2004 Mitsubishi Endeavor Brakes Problems

Emergency brake does not stop car from moving .

NHTSA ID

11590730

Incident

May 23, 2024

THE CAR HAS BEEN ACCUMULATING FLUID ON THE FLOOR OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE. USURE OF WHERE THE PROBLEM WAS, WE HAVE BEEN ABSORBING THE WATER AND AIRING OUT THE CAR. MOLD HAS ACCUMULATED AS WELL (BLACK MOLD) AND NOW I KNOW WHY I'VE HAD REPEATED RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS, INCLUDING PNEUMONIA THREE TIMES OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS. RUST IS ALSO FORMING DUE TO THE CONSTANT HUMIDITY LEVELS INSIDE THE CAR. THE BRAKE PEDAL SEEMS TO BE RUSTING AS WELL AS THE DRIVER'S SIDE CHAIR FLOOR MOUNT. I CANNOT SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE ELECTRICAL WIRING, AS IT IS COVERED BY THE PANELS. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS TIMES THAT DUE TO THE LIQUID ON THE FLOOR OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE, MY FOOT HAS SLIPPED WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKE WHICH HAS LED TO POTENTIAL ACCIDENTS. AS I CANNOT SEE THE FLOOR ITSELF (DUE TO THE CARPETING), I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS RUSTING OUT AS WELL. I HAVE NOT TAKEN IT TO A DEALER YET, SINCE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS... I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE RAIN WAS GETTING INTO THE CAR SOMEHOW. WELL, SINCE IT HASN'T RAINED IN OVER ONE WEEK, AND THE PUDDLE IN THE CAR WAS WORSE THAN EVER BEFORE, I SUSPECTED THE A/C SYSTEM. I WENT ONLINE AND HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS AND YET THERE IS NO RECALL? I AM APPALLED THAT THIS SITUATION HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED? FUNGAL RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS CAN LEAD TO DEATH, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE VULNERABLE. SLIPPERY BRAKE PEDALS, RUSTING FLOOR BOARDS AND RUSTING SEAT FLOOR ANCHORS, POTENTIAL FOR ELECTRICAL SHORTS AND/OR FIRES ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. THE COMPANY HAS APPARENTLY NOT TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE ISSUES. PERHAPS IT WILL TAKE A DEATH FOR A RECALL? I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT NO MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO DEFINITIVELY TELL US WHERE THIS LEAK WAS COMING FROM, NOR WERE WE ABLE TO TELL... UNTIL NOW. IT HAS BEEN TWO YEARS. THIS CAR HAS NO RESELL VALUE AND SHOULD NOT BE SOLD DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SERIOUS HARM. THIS MATTER IS LONG OVERDUE!

NHTSA ID

10995423

Incident

Jun 15, 2017

Mileage

130,000 mi

I HAVE TALKED TO MITSUBISHI NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE AUGUST 2016. THEY KEEP PASSING THE BUCK OR CASE MANAGER IS ON VACATION. I'VE BEEN USING A HOSE AND FUNNEL TO FUEL MY CAR BECAUSE THE FILL TUBE HAS RUSTED OUT. THIS AND 4 MORE RECALLS ON THIS CAR PUTS ME IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT MITSUBISHI IS AWARE OF. I AM TIRED OF GETTING THE RUN AROUND.

NHTSA ID

10938008

Incident

Aug 1, 2016

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MITSUBISHI ENDEAVOR. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED TO 85 MPH WITHOUT WARNING. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, BUT FAILED TO RESPOND. THE CONTACT SHIFTED THE VEHICLE INTO THE NEUTRAL POSITION AND IT STOPPED ABRUPTLY. AS A RESULT OF THE STOP, THE VEHICLE WENT INTO AN EMBANKMENT, FLIPPED DOWN A HILL, AND LANDED IN ANOTHER EMBANKMENT. AS THE VEHICLE FLIPPED, THE DASH PANEL DETACHED AND STRUCK THE CONTACT. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE AND VIN WERE UNAVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID

