03 evo heard grinding noises in my tranny or transfer case area @ 15k miles.. Took to dealer and they told me they won't check it if its not broken..they did replace a drive shaft but noise was still there.. My clutch is now slipping @ 24k..
2003 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution transmission complaints
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Clutch failed at 16k miles after 18 months of ownership. The dealer offered to examine it for possible warranty coverage, but because of participation in autocross events, the warranty claim would have been denied. However, autocrossing did not contribute any significant wear to the clutch any more so than normal every day driving. As a 25 year, seasoned driver of manual transmissions, this was the first clutch I've ever had fail on a vehicle. Based on feedback from other evo owners, via the evolutionm.net web site, I replaced the clutch with a non-stock clutch due to the inherent weakness of the stock part.
Failure of 5th gear. Mitsubishi has a current tsb released on this failure and denied repair under warranty. The warranty claim was denied due to the fact that an aftermarket clutch, of higher quality was installed on the vehicle after failure of manufacturer installed clutch.
Since I have had my 2003 mitsubishi lancer evolution viii I have had 4 problems related to the drivetrain. First at 1300 miles, my clutch went out. It was not warranted even though the mitsubishi warranty said 12000 miles or 12 months. Then again at about 14000 miles the clutch failed again, and it was still not a warranty problem. Finally at about 30,000 miles around the middle of february this year the center differential blew, causing the entire transmission to fail. Fortunately that was warranted, although I still had to pay for a third clutch. I was with out my car for over a month while I had to wait for the dealership to find a transmission to replace mine.
Clutch started slipping after 12,000 miles. Not covered under warranty.
1) I am in the military deployed to afghanistan... 1 month before I deployed my stock clutch was slipping. This is not covered by mitsubishi's warranty. I was reading on my forums and there were at least 2 to 300 people experiencing the same problem all around 5000 miles on the car regardless of how the car was driven. I purchased a new clutch, $1300 and had the dealership install it for $800 figuring that they would warranty there work. I deployed to afghanistan, came back and about 2 months of driving the car my car was making a hi squealing noise. The problem was diagnosed as the clutch. Although they did no other inspection. I ordered a new clutch had them install it... Same problem continued. So I paid another 700 for a new clutch for no reason. Then they rediagnosed the problem as the rear differential. They replaced that under warranty... Problem was fixed. I was babying the car for a week or so because of the clutch break in period is suggested 1000 miles. While doing 60 MPH on the highway the car noise came back just as bad as before... Called mitsubishi and they refused repair by order of the district rep. 2. The noise has progressively gotten worse and has caused my car to be sluggish now. I would like my drivetrain to have a thorough inspection and fixed where necessary. I would also like to be reimbursed for my clutch that I had to buy that wasn't faulty to begin with. I also think mitsubishi needs to adhere to a warranty on there drivetrain. Regardless if you install an aftermarket clutch in your car, the drivetrain should be covered. Who in there right mind would pay for the installation of a new stock clutch and fly wheel if its just going to go bad at the same time you need your oil change.
Premature clutch failure.
Mitsubishi evolution clutch failure, I bought a 2003 lancer evolution 8, I had it for less then 5000 miles before the clutch started to wear down, I brought it to the dealer for warranty work, they accepted the warranty work, adding that they should have charged me 1500$ for the repair because it was abuse, now the car is at 10,000 miles doing the same thing, I use this car to go to and from work only, since I have two cars, now they wont even take my calls, if I mention lancer evolution clutch to any mitsubishi warranty department, they cut me off in the middle of a sentence and say"the clutch wear is caused by abuse, sir there is no problem with the clutch it is your fault!" then proceed to hang up on me. Im tired of this, and im not going to pay up to 1900 for a problem they caused. My car is now in operable! 3 days after the clutch started slipping!
The clutch in my 2003 mitsubishi evolution failed having 2995 miles on the vehicle. The vehicle had 600 miles on it when it was purchased. We had it repaired at the dealer at a cost of $950. They paid for 20% of the repairs because of the mileage on the vehicle prior to being sold.
