2001 Mitsubishi Diamante visibility problems

Filed Apr 9, 2009 · Visibility · NY

Windows are fogging up do t a faulty heater core. I really don't mind repairing the car seeing that it has 120k on it.. I purchased the car brand new and this will be the 3rd heater core!!! What's going on!

Filed Aug 13, 2008 · Visibility · 75,000 miles · VA

Mitsubishi diamante infamous heater core problem antifreeze leaks into interior of car. Horrible sickening anti freeze smell, happens on an abundance of mitsubishi cars.

Filed Apr 14, 2008 · Visibility · IL

Heater core is causing the windows to fog up, the car to smell like antifreeze and may be damaging the ecu. There are hundreds of posts online about people having this problem over and over with this car. It is clearly a manufacturers defect and customers are left paying thousands of dollars fo the repair.

Filed Mar 14, 2008 · Visibility · 104,000 miles · CA

Heater core went bad at 105,000 miles. This seems to be a manufactoring problem and mitsubihi should adress the issue.

Filed Jan 17, 2008 · Visibility · MD

My 2001 mitsubishi diamante's heater core went up. I have massive amounts of coolant leaking on my passenger side, thick smoke coming from my vents and a bad odor coming from the vents. I have read this is a very very common thing with mitsubishi's especially diamante's.

Filed Nov 27, 2007 · Visibility · 81,000 miles · UT

Just recently started having really foggy windows and started to notice sweet smell coming from car when heater/defrost was turned on. Notified dealer of problem and dealer quickly identified problem as heater core defect.

Filed Nov 13, 2007 · Visibility · 70,000 miles · CA

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 mitsubishi diamante. The windows fogged up when the air and heat were activated. The passengers could smell antifreeze. The dealer stated that the heater core failed due to defective o-rings and noticed antifreeze leaking onto the micro processor. The micro processor and heater core were replaced. The failure mileage was 70,000 and current mileage was 75,000.

Filed Nov 13, 2007 · Visibility · 65,000 miles · CA

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 mitsubishi diamante. The windows fogged up when the air and heat were activated. The passengers could smell antifreeze. The dealer stated that the heater core failed due to defective o-rings. The heater core was replaced. The current and failure mileages were 65,000.

Filed Aug 20, 2007 · Visibility · 84,560 miles · CA

2001 mitsubishi diamante - have antifreeze odor coming from AC vents. After much research I find that this is a recurring problem with second generation diamantes (1997-2004) with the 2001 year model being the most effected. The odors have even caused respiratory problems. I myself have experienced severe headaches and sleepiness due to this problem. The odor at first was very faint but became worse over time. With as many problems that has occurred and the health implications related to this obvious defect, this problem should be a manufacturers recall to resolve this potentially dangerous and health hazardous issue.

Filed May 3, 2007 · Visibility · 64,000 miles · FL

I have a 2001 mitsubishi diamante ls with 66,000 mile and my heater core went out. I noticed my window would fog up and you can smell antifreeze in the car, to have this replaced is going to cost me almost $998.00 for part and labor. Most mechanics I have talked to about this problem said that I shouldn't be having this problem with the heater core so early. I know of numerous complaints of this defect for this (none of which I knew about before I bought the car) I know that it is dangerous for the antifreeze to be inhaled, and with all the complaints about this obvious defect something should be done about it. There is health risks with the heater core going out and releasing the antifreeze not to mention the safety concerns with the heater core being so near important computer components.