is there any type of maintenencce that needs to be done on my car with 15 thousand miles on it. All i have done to it so far are regular oil changes. I heard that u were supposed to put new tranny fluid in at 15 grand. Is this true? Or does anybody have any other suggestions of what maintenace i need to perform on my baby. Thanks a lot.

 

Read the manual, it'll give a you good idea. And not sure about it the just ask the dealership while your down there.

 

If you look at your owners manual it has a guide for certain milage milestones, such as 5k, 10k, 15k and so forth, and it has a nice little check list so you can make that nothing is forgotten

 

No, you change all that crap at 30,000. That's when you do diff. fluid, tranny, etc. I think you just rotate your tires and change your oil and filter. Also, check if your airfilter needs to be changed or recharged if you have K&N, that is, if you have the stock airbox.

 

it depends on how hard you drive it... if you consider yourself the severe schedule, then 15000 you do the 30000 service... i have been to the track a few times and drive it rough often enough to be severe, so i did the 30000 service

 

+1 for this
I'm approaching 15k miles and I occasionally drive it hard on the street. I've never tracked it. I was planning on changing my tranny+diff+ transfer case fluids this weekend.

Is it necessary?

 

it says in the manual you should... i'd try and stick with it

 

jw...do dealerships carry all the stock fluids?

 

Wow i only have 10k on my VIII.

 

I did the 30k at 15k on my IX...

 

Changing the transmission and differential fluids is always a good idea. May not be completely necessary, but better to be safe.

The dealerships generally do carry the tranny fluids. Sometimes they do have to order them, though. Finding the Diaqueen Super Multi gear oil can be tough--and supposedly it's the ONLY stuff you're supposed to use in the MR transmission. I had to order from Lancer Shop--they were the only ones with it in stock at the time. Some people also use BG Synchroshift, but I wouldn't recommend it.

 

To skip this rant, start reading after the dealership name.

I have been on a road trip for the last two months and needed to have a major service done before I left to head back to Chicago. So I went into the local Mitsubishi, large facility with 300+ cars on the lot. I go to talk with one of the service advisors, and he asked me for my manual so he could determine what needed to be serviced at 15k? I looked at him like he was just born, went out the car and got the manual. (You can't find it in your computer I thought) I mentioned that I did not want the pages to be dog eared or written in as I am keeping all of the paper work and want to book to be kept clean and like new. He said no problem. He typed the info into his computer and told me it would be about 3hrs. So I go and wander around the building for a few minutes and then watch the stupid video on the evo, I have never seen it. 3hrs. later I see the car pull up. I get the paper work and pay for the service. I head out to the car and see the manual on the seat; I open it and see that the service technician had written in it, checking all of the boxes, etc. That did not really bother me so much as when I noticed that the section he had written in was the severe service section? I was wondering why they had taken it upon themselves to determine the level of service my vehicle needed, and had not asked me what type of driving I had been doing... So I head inside and see Keith, and ask him why the book was written in when I had specifically asked that it not be written in, and why the severe service was performed. He said he did not think about it and just put it on the seat. I was told later that it is procedure to write in the book if the customer leaves the book on the seat??!!! OK, so where did you place your brain, or were you just being a dik? I resolved that issue, or so it seams. In response to the severe maintenance service I received and wasn't told about until I see it written in the service manual, Dik says to me, it was serviced at that level because of the weather here in Houston. What weather, its hot, yes, and humid, and so what. The vehicle being serviced at that level might indicate to the next owner that I had abused the car... Now don't get me wrong, I drive the car in a spirited fashion, but not all day, and I do not track it on the weekends.

So if you want to be treated like you are unimportant and the car is really theirs, you are just keeping it in your garage for them, and paying for it, please take it to:

GILLMAN MITSUBISHI
18010 NORTH FRWY.
HOUSTON, TEXAS. 77090

After the service the car feels great, much smoother transitions when shifting than before the service, but noticeably different. I do not have many years of driving a manual vehicle, so I am not the ideal barometer. But I do all of my major services, 5, 10 , and 15k so far. I also have the oil changed by Mitsu every 3k. And this service has produced noticeable differences in driving quality, or so I thought.

I headed back to Chicago yesterday, the 2nd of August, and when I stopped to fill up my car in Arkansas I noticed that the Check Engine Light came on!!! WTF, I just had a major service done less than 500 miles ago. So I cruise home the rest of the way, no weird sounds or feelings from the car, but I did want to take a chance. (I would have had it towed here but I had an interview this morning and would have missed it. So I get home last night around 11pm, park the beast in the garage, and go to sleep so I am well rested for this interview. I get up this morning, drive to the interview and see the light is on, damn it wasn't a dream. I called my dealer and set up an appointment for the CEL. I get home; unpack, clean, check mail, etc. I wanted to clean the car before I head into the dealer tomorrow so I get in the car…………… and the light is off? WTF is going on, do Evo’s normally throw CEL's and then the CEL's go off? So I am taking it in tomorrow either way, to see what the backwards a$$ fockers did to the car. This just doesn't seem right to me.

Fill you in tomorrow.

 

Same thing happened to me.....CEL light came on for a about 2-3 days and turned off on its own...

 

So what did you do if anything?

 

Said it was a missfire, b/c of a bad tank of gas. Losers. They did not charge me though, which was kind of them.