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16K views 39 replies 31 participants last post by  Crazyguy03  
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Thought this would be a good place to post it, don't know if the lounge would be better. I created a petition after my recent incident with Mitsubishi's shitty auto trans which almost had me up against the guard rails. When my transmission died my car immediatley shut off and I had steer the car as quick as possible to the side of the road. While doing this I almost got rear ended and when I found out this all happened due to Mitsubishi designing a faulty part only to create a update for it WITHOUT assigning a recall, it had me steamed. Anyways, long story short I made a petiton, sign it below and lets see if we can get something done about this. Sure Mitsubishi could talk its way out of not doing work on their shitty paint but I don't think they should get away with someting that could be life threatening. Hope the boards don't mind I used them as a sponsor so Mitsubishi had something to refer to.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/petition/461996926

Mitsubishi F4A51 Automatic Transmission Hazard Problem

I am writing on behalf of the issue concerning the safety and reliability of Mitsubishi and Dodge vehicles and their owners that contain the Mitsubishi F4A51 Automatic Transmission (2000-2005 V6 Eclipse, 2001-2005 V6 Stratus RT, 1997-2003 V6 Galant)

The main issue seems to be a manufacturing defect in the wave/cushion spring located in the transmission. Mitsubishi has designed the wave spring as a fragile two coil piece which has been known to repeatedly break causing catastrophic failure in the transmission. This in turn poses a threat on the driver and passengers. When this wave spring breaks, actual pieces of the wave spring make it through Mitsubishi’s also faulty transmission filter and lodge themselves in the pump gear, causing the gear to actually break. After the pump gear has been broken inside the transmission, all forward and reverse gears immediately stop function and in most instances the vehicle shuts off. This could result in potential harm or even death of the driver and/or passenger as the vehicle loses all moving power which can cause an accident with other vehicles on the road. Mitsubishi has recently created an updated version of the wave spring without issuing a recall, which now is a one piece instead of the coil setup and has a less chance of breaking. To many Mitsubishi/Dodge owners this update was discovered after they have had their vehicle in a transmission shop with a hefty bill to pay even though it was Mitsubishi’s fault for engineering a faulty part in their transmission. All one person would need to find out about this issue is search the internet with the transmission code (F4A51) and this issue is well documented, even researched by Transmission Digest (a specialty magazine). Not only is this a large inconvenience to most, it is also a hazard to ones life. Mitsubishi should recall all vehicles which contain the F4A51 automatic transmission to perform the wave spring and filter update or reimburse those who have already had it done at their cost. This is an issue that needs to be addressed as if you own a vehicle with the F4A51 your vehicle WILL eventually need this repair, if you are still around to do it.
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Bitter said:
im not sure, but i think X years after a vehicle is released its not mandatory to do a recall on things for it.
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When I had my VR4 (last year) I got a recall in the mail when I updated the owners info on the Mitsu site for brake lines. I called in my dealer to confirm and he told me to come down and do it. Im pretty sure if its a safety hazzard it does not matter, my VR4 was a 91 so basically it still had a serviceable recall 16 years later, no way that couldn't happen on a 7 year old car.

Bitter said:
Office of Defects Investigation - Safety Recalls but report problems there.
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Yea someone told me that if you think its a real hazzard to report it to them. Ill probably just copy what I wrote and send it to them.
 
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Signed this happened to me and could have cost my life.....I purchased my 2001 GT auto about a month ago with 78000 miles i was on my way to my college one day with cruise control on going about 55mph when suddenly my engine was at redline i had no forward or reverse gears mind you i was icy out and some how this threw my car in a 360 ending up in a ditch. I have full coverage i hope my insurance pays for this or in reality Mitsubishi should pay for this but i know they wont. i was soo pissed when this happend.
 
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