1997 Mitsubishi Diamante Owner Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE. THE VEHICLE HAS COOPER LIFELINER CLASSIC II TIRES, SIZE 115/60/15. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE SPONTANEOUSLY BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. PRIOR TO THE CRASH, SHE NOTICED THAT THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS NORMAL AND THAT THE TREAD DEPTH WAS 8/32. AFTER INSPECTING THE TIRE, AN OFFICER CONCLUDED THAT THE TREAD WAS DEFECTIVE BECAUSE CHUNKS OF THE TREAD WERE MISSING AND WIRES WERE HANGING OUT OF THE TIRES. THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES OF THE FAILED COMPONENT. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,000. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 151,000. UPDATED 09/10/08 *BF UPDATED 09/16/08. *JB

NHTSA ID

10233373

Incident

Jun 25, 2008

Mileage

151,000 mi

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RADIATOR LEAKED DUE TO THE HEATER CORE. THE RADIATOR LEAKED ONTO THE CARPET WHEN THE HEAT WAS ACTIVATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE AND HIS FAMILY HAVE INHALED TOXIC FUMES FROM THE RADIATOR LEAKING ONTO THE CARPET AND THEY ARE CONCERNED OF FUTURE HEALTH RISKS. IN ORDER TO REPAIR THE LEAK, THE ENTIRE DASHBOARD HAD TO BE REMOVED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 113,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 112,000.

NHTSA ID

10217732

Incident

Jan 2, 2008

Mileage

112,000 mi

THERE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE HEATER CORE GOING OUT. MINE WENT OUT A FEW DAYS AGO AND WAS INFORMED BY MITSUBISHI IT WILL COST ME 965 TO REPLACE. EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE OWNERS COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM INCLUDING WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE AS LOW AS 30-45K ON THEIR VEHICLE. PLEASE LOOK AT THIS FORUM WHICH SHOW MANY MITSUBISHI OWNERS COMPLAINING ABOUT THEIR VEHICLE.. HTTP://WWW.DIAMANTEOWNERS.COM/FORUM/LOFIVERSION/INDEX.PHP?T3615-0.HTML PLEASE HELP ME AND HELP THESE POOR OWNERS. RECALL THIS MAJOR ERROR MISTUBISHI KNOWS ABOUT BUT REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND KEEP SILENT. THIS ALSO CAN CAUSE DEATH BECAUSE WHEN THE HEATER CORE FAILS IT LEAKS AND CAUSES A BAD ODOR OF ANTIFREEZE. YOU WOULDN'T WANT YOUR KIDS BREATHING ON THAT WOULD YOU. ON THE WEBSITE I HAVE PROVIDED YOU IT WILL SHOW A CASE IN WHICH A PERSON WENT INTO RESPIRATORY FAILURE DO TO INHALING ANTI FREEZE.. MANY OF THESE OWNERS TILL THIS DAY FACE A DANGER BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO DRIVE THESE VEHICLES AS IT IS THERE ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AND MANY CANNOT AFFORD TO FIX THIS EXPENSIVE PROBLEM (COSTING AS MUCH AS 1,300). WE BEG OF ALL THE GOOD PEOPLE THAT HAD MADE A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLES LIVES, SAFETY AND SECURITY TO HELP US DIAMANTE OWNERS THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS *TR

NHTSA ID

10215505

Incident

Jan 15, 2008

Mileage

111,132 mi

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

NHTSA ID

10193546

Incident

Jun 17, 2007

THE PAINT ON THE ROOF AND TRUNK DECK OF MY 1997 DIAMANTE IS FADING WITH WHITE PATCHES. THE HOOD AND BODY PAINT LOOKS GOOD AS NEW. I WAXED MY VEHICLE AT LEAST 3 TIMES A YEAR. IS THIS A DEFECT FROM THE FACTORY I HAVE NOTICE SEVERAL SIMILAR MODELS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. WHAT SHOULD I DO ABOUT THE PROBLEM? *JB

NHTSA ID

10137204

Incident

Sep 20, 2005

DT: CONSUMER HAD 1997 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER,. VEHICLE HAD A GAS LEAK, DEALER COULD NOT FIND HOLE IN GAS TANK, CONSUMER REPLACED GAS TANK, ABOUT 8 MONTHS AFTER GAS TANK WAS REPLACED THE VEHICLE EXPLODED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10124674

