its a good thing i purchased the car from a reputable dealership/sales person. they will replace my battery and pay for my gas (50 miles away from my home).

Sam and james from south coast mitsu

 

No, I think whining about it on a forum is lame. A simple problem like this is easily solved. He'll need a jumpbox or cables to get going if he has somewhere he needs to be now instead of waiting for a tow truck. He could then go to the dealer and get the service he deserves. But wasting time posting: "Oh woe is me, I shouldn't have bought a Mitsu" is silly in my opinion And something I wouldn't do no matter what make of car it is.

The key word is initial. The IQS survey looks at things exactly like this and Mitsu will take a dump because its dealers aren't as dilligent as they should be. A crappy battery is the manufactuer's fault (in this case Panasonic) but really the dealer's fault for not replacing it as they were told - and it doesn't mean a Mitsu is any less as good a car as the others that ranked higher. If this guy fills out his survey, Mitsu will get a failing grade. A blown engine is weighted the same as a flappy cupholder, dead battery, or a missing manual. Which do you think is "worse?"

I worked at a Mitsu dealer too, and when Mitsu decided they wanted to push the Outlander to the top of the IQS survey for 2004 I think it was they sent the dealers a "guide" on how to help them. Nothing about how the vehicle was built was changed at all They just told us to concentrate on showing people how to use one or two quirky features (not really quirky just something people constantly complained about not knowing how to use) and a couple of other little things, and yeah, that year the Outlander was as "good" as the RAV 4 or CR-V.

Cliffs: JD Powers IQS survey has little to do with how good a vehicle actually is, but how good the dealer is at making the delivery process as smooth as possible. Mitsu actually does pretty good when you look at surveys of cars 5 years old or so.

 

^^^^ all of the above replies made me
congrats, you must have had a "great" deal from SC

 

same thing happened to me man...got the car home and the next day the battery was dead. The car was sitting on the lot for so long the battery just died...they pushed another evo over and took the battery out of it to replace mine and died the next day as well. So I jumped it got it to the dealer and they got a brand new one for me and hasn't died since.

 

congrats, you must have had a "great" deal from SC [/quote]


yes i did...

 

they should have put in an optima red top, that is what mine came with

 

i will ask...

 

good for the dealer for replacing the battery for you. glad you got your problem fixed. congrats on the new toy and may you have many a happy day driving.
enjoy

 

The day after I bought mine my battery was dead too but it was that way because the night before I forgot to turn the car all the way off(the remote keyless system was a little confusing) after driving it into the garage so the radio played all night and I had to get a jump start in the morning. Made it to work just in time, lol.

 

Mine died 3 weeks after, jumped it, took it to SCM, 1 hour later, red top, done.

 

That's what happens when the car sits at the lot for a year.

When no one runs the car every now and then the fluids in the battery remain still, and therefore lose the charge.