2002 Mitsubishi Diamante complaints

FALL OF 2007, NOTICED INCREASED FOGGING OF WINDOWS THAT DID NOT GO AWAY WITH DEFROSTER, FRESH AIR. BEGAN TO SMELL SWEET, SYRUPY SMELL. NOVEMBER 07, HEAT REFUSED TO WORK, CHECKED ANTIFREEZE LEVEL, VERY LOW. WINDOWS CONTINUING TO NOT BE CLEARED. OILY FILM COVERING WINDOWS. CURRENTLY, I HAVE NOT HAD COMPLETE FAILURE OF HEATER OR COMPUTER MODULE. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ON THE DIAMANTE OWNERS WEB SITE. MY PROBLEMS MIRROR EXACTLY AS FELLOW POSTERS. NOVEMBER 29, 2007, I PULLED BACK THE CARPET TO INSPECT COMPUTER MODULE AND HEATER CORE AREA, THERE IS GUNKY GREEN OOZE ON THE FLOOR AND ON THE COMPUTER MODULE. I AM CURRENTLY IN THE POSITION OF RESEARCHING THE BEST WAY TO HAVE PROBLEM FIXED, WHETHER AT THE DEALER, ANOTHER AUTO SHOP, OR SELF REPAIR. *TR

I HAVE A 2002 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE. I HAVE KEPT REGULAR MAINTENANCE. I AM SUBMITTING THIS FORM BECAUSE OF A HEATER CORE ISSUE I AM HAVING. HOWEVER I HAVE HAD THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR. ALL THESE PROBLEMS SEEM TO BE RECURRING PROBLEMS THAT HAPPEN TO MANY PEOPLE WITH THIS MODEL. AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT I FIND WHEN I SEARCH THE ISSUES ON THE INTERNET 1- VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL --THIS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AFTER TAKING CAR BACK TO DEALER-IT APPEARS THERE IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE ROTORS IN THIS CAR. AFTER HAVING THE ROTORS CUT TWICE BY THE DEALER WITH NO LONG LASTING SUCCESS. I HAD TO HAVE THE BRAKES AND ROTORS REPLACED BY A MECHANIC ( CAR HAD LESS THE 10,000 MILES WHEN ISSUE STARTED HAPPENING) 2- RUSTED MUFFLER--NOT SURE IF THIS ISSUE HAPPENS OFTEN BUT AFTER 23,000 MILES I HAD TO HAVE MY MUFFLER REPLACED BECAUSE THERE WAS A HOLE RUSTED THROUGH THE TOP OF IT-I WAS TOLD THIS COULD HAPPEN FOR NOT USING THE CAR VERY MUCH IN THE WINTER TIME( ROAD SALT CAN CAUSE THE RUST) 3- HEATER CORE- I KNOW HAVE A HEATER CORE PROBLEM IN THIS CAR. I HAVE ANTIFREEZE LEAKING IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. I HAVE AN ANTIFREEZE SMELL IN THE CABIN OF THE CAR. MY WINDOWS FOG AND THE DEFROSTER WILL NOT CLEAR THE WINDSHIELD ( MAKES IT WORSE). I AM LOW IN ANTIFREEZE BECAUSE OF THIS. MY SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT HAS NOW COME ON AND I AM TOLD THIS CAN BE CAUSED BY LEAKING ANTIFREEZE ONTO THE COMPUTER WHICH IS POSITIONED UNDER THE HEATER CORE. THIS ISSUE IS WIDELY REPORTED ON THE INTERNET IN MANY FORUMS AN

I HAVE A HEATER CORE FAILURE IN MY 2002 DIAMANTE. I NOW HAVE ANTIFREEZE LEAKING INTO MY PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR. I HAVE AN ANTIFREEZE SMELL AND SMOKE COMING FROM THE VENTS IN THE CAR. I GOT LOW ON ANTIFREEZE AND ALMOST OVERHEATED ON THE BELT PARKWAY. IT IS VERY HARD TO SEE AT NIGHT BECAUSE WINDOWS WILL FOG UP AND DEFROSTER MAKES PROBLEM WORSE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THE CARS COMPUTER IS POSITIONED UNDER THE HEATER CORE SO I HAVE TO HOPE I DO NOT HAVE A COMPUTER ISSUE AS MY SERVICE LIGHT HAS GOBNE ON AS WELL> I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE 3 ENGINE SENSORS IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS ( THE HEATER CORE ISSUE COULD BE THE ROOT CAUSE). THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. I SEE ALOT OF THE COMPLAINTS FOR THIS MODEL ARE FOR THIS ISSUE. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WITH THIS ISSUE. *TR

