1994 Mitsubishi 3000GT

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS CUT OFF BY A MERGING VEHICLE. CONSUMER SWERVED TO THE LEFT TO AVOID COLLIDING WITH THE OTHER VEHICLE. THEN, CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND COLLIDED HEAD ON WITH THE GUARD RAIL. CONSUMER WAS WEARING SEATBELTS. HOWEVER, FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED NON LIFE THREATENING BUMPS TO THE HEAD. POLICE DID ARRIVE AT THE SCENE, BUT NO ONE WAS CITED. *AK

THE CHROME WAS PEELING OFF THE RIMS, WHICH CAUSED THE AIR IN THE TIRE TO LEAK OUT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE. *JB THE TIRES REQUIRED AIR TO BE REPLACED EVERY COUPLE OF DAYS DUE TO THE LEAKY BEAD OF THE WHEEL. THERE WERE MANY OTHER OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER, TWO WHEELS HAD BEEN REPLACED FOR THIS ISSUE AND THE NEW ONES HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. *SC *JB

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

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

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