10883194

Incident

Mar 1, 2016

AFTER DRIVING MY 2004 MITSUBISHI ENDEAVOR OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS I HAD A GAS LEAK THAT I THOUGHT WAS STRANGER WHILE FUELING MY SUV . IT TURNED OUT TO FALL UNDER THE RECALL FOR MY SUV. I HAD THIS PROBLEM LONG BEFORE THE RECALL WAS ISSUED .LORD ONLY KNOWS HOW MUCH GAS I LOST AT THE PUMP THAT I WILL NEVER GET BACK... BUT I RECENTLY HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY FRONT ROTORS I HAD A MITSUBISHI DEALER INSPECT MY ENTIRE SUV FOR ANY AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT COULD BE WRONG..JUST THE OTHER DAY I WENT TO STOP AT A RED SIGNAL AND MY SUV DID BRAKE BUT ONLY FOR A SECOND IT STARTED TO SLIDE FORWARD AS I LOST BRAKING POWER IN MY FRONT BRAKES I HEARD A BIG POP AND A CLANK AS I APPLIED MY BRAKES AND HALFWAY SLID THROUGH THE LIGHT AFTER THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I DROVE A WAYS DOWN THE ROAD AND WAS HEARING THE CLANK SOUND AND IT FELT AS IF THE FRONT TIRES WERE TRYING TO CATCH ON SOMETHING I THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE CALIBERS OR THE BRAKE PADS. I PULLED INTO THE CLOSEST GAS STATION TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED . THE PADS WERE FINE THE TIRES WERE FINE AND EVERYTHING LOOKED OK NO BRAKES FLUID LEAKING THE CALIBERS WERE FINE... I SLOWLY DROVE/COASTED MY SUV TO A FRIEND'S HOME GOING ABOUT FIVE TO TEN MILES AN HOUR. I TOOK OFF THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT TIRE TO SEE IF INDEED IT WAS THE BRAKE PADS OR CALIBERS AS I WAS TAKING OFF THE TIRE I NOTICED THAT THE ROTOR HAD SPLIT IN HALF. LIKE SEPARATING TWO PLATES AT THAT POINT I CALLED A LICENSED MECHANIC AND HE STATED IT SOUND LIKE A DEFECT IN THE ROTORS I'VE HAD THESE ROTORS ON THE SUV SINCE I'VE HAD IT AND IT WAS CHECKED OUT BY A DEALERS SERVICE CENTER BEFORE THIS HAD HAPPENED. I WONDERED SINCE MY SUV HAD TO GO THROUGH THE RECALL OF THE FUEL FILLER FOR SUV IN THE NORTH FOR SALT AND SNOW THAT WOULD CORRODED MY FUEL FILLER WOULD IT BE THE SAME FOR THE ROTORS IF THEY WERE TO HAVE A SPECIAL KIND OF ROTORS FOR MY SUV USED IN THE NORTH DURING WINTER, I WAS TOLD IT WAS A GOOD THING I HADN'T BEEN TRAVELING AT HIGHER RATE OF SPEED IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10415553

Incident

Jul 27, 2011

Mileage

111,667 mi

WE OWN A 2004 MITSUBISHI ENDEAVOR WITH 90,000 MILE S ON . THE PROBLEM WE ARE HAVING IS BRAKE RELATED AND AS OCCURRED 6-7 TIMES THE LAST 5-6 MONTHS - ITS DOESN'T OCCUR ALL THE TIME ITS INTERMITTENT AND ONLY AFTER CAR SITS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME USUALLY OVER NITE . THE PROBLEM IS THE WHEN THE BRAKES ARE FIRST APPLIED THERE'S A SLOW RESPONSE TIME FOR THEM TO WORK AND THE PEDAL HAS TO BE DEPRESSED VERY HARD OR PUMPED . WE FIRST NOTICED THIS AFTER THANKSGIVING OF LAST YEAR THE PROBLEM REPEATED TILL IN MARCH WHEN I HAD A LOCAL AUTO SERVICE SHOP LOOK AT THE PROBLEM (ASE MASTER CERTIFIED ) - HE COULDN'T FIND A PROBLEM BUT MACHINE FONT ROTORS THINKING THAT MIGHT BE THE PROBLEM - A FEW WEEKS LATER THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN . THATS WHEN I CONTACTED THE LOCAL MITSUBISHI DEALER AND EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM TO HIM EXPLAINED IT HI IN DELAI - HE SAID IT MIGHT BE BRAKE PADS AND REPLACED THEM - HOWEVER SHORTLY THERE AFTER THE PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN AND MY WIFE JUST MISSING REAR ENDING THE TRUCK IN FRONT OF HER. I AGAIN CALLED THE MITSUBISHI DEALER - EXPLAINED THINGS AGAIN TO THEM - THIS WAS AFTER I CONTACTED THE CORP. CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER OF MITSUBISHI - SHE SAID TO TAKE IT BACK INTO THEM - WE DID - THEY STATED THE COULDN'T FIND ANY PROBLEM. I AM BECOMING QUITE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS SAFETY ISSUE AND WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT MY NEXT STEPS RE IN SOLVING THIS SITUATION AND MY LEGAL RIGHTS . IM EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT INJURIES HERE - PLEASE ADVICE. *TR

