2000 Mitsubishi Diamante

WHILE TRAVELING BETWEEN 55-70MPH AND TRYING TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE TRANSMISSION WOULD GO INTO NEUTRAL POSITION, PRESSING ON ACCELERATER WOULD CAUSE IT TO SKIP TO 3RD GEAR, SOMETIMES HITTING GEAR DOWNSHIFT REAL HARD, VEHICLE SHAKES, WOULD HIT NEUTRAL FIRST BEFORE GOING INTO CORRECT GEAR, HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, VEHICLE WAS TEST DRIVEN, AND NOTHING FOUND PLACED ON DIAGNOSTIC, NO PROBLEM CODES APPEARED. *AK TRANSMISSION GOES INTO NEUTRAL INSTEAD OF THIRD AND GOES INTO NEUTRAL WHEN DOWN SHIFTING, THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED A HEAD ON COLLISION, CONSUMER ALSO STATES WHILE GOING DOWNHILL, HE SHIFTED INTO THIRD GEAR AND VEHICLE WENT FASTER. *SLC

ON TWO OCCASSIONS, THIS 2000 DIAMANTE SHOOK VIOLENTLY, BELCHED BLUE SMOKE OUT THE EXHAUST, LOST CONSIDERABLE POWER, FILLED THE INTERIOR WITH HAZARDOUS FUMES AND THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THESE TWO LIFE THREATENING EVENTS HAPPENED AT A LITTLE OVER 4000 MILES AND 12000 MILES. MY TELEPHONE NUMBER IS 760-323-0704, YOUR QUESTIOAIRE ALLOWS ONE TO VIEW ALL INFO BEFORE SENDING BUT DOES NOT ALLOW ADDING INFORMATION THAT ONE MIGHT HAVE MISSED.*AK

TIRES EXTREMELY NOISY SINCE ABOUT 2,000 MILES. TIRES SEVERELY CUPPED AFTER 5/6,000 MILES. RIDE EXTREMELY LOUD, WITH GREAT DEAL OF VIBRATION. SINCE ABOUT 12,000 MILES, EXTREME CUPPING OF ALL FOUR TIRES PLAINLY VISIBLE. TIRES AT ALL TIMES AT MITSHUBISHI RECOMMENDED PRESSURE, AND ROTATED EVERY 5,000 MILES. NO IMPACT DAMAGE TO ANY TIRE, OR RIM. NO SCUFFING OF SIDEWALLS, OR PUNCTURES. TIRES APPARENTLY CUPPED FROM THE START. CAR PURCHASED NEW, WITH 3 MILES. DEALER CANNOT EXPLAIN CAUSE FOR SEVERE CUPPING, BUT REFUSES TO REPLACE TIRES. ALSO CONTACTED MITSUBISHI MOTOR, WHO TELLS ME THAT THEY HAVE HAD SOME COMPLAINTS ON THESE TIRES. NO ONE SEEMS TO WANT TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY. CONCERNED THAT TIRES MAY SUDDENLY FAIL, ES THEY ARE SEVERELY CUPPED (ALL 4) AND RIDE WITH GREAT DEAL OF NOISE AND VIBRATION. DEALER CLAIMS PROBLEM NOT WITH AUTO, SINCE PROPERLY ALIGNED. TIRES ARE BALANCED, AND AT PROPER INFLATION. NOW BECOMING CONCERNED FOR SAFETY, AND UPSET THAT DEALER AND MITSUBISHI DOING NOTHING TO CORRECT CONDITION. *AK (DOT NUMBER: TOX82JM250 TIRESIZE: P215/60R16)

A BOOM NOISE HAS BEEN COMING FROM FUEL PUMP. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN 7 TIMES WITH NO REMEDY FOUND. DEALER SAID GAS CAP WAS EXPANDING AND COLLAPSING. ON 3-16-01 GAS CAP/ FUEL PUMP AND FUEL GAUGE WERE REPLACED. ON 3-16-01 VALVE AND FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY WERE REPLACED; ON 3-23-01, DEALER REPLACED FUEL SYSTEM CLEANER KIT, AND FUEL GAUGE ASSEMBLY AGAIN, AND 3-28-2001 GAS CAP AND PRESSURE RELAEASE VALVE WERE REPLACED. *AK *JB

THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED ON 2/20/2001. ESTIMATED SPEED WAS 35 MPH. THE IGNITION FUSE BLEW AND THE ENTIRE CAR WENT DEAD. I WAS NOT USING ANY OTHER ELECTRICAL COMPONENT IN THE CAR AT THE TIME (I.E. RADIO, LIGHTS, ETC). TOWED TO DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE PROBLEM. THEY KEPT IT FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND THE PROBLEM DID NOT REOCCUR. A FEW DAYS AFTER I GOT THE CAR BACK, THE VERY SAME THING HAPPENED. THIS WAS ON 2/28. AGAIN TOWED TO THE DEALER. AGAIN REPLACED THE FUSE. AGAIN KEPT IT FOR A WEEK AND DROVE IT CONTINUALLY WITH NO PROBLEM. I GOT THE CAR BACK ON FRIDAY, 3/9. ON SAT. 3/10, AFTER HAVING DRIVEN 65 MILES AT ABOUT 75 MPH, I WAS DRIVING IN TOWN AT ABOUT 45 MPH. THE FUSE AGAIN BLEW. I HAD A REPLACEMENT FUSE, WHICH I HAD REQUESTED FROM THE DEALER, AND REPLACED IT MYSELF. I AM TAKING IT BACK TO THE DEALER TODAY, 3/12.*AK

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER COMPLETELY FAILED WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER ENGINEER WHO INSPECTED THE UNIT, THE WIPER MOTOR FAILURE OCCURED AND THE MOTOR MUST BE REPLACED. THE COMPELTE FAILURE OF THE WIPER WAS VERY DANGEOURS WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN. A QUESTION NEEDS TO BE RAISED IF THERE IS ANY FUNDAMENTAL DEFECT IN THE WIPER MOTOR; IT SHOULDN'T FAIL ONLY AFTER DRIVING 2000 MILES.