1992 Mitsubishi Diamante

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/11/1996· AIR BAGS

  WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG EXPLODED IN HIS FACE, DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES. *AK

• 12/07/2000· SEAT BELTS

  DRIVERS SIDE BELT DOES NOT RETRACT. *AK

• 12/01/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  MITSUBISHI HAS PRODUCED 3.0 LITER V6 ENGINES FROM ABOUT 1990 THROUGH 1996 THAT EXHIBIT CHRONIC EXHASUT VALVE GUIDE FUNCTION DETERORIATION AFTER APPROXIMATELY 60,000 MILES. THIS RESULTS IN HEAVY OIL CONSUMPTION AND EVENTUAL ENGINE FAILURE.*AK THIS ENGINE WAS UTILIZED IN THE MITSUBISHI DIAMIANTI, 3000GT, DODGE CARAVAN, CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY, PLYMOUTH VOYAGER AMONG OTHERS.

• 11/16/1998· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE STEERING COLUMN AREA. THE SMOKE WAS A RESULT OF AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. DEALER HAS BEN CONTACTED. *AK

• 11/02/2000· POWER TRAIN

  NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

• 10/27/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKE FLUID LEAKED OUT FROM THE BRAKES, AND CONSUMER HAD BRAKES AND ROTORS REPLACED AND WHEN MAKING A RIGHT OR LEFT TURN. ALSO,THERE IS HUMMING NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL. *AK

• 10/21/1996· VISIBILITY

  ELECTRIC SUN ROOF INOPERATIVE.

• 09/29/2001· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  CONSUMER STATES THE FRONT AND REAR ENGINE SEAL AND PISTON RINGS ARE INOPERATIVE, THE VEHICLE SMOKES EXCESSIVELY.*JB

• 09/27/1999· VISIBILITY,EQUIPMENT

  AIR CONDITIONER BECOMES INOPERABLE. ALSO, INTERMITTENTLY THE THE AUTOMATIC FAN STAYS ON HIGH AND THE CUTS OFF. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

• 09/27/1998· STEERING

  HIGH PRESSURE STEEL TUBING LINKING RACK AND PINION STEERING CORRODED AND LEAKED ALL FLUID, RESULTING IN LOSS OF POWER STEERING.

• 09/26/1995· PARKING BRAKE

  FUSE; APPROXIMATELY EVERY (2) WEEKS, UNKNOWN REASON OF BLOWING FUSE WHICH OPERATES NUMEROUS FUNCTIONS AS WELL AS SAFETY FEATURE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

• 09/21/1998· VISIBILITYFire

  WHILE DRIVING FRONT PASSENGER SIDE MIRROR CAUGHT ON FIRE. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. *AK

• 09/20/2000· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  WHENEVER CONSUMER TURNED OFF THE CAR AND TRIED TO START AGAIN IT WON'T START. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID THE NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCH WAS BAD. *AK

• 09/15/2000· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  1. FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE REPLACED AT MILEAGE 82500 FOR PULSATION WHEN BRAKING. NEW ROTORS BEGAN TO PULSATE BEFORE 5000 MILES USE. ROTORS WERE TURNED AND TRUED BY DEALER AT 90,100 MILES, BUT BEGAN TO PULSATE AGAIN WITH IN 2000 MILES. 2. ENGINE EXHAUSTS LIGHT GREY SMOKE UPON ACCELERATION AFTER IDLING FOR 2 MINUTES OR MORE. ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION ESTIMATED AT 1 QT/3000 MILES.

• 09/05/1997· AIR BAGS

  AIR BAG: DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30MPH HAD AN ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.

