1993 Mitsubishi 3000GT: grinding or squealing brakes

Filed Aug 3, 2007 · Transmission · 142,000 miles · KS

Tl*the contact owns a 1993 mitsubishi 3000gt. When shifting into second gear at approximately 25 MPH, the contact heard a grinding noise. He noticed oil leaking on the ground when the vehicle was parked. The vehicle was taken to the repair shop and they stated that the transfer case was leaking. The manufacturer stated that the VIN was included in the federal safety agency recall number 02v143001 (power train:transfer case), however, the vehicle was already inspected. The current mileage was 143,273 and failure mileage was 142,000.

Filed Jul 3, 2006 · Transmission · 61,000 miles · VA

I have a 1993 mitsubishi 300 gt vr4. I am the second owner of the vehicle (purchased 2001) there was a recall on the power train. After being notified I took the car to be service on the transfer case at carmax mitsubishi in sterling, va. When I picked up the car it seemed to be working properly but shortly after started to have a problem again with the transfer gears it was making grinding noises while shifting from first to second or while going in reverse, also there was a clunking noise while reversing, the right side of the rear wheels has all the symptoms that were there before it was taken to be service for the recall. The dealer that serviced my car at the time (7-25-03) added a note on the service slip stating that the transfer case spinds were worn out and needed it to be replaced at my expense. I took the car to another dealer and they said the same but they could not help me because the recall was performed on my car which only included adding transmission oil to the case a $130.00 service. My car has been sitting in my garage for the past 2 years with only 72,000. As many owner's my opinion that the transmission is not designed to handle the horse power, 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. Here is the recall number. What should I do? The federal safety agency recall campaign number: 02v143001 component: power train:transfer case (4-wheel drive) details: on certain passenger vehicles, a condition exists that allows oil to leak from the all-wheel drive transfer case. Consequence: low oil levels in the transfer case could cause bearing damage and result in drive train lockup, increasing the risk of a crash. Corrective action: a proposed remedy and owner notification schedule has not yet been provided.

Filed Sep 24, 2003 · Transmission · GA

Ren mitsubishi 2590 n. Slappie blvd., albany, ga 31701, 229‑883‑4700. While driving at 70 MPH heard a grinding noise and tried to pull over, but wheels were not responding. Consumer coasted vehicle to a safe stop. Vehicle was towed to dealer. However, dealer refused to replace transfer case due to over mileage.

Filed Dec 18, 2001 · Transmission · NC

Transmission on this car was replaced under warranty for the original owner at 51,000 miles. In may of 2001, (101,000 miles), it began grinding when shifting to 3rd gear. When I took the car to the dealership, they said the clutch needed to be bled (wrong!). The problem continued to get worse and extended to other gears. As the weather got cold it increasingly got more difficult to put into 1st or 2nd gear until after the car had been run for 10-15 miles. I took the car back to the dealership and was told that the syncros are bad and that the entire transmission must be replaced again! Apparently, this transmission (getrag) is notorious for the syncros going bad and the manufacturer does not provide replacement parts. Therefore, the dealer must replace the entire tranny at a cost of $4,592.00 plus tax! This is rediculous. I almost had an accident the other morning when I could not shift from 1st to 2nd in the middle of an intersection (could not accellerate because the car would not go into gear). Does someone actually have to get injured or die before the federal safety agency or mitsubishi recalls this lemon transmission? The vehicle rep at mitsubishi, tony, denied any knowledge of any problems with this transmission and even refered me to the federal safety agency! Apparently he hasn't read the complaints on this website. The federal safety agency - please do something about this dangerous situation before the 8 year limit leaves me and other owners of this car with no recourse!

Filed Apr 7, 1999 · Transmission · CT

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.