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Old 01-08-2012, 01:21 AM
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^ The vehicle has turned out to be the biggest lemon and Mitsubishi basically screwed me over on the whole deal. The motor gave out at 14k miles due to a failed oil pump and I was denied warranty over a aftermarket ic and catback exhaust. Even though the mods had nothing to do with the failure, Mitsubishi claimed that they were the cause of the failure and reported that I was racing the vehicle. All these statements were untrue and they were unable to give me any specific information on how the motor failed and specifically how the mods were related. They even went as far as to say that I modified the turbo and took pictures of a modified evo and claimed that it was my car. Too bad the evo was black and my ra is white

I needed my vehicle as it was my DD so I ended up paying over 8k on a new motor and had it installed at the dealership. The dealer also claimed that my block was cracked and my head was warped, which I later found to be untrue. I felt let down and unsatisfied over the whole deal and ended up taking Mitsubishi to court over the issue. It has ended up escalating into this big ordeal and I was even put on Mitsubishi's blacklist. They wouldn't see or work on my car no matter the circumstance.

After many months the case has finally be resolved and I ended up winning and reclaiming the money spent on repairs as well as reclaiming my warranty. I have currently still had issues with the car and it has been in and out of the dealer more then I'd like to care. It seems to be finally fixed at the moment so I'd like to sell it or wait and see if it acts up again.

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This has got to be one of the worst horror story on the dealers & Mitsubishi.

14k failed oil pump?
Which dealership told you this?

Did you call Mitsubishi HQ? This is just wrong.
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Old 01-08-2012, 01:22 AM
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Sry for the derailing your FS thread. Anyhow GLWS.
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This has got to be one of the worst horror story on the dealers & Mitsubishi.

14k failed oil pump?
Which dealership told you this?

Did you call Mitsubishi HQ? This is just wrong.
^ The oil pump was the cause of the failure which resulted in the damage of the engine. It was mainly the dealer (SCM) who BS'd and stated my mods were the cause, so they could use it as an excuse to not do work under warranty. They simply knew it was going to be high cost and labor and didn't want to do any work unless paid by me.

Mitsubishi HQ was even worse as they were the ones directing SCM and telling them what to do in my case. Mitsubishi is one shady company who acts like they care by holding events like MOD and so forth, but when it comes to warranty they'll screw you over like it's no big deal. Not the best way to gain repeat buyers.
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Sry for the derailing your FS thread. Anyhow GLWS.
^ No worries and thanks!
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There are two or three people just on this site that have had oil pump failures, and this is a small community. Just unfortunate really, between that, the timing chain, the SST...
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Old 01-08-2012, 11:22 AM
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Have thought of reporting this to NHTSA? National highway and transportation safety administration. The more people that know, the more that can be done to fix the problem.
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Have thought of reporting this to NHTSA? National highway and transportation safety administration. The more people that know, the more that can be done to fix the problem.
^ I'll definitely look into it
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