1993 Mitsubishi 3000Gt complaints

PREMATURE FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER ON THIS CAR AND MANY, MANY MORE. *AK

GEAR BOX FAILURE ON 1993 MITSUBISHI 3000GT VR4 IMPORTED FROM JAPAN. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THE CLUTCH MALFUNCTIONED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WITH FACTORY NEW, AT WHICH TIME I WAS INFORMED THAT I NEED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION DUE TO A CRACK IN THE TRANSFER CASE. THE AIR CONDITIONER HAS COMPLETLY MALFUNCTIONED TWO TIMES IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. *AK

WHEN TRYING TO SHIFT INTO FIRST/SECOND, AND THIRD GEAR TRANSMISSION SHOWED RESISTANCE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED, TOLD OWNER THAT IT WAS NORMAL. *AK *ML

CAR SUFFERED SAME DEFECT AS REPORTED WITH THE MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE(AWD). REPLACED TRANSMISSION UNDER 30 DAY(ASSUMING USED AS DEALER WOULD NOT SAY). 9 MONTHS LATER THE TANSMISSION FAILED AS THE OUT PUT SHAFT TO TRANFER CASE STRIPPED FROM UNKNOWN REASONS. AFTER REPLACING THE DAMAGED PARTS TRANSMISSION FAILED AGAIN TWO WEEKS AFTER REPAIR. SEEMS THAT THE FLUID KEPT ESCAPING FROM THE TRANSFER CASE CAUSING A HOT BEARING TO FAIL. WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE CAR CAME TO A LOCKING STOP IN MILD TRAFFIC. THIS HAPPENED TWO MORE TIMES BEFORE I DECIDED TO PURCHASE ANOTHER TRANSFER CASE. I HAVE BUT I HAVE HAD TO BRING IT TO THE SHOP EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS TO COMFIRM THAT THERE WAS NO FLUID LEAKING OUT. IN THE END SO FAR I HAVE SPEND ALMOST 6000 DOLLARS IN REPAIR OF THAT ONE PROBLEM. I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN HELP BECAUSE IT PUT ME IN A DEFICIT THAT WILL TAKE AT LEAST A YEAR TO GET MYSELF OUT OF. *AK

THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE THE ORIGINAL OWNER HAD THE CAR, IT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AT 61,268 MILES. SINCE THEN I BOUGHT THE CAR USED AT ABOUT 72K MILES, AND AGAIN THE TRANSMITION IS FAILING. IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM FOR THE SYNCROS ON THE TRANSMITION TO GO BAD , CAUSING GRINDING WHEN SHIFTING INTO SECOND GEAR. MITSUBISHI (OR ANYONE ELSE) OFFERS NO REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR THIS TRANSMITION. THEY CONSIDER IT ONE PART, THE WHOLE GETRAG TRANSMISSION IS A $5000 REPLACEMENT PART. I CALLED MITSUBISHI AND THEY SAID THE 61,268 MILE REPLACEMENT WAS WARRANTIED FOR ONLY 12 MONTHS OR 12K MILES. I FEEL IT IS VERY WRONG THAT THEY PUT A TRANSMITION IN THE CAR THAT ONLY LAST ABOUT 15,000 MILES. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON ALL MITSUBISHI MANUAL TRANSMITIONS DUE TO EXCESSIVE FAILURE RATES. *AK

DEALER WILL NOT FIX ONLY REPLACE COMPONENTS AT THE COST OF $10,000. THIS PROBLEM EXISTS FOR MANY 3000GT OWNERS. IT IS MANY OWNERS' OPNION THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT DESIGNED TO HANDLE THE HORSEPOWER, AND IT IS A CORPORATE DECISION TO REPLACE RATHER THAN FIX THE ORIGINAL UNIT AT AN UNREASONABLE COST. MANY HAVE REPLACED TRANSMISSION UNITS MORE THAN ONCE WHICH GIVES A GOOD INDICATION OF THE INADEQUACY. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE VIBRATES BADLY, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO SLOWDOWN. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS FOUR TIMES FOR THE BRAKES. BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS HAD TO BE REPLACED. WITHIN A MONTH THE VEHICLE WAS BACK IN THE SHOP DUE TO THE BRAKES OVERHEATING AND STARTING TO BEND. VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE REALLY HARD AGAIN, AND CONSUMER HAD ALL DEFECTS FIXED. CURRENTLY, THE PROBLEM RETURNED, IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE CAUSED BY THE DISC GETTING HOT, AND AFTER DRIVING THROUGH WATER, THE DISC WILL WARP. REPAIRS WERE MADE, NOT PROBLEMS SINCE. *ML

TRANSMISSION HESITATES WHEN SHIFTING GEARS.

VEHICLE IS HARD TO SHIFT INTO 1ST GEAR AFTER A STOP OR AFTER SLOWING DOWN, AND IS HARD TO SHIFT FROM 1ST TO 2ND WHILE ACCELETRATING.

FLOOR MAT HOLDING CLIP BROKE, REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES. *AK

DRIVER'S SIDE LAP/SHOULDER BELT BUCKLE WILL NOT STAY FASTENED. *AK

GLASS SUNROOF SHATTERED WHILE DRIVING. *AK

REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER ON SAME CIRCUIT AS FRONT WIPER, REAR MOTOR WENT OUT CAUSING FRONT WIPER TO MALFUNCTION. TT

BOTH FRONT SEAT BELT RETRACTORS FAILED. *DSH

LEFT REAR YOKOHAMA TIRE BLEW OUT. *SKD