Oh boy, what a day, I'm actually still in shock. Some of you may have read my prev post on my new purchase of a IX RS with 23k and new tires. Today I went over to pick up the car around 4:30pm. I took a final look over of the car and another test drive to make sure the new tires were balanced well and to make sure the car had a good solid feel. Everything seemed good, rode smooth as glass, no funny noises, paint was in good shape, clean engine bay with no noticable mods and a flawless interior.

I did notice a a 'aftermarket hose going from the bov to the hard press line that runs along the side of the valve cover to the intake mani. The one thing I noticed wile driving was after you went into boost and let off the car would buck (kinda like you feel when one first learns to drive stick, only in reverse) as if the bov was not releasing the air properly. It sounded alot like a HKS type becouse it would make a fluttering woosh instead of a smooth stock woosh. Though looking at it, the bov was still venting back in the intake. Still, it didn't look stock and the area looked uncluttered, but as I remember (had a new IX MR a year ago) getting ahold of the valve cover vent hose that connects to the intake snorkel was not easy, yet on this car it was visible. The fins on the rad ect were untouched without a single bend in the fins and at most the car may have had a aftermarket intake along with this bov. Based on my knowledge the bov is not the stocker but I may be wronge.

Anyway, about 20 miles into my way home I heard a strange like raspy wine that went into a high pitch (almost whistle) then what sounded like a constent light knocking as if the wheel spokes were rubbing on a plastic/metal body part. All this was coming from the drivers side right where the tranny area is. This went on for about 2 miles then went away.

Ok now things get interesting. About 15 miles after the above I got into it about half throttle and the tranny popped out of 5th gear. I shoved it back in and at this point knew something was up that was not going to go away. All the wile I'm getting pissed since I just payed 27k for a car that is giving me problems only 30 miles into me owning it.

5 miles later I get to my exit ramp. I slow down and grab 4th, then take it out of gear to coast to a stop at the end. I go to grab 2nd to creep up to a stop and then all of a sudden at about 10mph, the ****er just ****s the bed. It made all kinds of tranny noises (the awful clunking and clanging) and the car seized in place and it was as if I had the E-brake on. THEN, with the car out of gear, I went to realease the clutch and it engaged just as if it was in gear. It started to smoke and smell funney and at this point I just shut her down......

WTF, is all I could muster and was so pissed I invisioned my self strangling every freaken one of the associates at the dealership. Now this dealership is not a mitsu one or any 'brand name dealer', they are just a mid sized used car place that does sell a crap load of Evos/STIs ect..

I call them up and they quickly call the owner and get him on the phone with me. I wanted to ask him how he could sell me a 27K car (of which I payed too much for as it was) that could not even make it home before blowing the tranny and then go on to tell him all the other awfull things I had on my mind but kept my cool to see what what he was going to do.

He sent out a wrecker to get the car and told me plain and simple that I could either have the car fixed or give the car back, get my trade and go. I really didn't think he was going to give me those options (even a free rental if I opt to keep it and get it fixed) and at this point will prob give the car back. For a Evo to have a shot tranny at 20k tells me the car was beat, yet the car looked and drove well maintained. Though i guess it could have been a freak mech problem, I really have no way of knowing for sure.

So that was my Evo buying exp One side of me says just get it fixed, not to mention it has a factory warranty for another 40k or 3 years so if it breaks just give it to the dealer to fix. Though the 'bov mod' worrys me as far as warrany issues go so i would have this dealer fix that issue and the bucking along with whatever happened to the tranny/clutch. Infact I would insist on a new OEM clutch wile they get the tranny done. Also, no matter where you get a used Evo, one never really knows how it was driven so i could get another one down the road and wind up with the same problem or worse. A 'new' tranny would give me peace of mind and one less thing to worry about as far as past abuse as well.

The other side of me says to just give it back and move on... What does every one else think I should do and or demand

 

Give it back and move on

 

Get out of it while you can.. There are plenty of reliable evos out there.. youll regret it if you dont and the POS falls apart on you after a few weeks.. good luck..

 

give it back, find another one, start over bro. good luck

 

Get your $$$$$ back

 

i really don't kno what to tell you but damn that sux man!...this is the reason that when i was given the opportunity to get a new evo i took it.

 

I would give the evo back, get your money back, and try and find a differnt evo. It's hard to buy a used evo, since like you said, you never know if it was beat on or not. But there are some clean, non abused evo's out there for sale, just takes some time to find the right one. Just my opinion but I would def give it back and get a refund, I wouldnt even bother trying to get it fixed, there may be more problems down the road.

 

Ah, another evo that had the **** beaten out of it, and traded in.

 

keep it and request a sheep tranny plus a new clutch...

 

Move on dude move on!

I got my VIII for 22.5k at 22,000 miles... noticed a small whine and big drop in power after 5k... found out it was just the bolts missing in the ram air part scoop, and it was sucking up to the hood... I got lucky... you on the other hand did not.. move on dude, and I wouldn't buy any more cars from them.

 

That really sucks. I would do as other have said, get out while you still can. The next Evo you find you will like even more.

 

Like everyone above has said. Give the car back and start over fresh. Thats just bad karma. You can find a better deal, just need to be patient. Hopefully your next Evo will be trouble free.

 

give it back before more probems happen.. Good Luck

 

Yea, I'm leaning on giving it back. Whole thing just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Just wish I knew if it was something like 'no oil in the tranny' rather than beat to hell Shame, cuz I really like the low key look of the RS. The funny part....People kept stoping and asking me if I needed help and everytime I had to lean over and crank the pass window down Thought of power windows real fast

 

I agree with most everyone, move on, get out from under it while you can. There's always another RS out there that will treat you good. Don't take your chances with that one. It sounds to me like a dealer around where I live, they polish up all their turds on lot as best they can and then every customer gets a polished up piece of shhh!