SYMPTOMS: CONSTANT NAUSEATING SMELL LIKE "BURNT SYRUP" INSIDE CABIN, FOGGING OF WINDSHIELD ON DRY, WARM WEATHER DAY. FROM THE MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS FILED WITH NHTSA, THIS IS A CLASSIC HEATER CORE FAILURE. WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL ISSUED? THIS IS POTENTIAL SERIOUS HEALTH AND VEHICLE OPERATION SAFETY ISSUE! *TR

HEATING CORE GOING BAD, WINDOW SHIELD FOGS UP AND CANNOT WIPE WAYS EASILY, VAPORS COMING FROM UNDER DASH, SYRUP SMELL IS STRONG AND ONLY WHEN HEAT IS ON. *TR

COMPLAINT DESCRIPTION: NOTICED FAINT SMELL OF ANTI FREEZE APPROXIMATELY 9 MONTHS AGO. HAD PROBLEMS WITH DEFROSTER CLEARING WINDOWS. ALSO, SEEMED TO GET BETTER (OR MAYBE I GOT USED TO THE SMELL). NOW NOTICED PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR CARPET IS SOAKED WITH ANTI FREEZE. OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM WITH THE HEATER CORE OR THE HOSE(S) WHICH CONNECT TO IT ARE LEAKING. CAR HAS 55000 MILES, AND IS WELL MAINTAINED. I CALLED LOCAL MITSUBISHI DEALER TO SCHEDULE A REPAIR. HOPING THEY CAN REPAIR THIS AT LITTLE OR NO COST TO ME AS THIS IS AN OBVIOUS DEFECT IN PARTS OR INSTALLATION. ALL LOCAL MITSUBISHI DEALER SAID THAT THIS WILL COST WE ABOUT $1200. I SEE ALOT OF COMPLAINT OF THIS TYPE SHOULD THIS BE A RECALL? *TR

BAD HEATER CORE, LEAKING O-RINGS. *JB

HAD TROUBLE DEFROSTING WINDSHIELD, BUILD UP OF FILM ON WINDSHIELD, ANTIFREEZE ON PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR, HEADACHES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE. WHILE DRIVING 37 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED AND THE SERVICE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AND PULL OFF THE ROAD, BUT WHEN THE ENGINE REVVED, THE VEHICLE MOVED APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET AND STOPPED. THE VEHICLE HAD EXPERIENCED THIS FAILURE ON TWO OCCASIONS. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AT 20,000 MILES. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WAS SEVERELY FOGGED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE HEATER CORE BECAUSE IT WAS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE INTO THE COOLING SYSTEM. THE DRIVER WAS NAUSEATED FOR TWO WEEKS. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 80,000.

CAR CABIN HAS STRONG ODOR OF ANTIFREEZE WHEN USING THE HEATER. WINDOWS HAVE DIFFICULTY DE-FOGGING AND AFTER CONTACTING SERVICE DEPARTMENT, WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD BE OVER $1000 TO FIX. AS I DUG DEEPER INTO MY PROBLEM, I FOUND THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY OWNER OF MY VEHICLE THAT HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM, AND MY REPAIR FORUM HAD THIS LINK TO FILE A REPORT. *TR

FOGGY SPOTS ON FRONT WINDSHIELD, SYRUP LIKE SMELL, AND VAPORS BLOWN THROUGH FRONT VENTS. HEATER CORE GASKET LEAKED COOLANT FLUID INTO CAR DRIPPING ON PASSENGER SIDE, FOUND FLUID UNDERNEATH CARPET. MITSUBISHI DEALERSHIP REPLACED HEATER CORE. *AK

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

HEATER CORE FAILURE. *JB

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

HEATER CORE PROBLEM. WINDOW FOG. ANTI FREEZE SMELL IN SIDE OF CABIN. EXTENDED WARRANTY IS NOT COVER.ONLY 28800 MILES 2002 DIAMANTE. *JB

