Consumer Complaint Detail

MITSUBISHI / 3000GT / 1992

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 999079521 Incident Date: Jan, 17 1999
Consumer's City: LAS VEGAS Consumer's State: NV
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Model Name: 3000GT Model Year: 1992
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#: JA3XE74C0NY Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 17 1999 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Dec, 31 1997
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Having repaired the transmission and transfer case, the transmission output shaft had sheared, also shearing the transfer case input coupling. cost of repairs, $2,800 to rebuild both items, plus rental car ($1,000). the transmission has been replaced twice under warranty; once at 4,069 (new unit), and the other at 46,122 miles (rebuilt) due to internal failures. in talking with both mesa mitsubishi (mesa, az) and mitsubishi customer support (costa mesa, ca) there is no or has there been an excessive failure of this transmission. i beg to differ with that. after researching the internet for a couple of weeks i know of at least 1 dozen of people who have had multiple transmissions changed. with mitsubishi only selling new/rebuilts at $5,000 a piece and parts from get drag very hard to get, they are making people purchase a whole unit versus parts to rebuild, along with ineffective design and early failure of those items.