| Subject: | service engine soon |
| Question: | Thanks for your reply,
that helps alot! I was just wondering if you thought that I should
immidiatly take it to the dealership and have it checked out. It runs
fine now and has ever since. I was gonna just take it in a few months
and have it checked out, unless the problem happens agian. I take very
good care of my cars, both looks and maintainence schedules, i work
for an RV dealership so i know the importance, but unless you think
that it should be the 1st thing on my list of things to do i dont see
what waiting a few months will hurt(unless as i said, it happens agian).
I still do have my powertrain warranty, ive only got 37k miles on the
car, but I am like you, I think that it is an electrical problem so
I sortta doubt that that will be under warranty, but like ya said,
a sensor or module shouldnt cost to awful much. When I do go to get
it checked, what exactly should I have them check, or should I just
tell them the story and let them figure it out? Anyway, thanks for
all your help and hope to hear from ya soon. |
| Answer: | Sam, I think you're doing the right thing. See how it runs for a while. And if it happens again, take it in to the delership immediately. If you haven't changed your transmission fluid yet, that would be a good excuse to take your car to the dealership right away and have them perform the fluid change. While fluid is being changed, you may want to mention the problem you had. They can run a diagnostic code reader on your car and tell almost immediately if you have a sensor problem. But, you may have just had a little "glitch" in your TCM. Resetting your ECU or TCM by disconnecting your battery may have fixed everything. I had a similar problem one summer night when a lightning strike hit a tree close to my car. The electrical disburbance made all my dummy lights come one and my car ran rough for a while. After I disconnected the battery for a few minutes it was always back to normal. If you want to get this problem addressed ASAP, I would take it to the dealership. And since you are still covered under some of your warranty, there's no harm in asking if your sensors (especially your TCM) would be covered. Since your TCM controls your drivetran, it may be a free replacement. Since you work for a dealership, I won't bad mouth dealer mechanics
;-). But just trying to let them figure it out for themselves may end
up costing you more money. The items that I mentioned were taken right
from a Mitsubishi factory service manual. Though my manual is not specifically
for a Diamante, the automatic transmissions Mitsu used in many of their
cars are very similar. You can just ask them to check what I mentioned
to you. Those would probably be the first things they check any. |