LEAKAGE OF ANTIFREEZE ( ENGINE COOLANT) INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF VEHICLE. THE COOLANT SMELL WAS APPARENT WITHIN THE CAR. *NM

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

HEATER LEAKAGE FROM FAULTY SEALS, COMPLAINED OF HEADACHE FOR 3 WEEKS AS SOON AS LEAK WAS DISCOVERED AND FIXED HEADACHES HAVE BEEN GONE. *NM

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

2002 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE - HEATER CORE, BOUGHT USED FROM MITSU DEALER, FOUND HEATER CORE HOSES DISCONNECTED & BYPASSED. EVIDENCE OF PAST LEAK ON/NEAR ECU. $1000.00 TO REPAIR AT INDEPENDENT GARAGE. *NM

WINDOWS WERE NOT CLEARING PROPERLY AND SMELL OF ANTI-FREEZE WAS VERY STRONG. UPON CALLING THE MITSUBISHI DEALER, I WAS TOLD, IT'S PROBABLY THE HEATER CORE. I ASK IF THIS IS NORMAL FOR A CAR THREE YEARS OLDS WITH APPROXIMATELY 45,000 MILES. DEALER SAID THEY HAD SEEN A FEW. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN MUCH HELP YET. *NM

WINDOWS FOGGED UP, MAPLE SYRUP SMELL COMING FROM HEATER. RESPIRATORY SICKNESS AFTER INCIDENT. *NM

HEATER CORE IN '02 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE LEAKED CAUSING WINDOWS TO FOG AND ANTI-FREEZE TO LEAK INTO PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. *JB

I HAVE A 2002 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE WITH A FAILED HEATER CORE. SMELLED ANTIFREEZE FOR AWHILE, THEN ONE EVENING, IT WAS COMING OUT OF MY AIR VENTS AND FOGGING UP MY WINDSHIELD - EXCEPT IT WASN'T "FOG" BUT ANTIFREEZE MIST THAT WOULD NOT GO AWAY, SO I HAVE TO DRIVE WITH MY HEAD OUT THE WINDOW TILL I GOT IT HOME AND WIPED IT DOWN. APPARENTLY THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM, AND I BELIEVE MITSUBISHI IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REFUNDING MY 800+ DOLLAR SHOP BILL FOR REPAIRING THIS DEFECT. *NM

HEATER CORE LEAKING....CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON....WELL KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED PROBLEM WITH THE DIAMANTE....PAID CLOSE TO 800 TO HAVE REPAIRED...COOLANT LEAKED ON THE COMPUTER AND CAR WENT INTO FAIL SAFE DRIVING MODE. *NM

HEATER CORE LEAKING. *NM

2002 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE PURCHASED FROM WALLACE MITSUBISHI IN KINGSPORT TN. IN JULY 2006. MILEAGE 45000 MILES. FOUL ODOR FROM VENTS, WINDOWS FOGGED WITH GREASY FILM, IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE THROUGH WINDOWS. GARAGE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE CAUSE TO BE HEATER CORE MALFUNCTION. REPAIRS TO COST BETWEEN $700.00 TO $800.00 . I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. THE SHOULD BE A RECALL. *JB

I NOTICED A MAPLE-SYRUP TYPE SMELL AND FOG COMING OUT OF THE VENTS EVEN WHEN OFF. UPON INVESTIGATION, COOLANT WAS FOUND LEAKING ONTO DRIVERS' SIDE FLOOR. WAS TOLD BY GARAGE THAT IT WAS THE HEATER CORE AND IT WILL COST $800 TO REPAIR. WAS ALSO TOLD THAT IF IT'S NOT REPAIRED IT COULD DAMAGE THE COMPUTER. I WILL HAVE TO GET IT FIXED SOON AS MY SON HAS ASTHMA AND BREATHING IN ANTIFREEZE VAPORS IS PROBABLY NOT A GOOD THING. *NM

LEAKING ANTIFREEZE INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. FOGGED WINDOWS, WITH A NEAR MISS ON HIGHWAY BEFORE I COULD GET OFF. *NM

