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Mitsubishi Diamante

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#750 of 1497 Brake Pulsation by vivona

Jul 25, 2002 (3:56 pm)

mcaparso -- You can read all you ever wanted to know about brake pulsation at http://www.geocities.com/diamanteowner/article2.htm

I have two Diamantes, a 1999 with 29,000 miles and a 2002 with 5,000 miles and neither has ever had a problem with brake pulsation. Same goes for a friend that had two, a 1992 that she traded at 75,000 miles and the current 2000 model she has with 20,000 miles. The tales of brake pulsation you read here in Edmunds is limited to a few owners. I would rely more on the national survey at Carpoint that shows the Diamante to have an excellent reliability record, including brakes. See it at:

http://carpoint.msn.com/vip/usedoverview.aspx?make=Mitsubishi&model=Diamante

Mr. Vivona

Mr. Vivona

#751 of 1497 AVIS Car by mcaparso

Jul 25, 2002 (9:40 pm)

Hello to all...
 
The 2001 D I was looking at was also an AVIS rental car. IT has 18k miles on it, and appears to look and run ok. I told the dealer once I found out it was a rental car (Carfax) that i was no longer interested. Regfootball--- any comments about avis or problems with your car?
Everyone else, any suggetions about buying a rental car?
 
Thanks,
Matt

#752 of 1497 mcaparso by regfootball

Jul 25, 2002 (11:35 pm)

bought the car last December (2001 model ES) six months old with 11k miles on it and paid 15,600. There is an Avis sticker on the back side of the gas flap.
 
Car now has 24-25k miles on it. No problems, there was a short short period of time where the brakes seemed to pulse. also the check engine light was on for a couple days (coulda been the gas cap).
 
Keep in mind the Diamante has a longer warranty than a typical 3/36 domestic plan. I think its a 5/60 powertrain or something like that.
 
My wife is thrilled with the car. I like the car too. I can post a link for pics if you'd like!
 
Wife is p'oed though. Some other car brushed her white bumper and now there are some green paint marks on the nice pearl white paint!

#753 of 1497 thanks by mcaparso

Jul 28, 2002 (8:16 pm)

Thank you all for the info. I bought the 2001 D LS with 18k miles for $17k. Hopefully it will last me a long time.
 
One question, I want to have the oil changed where would you go? The 6k tuneup is $65 at a local mitsu dealer. Would you goto a local dealer or a speed lube place?
 
Thanks,
Matt

#754 of 1497 mcaparso by regfootball

Jul 28, 2002 (9:24 pm)

that's good deal! Congrats......got any pictures to post?
 
I have not had any problems at all with Valvoline Instant Oil Change. Go to www.vioc.com to get coupons for 5 bucks off.

#755 of 1497 2001 D by mcaparso

Jul 29, 2002 (7:56 pm)

Hello regfootball. I don't have any pictures as of yet. I took the car home today, fueled up with premium fuel and put a few hundred miles on. Car runs great, and feels like a brand new one (compared to my 92 olds cutlass supreme with 172k miles on it). This was only my second car purchase ever, and quite a nice car at that.
 
The only problem I do have is that I only got 1 primary key. I guess you are supposed to get 2 primary (opens all locks) and one secondary (all locks but trunk and glove). Do you have any expirenece ordering new keys? I was also thinking about not even wasting my time, since the key I have works.
 
I'm hoping for a few trouble free years with the car, but I was wondering about purchasing an extended bumper to bumper warranty... any advice on that?
 
Matt

#756 of 1497 2001 D in dash cd changer installation by mcaparso

Jul 29, 2002 (7:57 pm)

Can someone please post the instructions to remove the dash pieces in order to install the factory in dash changer?
 
Thanks,
Matt

#757 of 1497 by regfootball

Jul 29, 2002 (9:47 pm)

I only got one regular key and one 'valet key'. they had to order another remote for me as well.

#758 of 1497 ABS brakes and more by adamw

Jul 30, 2002 (8:22 am)

I would like to add few things to the Mitsubishi discussion. I bought my Diamante in 1999. Beautiful, fast, comfortable car and for first 15K miles worked great. After this I began to have problems: the car would take a long time to cool off at high temperatures
Squeaky driver’s seat, whistling noise from the ventilation system, broken thermostat, shaking brakes, anti-lock brakes warning light stayed on, leaking fog light seal, broken switch in the transmission shift, broken lock in the storage compartment. I had all of it fixed under a warranty. Now my warranty is over. My car has 50K miles, I have spent $2700 in last three months on repairs and maintenance. The biggest problems where with AC, that was blowing hot air and needed an expensive repair and ABS brakes that failed few times I had to replace two sensors (so far) for a total of $1600. I am someone who follows all the maintenance schedules and care about the car performance and look; I never neglected any oil changes, transmission, break fluid etc, so I expected the car to work well.
I read some of the postings on the discussion board and I see a mixed review but I have to agree with the skeptics. This is a nice looking car, but it is very high maintenance. I know “things” can brake, but I am 15K miles over the warranty period and I have spent almost $3000 on this car. I previously owned 1989 and 1993 Mitsubishi but looks like this is the last one I will buy. I am very disappointed with my car.

#759 of 1497 Brake failure by naveedk

Aug 02, 2002 (4:06 pm)

I drove my Diamante 95 LS yesterday and only once I felt evn pushed the brake pedal but car didn't stop but after that I drove around (carefully) and couldn't have that failure again. Any recommendations on what should I have checked out?

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