Comments on: Mitsubishi Triton Diesel Super Select 4×4

By: riceman448

riceman448 — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:38:32 +0000

have an ’08 Triton GLX-R. Surgeing from near new been back for Mitshubishi more times than ni can remember. At one stage it would not even get up the near flat driveway at work. Pulling out into an intersection is a life and death experience, will it surge, will I have the power? Mitsu. have not been honest at all. They need to sort it. The car is clearly not fit for purpose and not of merchantable quality!

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:19:26 +0000

Ihave a 07 GLX R DUALCAB 3.2 DIESEL.what a piece of shit yes it surges,and yes the throttle delay is dangerous,the engine warning light has come on twice,[machanic]reset.Front suspension up graded twice,first Dobinsons,and now Pedders,both to soft dropped 30-40 mm,wipers don”t always work,and yes its starting to use oil between changes,i can”t wait to get rid off it and go back to the best’the good old 80 series cruiser with a 1hz’hope iam of some help,be warned,toyota are dearer for a very good reason.

By: paul

paul — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:26:57 +0000

hi guys i have just bought a 08 glx-r and have just noticed the surging, just wondering if any one has had this problem rectified yet

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:37:04 +0000

Hi, I have a 2007 triton, fantastic car but from time to time it does surge. A dose of injector cleaner fixes for about 10,000 kms. My father has an 08 Pajero and it has also done it all its life, now it has done 150,000 kms, and the car will not run under presure. Mechanic says the carbon builds up in the manifold. They can replace it for $6000.00 but it will do it again and again. Its a design flaw, its in every 3.2 litre diesel Mitsubishi made from 06-08. My advise is to get rid of it. My Triton has done 50,000 kms and is showing early signs… Not impressed… The dealer says they have never seen the fault before and will look into it. My mate works in the mitsubishi service department, says its there most common problem at the moment…. Anyway, hope that helps,,,

By: Wayne Evans

Wayne Evans — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:01:57 +0000

Yea read this: I undertsand nearly all Pajero’s do it. It is an inherent fault in this deisel that they won’t admit to oficially for fear of having to fix them all. But if you talk to the mechanics and they’re brave enough to do so, they will tell you it is a fault that is only fixed temporarilly by a manifold change. A workshop supervisor told me the truth and when I said “do you want to take it for a run and hear it, he said he did not need to. He said he knew exaclty what it was and explained the whole thing to me. The only honest person I’ve met in a dealership. The fault will show up again and again, limping from service to service while they take the official line of doing a ‘relearn’ and then saying they can’t find the fault after a road test. I’ve given up with the scam and going to Fair Trading after four requests to fix it. I’ve had four Pajero’s and was about to get the fifth. No chance now.

By: luca

luca — Mon, 30 May 2011 04:56:42 +0000

it has also been back for some u shackle that was fault in mould, airbag light on, four wheel drive light flashing that they tried to blame on me and charge $700 to rpair that ended up being faulty switch and solenoid, stereo would not accept cd’s repaired twice, engine oil gets very low between services, upper and lower manifold as above, very thirsty on fuel and more samll problems. terrible car wish i got the colorado

By: luca

luca — Mon, 30 May 2011 04:48:37 +0000

mine is same and spoke to mitsu in osb park and they said that i need to change the timing belt. i took it to a friend that is a mechanic and he said that it does not have one! he recommended wangara mitsu and they were honest and said that there is something wrong with my motor just from hearing the knocking/rattling sound coming from the motor. it has just had the front of the car pulled off and apparently fixed. going now for test drive will keep updated. also they have problems with engine oil leaking into power steering. to check for it look at your power steering fuid filler and if it is jet black you have it. this coming from mitsubishi after i complained about my steering getting overly heavy when accelerating

By: luca

luca — Sat, 07 May 2011 09:40:01 +0000

i have a 07 3.2did and i had the problem with it shutting down and it was the upper and lower manifold had to be changed something to do with the exhaust being recycled. it died on me three times pulling into traffic. that was fixed and now it has done just over 100k and has a sort of knocking sound coming from motor it also has no power and 4 wheel driving is just pointless a hill i could not manage forward my bother in law done in a 08 colorado in reverse. i called mitsubishi and they said it was thequality of fuel in australia and that i need a full system clean that will cost me $400. i will never get anothr one and recommend to everyone thinkng of one to not get one. i was also told that the have a problem with chewing oil from a dealer and its the ame for the pajero. mitsubishi sucks

By: Danny

Danny — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 09:22:47 +0000

Mitsubishi Trition Diesel 2008 – We bought 6 of them, four have surging problems, the GLX-R is the worst. Major surging, with a break down, then engine warning light comes on. Turn motor off, leave for a minute, re-start runs fine for approx 2 minutes, starts surging again. Took it to Mitsubishi dealer, and they replace the inlet manifold. They have done this to all four now. My GLX-R after a new inlet manifold and clean running has started surging again after 300kms!!. The mechanics at Mitusbishi claim its the quality of Australia Diesel – suggested we should use BP Premium Diesel as its “cleaner” than other diesels fuels. Also said that the carbon sensor on the inlet manifold is the problem due to the exhaust gas being re-injected in to the inlet manifold. Perhaps if you could by-pass this sensor the problem may go away? Not legal to do, but neither is selling a car that is not fit for its intended purpose!

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:59:32 +0000

Mitsubishi Triton Diesel DEC 2008- Well surging back Mitsubishi have admitted they have a problem with the model and are trying all sorts of things to delay fix it…. Block this and Block that… Guy’s you know the coking of the inlet manifold is caused by the turbo leaking very small amounts of oil… just supply the $1k for a new turbo. This problem has been seen by other manufactures…