASH. ALSO WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE GEAR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND VIN#. *AK

NHTSA ID

840694

Incident

Jun 11, 1999

TRANSMISSION FAILED 4 TIMES, CAUSING CAR TO SHIFT GEARS QUICKLY/ACCELERATE RAPIDLY WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO STOP .

NHTSA ID

510312

Incident

Jul 19, 1995