1997 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE

0 recalls, 51 complaints - 81 TSBs

No recalls found for this vehicle.

Complaint Statistics

51 total complaints 3 crashes 1 fires 1 injuries

Top Reported Components

Component	Complaints
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION	10
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR	5
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS	4
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP	2
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR	2
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY	2
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL	2
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY	2
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC	2
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD	1

Incident date: Jun 25, 2008

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE. THE VEHICLE HAS COOPER LIFELINER CLASSIC II TIRES, SIZE 115/60/15. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE SPONTANEOUSLY BLEW OUT. THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED A... Read more

Crash 1 injured

Incident date: Jan 2, 2008

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1997 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RADIATOR LEAKED DUE TO THE HEATER CORE. THE RADIATOR LEAKED ONTO THE CARPET WHEN THE HEAT WAS ACTIVATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE AND HIS FAMILY HAVE INHALED TOXIC FUMES FROM THE RADIATOR LEAKING ONTO THE CARPET AND THE... Read more

Incident date: Jan 15, 2008

THERE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THE MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE HEATER CORE GOING OUT. MINE WENT OUT A FEW DAYS AGO AND WAS INFORMED BY MITSUBISHI IT WILL COST ME 965 TO REPLACE. EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE OWNERS COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM INCLUDING WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE AS LO... Read more

Incident date: Jun 17, 2007

HEATER CORE RANDOMLY CRACKED ONE DAY, CAUSING A TEAR-LIKE SPILL OF ANTI-FREEZE THROUGH THE TOP OF THE RADIATOR. CAR WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC AND WE TRIED WELDING THE CRACKS. ANTI-FREEZE STILL SPILLED OUT AND ANTI-FREEZE SMELL CAME IN THROUGH AIR EVENTS AND THE LIQUID ALSO BURNED, CAUSING SMOKE TO C... Read more

Incident date: Sep 20, 2005

THE PAINT ON THE ROOF AND TRUNK DECK OF MY 1997 DIAMANTE IS FADING WITH WHITE PATCHES. THE HOOD AND BODY PAINT LOOKS GOOD AS NEW. I WAXED MY VEHICLE AT LEAST 3 TIMES A YEAR. IS THIS A DEFECT FROM THE FACTORY I HAVE NOTICE SEVERAL SIMILAR MODELS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. WHAT SHOULD I DO ABOUT THE PROBL... Read more

Incident date: Jun 9, 2004

DT: CONSUMER HAD 1997 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER,. VEHICLE HAD A GAS LEAK, DEALER COULD NOT FIND HOLE IN GAS TANK, CONSUMER REPLACED GAS TANK, ABOUT 8 MONTHS AFTER GAS TANK WAS REPLACED THE VEHICLE EXPLODED. *AK

Fire

Incident date: Feb 20, 2002

SAFETY - TRANSMISSION: AT 9,500 MILES MY CAR STARTED LURCHING WHEN STEPPING ON THE GAS FROM A STOP. IT SUPPOSEDLY WAS REPAIRED BUT HAS CONTINUED TO BE PROBLEM AND EACH TIME I BRING IT IN FOR SERVICE THE DEALER CAN NOT RECREATE THE PROBLEM. SINCE I HAD NOT HEARD THAT THIS HAS BEEN ON GOING PROBLEM... Read more

Incident date: Feb 20, 2002

Incident date: Oct 30, 2001

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE 2 MONTHS AGO AND HAVE MADE 5 TRIPS BACK TO THE DEALER DUE TO BRAKES, TIRES & ENGINE TAPPING AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO BE SLIPPING. *AK (DOT NUMBER: N/A TIRESIZE: P21560R16)

Incident date: Nov 1, 2000

WHEN CONSUMER APPLIES BRAKES THERE IS SMOKE COMING FROM WHEEL, AND BRAKES DO NOT WORK. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK

Incident date: Oct 23, 1999

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR SHUTTERING AT 19,800 MILES. DEALER TURNED ROTORS, VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHUTTER, BUT STILL WOULD NOT STOP VERY WELL. CONSUMER HAD TO REALLY PRESS HARD TO STOP, CURRENTLY, TOOK IN VEHICLE FOR OIL CHANGE, AND DEALER SAID PADS WERE WORN OUT AT 22,000 MILES. CONSUMER ... Read more

THE BRAKE PADS, L/R ROTORS, L/R CALIPER HAVE BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES ON THIS CAR. I HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING TO THE DEALER, OCEAN MITUBISHI, ABOUT THE BRAKE SYSTEM ON THIS CAR FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS. THEY HAVE CONTINUALLY IGNORED MY COMPLAINTS AND SAID THAT IT WAS NOT UNUSUAL TO HAVE THESE PROBLEMS WIT... Read more

WHEN EXITING VEHICLE DRIVER'S SIDE AUTOMATIC SHOULDER BELT DOES NOT RETRACT. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER ADJUSTED THE BELTS, PROBLEM STILL OCCUR. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK THE BRAKES MAKE NOISE DUE TO FRONT PADS WEAR AND FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPING. THE TRANSMISSION SHUTTERS O... Read more

THERE IS A VERY DISTINCT GAS SMELL IN AND AROUND THE CAR. IT ALSO LEAKS GAS FROM THE GAS TANK WHEN FULL. I HAVE NOTIFIED MISUBISHI SEVERAL TIMES AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT MY CAR IS FINE.