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I AM COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. THE END OF JUNE 2006 I DROVE TO WORK AND REACHED DOWN TO PICK SOME STUFF UP OFF THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR MAT. IT ENDED UP BEING SOAKED. AT FIRST I THOUGHT SOME WATER HAD COME IN BECAUSE THE PAST FEW DAYS OUR AREA HAD TORRENTIAL RAINS. WHEN I GOT HOME THE NEXT DAY I TOOK UP THE FLOOR MAT TO DRY IT OUT AND NOTICE ALL THE LIQUID UNDER IT WAS GREENISH YELLOW. IN MY MIND I WENT CRAZY BECAUSE THE SAME THING HAD HAPPENED TO ME A YEAR AND 2 WEEKS EARLIER. ONCE AGAIN THE HEATER CORE BECAME FAULTY AND POURED THE ENGINE COOLANT INTO THE PASSENGER SPACES. WONDERFUL, SINCE MY WIFE WAS 8 MONTHS PREGNANT, GREAT FOR HER TO BE BREATHING THOSE CHEMICALS. I HAVE TO SAY I WAS FORTUNATE THAT IT DIDN'T LEAK ON ANY OF THE COMPUTER COMPONENTS, LIKE HAS HAPPENED TO OTHERS, ESPECIALLY WHILE I WAS DRIVING. WOULD HAVE DEFINITELY CAUSED A SAFETY ISSUE. IT JUST BLOWS MY MIND THAT I HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR THE SAME SERVICE TWICE IN ABOUT A YEAR, ON A CAR THAT HAS LESS THAN 80,000 MILES ON IT. I REALLY HOPE THE NHTSA LOOKS INTO MAKING THIS A RECALL ISSUE, BECAUSE IT IS JUST HAPPENING TO TOO MANY CONSUMERS. JUST IMAGINE ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY CAN FILE A COMPLAINT. YES, I KNOW THERE WERE NO DEATHS OR INJURIES IN MY CASE, BUT WHEN THE COOLANT LEAKS ON THE COMPUTER BRAIN OF THE CAR, IT COULD BECOME A REAL ISSUE IF DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY OR NAVIGATING CROWDED STREETS IN TOWN. THE POWER STEARING OR ANTILOCK BRAKES WOULD SHUT DOWN IF T

THE HEATER CORE HAS BEEN LEAKING FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS ON MY 2002 DIAMANTE. THIS CAUSES FUMES TO TAKE OVER MY CAR AND I CAN NOT SEE OUT OF MY WINDSHIELD. THERE IS ALSO SOME SORT OF ELECTRICAL PROBLEM THAT CAUSES MY CAR TO DIE WHEN IDLE AT STOPS OR WHEN I LET OFF THE GAS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS FOR ME. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE DEFROSTER FAILED AND WOULD NOT DEFROST THE WINDSHIELD. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED A CLIP IN THE SYSTEM CAME LOOSE AND THE CLIP WAS RECONNECTED. NOW, SIX MONTHS LATER, THE PROBLEM HAS RETURNED AND THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE CLIP NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

OCPL.COM EPNET.COM AUTO REPAIR REFERENCE CENTER MISUBISHI MOTORS TECH INFORMATION UPDATE TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN NO: TSB-03-13-007 ODI ID NUMBER: 10152897 DATE: OCTOBER/2003 MODEL: 1997-2003 DIAMANTE MODELS PRODUCED BEFORE 7/7/03 PART: MR908180 DESC: FUEL TANK PUMP AND GAUGE ASSEMBLY SUBJ:LOW FUEL WARNING LIGHT ON SOME AFFECTED VEHICLES, THE LOW FUEL WARNING LIGHT MAY NOT ILLUMINATE UNTIL AFTER THE FUEL GAUGE REACHES "E". THE WARNING LIGHT SHOULD ILLUMINATE WHEN THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 3.7 GALLONS OF FUEL REMAINING. THE FUEL GAUGE SENDING UNIT HAS BEEN IMPROVED TO ELIMINATE CONDITION. IMPROVED PARTS HAVE A WHITE MARK LOCATED ABOVE THE LOWER FUEL WARNING THERMISTOR. *NM

