Quote Originally Posted by cwatkin View Post
I think I have only seen reference to ONE engine failure and ONE transmission failure in a CVT in all of the research I was doing. Both were replaced under warranty without any issues. The engine failure didn't really sound like the fault of the engine either. The owner kept driving with a check engine light on. One day it got really cold and whatever sensor had failed caused WAY too much gas to be injected into the engine, washing down the cylinder walls, trashing it.

I went ahead and put my money where my mouth is and put down a deposit on the 2015 Mirage which is being clearanced now at close to $4000 off. I should be getting it Saturday.

Conor
Congrats, Conor!

What happened...as I understand it...was that the car in question was being operated in SEVERE cold up in Canada. Like -30 degrees. The weather was so cold that the relays for the ignition and other systems would not function. So the car would crank and crank and crank, the engine would flood, and it wouldn't start. This scene played out a few times, and eventually damaged the engine's cylinders to the point that it lost compression and needed to be replaced.

Mitsubishi replaced the motor and also replaced the relays with ones more suited to the cold. I am not sure if the owner was using a block heater or not, but it might have prevented the problem. Further, I believe that block heaters became standard equipment on Canadian Mirages shortly thereafter?

Not sure why that CVT needed to be replaced. It may have just been 'a bad one'?

Anyhow, you shouldn't have too much trouble with a manual car in Missouri!