Loud Engine Noise Problems of Mitsubishi Endeavor

The contact owns a 2004 Mitsubishi Endeavor. While driving approximately 55 mph, there was an abnormal noise coming from the front of the vehicle and an unknown warning light illuminated. The failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the vehicle was repaired, but the repairs were unknown. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 190,729.

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Blown engine on a well maintained, single owner 2004 Mitsubishi Endeavor with under 70,000 miles. At 55mph and without any prior warning (e. G. No warning lights on dash or changes in dashboard gauges), the car made an extremely loud noise (almost high revving like), became difficult to steer and rapidly was losing power. The battery light came on followed by the "service engine soon" and while the car would turn over and start the noise became louder and the car would stall out. After being towed to the garage, the car would not start at all and I was informed that the engine was blown. My mechanic also noticed that my driver side floor mat was soaked which I had actually noticed 2 weeks prior when was cleaning my car but had thought that I had accidentally gotten it wet during the washing process. Given that we have had no rain since then nor had I washed the car since 2 weeks prior, it was clear that this was not an issue of getting it wet. My mechanic then said that of the 6 2004/2005 Endeavors that he has repaired in the past year, he had seen the same issue and while some resolved with the unblocking of some line that had to do with the ac he also noted that the others required a much more extensive and costly repair due to the heating element which could cause the engine issue. He also noted that each of the Endeavors with the soaked driver side mat issue had also lost their radios. Ironically my radio had just gone out the week prior (it comes on as if it is working but no sound out of the speakers) & I had made an appt with mitsubish to resolve. The more I read online the more I see the same issues that I and my mechanic have noted therefore it seems like there is clearly a very costly patern of problems with this particular line/year of mits vehicles. Given that I bought my car new in Jan 2005 and serviced it accordingly, this issue seems suspect.