WINDSHIELD FOGGING UP WITH FILM AND DEFOG NOT EVEN TOUCHING IT. NOTICED SMOKY LIKE AIR COMING FROM UNDER PASSENGER SIDE DASH. AC IS NOW FLAKY. SOMETIMES WILL WORK SOMETIMES WON'T. MOST LIKELY HEATER CORE IS DEFECTIVE OR LEAKING AS STATED IN MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE TSB. CAR IS 2002 WITH ROUGHLY 40K MILES ON IT. RIDICULOUS. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ONLINE MOST DEALERS ARE CHARGING UP TO $1200 TO FIX THIS. THIS IS NOT JUST A SAFETY HAZARD BUT A HEALTH HAZARD DEPENDING ON HOW LONG ME AND MY FAMILY HAVE BEEN BREATHING IN CONDENSED ANTIFREEZE AND NOT KNOWING IT. WILL NEVER BUY A MITSUBISHI AGAIN!! *NM

CONTINUAL ODD ODOR ENTERING CABIN OF CAR. IT SMELLS SWEET LIKE MAPLE SYRUP. IT OCCURS WHEN I USE HEATER AND ODOR IS EMITTED THROUGH VENTS. I BELIEVE IT IS ANTI-FREEZE THAT HAS LEAKED, I AM SMELLING ANTI-FREEZE AND I'M CONCERNED FOR MY HEALTH. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS IN MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE ONLINE FORUMS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. THERE IS A HUGE NUMBER OF HEATER CORE HOSE O-RING GASKET FAILURES CAUSING LEAKS NEAR HEATER CORE. APPARENTLY IT ALSO DRIPS ONTO COMPUTER CONTROL UNIT ALSO. *JB

FUEL LEVEL GAUGE STUCK NEAR HALF FULL. *NM

STRONG COOLANT (ANTI-FREEZE) SMELL IN CAR. WINDOWS FOGGED UP AND COULD NOT SEE AND PUFFS OF SMOKE COMING FROM VENTS. DEALER INFORMED ME HEATER CORE NEEDED REPLACING. ALSO STATED THAT ALTHOUGH IT WAS KNOWN ISSUE WITH VEHICLE MITSUBISHI WOULD NOT TAKE CARE OF COST. MITSUBISHI HAS EVEN ISSUED A TECH PUB ON PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY WERE EXPERIENCING A SHORTAGE. IT TOOK FOUR DAYS TO GET A HEATER CORE FOR MY VEHICLE DUE TO A CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF HEATER CORES. *NM

NOTICED BAD ODOR IN THE VEHICLE FOLLOWED BY THE WINDOWS FOGGING UP AND THE HEATER NOT WORKING A FEW DAYS LATER. REPAIR SHOP STATED THAT THE HEATER CORE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS UNUSUAL FOR CARS THAT ARE ONLY A FEW YEARS OLD AND HAVE LOW MILEAGE. REPAIR WOULD BE AROUND $1000.00. I HAVE THE 2002 DIAMANTE AND THIS PART WAS VERY HARD TO FIND. EVEN THE DEALERSHIP HAD TO ORDER IT. CAN ANYTHING BE DONE TO HELP WITH THIS COST. JUST A STRUGGLING MAN TRYING TO PROVIDE FOR A FAMILY IN A HONEST WAY. PLEASE HELP!!*JB

EXCESSIVE FOGGING OF INTERIOR WINDOWS AND FAILURE TO CLEAR UP HAVE RESULTING IN VERY UNSAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WITH OUR CHILDREN AND JUST MISSED GETTING HIT BY A TRACTOR TRAILER THE OTHER DAY. IN ADDITION THE SMELL OF ANTIFREEZE IS DISGUSTING! BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND SPENT NEARLY $600 TO REPAIR "O RINGS". DOES NOT SEEM RIGHT TO HAVE AS MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE WITHOUT HAVING THE MANUFACTURER PROPERLY ADDRESS THE ISSUE. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED OR SEVERELY INJURED SOONER OR LATER. I GUESS WE SHOULD WAIT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN BEFORE WE HEAR FROM NHTSA AND MITSUIBISHI. *NM

