NHTSA Complaint #10163041 — 2002 MITSUBISHI DIAMANTE

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I AM COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. THE END OF JUNE 2006 I DROVE TO WORK AND REACHED DOWN TO PICK SOME STUFF UP OFF THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR MAT. IT ENDED UP BEING SOAKED. AT FIRST I THOUGHT SOME WATER HAD COME IN BECAUSE THE PAST FEW DAYS OUR AREA HAD TORRENTIAL RAINS. WHEN I GOT HOME THE NEXT DAY I TOOK UP THE FLOOR MAT TO DRY IT OUT AND NOTICE ALL THE LIQUID UNDER IT WAS GREENISH YELLOW. IN MY MIND I WENT CRAZY BECAUSE THE SAME THING HAD HAPPENED TO ME A YEAR AND 2 WEEKS EARLIER. ONCE AGAIN THE HEATER CORE BECAME FAULTY AND POURED THE ENGINE COOLANT INTO THE PASSENGER SPACES. WONDERFUL, SINCE MY WIFE WAS 8 MONTHS PREGNANT, GREAT FOR HER TO BE BREATHING THOSE CHEMICALS. I HAVE TO SAY I WAS FORTUNATE THAT IT DIDN'T LEAK ON ANY OF THE COMPUTER COMPONENTS, LIKE HAS HAPPENED TO OTHERS, ESPECIALLY WHILE I WAS DRIVING. WOULD HAVE DEFINITELY CAUSED A SAFETY ISSUE. IT JUST BLOWS MY MIND THAT I HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR THE SAME SERVICE TWICE IN ABOUT A YEAR, ON A CAR THAT HAS LESS THAN 80,000 MILES ON IT. I REALLY HOPE THE NHTSA LOOKS INTO MAKING THIS A RECALL ISSUE, BECAUSE IT IS JUST HAPPENING TO TOO MANY CONSUMERS. JUST IMAGINE ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY CAN FILE A COMPLAINT. YES, I KNOW THERE WERE NO DEATHS OR INJURIES IN MY CASE, BUT WHEN THE COOLANT LEAKS ON THE COMPUTER BRAIN OF THE CAR, IT COULD BECOME A REAL ISSUE IF DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY OR NAVIGATING CROWDED STREETS IN TOWN. THE POWER STEARING OR ANTILOCK BRAKES WOULD SHUT DOWN IF THE COMPUTER CRASHED FROM GETTING WET.