Owner-reported complaints naming the transmission system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the automatic or manual transmission, including shifting behaviour, shudder, slipping and transmission control modules. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Mitsubishi 3000GT submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 18 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
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
POWER TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CAR STOPPED MOVING THE SPEED WAS LESS THAN 30 MILES PER HOUR. THE CAR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE IN REVERSE BUT NOT FORWARD. *AK
CONSUMER STATES TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND THERE IS IRREGULAR SHIFTING. DEALER WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND A CUT OUT REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION BECAUSE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE IS A TURBO, RESULTING IN A PURCHASE OF A NEW TRANSMISSION. CONSUMER RECEIVED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY NOTIFICATION LETTER, HOWEVER, WARRANTY PROGRAM EXCLUDES TURBO ENGINES. *TT
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
THE TRANSMISSION OF THE VR4 HAS BEEN THE ACHILLES HEEL OF THE CAR. IT IS ABSURD THAT MITSUBISHI DOES NOT PROVIDE REPLACEMENT PARTS BUT INSTEAD CHOOSES TO ONLY PROVIDE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSIONS. A WAY FOR THEM TO MAKE MORE MONEY. REPLACEMENT PARTS WOULD COST A LOT LESS THAN A $4000 TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT! I AM EXTREMELY UNHAPPY WITH THEIR LACK OF ACTION IN THIS MATTER. THIER POSITION SEEMS TO BE PURELY PROFIT DRIVEN.*AK
THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HORRIBLY DESPITE USING MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDED OILS. NOT GETTING INTO GEARS IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN DRIVING OR PULLING OUT INTO INTERSECTIONS.*AK
COMPLETE TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP. COMPLETE REPLACEMENT REQUIRED FOR $2700.00. WHEN TAKEN FOR REPAIR, REPAIRMAN DISMANTLED 2 OTHER TRANSMISSIONS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. POSSIBLE DEFECT? REPAIRMAN HAD TO ORDER NEW PARTS. AUTOMOBILE ONLY HAD 47,114 MILES. LOW MILEAGE FOR MAJOR TRANSMISSION BREAKDOWN.*AK
THE TRANSMISSION LEAKS FLUID. THIS IS THE 2ND TRANSMISSION FOR THIS CAR (WHICH WAS INSTALLED MAY 1999 AND 25,000 MILES AGO). I WOULD GUESS THE LEAKING STARTED WITHIN THE LAST MONTH. THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION DEVELOPED LEAKS AND WAS REPLACED MAY 1999. THE CAR HAD 56,300 ORIGINAL MILES AT THAT TIME. THE CAR NOW HAS 81,000 MILES AND TODAY IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THIS REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION IS NOW LEAKING. THE REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION WAS PURCHED FROM MITSUBISHI AND PAID FOR BY AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. THIS 2ND TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN IN USE FOR ABOUT 2.25 YEARS AND 25,000 MILES. TRANSMISSION FLUID BOTH TIME HAS LEAKED INTO THE CLUTCH CAUSING IT TO SLIP.
WHILE DRIVING MY TRANSFER CASE FROZE UP AND LOCKED, IT DESTROYED MY TRANSMISSION/ TRANSFER CASE AND MAY HAVE CAUSED DAMAGE TO MY REAR END DIFFERENTIAL AND FRONT AXLES, ALSO COST ME A CLUTCH TOTALING NEAR $8000. *AK
TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. AS CONSUMER PULLED OUT OF FREEWAY VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK AND MOVED 5 MPH. DEALER HAS ADVISED CONSUMER THAT TRANSMISSION WAS COMPLETELY OUT. *AK
TRANSMISSION LEAKS, IT HAS ALWAYS LEAKED AND TIGHTENING IT DOES NOT STOP LEAKING.*AK
THE SEALS ON THE TRANSMISSION WENT BAD CAUSING THE FLUID TO ALL LEAK OUT. AS A RESULT, THE TRANSMISSION WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED AT 45MPH WITHOUT WARNING. *AK
PARK, IN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. *AK
NO SUMMARY
TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
MANUAL TRANSMISSION FAILS TO GO INTO 1, 3, 5 AND REVERSE. MUST BE FORCED INTO GEAR OR SHIFTED TO 4TH BEFORE SMOOTHLY ENTERING OTHER GEARS. DANGEROUS WHEN ACCELERATING ONTO HIGHWAY, DRIVER MUST RIDE CLUTCH UNTIL GEAR CAN BE OBTAINED. TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED BUT PROBLEM STILL PRESENT.
5 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE, SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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