2004 Mitsubishi Endeavor

1.) THE DRIVER'S SIDE FLOOR IN BOTH THE FRONT AND BACK ARE SOAKING WET. THE WATER IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE CAR. MY RESEARCH INDICATES THIS IS CAUSED BY THE AIR CONDITIONER LEAKING INTO THE CAR DUE TO A BLOCKAGE. 2.) I AM HAVING TO REPLACE ANOTHER PLASTIC DOOR HANDLE WHICH HAS COME OFF WITHIN THE PAST THREE MONTHS. THESE PLASTIC HANDLES ARE CHEAP AND CREATE A DANGER AS INGRESS INTO THE CAR IS HAMPERED. DOOR HANDLES SHOULD BE METAL AND SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COME OFF! *TR

WATER IS LEAKING ONTO THE DRIVERSIDE FRONT FLOOR EVERYTIME THE AIR CONDITIONING RUNS. MOLD IS GROWING AND THE ODOR IS HORRIBLE. I MUST HAVE READ AT LEAST 300 COMPLAINTS OF THIS ONLINE BY OTHER OWNERS OF A 2004 MITSUBISHI ENDEAVOR, AND IT IS WITHOUT A QUESTION, A DESIGN FLAW AND MITSUBISHI WILL NOT ADMITT TO THIS. RATHER, THEY ARE ASKING FOR MORE THAN $1200 TO FIX IT. THIS PROBLEM IS MORE THAN A MAJOR INCONVENIENCE, IT IS A HEALTH HAZARD ALLOWING PEOPLE TO INHALE MOLD WHILE DRIVING, NOT MENTIONING THE OTHER PROBLEMS THAT THE WATER IS PROBABLY CAUSING, SUCH AS RUST, AND POTENTIAL ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. MITSUBISHI SHOULD BE FORCED TO FIX THIS FREE OF CHARGE, SINCE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF ENDEAVOR OWNERS ARE REPORTING THE VERY SAME PROBLEM WITH WATER ON THEIR DRIVER-SIDE FLOORS. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT [XXX]IF ANYONE HAS THIS PROBLEM, AS WELL AS HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ALL GET TOGETHER TO FORCE MITSUBISHI TO TAKE ACTION. THANK YOU. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

IT LOOKS LIKE THAT THE MITSUBISHI ENDEAVOR HAS DESIGN DEFECTS WHERE THE A/C WATER LEAKS INSIDE THE CAR. I STARTED TO NOTICE WATER UNDER DRIVER AND REAR SEATS. I THOUGHT THAT THIS IS DUE TO RAIN BUT WHEN I TOOK IT FOR REPAIR THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT THIS IS DUE TO THE A/C AND THE WATER IS NOT DRAINING OUT INSTEAD IT IS DRAINING INSIDE. I ALSO WENT TO THE DEALERSHIP HERE IN JACKSONVILLE, FL AND THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT THIS IS A KNOW PROBLEM AND HAPPENS WITH THIS MODEL. THEY TOLD ME THAT I HAVE TO EITHER REPLACE THE COMPRESSOR FOR $800 OR THEY CAN CLEAN AND DO SOMETHING THAT WILL TEMPORARILY FIX THE PROBLEM COSTING $189. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT THERE IS NO RECALL EVEN THOUGH THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THIS PROBLEM WILL NOT HAPPEN EVEN IF I REPLACE THE COMPRESSOR. WHICH IS INSANE!!! SEARCHING THE INTERNET REVILED THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. SO FAR I DRAINED MORE THAN 3 GALLONS OF WATER FROM UNDER THE DRIVER AND REAR PASSENGER SEATS. I CANNOT USE A/C IN HOT FLORIDA WEATHER. SO MUCH WATER INSIDE THE CAR CAN ALSO CAUSE SHORT CIRCUIT EVEN FIRE. I BELIEVE THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WHICH MITSUBISHI SHOULD RECALL AND FIX. *TR