I purchased a new 2003 mitsubishi evolution viii with about 300 miles on april 28th 2004. Approx. 3 months later I noticed that the clutch started to slip in second gear. I then proceeded to take it to the dealership where I was told that the clutch was blown. At this time I had appox. 3200 miles on my new vehicle. I was then told that I would have to have a replacement clutch put in and that for them to even look at the clutch it would cost $500 for them to drop the parts needed to confirm this problem, which I thought was ridiculous because I was at trhe mercy of the dealership and mitsubishi's sub-par replacement part. I had my car towed to a local performance shop where they instructed me to replace the clutch with a more durable and well know act race dics. In doing the repair also the flywheel seemed to be damaged so that was replaced as well. The car was not ever raced or ever abused or driven to any extent of wearing parts excessivly. This I feel is known negligence of sub-par parts used in this vehicle.
2003 mitsubishi lancer evolution was purchased new 84 days ago with 1200 dealer test drive miles. Clutch failed at 4500 miles. I have called mitsubishi and the dealership, both refuse to cover the clutch under warranty. This appears to be a common problem and mitsubishi consistently blames the consumer. I have not mistreated the car. The dealer drove the car harder than I ever have while on the test drive.
I have a 2003 mitsubishi lancer evolution. At 19,000 miles the car developed a very loud sound coming from the front of the car at speeds above 30mph. I work at a auto repair shop and concluded that the sound is coming from the transfer ase/front differential. More than likely from ring gear being improperly shimmed from the factory. If the problem is not resolved with the transfercase/front differential, when the problem occurs with other lancer evolution owners there is a chance that the transfercase/differential could lock up causing a accident or cause more damage to other parts of the drivetrain.
Clutch slipping at less than 10,000 miles. Car is not raced nor abused.
Bought my 2003 evo on august 18th 2004...on august 20th the clutch went out with only 14k miles, I had just broke 150 miles in the 2 days....found out the clutch wasnt warrantied but the dealer I bought it off of felt bad and agreed to pay for it to get fixed...I didnt lose anything out of the deal but readin some of these complaints and seein mitsu says we all drive our cars too hard, thats a lot of ppl!! But so what if we do, the car is made to drive fast, it should have the clutch in it to be able to take the power and handle the awd.....if this one goes out, im puttin in a double disk so I wont have to worry again...mitsu's warranty policy on aftermarket parts sucks too.
My manual transmission in my lancer evolution started to feel rough around 350 miles I thought in was normal since it was a new car. But around 1700 miles the problem got worse I took it to the attention of the dealer where I purchased it form but the mechanic said it was fine, so I took it home the way it was. I now have 5000 miles and my clutch is all worn out and my dealer refuses to fix the problem even though I have never abused of the car I am still trying to break it in. So I think it does not make since that I would have to change my clutch 20 times before my 100,000 miles. So I don't think the clutch went out under normal wear and tear there has to be something wrong with this car there have been to many complaints about the same problem.
Mitsubishi lancer evolution 8.
Just with talking to the dealership for my 2003 mitsubishi evolution they are telling me mistubishi is doing nothing about the clutch failure problem . They are stating that it's all of us drivers faults. And there appears to be lots of complaints.*ak clutch is slipping. No failure yet. Nothing has been done yet. Waiting to hear more.
Clutch failure after 2778 miles of driving a 2003 mitsubishi lancer evolution viii. Purchased new vehicle (used broker jim estrada autobroker 602‑683‑2120) from mark mitsubishi with 1586 miles. After driving 1192 addtional miles the clutch started slipping. Returned car to mark mitsubishi to find that clutch problem is not covered by auto warranty. After researching the federal safety agency website I found 13 similar failures of clutch problems with same result with dealers. There are now 30 reported incidents. I tried to have problem repaired under warranty but was told it was my problem. While negotiating repair my daughter was told by salesperson he knew of clutch problems with this model car. I was also told by this same salesperson that they had problems. His reply when asked why buyer is not informed was that I should do my homework. I do not think a new car should have a problem at 2778 miles of driving. Mitsubishi had troubles with their truck clutches sending one of their excutives to jail in japan. I had to pay $889.89 to have clutch replaced.
I had 12000 miles on my car it is 7 months old. I am the original owner and iv been driving manual cars for over 8 years. Never had any transmission problems be for they had to replace some syncros because it would grind between fourth and fith gears at highway speeds. And they also made a comment on how worn my clutch is and that my fly wheel is scored. Every now and then when I start off I smell my clutch burning and smoke comes out of my exhaust and they say its from abuse when its not.
The clutch on my 2003 mitsubishi lancer evolution viii went out after only 3000 miles. Mitsubishi refused to replace it under warranty saying it was due to customer abuse. When asked to cite a reference to suggest customer abuse they simply said that the clutch had gone out. After talking to many people on internet forums about their evolutions it would appear this is an extremely common problem, and mitsubishi has made every person pay out of pocket for the repairs.
