The 2004's have a fix for the paint chips. A piece of 3m clear strip goes over that location on both sides. Just saw it at the dealership

 

That's good to hear.

 

Just spoke to my dealer today and they will definitely be taking care of the problem. They will repaint that small area, adjust the door and place this clear strip kit on BOTH sides. Apparently their is a part # for this.

 

Should do a recall on this so eveyone with the older model will have the strip.

 

I can get 3m paint protection film for the evo and lancer.

 

Noh I would rather get to do it for free.

 

Do you have the part #?

 

no i didn't ask for the part number sorry

 

Just got back from the dealership to complaim about the SAME problem and they said they will NOT cover it under warrenty. They showed me a flyer reguarding the problem and that they are not covering any claims.

They have the part # for the 3M ****, but too little too late.

Mitsubishi never ceases to amaze me.

 

yeah i went to the dealership this weekend as well...and they said the same thing. they won't cover it under warrenty. I dunno how this makes sense considering it is a DEFECT.

but for anyone who cares. this is the part number:

68002L for the left side.
68002R for the right side.

 

The service manager at my dealership contact somebody directly at mitsubishi to confirm that this problem should be covered under warranty. He said he spoke with somebody in engineering and that it is a know small problem well down on their list of issues to deal with.

 

I couldn't see any pics posted so I'm not sure of what or where to look. Can someone post links to the pics?

 

could you give more details about who to contact?

 

Unfortunately the service mgr was pretty vague about specifically who he contacted. I can tell you this, when I told him about many other people online with Evo's having this problem and the remedy that I heard about on this thread he thought I was completely out of my mind. However he was willing to make a few calls and look into it for me. I left and about 3 hrs later he contacted me to tell me that Mitsubishi will definitely be covering this issue and basically admitted that they know about the problem.

 

cool i am going to contact a local service department