Clutch stuck to the floor? Plastic CMC fails again!!!
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In light of the fact that the X is a first model year and has 50k miles, it is not surprising these things are happening. Pretty hard to know how the car was treated before. It could have been abused pretty badly. I don't think that this is representative of Mitsubishi reliability. My son has a 2011 GSR with 12k miles and it has been positively trouble free. Any car with 50k miles, especially a performance oriented one like the Evo, carries a risk when you buy one.
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Your son's Evo has had 4 years to refine and make changes. Mine was the benchmark, and it's never perfect. I in no way stated that I felt it was unreliable, I was just upset that the part broke and it wasn't even an OEM part, it was an aftermarket part. Trust me, I love my Evo X and don't regret buying it. And your right, it's a used vehicle, and but honestly the only wrong with the car was the cut springs. Everything else was upgraded properly.
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Your son's Evo has had 4 years to refine and make changes. Mine was the benchmark, and it's never perfect. I in no way stated that I felt it was unreliable, I was just upset that the part broke and it wasn't even an OEM part, it was an aftermarket part. Trust me, I love my Evo X and don't regret buying it. And your right, it's a used vehicle, and but honestly the only wrong with the car was the cut springs. Everything else was upgraded properly.
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And tein springs aren't cheap?
The previous owner had gtwork springs on it and it wasn't low enough for him so he cut them....
The tanabe springs are nice and stiff and work well with the factory strut. My plan is to use this until they blow and get coilovers. Really waiting to see the reviews on the gtwork coilovers, theyre suppose to be awesome.
The previous owner had gtwork springs on it and it wasn't low enough for him so he cut them....
The tanabe springs are nice and stiff and work well with the factory strut. My plan is to use this until they blow and get coilovers. Really waiting to see the reviews on the gtwork coilovers, theyre suppose to be awesome.
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So after owning my car for only about a month and some change the clutch started getting stuck to the floor. After a visual inspection I saw no leaks and no cracks. A couple days later it started doing it again and now it does it all the time. What crappy design.....
Taking the car in today so no fun DD driving for me......
I'm pissed cause you'd think buying a 2008 with under 50K mileage would make it less likely that you'd have a more reliable car....and I haven't even tracked the car or done any long trips yet. My 240sx sohc is more reliable at this point haha total BS.
Taking the car in today so no fun DD driving for me......
I'm pissed cause you'd think buying a 2008 with under 50K mileage would make it less likely that you'd have a more reliable car....and I haven't even tracked the car or done any long trips yet. My 240sx sohc is more reliable at this point haha total BS.
Your son's Evo has had 4 years to refine and make changes. Mine was the benchmark, and it's never perfect. I in no way stated that I felt it was unreliable, I was just upset that the part broke and it wasn't even an OEM part, it was an aftermarket part. Trust me, I love my Evo X and don't regret buying it. And your right, it's a used vehicle, and but honestly the only wrong with the car was the cut springs. Everything else was upgraded properly.
you have nothing to complain about op. you purchased the car used with 50k miles. how do you know the previous owner took care of the car prior to your ownership? for all you know, your cars been molested, rapped, and beat on by the previous owner plus his friends.
my 08 gsr has 80k miles with no problem. original everything including cmc and clutch.
my 08 gsr has 80k miles with no problem. original everything including cmc and clutch.
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It was and they gave me a replacement....the car wasn't beat up, just a faulty production aftermarket part that was replaced. Everything is fixed, this is an old post.....
Nuff said.
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.................................................. ........... Yeah i checked it out , it seems that the mechanism that separates the dual discs was binding so with a little lube it works way smoother , it never felt so smooth , lets see how this month goes .
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So after owning my car for only about a month and some change the clutch started getting stuck to the floor. After a visual inspection I saw no leaks and no cracks. A couple days later it started doing it again and now it does it all the time. What crappy design.....
Taking the car in today so no fun DD driving for me......
I'm pissed cause you'd think buying a 2008 with under 50K mileage would make it less likely that you'd have a more reliable car....and I haven't even tracked the car or done any long trips yet. My 240sx sohc is more reliable at this point haha total BS.
Taking the car in today so no fun DD driving for me......
I'm pissed cause you'd think buying a 2008 with under 50K mileage would make it less likely that you'd have a more reliable car....and I haven't even tracked the car or done any long trips yet. My 240sx sohc is more reliable at this point haha total BS.
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