NOTICED RECENTLY PURCHASED REAR TIRES WERE BALDING ON INSIDE CAMBER AND A NOISE WAS DETECTED WHEN ROUNDING CORNERS. WENT TO REPLACE TIRES AND THE MECHANIC "COULD NOT ALIGN THE CAR WITHIN MFGR SPECS". BROUGHT TO THE DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND WAS ADVISED THE REAR BUSHINGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. SEEMS LIKE AND UNUSUAL REPAIR FOR A CAR OF ITS AGE AND MILEAGE. THE REPAIR IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED THIS WEEK. *NM

THE FIRST TIME MY 5 YEAR OLD SON DROVE IN THIS CAR, HE VOMITTED. EVERYTIME HE RIDES IN IT HE BECOMES NAUSEOUS. THE CAR'S WINDSHIELD FOGS UP AND A SICKLY SWEET SMELL COMES OUT OF THE VENTS. THE WINDSHIELD IS COVERED IN A PERMANENT HAZE. WE NOTICED THESE SYMPTOMS BUT HAD NOT GIVEN IT A SECOND THOUGHT SINCE THE CAR WAS NEW AND HAD NO REASON TO SUSPECT MAJOR PROBLEMS. THE CAR WAS RECENTLY IN THE SHOP FOR 1 WEEK, WHEN WE PICKED IT UP WE REALLY NOTICED THE SWEET SMELL AND ALERTED THE SHOP. AFTER INSPECTION THE SHOP DIAGNOZED IT AS A HEATER CORE PROBLEM, A LEAK THAT IS VAPORIZING AND CONDENSATING ON THE WINDSHIELDS. THE ANTI-FREEZE FUMES ARE NOXIOUS, AND AFTER SOME RESEARCH WE HAVE FOUND THAT MITSUBISHI HAS BEEN AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND HAS EVEN ISSUED 2 TSB ABOUT THE PROBLEM. MITSUBISHI FAILS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM BY FIXING THE CAR. BECAUSE OF THE NOXIOUS NATURE OF THE FUMES, THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ON RECORD, MITSUBISHI SHOULD BE FORCED TO RECALL THESE CARS AND TO FIX THE PROBLEM. IF NHTSA REFUSES TO HELP ALL OF US WHO HAVE BEEN SCREWED BY ANOTHER LARGE CORPORATION, WHY AM I PAYING MY TAXES, SO THAT YOU CAN PROTECT CORPORATE INTERESTS LIKE ALL OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES? THE INCIDENT IS EVERYDAY. *JB

HEATER CORE HOSES LEAKED BY 34K MILES - SEEPING ANTI FREEZE INTO PASSENGER SIDE CARPET, SMELLING OF SYRUP, AND FOGGING UP WINDOWS WHEN THEY NEEDED TO BE DEFOGGED. ALSO, TIRES WERE NOISY FROM FIRST DRIVE. AT 36.5K MILES THEY ARE VERY BAD, VIBRATING ENTIRE CAR AND MAKING EXTREME ROAD NOISE. *NM

'02 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE; HEATER CORE FAILURE; 2ND OWNER EFF. 2/05; BOUGHT FROM SAME DEALER THAT LEASED TO 1 PERSON; FOUND MANY OTHER OWNERS SUFFERING SAME ISSUE ON GOOGLE TO SITE: HTTP://WWW.DIAMANTEOWNERS.COM/FORUM/INDEX.PHP?S=918C701E5465C87381CCAE0AA22C20A3&SHOWTOPIC=3615 I HAVE BEEN QUOTED $1200 BY 2 DEALERS AND $900 BY A MECHANIC/INDEPENDENT. THE DEALER THAT LEASED THE CAR TO '1ST OWNER' AND SOLD IT TO ME AT END OF LEASE TOLD ME THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON TWO DIAMANTES PER WEEK FOR HEATER CORE REPLACEMENT! WHY IS THERE NO RECALL YET??? THIS LEAK - PER BRAD/SALE AND SERVICE DEALER STATES THAT IF I FAIL TO FIX IMMEDIATELY - 10 HOURS OF LABOR - RADIATOR COOLANT WILL LEAK INTO PASSENGER FOOT WELL/FLOOD AND THE LEAKAGE GOES OVER MY COMPUTER THAT RUNS THE CAR! 2 REPAIRS A WEEK IS UNACCEPTABLE!!! PLEASE HELP!!! I HAVE A TODDLER AND TEENAGER RIDING DAILY WITH ME SMELLING THE RADIATOR FLUID THAT STEAMS INSIDE WINDSHIELD (CANNOT USE HEATER). THIS FOGGING OCCURS EVEN WHEN HEATER NOT IN USE (ALTHOUGH MUCH MILDER IN CONDENSATION). BOUGHT CAR IN MINT CONDITION -USED- AT SAME DEALERSHIP THAT ISSUED LEASE/ALL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE PERFORMED. I CANNOT AFFORD THIS OBVIOUS DEFECT THAT NEEDS FULL 'RECALL' STATUS - PLEASE HELP! P.S. PERSONALLY, I HAVE WANTED THIS CAR FOR 6 YEARS - TO HAVE THIS ISSUE, AND OBVIOUSLY JUST BEFORE A RECALL WILL / "*HAS** TO BE MADE IS SO TERRIBLY STRESSFUL AND DISAPPOINTING. *NM UPDATED 07/17/2012 *JS

