CharlieGsanD

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my car has had a "sputtering" problem since new, it has been in for service with San Diego Mitsubishi a few times & supposedly had the MAF & ECU replaced. each time it goes in, it works for about a week, then it acts up again & soon bcomes un-drivable.

then SD Mitsu goes under & closes shop


of course my car acts up again & when i call SD Mitsu im dircted to Poway mitsu who diagnosed the car with a Blown MAF. i say "was'nt it just replaced by SD mitsu?" turns out SD mitsu lied, the service records on my warranty show the MAF was not replaced...... !!

the Service manager @ Poway Mitsu said there out of stock on EVO MAF sensors in the states & it had to be special ordered from japan. it has now been two weeks & im still without my car..............i am now going on the fourth time my car has been in the shop in the 5 months/5000 miles ive owned it & im going on 3-1/2 weeks without the use of my car

CA state lemon law is 4 visits W no fix or 30 days W/O use of car



anyone else having problems aquiring a MAF sensor in the states recently?

is this long of a lead time for basic parts common for mitsu?

if the problem is not fixed this time around im am strongly considering going the lemon route, any advice?

CharlieGsanD

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all stock BTW

nebolic

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dude, if they replace the maf and it works, just stick with it, if you go into arbitration for lemon law, it will take you a very very long time to get another evo. sorry to hear your probs bro but get it fixed and leave it at that.

Nebo

GokuSSj4

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or just replace it and get the AEM EMS
sorry to hear about your luck with the Evo

CharlieGsanD

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Got the car back with a new MAF & within 2 hours it started bucking/cutting out & has now tripped the SES light

i can reproduce the problem by tapping the airbox with a screwdriver handle with the car idling..... when tapped on the top of the airbox, the car pauses, almost as if the spark was cut, the rpms drop & then it pops back to life a split second later

i tried fooling with the wire loom, lightly tugging, wiggling around trying to reproduce the problem, but it wouldnt do anything abnormal


Part No. on the maf was MR578399

couldanyone with a spare laying around or someone with access to a parts manual confirm this is the correct part?

Whooopasss

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have you showed the seervice people this??? you should.

SilverEvo8owner

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go back and show them

if it takes more than two weeks just get new car

just get rid of that car if possible and get a new 04

hotrod2448

Getting them to buy the car back will take a couple of months atleast. I'm on my second Evo Misu. bought my first one back and it was a big pain in the *** to get that to happen. If they can find and fix your problem without turning your car into a basket case of parts that they thought were the problem and weren't I would just let them fix it.

It definately sounds strange though. Tapping on the air box triggers it. The knock sensor shouldn't hear that. I would think the wiring suspect as well. I wonder if the percusion of banging on the lid freaks the MAF out?

Secret Chimp

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Send me a pm if you want info on the lemon law buyback process in CA.