2000 Mitsubishi Diamante problems
NHTSA has received 63 complaints about the 2000 Mitsubishi Diamante, and 44% of them involve wipers, windshield & visibility. After that come air conditioning & heating (32%) and fuel system (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 63 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 44% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 7 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 60,000 miles 26 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 5 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 6 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 6 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 7 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 26 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 60,000 miles. For wipers, windshield & visibility specifically, the median reported mileage is about 63,000 miles (16 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 3 complaints mention a crash; 7 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2000 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 10 model years of the Mitsubishi Diamante with enough data (52 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Vehicle involved in a head on collision at 30 MPH, vehicle that impacted my vehicle was travelling at 25 MPH. The entire front of car including bumper was destroyed by the 55 MPH impact. Neither airbag deployed. The driver airbag appears to have begun to deploy, but did not.
For several weeks it was becoming increasingly difficult for me to clear the windshield on my car and I attributed it to hot, humid weather. Coming back on the freeway one evening it suddenly became much worse and my husband and I tried many different combinations of cool/warm/fresh air to be able to see out of the window, but it never fully cleared. It was dangerous to drive under those conditions, but we made it home. There was a whitish film beginning to form on the window, visible in daylight.
For over 2 years now I have had problems with an odor in my 2000 diamanti and the defogger never seemed to work on the windows. A couple of weeks ago I saw something leak onto the passenger side rug but didn't' t guess that this could have something to do with the heater core. Upon taking it to my dealer I was told this was hole in the heater core that had to be fixed immediately because it was dangerous and hazardous to my health to breath the fumes that were coming out of the core.
While driving ABS light illuminated and the brakes failed. Vehicle was towed to the dealer, who determined that the ABS chip malfunctioned, and had to be replaced.
We have a five-year-old mitsubishi diamante. For the last week, my husband, scott has smelled a sweet smell in his car and had a problem with the windows fogging. Tuesday morning he started losing forward power when driving to work on I480. He noticed that his dashboard transmission lights were acting funny so he called our mitsubishi dealer. The service people asked if he had noticed that the windows were fogging or if he smelled any anti-freeze coming from the heater.