I purchased a 2003 mitsubishi lancer evolution 8 from antwerpen mitsubishi in randallstown,md and I could not have asked fo a better buying expierence,that is untill my clutch started to slip....I bought it only 3 months ago w/183 miles on it(even though the contract said it had 83 miles on it)and at about 2200 miles my clutch started to slip so I took it to the dealership .I fought with the service manager for days and they just denied the claim stateing that I would have to pay 350.00 to have the clutch inspected to even see if it could be warrented but according to the service manager it was more then likely due to abuse and it would not be coverd I am not going to sit here and let mitsubishi steal from us I believe they put a cheap clutch in the car to lower the cost of production to keep the price of the car down something must be done about this so now I am forced to pay over $1000.00 to have a real clutch put in so if you other evo owners out there feel like I do contact a lawyer like I am going to to asap!!!
The vehicle was taken to the dealer because the consumer thought there was a transmission problem. Upon further examination the dealer found that the clutch needed to be replaced.
Ecu registers p0300 (multiple cylinder misfire) obdii error code. Error code is thrown, ses light comes on, and car stumbles until throttle is released. This typically occurs at light throttle or cruising (steady) throttle. It can occur under load (acceleration) but never occurs on deceleration. Known facets of this problem thus far are: 1) mitsubishi is aware of 2 issues: sticky (dirty) injectors and a transmission harmonic resonance, which throws the knock sensor 2) the car is undriveable when this occurs until the throttle is released. 3) my vehicle in particular is almost 100% undriveable on the highway due to this problem recurring every 10-15 seconds during any sort of highway driving period. 4) it _is_ a safety issue as I have had this occur under light acceleration attempting to merge into traffic, only to be met with what feels like a wall when the error code is thrown and the ecu retards the timing because it is detecting knock (which is not actually occurring). 5) mitsubishi (mmna) is apparently aware of an ecu reflash fix for this problem (the harmonic resonance issue, not the injector issue). They have claimed that the flash will be out "within 3-6 weeks" since november 2003, and it is still not out nor available. I have been told it is held up in epa certification. This problem has occurred for me literally hundreds of times, and no dealership has been able to fix it because mitsubishi will not authorize any warranty work on my vehicle for this problem, citing that "a fix is already on the way, wait for it."
Premature clutch wear on new vehicle. Experiencing clutch slippage at 3000 miles. This problem has been noted by many other drivers of the same vehicle. The manufacturer (mitsubishi) has not equipped the vehicle with a strong enough clutch.
The clutch went out on my 2003 mitsubishi lancer evolution that I bought new and has 3200 miles on it.
Loud noises when decelarating, very chattery when driving.
On june 1st the clutch failed completely it was composed of the clutch slipping and then exploding. This car was not abused and from the 3rd day I bought the car the clutch was slipping. I tried to get the factory to do somthing about it then but had no luck. I was told I was going to have to pay for it out of pocket. I ended up paying for the clutch replacement out of pocket anyway now they are threatening to void my warranty because I didnt replace it with their stock replacement! After the clutch replacement the transfer case and transmission is giving me troubles after only 700 miles. The dealer that I had the clutch repair done then refered me to another dealer to have the car fixed. It has developed a high pitched whine that starts about 40mph it sounds like a wwii bomb shelter warning siren. This has been a miserable experience!
Powertrain: clutch assembly.
My clutch just goes out at 2k and mitsubishi doesn't want to replace it because they say its burn.
I've had a throw out bearing metal to metal rubbing noise from the day I bought my 2003 mitsubishi evolution viii. I went back to the dealer to ask if I should be concerned. I was straightforward told not to worry unless the noise gets worse. Since then my clutch has begun to chatter in cold weather violently, and occationally in warm or hot weather. My pedal throw has been very far from the floor from day one and I just assumed this was the nature of the car. I later found from a former employee of the exact same dealership that upon receiving the very first shipment of evolutions, both vehicles received were taken out and driven by all the managment and employees at the dealership and violently abused and pressed further then they were ment to be used for. I have two separate people with matching stories who worked at the same dealership tell me that my car was one of the two vehicles which they took out for a joy ride. So my clutch problem is either a: a defective design, or b: abuse fro mthe dealership.
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