1999 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE Problems & Recalls
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"TAKATA RECALL" I FOUND THE MOST RECENT RECALL ON THE PAGE, HTTPS://DRIVING-TESTS.ORG/VIN-DECODER/ WHEN I TRY TO KNOW MORE ABOUT VIN NUMBER WAS. I SEARCHED IN GOOGLE SEARCH. AND THAT WHY I FOUND THIS INFORMATION. THANS A LOT FOR YOUR HELP. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION.
Mileage: 208,640
"TAKATA RECALL" I FOUND THE MOST RECENT RECALL ON THE PAGE, HTTPS://DRIVING-TESTS.ORG/VIN-DECODER/ WHEN I TRY TO KNOW MORE ABOUT VIN NUMBER WAS. I SEARCHED IN GOOGLE SEARCH. AND THAT WHY I FOUND THIS INFORMATION. THANS A LOT FOR YOUR HELP. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION.
Mileage: 208,640
"TAKATA RECALL" I FOUND THE MOST RECENT RECALL ON THE PAGE, HTTPS://DRIVING-TESTS.ORG/VIN-DECODER/ WHEN I TRY TO KNOW MORE ABOUT VIN NUMBER WAS. I SEARCHED IN GOOGLE SEARCH. AND THAT WHY I FOUND THIS INFORMATION. THANS A LOT FOR YOUR HELP. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION.
Mileage: 208,640
I OWN A MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE, 1999. I NOTICED FUMES COVERING THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD. IN THE WINTER TIME THE PROBLEM IS WORSE AND IT COVERS BOTH PASSENGER SIDE AND DRIVER'S SIDE CREATING VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. *TR
REAR END UNSTABLE. VEHICLE BACKEND SWERVES AND FISHTAILS ON WET OR ICY SURFACES. REPAIR SHOP STATES BACK END IS FROZEN AND UNABLE TO ALIGN REAR TIRES CAUSING VEHICLE TO SWERVE WHEN DRIVEN ON WET OR ICY SURFACES. MISALIGNMENT OF REAR RESULTS IN NEW TIRES HAVING TO BE PURCHASED APPROXIMATELY EVERY ...
Mileage: 210,500
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 1999 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE REAR VIEW MIRROR WOULD SHAKE; AND WAS NOT SECURELY ATTACHED TO THE WINDSHIELD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE REAR VIEW MIRROR WAS ATTACHED PROPERLY. ON A SE...
1999 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE. CONSUMER STATES THAT THREAD PATTERNS ON TIRES ON VEHICLE ARE ASYMMETRIC. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE TIRES DIDN'T HAVE ANY TREAD WEAR, OR OTHER RATINGS ON THEM. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THE TIRES WERE MOUNTED CORRECTLY. UPDATED 04/14/10. *JB
Mileage: 102,590
SMELL OF ANTIFREEZE INSIDE CAR, WINDOWS FOGGED UP MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE. MECHANIC SAYS IS LIKELY HEATER CORE FAILURE, $700 TO FIX. *NM
Mileage: 86,000
HEATER CORE ON 1999 DIAMANTE LEAKED IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. WINDOWS FOGGED UP AND ELECTRICAL COMPONETS WERE LEAKED ON. *JB
THE WINDOWS FOG UP SO BAD THAT IT BECOMES HARD TO SEE. THE VENTS SPEW OUT THE PUNGENT SMELL OF ANTI-FREEZE. I HAVE NOTICED ON MORE THAN A FEW OCCASIONS THAT PUFFS OF VAPOR SHOOT OUT FROM UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE DASH AND VENTS. I KNOW THAT ANTI-FREEZE IS POISONOUS TO HUMANS AND DON'T THINK THAT ...
Mileage: 60,000
MY HEATER CORE IS FAULTY, MY DEFOGGER WONT WORK, AND IT IS EMITTING SOME TERRIBLE FUMES IN THE CAR, ALSO ANTI FREEZE IS LEAKING ON THE FRONT PASSENGER FLOOR. *NM
Mileage: 145,000
1999 DIAMANTE ENGINE BLEW THREE WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE. *TS *JB
Mileage: 90,000
I OWN A 1999 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE WITH 87K MILES ON THE ODOMETER. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE LAST WEEK AND NOTICED THAT THE WINDOWS OF THE CAR STARTED TO FOG UP. THE FOGGING BECAME SO THICK THAT SHE HAD TO PULL OVER (BLINDLY) AND FRANTICALLY WIPE THE WINDOW CLEAN IN ORDER TO SEE OUT OF THE CAR...
