2001 Mitsubishi Diamante problems
NHTSA has received 93 complaints about the 2001 Mitsubishi Diamante, and 62% of them involve wipers, windshield & visibility. After that come air conditioning & heating (55%) and engine (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 93 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 62% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 6 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 60,000 miles 65 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 | 8 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 23 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 21 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 5 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 7 |
| 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 65 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 56,000 miles (46 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 6 injuries reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 85% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2001 ranks 2nd most-complained-about out of 10 model years of the Mitsubishi Diamante with enough data (68 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 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.
Abnormal smell coming from vents, made me, and my two sons feel nauseous, created a headache for me. I had to open windows in order to drive car due to fumes. Brought car to dealer, and heater core was identified as problem and needed to be replaced. Dealer said this is a very common problem with this year and model. I asked if there was a manufacturer recall and he said no, they only had to do a recall if it was a safety problem. This cost $802.37 to repair. This is most definitely a safety issue.
Smell of anti freeze 3 months ago while heater was running. Windows starting to fog and unable to defrost/defog. Will have to schedule a repair with the dealer. This is a major safety concern as coolant vapor is toxic to breathe and electrical control components to engine may be damaged if leaking into electrical connections or devices; traction control and throttle control being the most dangerous and possibly fatality causing.
My car is making me sick. I purchased my car in aug. 2001 and began to notice a smell in the car and fume closely resembling that of radiator coolant. The car was assesed by a mitsubishi district manager and service personnel from my dealer and deemed to be sound. In the mean time I have suffered with runny eyes and intermittent paralysis in the right side of my face dependent on the amount of time spent in the car. I have contacted mitsubishi numerous times about this and received no assistance.
My heater core went on my automobile. The car is a 2001 mitsubishi diamante which has 50,000 miles on it. The problem started when the car had 45,000 miles on it, but I didn't know it was the heater core until later on. The dealer had the car for 2-l/2 days for a job that was 6.9 hours. I was told that the box that the core was in was either broken or couldn't be shut, but then they were able to close it, fix it I hope.
Both rear knuckle bushing were shot on 2001 mitsubishi diamante. It appeared that the body of the vehicle was falling off of the frame.