Automatic Transmission problems of the 1998 Mitsubishi Mirage

Four problems related to automatic transmission have been reported for the 1998 Mitsubishi Mirage. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Automatic Transmission problem

Failure Date: 02/27/2001

It pothole causing me to run up on the curb. There was not sufficient impact for my body to be thrown forward, but the airbags deployed anyway. Damage to the car is limited to to a crack on the lower left front ground effect and a cracked transmission pan.

2 Automatic Transmission problem

Failure Date: 08/25/2000

Slow pickup; engine constanly revs; car jerks into gear; revs until it clicks into gear.

3 Automatic Transmission problem

Failure Date: 08/18/1998

While driving transmission causes problems. When pulling from a stop sign into an intersection , vehicle stalls while the rpm revvshigh until there is a click in the transmission that will allow vehicle to pick up to its normal speed. Dealer has been contacted and refuses to repair . . Et.

4 Automatic Transmission problem

Failure Date: 04/13/1998

Since the third day of purchase, I went back to the dealer and informed the salesman all the problems and he said that the car has a new invert system and it will get used to the way I drive the car. Before the month of purchased, the car stopped while driven and it had to be towered to the dealer. The service people said that the problem was the alarm system. They changed the cables related to the alarm, but after that the car I took the car many times to the service center. The car shift the gears no matters the speed. While stop on the red light, the car give a bump like I had been hit by the car behind me. Many times the engine stop while I was waiting the red light to change or doing a stop signal. Besides the check engine lamp used to turn on and once they cleared the computer. Then when the car was almost out of warranty, they admitted that all the problems were caused by the transmission and proceeded to fixed. This was on July 2001 and the car still goes with the same problems.


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