LOUD WINDING NOISE FROM ALTERNATOR PULLEY, TOOK CAR TO A MITSUBISHI DEALER SERVICE CENTER FOR REPAIR. I WAS INFORMED BY THE SERVICE CENTER THAT THE PULLEY IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE OR REQUIRED. A NEW DESIGN AND BELT WAS IMPLEMENTED ON THE NEW MODELS TO FIX THE PROBLEM. A NEW BELT IS REQUIRED TO FIX ... Read more

Incident date: Aug 14, 2000

WHEN REMOVING CHILD FROM THE INTEGRAL CHILD SAFEYY SEAT SHOUDLER HARNESS LOCKED UP. HARNESS GOT TIGHTER AND TIGHTER AROUND CHILD'S CHEST. PARENT HAD TO CUT THE HARNNES STRAP(S) TO REMOVED THE CHILD. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE CONTACTED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. MANUFACTURE WAS LOOKING INTO THE PROBLEM... Read more

WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THERE IS A LOUD GRINDING NOISE, AS IF METAL GRINDING. DEALER SAYS THE EMERGENCY BRAKE CABLE GOT CAUGHT ON THE REAR BRAKE ROTORS. DEALER HAS REPAIRED VEHICLE. *AK

ROTORS WERE WARPED AND RESURFACED THREE TIMES. YH

IN REVERSE GEAR ,BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY, VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AT FULL THROTTLE. BRAKES WERE INOPERATIVE, DID NOT STO VEHICLE.CONSUMER HAD TO THROW THE VEHICLE INTO PARK IN ORDER TO STOP. *AK

Incident date: Aug 1, 1998

THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED BECAUSE THE CAR LUNGED FORWARD WHEN SHIFTING.

Incident date: Nov 1, 1997

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING BAD VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL. IT CAN LEAD TO LOSS OF CONTROL WHILE APPLYING BRAKES, AND CAUSE EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE , WHICH MAY RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT. BEEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, DEALER REPLACED ROTORS. PROBLEM I... Read more

Incident date: Nov 1, 1997

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS INCONSISTENTLY, IT JOLTS AND DOES NOT ALWAYS DOWN SHIFT, CAUSING EXCESSIVE WEAR TO BRAKES AS WELL AS SAFETY HAZARD WHEN TRYING TO STOP THE VEHICLE WITHOUT LOWER GEAR ASSISTANCE.

Incident date: Nov 13, 1998

1997 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE PURCHASED NEW FROM RON BOUCHARD'S IN SEPTEMBER, 1997. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE SINCE DECEMBER, 1997. RON BOUCHARD'S HAS PICKED THIS VEHICLE UP WITH A FLAT BED TRUCK THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, AND IT HAS BEEN DRIVEN INTO THE DEALERSHIP NUMEROUS TIMES. PLEASE CONTA... Read more

NO SUMMARY PROVIDED BY CONSUMER. *MJS

Incident date: Dec 7, 1998

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH PARKING BRAKE. WHEN PARKING BRAKE IS APPLIED, IT DOESN'T KEEP THE VEHICLE FROM DRIFTING. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO REPAIR, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK *ML

REAR VIEW MIRROR FAILURE.

Incident date: Oct 12, 1998

TORQUE CONVERTER/CAMSHAFT, AND POSITION SENSOR FAILED.

Incident date: Oct 12, 1998

TORQUE CONVERTER/CAMSHAFT, AND POSITION SENSOR FAILED.

Incident date: Oct 12, 1998

TORQUE CONVERTER/CAMSHAFT, AND POSITION SENSOR FAILED.

Incident date: Apr 28, 1998

TRANSMISSION/ BRAKE FAILURE.

Incident date: Apr 28, 1998

TRANSMISSION/ BRAKE FAILURE.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED FOUR TIMES.

Incident date: Jan 24, 1998

TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED DURING REPAIRS, AND THE VEHICLE SOMETIMES REVVS HIGH AND THEN DIES OUT. ALSO, IT IS SOMETIMES VERY HARD TO STOP THE VEHICLE,. THE DEALERS CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

Incident date: Jan 24, 1998

HESITATION BETWEEN GEARS DUE TO ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT FAILURE.

CONSUMER HAS PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDOW LEAKING/DOOR LOCKS FREEZING AND THE REAR VIEW MIRROW FALLING OFF. THE DEALER REPLACED THE MIRROR, AND IT'S KNOWN THAT THE IN 98 MODELS REAR VIEW MIRRORS ARE MOUNTED TO THE ROOF CONSOLE. AS A RESULT OF 97 DEFECTS, DOOR LOCKS FREEZE IN THE OPEN POSITION WHEN CO... Read more

CONSUMER HAD TO REPLACE THE FRONT ROTORS TWICE WITHIN 8K MILES. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Incident date: Jun 1, 1997

WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH ABS BRAKES FAILED VEHICLE DID NOT STOP AND CONTINUED TO MOVE HITTING VEHICLE IN FRONT. ALSO, TRANSMISSION FAILURE, RESULTING IN EXTREME SHIFTS. *AK

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EPA Fuel Economy, 1997 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE

Trim / Engine	City MPG	Highway MPG	Combined MPG	Fuel Type	Annual Fuel Cost
3.5L 6-cyl, Automatic 4-spd (Front-Wheel Drive)	16.0	24.0	19.0	Premium	$4,000

CO2 Emissions: -1.0 g/mile (Midsize Cars)

Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Actual fuel economy may vary based on driving conditions.

Technical Service Bulletins, 1997 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE

81 manufacturer communications from 55 unique bulletins. TSBs describe known problems and recommended fixes from the manufacturer.

Most Affected Components

Component	Bulletins
350000 EQUIPMENT	7
980000 UNKNOWN OR OTHER	5
070000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE	5
100000 POWER TRAIN	5
200000 WHEELS	4
160000 STRUCTURE	3
357100 EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER	3
010000 STEERING	3

980000 UNKNOWN OR OTHER

This Technical Service Bulletin was sent to dealers to explain the difference between normal dew condensation, which is a natural phenomenon, and water penetration caused by improper sealing or a defective/broken part.

120000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING

350000 EQUIPMENT