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.
1993 Mitsubishi 3000GT transmission complaints
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The consumer received a recall notice regarding the transfer case. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but the dealer did not perform the entire recall repair. As a result the transfer case shattered two weeks later because the dealer never checked for a leak.
Mitsubishi needs to do something to these transmissions, they do not have factory parts to replace them, you have to buy a whole new aftermarket transmission, and they run about 4000 to 5000 without labor. Mitsubishi needs to have all these transmissions replaced!
Transmission on the awd 3000gt seems to have alot of problems. After spending $4000+ on rebuilding the entire transmission, instead of paying mitsubishi $6000+ for a whole new one, the tranny still is hard to engage, but synchros arent as bad. Have bad feeling that they are starting to wear already and will need more tranny work only after a few months of work on it. It seems to me that this is a very common problem on the 3000gt, unfortunatly, its a $4k+ job to fix.
On my 3000gt there is transmission oil leaking out, and I am in the 3000gt/stealth international, and this is very common in our cars and its '!@#$%, we demand a recall! There locking up on us, causing accidents.
When traveling 54 MPH on a 4 lane highway the transfer case component seized without warning and both rear tires locked. The car slid across the oncoming lanes and onto the shoulder of the road. By luck I was not killed or injured. The car has never been wrecked and has been well maintained. There was no warning of impending failure. ****ak dims 11 ivoq entry posted after 12/12/02 cut-over to artemis****758136.
It was found that the transfer case had no oil in it. There was no prior evidence that would suggest the case was low or with out oil. Reason for stating there was a wreck, but with out injury is: the transfer case locked up the back end of the car causing the car to start spinning. Though at the time the car was traveling at around 60 MPH, it occured on a straight stretch of highway, and no other cars were involved. Other than the transfer case, the rear tires had to be replaced do to the locking up, causing flat spots on the tires.
Transmission center output shaft broken. *ak (tiresize: 245/65/17z)
My transfer case is leaking, and I have replaced/filled it with new transmission fluid. I understand this is a safety hazard if the transfer case goes dry, not only will it lock up and break, but my life and others could be in danger. I have read of other instances where the transfer case has seized at highway speed and caused very dangerous conditions. It would be appreciated that this problem is looked into because I've read it is a very common problem with the awd models of the 3000gt and stealth, which mitsubishi hasn't issued a fix or recall.
This is a very common problem with the mitsu 3000gt vr4 and dodge stealth tt models. No safetyy defect listed.
Original transmission was replaced under warranty at 45k due to unexplained noisees as a sign of possible internal failure. This replacement transmission had to be replaced also due to the same problem. At 50k miles the current transmission has bad gear change problems and will fail at some time. Drivetrain also has excessive amounts of slop in it and could potetially fail while the vehicle is in motion causing serious risk of injury
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!
Consumer was traveling on highway and vehicle started making a noise. Then, it shut off with prior warning. Vehicle was towed to her house. She needed a new transmission.
Driving at 65 MPH on a texas highway, my wheels suddenly locked up and the car ground to a halt. At the time, I was being followed by a semi. Fortunatly, there was room for the truck to squeeze by. After I paid to replace the transfer case, within a year, it failed again in exactly the same fashion. This time, my speed was only 40 MPH.
My manual transmission has a problem, the car is still drivable, but every time I push my clutch, my shifter moves up and down, forward, or backward and sometimes goes out of the gear. I thought that it could be a problem with one of my mounts going bad, but a mechanic checked them and said they were ok. Then I found out about the failures of transmissions by other cars just like mine, so it's probably a manufacturer's mistake because there are the so called getrag 5 speed transmissions inside my car and they are the one's supposedly to go bad easily. A replacement would cost me a lot of money which I can't come up with that easy. Now the worst is, I don't know how much longer I'm going to be able to drive my car, but I have been told it ain't going to be longer than 2-3 months and then my transmission will die completely. *jb ***dimsii ivoq entry posted after 12/12/02 cut-over to artemis****742572
Front transfer case leaking and is very similar to the recalls on the '1991 3000gt's. Seat belts also don't retract. Major ticking noise coming from the engine which is lifter failure
Although no major components have failed, the synchros have been a continuous problem with 3000gts and steal.ths and transmissions are not servicable. My 2nd and 3rd synchros are very worn and are failing. I am prepared for the worst to come and would be grateful of a recall before the tranny is complete trash and there is a wreck. Others in a close network of 3000gt/stealth owners have unfortunately been in wrecks and spent $1000s because of faulty parts from mitsubishi which they have denied responsibility for. This needs to stop! Thanks -josh.
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Premature failure of transmission and transfer on this car and many, many more.
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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.
When trying to shift into first/second, and third gear transmission showed resistance. Dealer has been contacted, told owner that it was normal. *ak
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.
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.
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.
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.
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