MY VEHICLE IS 2004 ENDEAVOR, PROBLEM FIRST NOTICED EARLY OCT 2010. DRIVER SIDE FLOORBOARD AND REAR PASSENGER FLOORBOARD COMPLETELY SOAKED WITH WATER. WATER IS COMING UNDERNEATH FLOOR BOARD FROM AC DUE TO IMPROPER DRAINAGE. THIS IS A MAJOR HEATH CONCERN THERE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. AFTER RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET I FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE ENDEAVOR AND PART NEEDED TO REPAIR PROBLEM IS NOT EXPENSIVE BUT LABOR IS SO EXPENSIVE BECAUSE OF DIFFICULTY IN GETTING TO PROBLEM AREA. THIS IS DEFINITELY A DESIGN PROBLEM AND WE AS CONSUMERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE OVERCHARGED FOR THE REPAIR, WHICH ACCORDING TO DEALER COST AROUND 1000.00 . THIS IS UNREALISTIC. THEY PRESENT ECONOMY IS BAD ENOUGH WITHOUT BEING RIPPED OUT MY MITSUBISHI. I NEEDED MY CAR TO GET TO WORK BECAUSE THIS IS MY ONLY SOURCE OF TRANSPORTATION. I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO DEAL THIS SOGGY FLOOR, MOLD,MILDEW,BAD SMELL AND NOT TO MENTION HEALTH CONCERNS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 MITSUBISHI ENDEAVOR. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE FLOOR MAT WAS MOIST. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT WHEN IT RAINED, WATER ENTERED THE VEHICLE AND MOISTURE ACCUMULATED ON ALL OF THE FLOOR MATS AND FLOOR BOARDS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

BROKEN REAR CONTROL ARMS ON A 2004 MITSUBISHI ENDEAVOR CAUSED EXTREME FISHTAILING ON EVEN SLIGHT SNOWFALL AND POOR SUSPENSION WHEN MAKING TURNS AND GOING OVER BUMPS MY MECHANIC SAID THAT HE HAS SEEN THIS OFTEN ON MITSUBISHI ENDEAVORS JUST WONDERED IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE OFTEN NOT SURE WHY THEY BROKE. *TR

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

I NOTICED WATER DROPPING FROM UNDER THE DRIVERS DASHBOARD OCCASIONALLY AND THOUGHT IT WAS CONDENSATION/SWEATING IN JULY 2010. THIS YEAR ON VACATION I NOTICED THE CARPET WAS FULL OF WATER ON THE DRIVERS SIDE INCLUDING THE REAR FLOORBOARD WITH MILDEW GROWING EVERY WHERE. THIS IS MY WIFE'S VEHICLE , SO I DON'T DRIVE IT VERY OFTEN. SHE HAD BRONCHITIS FOR TWO AND A HALF MONTHS THIS SPRING THAT COULD NOT BE EXPLAINED THAT THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF ANTIBIOTICS, STEROIDS, AND A NEBULIZER MACHINE COULDN'T MAKE HER BETTER. NOW I KNOW WHAT CAUSED HER PROLONGED ILLNESS, DRIVING HER CAR EVERY DAY WITH MILDEW UNDER THE FLOOR MATS AND IN THE AIR. MY WHOLE FAMILY HAS EITHER ALLERGIES, ASTHMA OR BOTH. AFTER WE RETURNED FROM VACATION I GOOGLED FOR A ANSWER TO FIND WHERE THE CONDENSATION TUBE WAS LOCATED TO CLEAR IT AND POSSIBLY STOP IT FROM LEAKING INSIDE.MUCH TO MY SURPRISE THE INTERNET SEARCH RESULTED WITH A BEVY OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE VERY SAME PROBLEM ! I READ FORUMS, ARTICLES, AND COMPLAINTS WITH THE END RESULT THAT MITSUBISHI WAS CHARGING $1000.00 TO FIX. SINCE THEN THEY ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN ON HOW TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM WITH OUT TAKING THE WHOLE A/C UNIT OUT. THERE IS A TSB REPORT # 09-55-002 ON THE PROBLEM WITH THE FINDINGS THAT INSULATION USED IN THE HOUSING FALLS APART AND CLOGS THE DRAIN INSIDE THE HOUSING.THE DESIGN OF THE A/C CONDENSER INSIDE THE VEHICLE IS ASKING FOR LEAKS AND PROBLEMS. I CAN'T EXPOSE MY FAMILY TO MOLD AND MILDEW EVERY TIME THE A/C IS USED. THE WATER IN THE CARPET SMELLS VERY BAD AND WILL RUST THE FLOORBOARDS AND THE FRAME OF THE TRUCK! THIS MAKES THE PROBLEM TWO FOLD. THE RUST IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THE MOLD IS A SEVERE HEALTH ISSUE FOR PEOPLE ESPECIALLY WITH RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. I AM VERY UPSET AND WILL BE CONTACTING THE MITSUBISHI REGIONAL SERVICE REP. FOR THE WASHINGTON D.C. AREA. PLEASE RECALL! MANY MORE CAN'T OR WON'T COMPLAIN! THANK YOU.....