2002 Mitsubishi Diamante

RECENTLY THE WINDOWS KEEP FOGGING UP IN MY 2002 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE. I HAVE FOUND THROUGH COMPLAINTS WITH YOU AND OTHER INTERNET SITES THAT THIS IS A COMMON COMPLAINT AND VERY EXPENSIVE TO REMEDY. IS THERE NOTHING BEING DONE BY NHSTA TO MAKE THE MANUFACTURE FIX THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM? EVERY DAY IT GETS WORSE. SO FAR I HAVE NOT NOTICED A COOLANT LEAK, BUT FROM WHAT I HAVE READ, IT IS FORTHCOMING IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE SOLVED!! *AK

NOTICE THICK RESIDUE ON FRONT WINDOW AND WAS NOT ABLE TO REMOVE IT WITH DEFOGGER. NOTICE LOSE OF ANTIFREEZE WHICH CAUSED OVER HEATING AND POTENTIAL ENGINE CEASING. THEN NOTICED PASSENGER SIDE CARPET WAS FULL OF ANTI-FREEZE. AFTER INTENSE CLEANING AND ATTEMPTS TO FIX THE PROBLEM, IT STILL EMITS A MAPLE SYRUP ANTI FREEZE TOXIC FUME

WINDOWS WILL NOT DEFROST AND ODOR COMING FROM VENTS. ALSO PUDDLE OF ANTI-FREEZE ON PASSENGER FLOOR. DID NOT THINK PROBLEMS WHERE RELATED BUT THEY ARE. HEATER CORE GASKET LEAKING AND CAUSING THE PROBLEMS. $1 GASKET AND $700+ LABOR. THIS IS A SCAM FROM THE DEALERSHIP, EXPLOIT A UNSAFE DEFECT AND THEN CHARGE AN ARM AND A LEG TO GET IT FIXED. NEXT THEY WILL CHARGE FOR THE AIR WE BREATHE. *JB

NOTICED ANTI-FREEZE SMELL WITHIN THE VEHICLE. WINDSHIELD FOGGING UP AND HEATER WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD O-RINGS NEEDED REPLACED. ADVISED WORK WAS COMPLETED, CHARGED $652.97, AND THE NEXT DAY STILL EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS. CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP. THEY ARE GOING TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER. *JB

I AM FILING THIS COMPLAINT WITH THE NHTSA DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND OVER 40 OTHER OWNERS OF THE 2002 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE AUTOMOBILE. THE BACK GROUND ON ALL OF THESE COMPLAINTS CAN BE VIEWED AT WWW.MYCARSTATS.COM . IT IS MY FEELING THAT THESE MITSUBISHI CUSTOMERS WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT FILING A COMPLAINT ON MYCARSTATS.COM WAS THE SAME AS FILING ONE WITH THE NHTSA. IF YOU WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO VIEW THE VARIOUS STORIES UNDER THE COMPLAINTS SECTION, SUB HEADINGS ENGINE COOLING SYSTEMS AND VISUAL SYSTEMS, YOU WILL SEE THE MAGNITUDE AND THE SIMILARITIES OF THE PROBLEM. YOU WILL ALSO FIND A SIMILAR COLLECTION OF COMPLAINTS UNDER OTHER VEHICLE MODEL YEARS, AS MITSUBISHI BUILT THIS VEHICLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, FOR MANY YEARS. THE MAIN PROBLEM IS IN THE FAULTY DESIGN OF THE O RINGS THAT WERE TO SEAL THE ENGINE COOLANT FROM LEAKAGE AS IT ENTERS THE CABIN HEATER CORE. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT MITSUBISHI RECOGNIZED AND ACTUALLY ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN ADVISING DEALERS OF A REPAIR KIT DESIGNED TO ELIMINATE THE LEAKS THAT ARE SURE TO DEVELOP. AS YOU WILL LEARN FROM READING THE COMPLAINTS OF THE MANY OWNERS ON THE WWW.MYCARSTATS.COM WEB SITE, THIS LEAKING PROBLEM HAS CAUSE THESE OWNERS TO SPEND IN THE AREA OF $800 TO $1200 IN REPAIRS ON VEHICLES WITH RELATIVELY LOW MILES. IN MANY CASES THE MILES ARE AS LOW AS 40,000. THE LOWER COSTS OF REPAIR ARE USUALLY FOUND AT INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOPS WITH THE HIGHER COSTS NORMALLY ATTRIBUTED TO MITSUBISHI DEALERSHIPS. MOST COMPLAINING OWNERS ONLY MENTION THE ACCUMULATION OF ANTI-FREEZE VAPOR ON WINDOWS AND THE SATURATION OF THE VEHICLES FLOOR COVERING. SOME ALSO REPORT DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLES COMPUTER SYSTEM. I ASK ONLY THAT YOU VISIT THE WWW.MYCARSTATS.COM WEB SITE AND REVIEW THE EXTENSIVE LIST OF ALMOST IDENTICAL COMPLAINTS. I FEEL THAT AFTER DOING SO YOU WILL FEEL, AS I, THAT MITSUBISHI OWNS THEIR CUSTOMERS REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE PROBLEMS THEIR FAULTY DESIGN HAS CAUSED. *JB