NHTSA Complaint #10147393 — 2002 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE

I PURCHASED A USED 2002 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE IN AUGUST 2005. THE CAR HAD 45,000 MILES ON IT. IN OCTOBER WHEN I STARTED TO USE THE HEATER I COULD SMELL AN UNUSUAL SMELL INSIDE THE CAR. IN JANUARY OF 2006 MY BROTHER RODE IN THE CAR AND TOLD ME THE SMELL WAS ANTI-FREEZE. I WENT ON THE INTERNET AND INSTANTLY FOUND OUT THAT THIS MODEL CAR HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE HEATER CORE O-RINGS FAILING. THE SMELL IN THE CAR GOT REAL BAD REAL QUICK AND I HAD TO HAVE THE LEAKING O-RINGS REPAIRED. I WOULD GET SICK FROM THE SMELL AND HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO HAVE IT FIXED. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO A MITSUBISHI DEALER AND HAD THE REPAIR DONE FOR $650.THE CAR HAD 48,000 MILES ON IT WHEN THE REPAIR WAS MADE. THAT IS ALOT OF MONEY FOR PROBLEM THAT MITSUBISHI SHOULD HAVE CORRECTED. *JB