1992 Mitsubishi 3000GT

MITSUBISHI IS AWARE OF THE TRANSMISSION FAILURES BUT REFUSES TO FIX THE PROBLEM. WE WOULD LIKE ACTION TAKEN TOWARD GETRAG THE MANUFACTURER AND MITSUBISHI. THEY DO NOT SELL PARTS FOR THERE FAILED TRANNYS. INSTEAD REQUIRE YOU TO BUY ANOTHER TRANNY. THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS IN REGARDS TO THIS TRANNY. PLEASE HELP US CONSUMERS.*AK

THE GETRAG 5SPEED TRANSMISSION IS POORLY DESIGNED. MY PERSONAL CAR ONLY HAS 48,909 MILES ON IT. THE CAR HAS BEEN METICULUOUSLY TAKEN CARE OFF, AS FAR AS REPLACING FLIUDS PROMPTLY. THE SYNCRONIZERS IN THE CAR ARE CAUSING THE TRAN NOT TO LET ME PUT THE CAR IN A NEW GEAR. I HAVE CONTACTED A DEALER AND THE ONLY WAY TO FIX IT ISD TO REPLACE THE TRANNY WITH A NEW ONE, WHICH IS $5,000. I DON'T HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS OR SOMETHING AND I FEEL THAT MITSUBISHI SHOULD REPAIR THESE AWFULLY DESINGED TRANNYS AT THEIR COST.*AK

I BELIEVE THAT THIS GETRAG (GERMAN MADE) 5-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER CASE IS A DEFECTIVE DESIGN. MITSUBISHI, VARIOUS AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIANS, AND TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOPS ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. DIRT, CLUTCH DUST, MOISTURE, ETC ENTERS THE SPLINE AND IT GRINDS THE MALE TRANSMISSION OUTPUT SPLINE AND FEMALE COUPLER IN THE TRANSFER CASE SO THAT THEY ARE INOPERABLE. MITSUBISHI SAYS IT CANNOT ORDER COMPONENT PARTS FOR THIS GETRAGE TRANSMISSION. I HAD TO PURCHASE AN ENTIRE REBUILT TRANSMISSION FROM MITSUBISHI. I ALSO HAD TO PURCHASE A NEW TRANSFER CASE. IN ADDITION, SINCE THEY WERE WORKING ON THE TRANSMISSION, MITSUBISHI RECOMMENDED THAT I REPLACE THE CLUTCH DISC, COVER ASSEMBLY, AND THE RELEASE BEARING. THE ENTIRE COST INCLUDING LABOR WAS $6,781.00. I CONTACTED MITSUBISHI AND THEY HAD A FIELD REP LOOK AT THE TRANSMISSION. HE SAID THAT HE RECOGNIZES THE PROBLEM, BUT THAT MITSUBISHI IS NOT RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE THE CAR IS OUT OF WARANTY. I THINK BECAUSE IT IS A DESIGN FLAW, AND YOU CAN'T BUY REPLACEMENT PARTS, MITSUBISHI SHOULD COVER MY COSTS. THANK YOU. *AK

HAVING REPAIRED THE TRANSMISSION AND TRANSFER CASE, THE TRANSMISSION OUTPUT SHAFT HAD SHEARED, ALSO SHEARING THE TRANSFER CASE INPUT COUPLING. COST OF REPAIRS, $2,800 TO REBUILD BOTH ITEMS, PLUS RENTAL CAR ($1,000). THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE UNDER WARRANTY; ONCE AT 4,069 (NEW UNIT), AND THE OTHER AT 46,122 MILES (REBUILT) DUE TO INTERNAL FAILURES. IN TALKING WITH BOTH MESA MITSUBISHI (MESA, AZ) AND MITSUBISHI CUSTOMER SUPPORT (COSTA MESA, CA) THERE IS NO OR HAS THERE BEEN AN EXCESSIVE FAILURE OF THIS TRANSMISSION. I BEG TO DIFFER WITH THAT. AFTER RESEARCHING THE INTERNET FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS I KNOW OF AT LEAST 1 DOZEN OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD MULTIPLE TRANSMISSIONS CHANGED. WITH MITSUBISHI ONLY SELLING NEW/REBUILTS AT $5,000 A PIECE AND PARTS FROM GET DRAG VERY HARD TO GET, THEY ARE MAKING PEOPLE PURCHASE A WHOLE UNIT VERSUS PARTS TO REBUILD, ALONG WITH INEFFECTIVE DESIGN AND EARLY FAILURE OF THOSE ITEMS.

I HAVE CONFIDANTS THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION FAILING IN THESE CARS. THEY ARE TOO MANY TO NUMBER, SO IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE IS A FACTORY DEFECT WITH THE TRANSMISSION. A LARGE COMPLAINT FROM ALL OF US IS THE FACT THAT MITSUBISHI HAS A LICENSING AGREEMENT WITH THE MANUFACTURER OF THE TRANSMISSION (GETRAG). THIS AGREEMENT PREVENTS MITSUBISHI SERVICE TECHNICIANS FROM REPAIRING THE TRANSMISSION AND FORCES THE CONSUMER TO PURCHASE A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS HARDLY SEEMS ETHICAL, CONSIDERING THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO BE FACTORY DEFECTIVE. ALSO, IT IS VERY CONCEIVABLE THAT THESE FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS COULD POSE A CONSIDERABLE SAFETY THREAT. IF THE OUTPUT SHAFT TO THE TRANSFER CASE BREAKS, OR OTHER CRUCIAL PARTS, THE TRANSMISSION COULD SEIZE UP WHILE DRIVING. AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS COMMON PROBLEM EXPERIENCED WITH MY CAR, PARTICULARLY THIS MODEL YEAR. SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR, I'VE TAKEN GOOD CARE OF IT AND COMPLETED ALL REQUIRED MAINTENA