• 09/04/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING AND STOPPING AT A LIGHT, WHEN TAKING OFF SMOKE POURS OUT OF THE EXHAUST. WHEN SITTING FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, THE SMOKE WILL BUILD UP AND COME OUT BY ITSELF. DEALER STATES A VALVE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. *AK

• 09/03/1997· AIR BAGS

  THE SRS LIGHT STAYS ON IN THE VEHICLE. OWNER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID THAT THE AIR BAG WAS DISABLED. AN INTERNAL SHORT HAS MADE THE AIR BAG DISABLED. THE DEALER WILL NOT PAY TO RECONNECT THE AIR BAG. THERE WAS NO WARNING THAT THE AIR BAG WAS DISABLED UNTILL THE DEALER STATED . *AK

• 08/29/2001· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  HORN BUTTON HAS FALLEN OFF 4 TIMES, HAS BEEN REPLACED BY DEALER.*AK

• 08/22/1995· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  PURCHASE CAR USED THERE IS A NOISE IN THE CAR TOOK CAR TO THE DEALER SEVEN TIMES CAN'T FIND THE PROBLEM . TT

• 07/31/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL BE BURNING OIL, ON INTERNALCOMBUSTION AT ALL TIMES.*AK

• 07/30/1997· SUSPENSION

  THE SUSPENSION AIR BAGS HAD HOLES IN THEM DUE TO DRY-ROT AND RUSTED STRUTS.

• 07/29/1997· STEERING,AIR BAGSCrash

  TRAVELING ABOUT 40 MPH WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO HIT A FIRE HYDRANT. THE DRIVER'S NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, CAUSING INJURIES TO THE PASSENGER. *AK

• 07/18/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  THE FRONT AND REAR ROTORS ARE WARPING. *AK VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH FOUR WHEEL DISC BRAKES, ROTORS WARPED DUE TO HEAT OF THE DISC BRAKES, DEALER STATED THIS WAS NORMAL, THE ROTORS CAN BE TURNED, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM COMES BACK, CONSUMER STATES THE BRAKE PADS ARE NOT MAKING CONTACT ALL ALONG THE ROTOR. *SLC

• 07/14/1999· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  ALTERNATOR FAILED CAUSING STALLING. MJS

• 07/09/1999· SEAT BELTS,STRUCTURE

  NO SUMMARY

• 07/09/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,EQUIPMENT

  RIGHT FRONT ROTOR HAS A RUST PROBLEM SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR AND THE ROTOR CANNOT BE TURNED CREATING A REAL EXPENSE AND HAZARD

• 07/07/1999· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  EVERYTIME WHEN USING AIR CONDITIONER, OR PUTTING ON THE RADIO, THE VEHICLE IS STALLING AND CUTTING OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING DUE TO BATTERY. CONSUMER HAS REPLACED BATTERY FOUR TIMES, BUT STALLING CONTINUES. DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK

• 07/03/1996· AIR BAGS

  THE VEHICLE REAR- ENDED SOMEONE DECELERTING FROM 40MPH AND THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY.PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