Incident

Jun 9, 2004

Mileage

78,000 mi

SAFETY - TRANSMISSION: AT 9,500 MILES MY CAR STARTED LURCHING WHEN STEPPING ON THE GAS FROM A STOP. IT SUPPOSEDLY WAS REPAIRED BUT HAS CONTINUED TO BE PROBLEM AND EACH TIME I BRING IT IN FOR SERVICE THE DEALER CAN NOT RECREATE THE PROBLEM. SINCE I HAD NOT HEARD THAT THIS HAS BEEN ON GOING PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL, I THOUGHT IT MUST BE SOMETHING THAT I HAD DONE. UPON REVIEWING THE INFORMATION OF NHSTA, I REALIZE THAT THE DEALERS AND MITSUBISHI ARE DELIBERATELY HIDING THIS PROBLEM. SAFETY - FUEL TANK: MY FUEL TANK BEGAN LEAKING AT 59,560 MILES AND WHEN THE DEALER REMOVED IT HAD 3 STRESS WHOLES. THE TANK HAD TO BE SENT OUT FOR WELDING. OF COURSE, I HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR EVEN THOUGH I SPOKE DIRECTLY TO THE MITSUBISHI COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT. SINCE IT WAS NOT A RECALL ITEM, MITSUBISHI OR THE DEALER WILL NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIR. THE DANGEROUS FUEL LEAK IS ANOTHER ONGOING HIDDEN PROBLEM. ALTERNATOR PULLEY: HAS BEEN MAKING NOISE FROM THE BEGINNING AND I HAVE COMPLAINED EACH SERVICE. NOW, I DISCOVER THROUGH NHTSA THAT ALTERNATOR PULLEY IS A KNOWN DESIGN FLAW. MITSUBISHI AND THEIR DEALERS MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.*AK

NHTSA ID

758506

Incident

Feb 20, 2002

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

754919

Incident

Oct 30, 2001

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE 2 MONTHS AGO AND HAVE MADE 5 TRIPS BACK TO THE DEALER DUE TO BRAKES, TIRES & ENGINE TAPPING AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO BE SLIPPING. *AK (DOT NUMBER: N/A TIRESIZE: P21560R16)

NHTSA ID

752292

WHEN CONSUMER APPLIES BRAKES THERE IS SMOKE COMING FROM WHEEL, AND BRAKES DO NOT WORK. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID

879060

Incident

Nov 1, 2000

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR SHUTTERING AT 19,800 MILES. DEALER TURNED ROTORS, VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHUTTER, BUT STILL WOULD NOT STOP VERY WELL. CONSUMER HAD TO REALLY PRESS HARD TO STOP, CURRENTLY, TOOK IN VEHICLE FOR OIL CHANGE, AND DEALER SAID PADS WERE WORN OUT AT 22,000 MILES. CONSUMER FELT THIS WAS DANGEROUS, AND MAY HIT SOMEONE OR SOMETHING.*AK

NHTSA ID

873570

Incident

Oct 23, 1999

WHEN EXITING VEHICLE DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT DOES NOT RETRACT. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER ADJUSTED THE BELTS, PROBLEM STILL OCCUR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK THE BRAKES MAKE NOISE DUE TO FRONT PADS WEAR AND FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPING. THE TRANSMISSION SHUTTERS OCCASINALY WHEN TAKING OFF AND WAS REPLACED WITH NEW ONE. *YH

NHTSA ID

870102

THE BRAKE PADS, L/R ROTORS, L/R CALIPER HAVE BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES ON THIS CAR. I HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING TO THE DEALER, OCEAN MITUBISHI, ABOUT THE BRAKE SYSTEM ON THIS CAR FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS. THEY HAVE CONTINUALLY IGNORED MY COMPLAINTS AND SAID THAT IT WAS NOT UNUSUAL TO HAVE THESE PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. I HAVE OWNED MANY OTHER CARS AND HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THE BRAKE PROBLEMS THAT I HAVE HAD WITH THIS DIAMANTE. WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THE PROBLEMS THAT MITUBISHI HAS HAD IN JAPAN, I EMAILED THE DEALER, WHO SAID THEY WERE UNAWARE OF THE PROBLEMS. I EMAILED THE ARTICLES FROM THE NEWSPAPER AND CALLED THEM TO FOLLOW UP. AT THAT TIME THEY ACKNOWLEDGED PROBLEMS WITH THE DIAMANT BRAL

NHTSA ID

729784

THERE IS A VERY DISTINCT GAS SMELL IN AND AROUND THE CAR. IT ALSO LEAKS GAS FROM THE GAS TANK WHEN FULL. I HAVE NOTIFIED MISUBISHI SEVERAL TIMES AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT MY CAR IS FINE.

NHTSA ID

729639

WHEN REMOVING CHILD FROM THE INTEGRAL CHILD SAFEYY SEAT SHOUDLER HARNESS LOCKED UP. HARNESS GOT TIGHTER AND TIGHTER AROUND CHILD'S CHEST. PARENT HAD TO CUT THE HARNNES STRAP(S) TO REMOVED THE CHILD. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. MANUFACTURE WAS LOOKING INTO THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED. *AK

NHTSA ID

867707

Incident

Aug 14, 2000

LOUD WINDING NOISE FROM ALTERNATOR PULLEY, TOOK CAR TO A MITSUBISHI DEALER SERVICE CENTER FOR REPAIR. I WAS INFORMED BY THE SERVICE CENTER THAT THE PULLEY IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE OR REQUIRED. A NEW DESIGN AND BELT WAS IMPLEMENTED ON THE NEW MODELS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. A NEW BELT IS REQUIRED TO FIX THE PROBLEM ON THE OLD MODELS. THE NEW BELT WILL NOT GO AROUND THE PULLEY AND THE PULLEY WILL NOT BE USED. THIS APPEARS TO BE A DESIGN DEFECT. IS THE CONSUMER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COST OF THE NEW BELT AND LABOR TO PUT IT ON. THIS NEW BELT WAS NOT PART OF THE 1997 MODELS. I THINK THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD PAY FOR THIS REPAIR! IT IS A DEFECT. THE PULLEY IS NOT AVAILABLE BECAUSE IT IS THE PROBLEM PART.

NHTSA ID

725852

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THERE IS A LOUD GRINDING NOISE, AS IF METAL GRINDING. DEALER SAYS THE EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE GOT CAUGHT ON THE REAR BRAKE ROTORS. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

851243

ROTORS WERE WARPED AND RESURFACED THREE TIMES. YH

NHTSA ID

547988

IN REVERSE GEAR ,BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT FULL THROTTLE. BRAKES WERE INOPERATIVE, DID NOT STO VEHICLE.CONSUMER HAD TO THROW THE VEHICLE INTO PARK IN ORDER TO STOP. *AK

NHTSA ID

835374

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING BAD VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. IT CAN LEAD TO LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE APPLYING BRAKES, AND CAUSE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE , WHICH MAY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. BEEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, DEALER REPLACED ROTORS. PROBLEM IS STILL OCCURRING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

NHTSA ID

834829

Incident

Nov 1, 1997

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INCONSISTENTLY, IT JOLTS AND DOES NOT ALWAYS DOWN SHIFT, CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR TO BRAKES AS WELL AS SAFETY HAZARD WHEN TRYING TO STOP THE VEHICLE WITHOUT LOWER GEAR ASSISTANCE.

NHTSA ID

703204

1997 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE PURCHASED NEW FROM RON BOUCHARD'S IN SEPTEMBER, 1997. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE SINCE DECEMBER, 1997. RON BOUCHARD'S HAS PICKED THIS VEHICLE UP WITH A FLAT BED TRUCK THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, AND IT HAS BEEN DRIVEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES. PLEASE CONTACT ME AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO SUPPLY ADDITONAL INFORMATION. *MJS

NHTSA ID

701209

Incident

Nov 13, 1998

NO SUMMARY PROVIDED BY CONSUMER. *MJS

NHTSA ID

701199

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH PARKING BRAKE. WHEN PARKING BRAKE IS APPLIED, IT DOESN'T KEEP THE VEHICLE FROM DRIFTING. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO REPAIR, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK *ML

NHTSA ID

831862

Incident

Dec 7, 1998

TORQUE CONVERTER/CAMSHAFT, AND POSITION SENSOR FAILED.

NHTSA ID

781170

Incident

Oct 12, 1998