HEATER CORE FAILURE - WINDSHIELD FOGGED UP SEVERELY, AND TURNING ON DEFROSTER MADE PROBLEM WORSE AS GASEOUS ETHYLENE GLYCOL WAS PUMPED DIRECTLY ONTO INTERIOR WINDSHIELD. VERY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS, AS WELL AS AIR QUALITY IN CAR CABIN WAS EXTREMELY PUNGENT W/EG FUMES. *NM

I PURCHASED A USED 2002 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE IN AUGUST 2005. THE CAR HAD 45,000 MILES ON IT. IN OCTOBER WHEN I STARTED TO USE THE HEATER I COULD SMELL AN UNUSUAL SMELL INSIDE THE CAR. IN JANUARY OF 2006 MY BROTHER RODE IN THE CAR AND TOLD ME THE SMELL WAS ANTI-FREEZE. I WENT ON THE INTERNET AND INSTANTLY FOUND OUT THAT THIS MODEL CAR HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE HEATER CORE O-RINGS FAILING. THE SMELL IN THE CAR GOT REAL BAD REAL QUICK AND I HAD TO HAVE THE LEAKING O-RINGS REPAIRED. I WOULD GET SICK FROM THE SMELL AND HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO HAVE IT FIXED. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO A MITSUBISHI DEALER AND HAD THE REPAIR DONE FOR $650.THE CAR HAD 48,000 MILES ON IT WHEN THE REPAIR WAS MADE. THAT IS ALOT OF MONEY FOR PROBLEM THAT MITSUBISHI SHOULD HAVE CORRECTED. *JB

COULD NOT CLEAR THE INSIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD. SMELL LIKE ROTTEN EGGS WHEN I TURN ON THE HEATER. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE LIGHTS INDICATOR ON BOTH THE N AND D WERE FLASHING. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTING WAS DIFFICULT. DEALER'S MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION RELAY HAD BEEN DAMAGED BY COOLANT LEAKING ONTO THE ECU FROM THE HEATER CORE. COOLANT WAS ALSO FOUND TO HAVE LEAKED UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE CARPETING. REPLACED THE HEATER CORE AND THE RELAY TO A TUNE OF $1,500 BILL. CAR HAS 50,000 MILES .DH. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE WINDOWS WOULD CONSTANTLY BE FOGGY. THE VEHICLE WAS SMOKING UNDER THE DASHBOARD. ALSO, COOLANT LEAKED INSIDE THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE DASHBOARD. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THE VEHICLE CHECKED. THEY DISCOVERED THE PROBLEM TO BE THE HEATER CORE, IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE.*AK

HEATER CORE LEAKING AND FOGGING UP WINDOWS. INHALING OF RADIATOR FLUID FUMES IS NOXIOUS. CAN NOT KEEP WINDOW CLEAN, IT'S GREASY, AND CAN'T SEE TO DRIVE WITHOUT WIPING OFF FILM. PASSENGER SIDE CARPET IS WET FROM RADIATOR FLUID AND I'M AFRAID SMELL WILL NOT GO AWAY. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS A LEAK COMING FROM THE HEATER CORE. THIS CAUSES ANTI-FREEZE TO COME INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE ANTI-FREEZE IS OBSTRUCTING HIS VISION AND HE IS BREATHING ANTI-FREEZE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TO A DEALERSHIP. *JB