• 05/28/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  HELLO AND THANKS FIRST OF ALL FOR YOUR TIME, UNTIL JULY 5TH OF 1999 I TRUELY ENJOYED MY CAR. I WAS DRIVING ON I57 ON JULY 5TH AT 65 MPH AND MY CAR SUDDENLY LOST POWER. I HAVING ROADSIDE SERVICE CALLED FROM MY CELL PHONE A TOW TRUCK. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER ARRIVED WHO WAS ALSO A REPAIR PERSON AND ALSO OWNER OF THE REPAIR SHOP. HE INFORMED ME HE WOULD TOW MY CAR TO HIS SHOP AND NOTIFY ME THE NEXT DAY OF THE REPAIRS. I BEING 1 1/2 HOURS FROM HOME HAD TO CALL A RELATIVE TO PICK ME UP. I WAS 11:30 PM I HAD NO WAY TO RENT A CAR. THE FOLLOWING MORNING MR LOY THE OWNER CALLED ME TO ADVISE ME THAT MY MOTOR HAD GONE OUT. I THE ASKED WHAT THE COST ANOTHER MOTOR WOULD BE I WAS ADVISED A USED MOTOR WOULD BE $2915. I THEN MADE ABOUT 50 CALLS TO OTHER SERVICE CENTERS TO FIND OUT THE $2900 WAS A FAIR PRICE. MY HAS ALWAYS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED. I WAS OF COURSE VERY UPSET TO FIND OUT BY ABOUT 35 OF THE 50 MECHAINCS I TALKED TO ADVISED ME, I YOU LET THE DIAMONTE IDEL IT WILL BURN OIL THEN WITHOUT NOTICE YOUR ENGINE WILL BLOW. I OF COURSE STILL OWING MONEY ON MY CAR HAD IT REPAIRED. ALONG WITH A $110 TOWING BILL FROM THE INTERSTATE. THIS ACTUALLY GETTS WORSE. IN NOVEMBER OF THE SAME YEAR(1999) THIS WHOLE ISSUED REPEATED! THIS TIME I WAS ON MY LUNCH HOUR AND MY CAR LOST POWER AGAIN. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO A NEARBY IMPORTED SHOP. CERTAINLY KNOWING THIS TIME IT WOULD NOT BE A BIG REPAIR WELLLLLLLLL MY ENGINE HAD GONE OUT AGAIN!!!!!! THIS TIME LIKE THE FIRST TIME IN TEARS. THIS REPAIR FOR THE SECOND MOTOR COST MY $3200 . THANKS*AK

• 05/08/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ABS BRAKE FAILURE.

• 05/04/1999· SUSPENSION,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,POWER TRAIN

  ABS BRAKE/SUSPENSION AND TCL TRACTION LIGHTS STAY ON WHILE DRIVING, INDICATING THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM, BUT THE DLR CANNOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

• 05/03/1995· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  AT 60MPH UPON BRAKING VEHICLE VIBRATES, DUE TO WARPED BRAKE ROTORS. TT

• 04/22/1996· SUSPENSION

  FRONT END MAKING CRUNCHING/POPPING NOISE WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS.

• 03/20/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,SEAT BELTS

  BOTH FRONT DRIVER'S/PASSENGER'S SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT. IF LEANING BACKWARD, SEAT BELTREMAINS IN A SAGGING LOOP, THEU DO NOT TIGHTEN WITHOUT UNBUCKLING THE SEAT BELT, REPLACED LEAKING VALVE COVER GASKET. *AK

• 03/06/2003· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  THE MOTOR MOUNT FAILED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO JERK HEAVILY.*JB

• 02/26/1997· WHEELS

  THE LUGS: NUTS ON THE FRONT WHEEL HAVE CORRODED TO THE STUD, AND WHEN REMOVING LUGS: NUTS THE STUB EITHER BECOMES DAMAGED OR BREAKS OFF. STUDS REPLACED BY DEALER. *AK

• 02/19/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ENGINE LEAKS OIL DUE TO VALVE COVER GASKETS FAILURE.

• 02/19/1997· SEAT BELTS

  BOTH FRONTAL SEAT BELTS DO NOT RETRACT CONSISTANTLY. BELT DOES NOT RETRACT AUTOMATICALLY ONCE OCCUPANT HAS LEANED FORWARD. BELT MUST BE UNBUCKLED AND FED BACK INTO THE RETRACTING MECHANISM.

• 02/17/2000· AIR BAGS

  CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION TRAVELING 30-45 MPH IN WHICH THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER ALSO NOTE THE VEIHCLE IS TOTALED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.

• 02/04/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  CRACKED VALVE GUIDE SEAL FAILED CAUSING SMOKE TO COME FORM THE REAR TAIL PIPE.

• 01/26/1995· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  VEHICLE EXPERIENCES SURGES THROUGHOUT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WHICH IS MOST EVIDENT IN THE STEREO SYSTEM.

• 01/11/1995· VISIBILITY

  DEFECTIVE DEFROSTER MALFUNCTIONS FOGGING WINDSHIELD GLASS AND PREVENTING VISIBILITY WHEN DRIVING. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT