Consumer Complaint Detail

MITSUBISHI / 3000GT / 1996

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 998087742 Incident Date: Nov, 07 1998
Consumer's City: BROOKLYN Consumer's State: NY
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Model Name: 3000GT Model Year: 1996
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission:lever and linkage:column shift
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JA3AN74K3TY Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 01 2002 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 30 1998
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: This is my 2nd tranny because the first tranny was grinding from a 1st to 2nd gear. the problem was the 1-2 gear synchro that got worn out due to the manufacturer's poor design. upon failure at 55mph, the car suddenly stopped and the transmission and transfer case locked up. the bay ride mitsubishi dealership asked me to replace to a new transmission which cost me $3000. i did and the car ran fine for the first 15k miles then the shifting became notchy and that's when my transfer case gave up and i bought a new one and installed it myself. something ought to be done about mitsubishi's poor transmission design.*ak