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Structure
02/15/2004
WHEN SHUTTING THE PASSENGER DOOR CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE DOOR HINGES CRACKED. THIS WAS CAUSING THE DOOR NOT TO CLOSE. *AK
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Structure
01/01/2002
HOOD AND HOOD SKELETON HAVE BECOME SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER. GLUE HOLDING THE TWO PARTS TOGETHER DID NOT HOLD. THIS HAS HAPPENED A WHILE AGO, BUT FOUND THIS WEBSITE TODAY. NOT SURE OF EXACT DATE OF OCCURRENCE SINCE PROBLEM IS NOT VISIBLE UNTIL HOOD IS RAISED, AND IT IS NOT SOMETHING SOMEONE PAYS ATTENTION TO. IT IS AN UNEXPECTED PROBLEM THAT WILL ONLY GET WORSE OVER TIME. LOOKING FOR OTHERS WITH SAME DEFECT. DRUNKENALIEN@HOTMAIL.COM. *NM
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Power Train
11/13/2003
I OWN A 1999 MITSUBISHI MIRAGE DE, WHICH I PURCHASED 3/8/02; IT HAS A 1.5 LITER ENGINE AND AN AUTOMATIC 4 SPEED TRANSMISSION. WITHIN DAYS, I NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED ABNORMALLY FROM THE 1ST TO THE 2ND GEARS WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD. THIS ABNORMALITY CAN BE DESCRIBED AS A HESITATION OR SLIPPING AT SOME TIMES, OR A POPPING, LIKE GUNFIRE, AT OTHERS. AGAIN, THIS SHIFTING SENSATION IS MORE NOTICEABLE WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD. I NOTIFIED THE DEALER FROM WHICH THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED OF THIS PROBLEM ON 3/19/02. THEY TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND INDICATED ON THE REPAIR SLIP THAT THEY WERE UNSURE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT A PROBLEM EXISTED. ON APRIL 5, 2002, I DISCUSSED THIS MATTER AGAIN WITH ROME FORD, WHERE THIS CAR WAS PURCHASED. IN AN ATTEMPT TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION, THEY SENT THE VEHICLE TO OUR LOCAL MITSUBISHI DEALER, PAOLOZZI MITSUBISHI IN MARCY, NY, FOR AN EVALUATION. THE EVALUATION RESULTED IN THE STATEMENT TO ROME FORD THAT NOTHING WAS WRONG. ON 2/27/03, I ENCOUNTERED YE...
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Engine And Engine Cooling
10/08/2003
ENGINE PROBLEM. *AK
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Visibility
CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT FRONT WINDSHIELD. THE LAMINATION IN BETWEEN THE WINDOW IS DETERIORATING BECAUSE IT STARTED TO BULB IT UP, AND IT GIVES HER A HEADACHE WHEN DRIVING. *AK
