brought to first shop?

the moment the car broke down i stopped and had the car towed to the nearest mitsu dealer... not sure what u're talking about. the dealer themselves said i didnt have enough oil, which is what caused the damage. they said i needed a new engine, and that nothing would be covered under warranty because I had raced and neglected the car.

 

pics have been hosted on a different site, they should come up now

 

From what I see you had your oil changed at a ford dealer; I could not see that it was actually for an EVO.

2. When you took it to the mitsu shop in gainsville the damage was already done.

3. You tried to take it to another Mitsu dealer in orl Sport mitsu


If you had you oil changed at the ford dealer and you were way low on oil, you should be talking to them to find out why they didnt change it correctly. ie fill to specified level, forgot to install the drain plug, didnt tighten the oil filter. etc.

in addition as stated before mitsu is stating the damage was due to neglect; so if your oil was sow low as to cause engine failure you should have noticed it due to the oil light comming on on your dash. IE neglect.

You have not given any specifics on the exact damage stated by mitsu or how your oil was that low in the first place.

Now if what you are saying is true and the piston just broke, which is possible due to manufacturer defect, than they would have to replace. but it sounds like you have more damage than you are willing to fess up to.......In general pistons dont jsut break(unless it was a major manufacturing error) i would expect that the engine would seize or spin a bearing. Now running too much boost can cause a lean condition killing a piston. i have not heard of my 4g63 pistons jsut breaking.

to mee your conditions and symptoms dont appear to add up..

 

i made a post right after my pics stating that it's a FORD AND MITSUBISHI dealership. in the service area there are mitsus and fords being worked on.

i had originally BOUGHT the car at sport mitsu, then i MOVED to gainesville for UF. gville dealership were the first to deny warranty, then the car was towed to sport to see what they could do, and all the could do was give me an estimate on how much a new engine costs. my car was stock, there were no reports in my 3,000 mile oil change that the car had modifications, which is why i take my car to the dealer to get it serviced in the first place, so that they can see it is still stock.

funny you should mention the oil light.... IT NEVER CAME ON... and even today at this very hour if u turn the car on, it turns on making a horrendous noise but actually runs, and the oil light is still not on, yet the car still barely runs, no oil light or check engine light.

mitsu's explanation? "there's no way the car would've lasted if they messed up on how much oil they put in, and the only time the oil light will come on is when there is absolutely NO oil in the car" both of which are lies given to me by the service manager at the gville dealership.

 

Then you should be talking to that dealership and not putting down sport.

They are doing their jobs correctly when they check the info on your car before doing any kind of service.

but it still sounds odd that a piston is dead.

if what you are saying is true,
the oil light doesnt come on,
you had your oil changed by the FORD MITSU dealer
and the actual engine failure was do to low oil, then yes they should replace it....

if the actual failure was due to low oil; it sounds like a specific dealers fault due to improper oil change not mitsu or sport, mitsu might have to pony up some cash for a failed oil light. However the piston thing still sounds a little funny i would expect a different type of damage...


oh well this is boring me.

 

The only reason i made those comments was because he mentioned Sport mitsu. Im proud to work there and dont like people bad mouthing it.

:*-( you just stated that we didnt deny you first that the gainsville mitsu store denied you due to the oil. How come in your VERY FIRST POST you never mentioned any of this.


liquid7879 Good looking out man!! Hope to see yo in the future


IM OUT

 

im going crusing gotta wash the Evo first...peace all

 

how come u guys havent done A THING to help me out? all u've done is given me estimates, after making promises that u guys would do ur best.

i truly believed i had found the once in a while GREAT dealership, however i only bought into your BS. u guys said this would be painless and that u'd take care of it, when in fact all u've done is swim in the money i've given u. justify the $1000 STOCK clutch u guys made me pay for, since u swore putting in an aftermarket clutch would deny my warranty.

there's a reason sport is on the boycott dealer list... it's cuz they're a bunch of crooks.

one last thing, you're NOT the guy i gave a test drive in the wrx. he DOESNT work in sales. this just PROVES how anyone could just take someone else's identity in a forum. also that guy ASKED me to take him on a "joyride" (quoted as verbatim) and wanted to see me launch to "see my skills." for u to take his identity and bad mouth him proves how u guys are crooks.

whoever u are baja10, thanks for nothing

EDIT:
this is how a real dealership that takes care of it's customers responds: http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...hreadid=402958

 

If the car is drinking that much oil by the time he only had 3000 miles on his car clearly there is a problem. I bought my Audi A4 new and put 7000 miles on it and i checked the oil very frequently and the fluid level never reached low enough that I could put more in.

 

:*-(

I have a quick question. PM me if you'd like. Did you race your car? Did you ever modify it?

Why did this thing drink so much oil so fast?

 

i just dont know what to say anymore..there are alot more complaints about dealers than praise from all of us evo owners out there..i just hope after the money i spent the dealer never gives me a hard time..i mean come on these dealership employees act like its money outta there pocket..i think that 90% of car salesman or whatever they call themselves are just jelous.. cause they dont own an evo..i dont know i could be wrong

 

car was not modified... and i was not racing it. i was on the highway coming back from a group study for my CGS 2531 class... i even have witnessess willing to back me up.

no one can tell me how it drank so much oil... no one wants to take the motor apart.

funny thing i wanna add, the service manager said "oh, well i also found a boost gauge in your glove box, mitsu is gonna use that against u"

THE BOOST GAUGE WAS UNHOOKED, THERE WERE NO VACCUUM HOSES OR ANYTHING ATTACHED, AND IT'S NOT EVEN MINE. MY FRIEND EVEN ADMITTED THAT IT WAS HIS.

no one deserves the treatment i received

 

I view this as a personal thing the dealership has against the customer. Apparently they were upset when they found he traded in his wrx that had a burnt clutch and bald tires, which is not his problem since they accepted it. Then he smokes his clutch on the evo, and they replace it and he burns up their seats. LOL. This must have angered them further.

Now his engine blows, and they have no proof of modification to his car and they hold this grudge against him. I'd go up to the manager beat him for being a *****, then let him beat you out for the clutch and bald tires. That’s how this should be settled.

Even though we don't know what :*-( did to the car to make it break, and the dealership holds a grudge on him, they should still fix the car and stop being jackasses.

 

:*-(,

Unless you're lying or obscuring facts, I would get your parents to get a lawyer for you. The dealer is breaking the law and is treating you like this because 1) you're young, 2) you have money (easy target), and 3) they think they can get away with it.

 

Am I to be under the impression that if I changed my own oil I voided my warranty??? If thats the case then there will be hell to pay if i ever need warranty work.