Got a confirmation on reproducing.. shift to 4th, and roll into it at 32-3500RPM. That seems to be the sweet spot. It generally happened during the roll-in to the accelerator.

 

do u guys mean this will happen on all stock MR?

 

NO... this is an isolated incident probably from mods of the previous owner.

 

My apologies, should be more diplomatic, only trying to help.

Good diagnostic techs are few and far between, even with a lot of experience many don't get there ever.

Intermittent problems make it even harder, even for a good tech. That's the Toyota throttle problem. I don't think they've even found that one yet, too intermittent.

It's like Toyota with throttles and Mitsu with your car. Do you think they don't want to fix the problem? The tech is incapable. Find a tech that is capable, how many times do I have to say it?

Ignore what Mitsu says and ask the question, who's the best Mitsu tech in driving range and take it there.

It also might help if you could contact the previous owner and find out exactly what he did.

 

I've been saying this all along. Going to a different tech and contacting the old owner. But finding out the old owner is going to be very tough (since it's illegal for the dealership to give out his info).

 

Yeah, I don't think they can give webman any info about the previous owner, but they can certainly call the person and ask what all was done before on the car. I know with just about every one of my cars I traded in, the dealership would call me later about questions on the car for the newer owner.

 

You might have a problem with CO's Lemon Law due to the following:

The part about notifying the manufacturer with a certified mail letter of the problem. It doesn't specifically state in that paragraph that just taking it in for service qualifies as "notice".

 

If that is the case, hopefully the law could be applied back to the individual dealership then.

 

The "notice" was the letter that was sent to Mitsubishi back in January. My lawyer sent a letter on my behalf.

 

Just got a call from the dealership that they have been able to reproduce this problem several times now. They have a new turbo on order and it is being flown in tomorrow.

So, I guess we'll see.

 

A new turbo? WTF!? This is the new dealership?

BTW, that's good they can reproduce it. Makes your case even stronger

 

Yeah, crazy huh? This IS the new dealership.

But the turbo itself doesn't hold the boost pill, does it?

 

Nope, the boost pill is in one of the vacuum lines.

 

Yah I posted pictures of where the boost pill is a few pages back. /shrug... lets throw random parts at the car and see what happens. I'm sorry man. Don't expect that to fix the issue.

 

This is why I asked, because if it's not part of the turbo, and it's still missing, then the replaced turbo isn't going to fix it.