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Seat Belts
02/04/2004
PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S SEAT BELT EQUIPMENT. *MR THE SEAT BELT DID NOT RETRACT. (FRONT PASSENGER SEAT) *SC *JB
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Fuel System, Gasoline, visibility
07/20/2004
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 HAVE HAD THEIR CAR SERVICED AT A MITSUBISHI DEALER. HAVE NOT REPLACED ANYTHING YET BECAUSE THE PARTS AND LABOR QUOTES HAVE BEEN ANYWHERE FROM $600-$1000. CAR HAS 56,000 MILES ON IT, BUT HAVE NOTICED PROBLEM SINCE BUYING THE VEHICLE LAST YEAR WITH 36,000 MILES. TRIED ADDING STOP LEAK TO THE GAS WITH NO RESULTS. *LA
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Structure
05/20/2004
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 CLAIM STATING THAT BUBBLE IS CAUSED BY CORROSION INITIALLY STARTED BY ROCK CHIP ON THE PAINT. THIS IS WITHOUT ANY PROFESSIONAL OPINION, THERE IS NO TRACE OF CHIP AT BUBBLING SPOT AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS CORROSION STARTED FROM UNDERNEATH PAINT. DISTRICT SERVICE MANAGER DID POINT OUT SOME CHIPS ON HOOD, WINDSHIELD AND ROOF PANEL OF THE CAR BUT THEY LOOK NOTHING LIKE THE BUBBLE. THE GUY FROM BODY SHOP TOLD ME THAT HE WILL RECOMMEND FOR WARRANTY REPAIR ON MY CLAIM BUT DISTRICT SERVICE MANAGER DIDN'T CARE FOR IT. I WAS CALLED IN TO LET THEM SEE THE CAR 4 TIMES FOR NOTHING, THIS DEALERSHIP IS NOT SO CLOSE BY WHERE I LIVE OR WORK. I REQUESTED THEM TO PROVE THAT ROCK CHIP CAUSED THE BUBBLE BUT THE...
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Steering
12/26/2002
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 OSCILLATION WHICH CAUSED ME TO QUESTION HER DRIVING AND THEN DRIVE THE CAR MYSELF. I REPEATED THE EXERCISE AND NOTICED THE VEHICLE HAD A TENDENCY TO ENTER INTO A PRONOUNCED OSCILLATION ANY TIME A TURN WAS ATTEMPTED AT CRUISE SPEED. WE IMMEDIATELY RETURNED TO THE DEALER AND POINTED OUT WHAT I CONSIDERED TO BE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE TO THE SALESMAN ([XXX] . I LATER WROTE AN EMAIL TO [XXX] AT THE VILLAGE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP WHO ORIGINALLY ADVERTISED THE CAR IN TRADERONLINE. I HAVE YET TO GET A RESPONSE STATING THEY LOOKED INTO THE ISSUE. BY THE WAY, I'M A QA AUDITOR, MECHANIC AND PILOT, COMFORTABLE WITH THE PERSONALITY QUIRKS OF MOST VEHICLES. WHILE BOTHERSOME AND A DEAL KILLER FOR US, I FEEL THIS I...
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Seats
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