NHTSA ID

10329244

Incident

Apr 25, 2010

Mileage

85,000 mi

BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON & FRONT PADS HAD TO BE REPLACED & ROTORS WERE TURNED @ 21K ON MY 2004 MITZUBISHI ENDEAVOR IN 11/06. THEN FOUND OUT IN 6/09 WHEN THE BRAKES WERE FAILING ON ME @ 47K MILES A DESIGN FLAW CAUSED THE PINS TO COLLECT MOISTURE & FROZE UP & THEREFORE CAUSED THE CALIPERS TO FREEZE UP RUINING THE ROTORS & THE PADS. SINCE THE ROTORS WERE TURNED @ 21K, THE ROTORS NEEDED REPLACED COSTING ME OVER $1000. WE ALSO HAD WATER COMING OUT OF THE BLOWER MOTOR CAUSING IT TO FAIL. *TR

NHTSA ID

10276098

Incident

Jun 18, 2009

Mileage

47,300 mi

REPLACING FRONT AND BACK PADS EVERY 5K - 8K MILES. REPLACED FRONT AND BACK ROTORS TWICE IN 100K. REPLACING FRONT AND BACK CALIPERS ONE IN 100K. REPLACING CALIPERS PINS BOTH FRONT AND BACK EVERY TIME PADS WERE REPLACED. TURNS OUT BECAUSE OF POOR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN THE CALIPERS PINS COLLECT MOISTURE AND CORRODE CAUSING THEM TO FREEZE UP AND NOT ALLOWING CALIPERS TO PERFORM PROPERLY, IN TURN THE CALIPERS ARE RESTRICTED , RUINING THE ROTORS AND EAT UP THE PADS. *TR

NHTSA ID

10240367

Incident

Jul 1, 2006

I PARKED MY 2004 ENDEAVOR IN THE GARAGE LIKE I DO EVERY DAY WHEN I RETURN HOME. I PUT THE CAR IN PARK AND REMOVED THE IGNITION KEY. I TOOK SOME GROCERIES FROM THE PASSENGER SEAT, CLOSED THE PASSENGER DOOR AND WENT INSIDE. I CAME OUT A FEW MINUTES LATER TO RETRIEVE THE REST OF MY GROCERIES BUT THE CAR WAS MISSING! I LOOKED OUT THE GARAGE DOOR (WHICH WAS OPEN) AND SAW MY CAR CRASHED INTO THE SIDE OF OUR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET. WHEN I APPROACHED THE CAR I NOTED THAT THE GEAR WAS IN REVERSE! THE BACK END OF THE ENDEAVOR WAS DEMOLISHED. THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE WAS DAMAGED ALONG WITH THE MAILBOX AND POLE AND GARDEN LIGHTS THAT THE CAR RAN OVER. *JB

NHTSA ID

10170283

Incident

Oct 5, 2006

NO INFORMATION ON RECALL GIVEN TO ME AT ALL. FOUND OUT ABOUT THE RECALL BECAUSE I AM HAVING A PROBLEM WITH MY PARKING BRAKES NOT HOLDING AND WAS SEARCHING FOR PARTS ON THE INTERNET. CAR WAS BOUGHT IN MIAMI AND SHIPPED TO VI, BUT NO ONE AT MITSUBISHI CAN TELL ME IF THERE IS A DEALER HERE AND WHAT OPTIONS I HAVE WITH GETTING THE PROBLEM FIXED IF THERE IS NO DEALER. I WOULD AT LEAST LIKE TO KNOW WHAT PARTS I MAY NEED TO GET IT FIXED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC

NHTSA ID

10125874

Incident

Jun 14, 2005

MITSUBITSUI ENDEAVOR 2004 ..MY FRONT BRAKES DRAG WHEN I STOP IN RAIN OR WATER. THE BRAKES SEEM TO HOLD BUT IT DRAGS..

NHTSA ID

10056820

Incident

Jan 7, 2004

Mileage

9,011 mi