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2005 MITSUBISHI ENDEAVOR — POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

crash · 563474 · 2005-11-21

Vehicle

Make
MITSUBISHI
Model
ENDEAVOR
Year
2005
Manufacturer
Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Component
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Miles at failure
6,000
Speed
35 mph

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

1. MY 2005 ENDEAVOR HAS 11,000 KMS, COVERED BY THE WARRANTY (IT HAS LESS THAN A YEAR SINCE I BOUGHT IT. LST FRIDAY I WAS DRIVING NORMALLY TO MY WORK WHEN I FELT THUMPS AND IF IT WERE PULLING BACK AND FORTH. I DON'T KNOW HOW BUT I MANAGED TO PARK, AND WHEN I DID SOMETHING UNDER IT RIPPED OFF AND A HUGE SPOT OF OIL APPEARED. IT LEAKED ALL THE TRANSMISSION FLUID ON THE PAVEMENT. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN LETHAL IF IT WERE ON A ROAD, ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC. NOW MITSUBISHI REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE WARRANTY. THE CAUSE WAS A BROKEN HOSE OF TRANSMISSION FLUID WHICH CAUSED THE LEAKAGE. *NM

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10143394
Machine
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