Mileage: 86,900
WINDOWS FOGGED SO BADLY I COULD NOT SEE, SYRUPY SMELL IN VEHICLE, LOSS OF COOLANT IN RESERVIOIR, PUDDLE OF COOLANT ON PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR. *AK
I STARTED TO NOTICE AN ODD SMELL IN THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED A LACK OF COOLANT IN THE RESERVOIR TANK. AFTER A FEW WEEKS I REALIZED THERE WAS COOLANT ACCUMULATING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOORWELL. MY VEHICLE IS AT 53,500 MILES AND WAS DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER AS HAVING A "HEATER CORE FAILURE." THE ES...
Mileage: 52,500
I'M EXPERIENCING A SYRUPY SMELL INSIDE THE CAR WHEN THE HEAT IS ON. PER THE VARIOUS RESEARCH I HAVE PERFORMED, THIS IS A SIGN OF A FAILING HEATER CORE. THIS IS A KNOWN FAILURE BY MITS PER TSB 627114 THAT WAS ISSUED. ADDITIONALLY, ON >2000 MODEL YEAR DIAMANTES, MITS BEGAN PUTTING THE VEHICLE?S COMPUT...
Mileage: 78,000
MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE 1999: WINDSHIELD STARTED TO GET FOGGY, INSIDE CABIN SMELLED ON COOLANT AND OCCASIONAL PUFFS OF "SMOKE" EVAPORATED OUT OF THE WENTS. THIS PRESENTED VERY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. COULD NOT DRIVE CAR FOR 2 MONTHS. DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED AND WANTED $1000 FOR THE REPAIR OF THE HEAT...
Mileage: 70,000
PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S SEAT BELT EQUIPMENT. *MR THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT. (FRONT PASSENGER SEAT) *SC *JB
HEATER CORE ISSUE WITH MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE 1999 SUMMARY: NOTICE CONSISTENT AND VERY NOTICIABLE FOUL ODOR WHEN CAR IS SHUTOFF. CAN SMELL INSIDE THE VEHICLE AS WELL. SOME FOGGING OF FRONT WINDSHIELD. HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM IDENTIFIED AS CONSISTENT WITH HEATER CORE'S ISSUES BY OTHER DIAMANTE OWNERS WHO...
HEATER CORE ISSUE WITH MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE 1999 SUMMARY: NOTICE CONSISTENT AND VERY NOTICIABLE FOUL ODOR WHEN CAR IS SHUTOFF. CAN SMELL INSIDE THE VEHICLE AS WELL. SOME FOGGING OF FRONT WINDSHIELD. HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM IDENTIFIED AS CONSISTENT WITH HEATER CORE'S ISSUES BY OTHER DIAMANTE OWNERS WHO...
MY PAINT STARTED TO BUBBLE UP ON MY 1999 DIAMANTE A FEW MONTHS BACK. THIS BUBBLE IS AT EDGE OF TOP WINDSHIELD MOLDING. I WAS ORIGINALLY TOLD THAT MANUFACTURE WARRANTY WILL COVER IT BUT FEW MEANINGLESS VISITS TO THIS DEALERSHIP AND THEIR CONTRACTED BODY SHOP DISTRICT SERVICE MANAGER DECLINED THE CLAI...
TEST DROVE A USED 1999 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE VIN # [XXX] AT THE WAYZATA AUTO CENTER BARGAIN LOT 1805 EAST WAYZATA BLVD., WAYZATA, MN 55391ON OR ABOUT 12/26/02. THE CAR WAS SHOWING APPROX 57,000 MILES. WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED SHE MADE A LANE CHANGE AND THE CAR ENTERED INTO AN OSCILLA...
Mileage: 57,199
THE COMPLAINT IS THAT THE CAR DOESN'T HAVE THE REAR SEAT HEAD CONFORTERS. THE CAR AND THE DEALER HAVE BEEN PROMISSING A SUPPOSED REPLACEMENTS THAT THEY ORDERED. I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS PROMISE SINCE JANUARY 2002. DT
ROTORS WARPED AT 14444 MILES, DEALER TURNED THEM UNDER WARRANTY. THEY GOT WARPED AGAIN AT 18700 MILE, BUT DEALER REFUSED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE, CITING DRIVER'S DRIVING HABITS. *AK
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLES. *AK
PULLS TO THE RIGHT WHEN ACCERATING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. FROM 2000 MILES -4000 PULLED TO RIGHT AT ALL SPEEDS. NOW ONLY HIGHWAY.MITSUBISHI CLAIMS THIS PULLING IS " NORMAL TORQUE STEER". ( SO WAS THE FORD PINTO'S GAS TANK PROBLEMS) IF YOU ARE NOT PREPARED FOR THE PULL YOU WILL GO OFF THE ROAD OR INTO TH...