Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. Mitshubishi Motors of North America Mitsubishi Endeavor 2004 color already fading in 6 years. Company has refused to fix the problem, even though the car is not very old. Internet, California

    Your warranty was 3 yrs./36K miles, right?  That means it expired 3 yrs. ago. 

    I agree that one should expect the paint to last longer, but the bottom line is that Mitsubishi is under no obligation to fix your problem once the warranty has expired.  There's a reason that warranties are not longer.  If Mitsubishi had to eat the cost of repainting every 6 yr. old Endeavor, they'd be worse off than GM.

   Many cars end up having post warranty problems that are a result of bad design or faulty manufacturing procedures, but that doesn't mean the car company is going to hand out freebie repairs.  If the manufacturer's warranty is expired, in most cases you're on your own.  It's not a just a Mitsubishi thing.

 

Like I posted the other day. You can thank the EPA for your paint problem. The EPA made the car MFG's change from an oil based paint to a water based paint. The new paint doesn't hold up or last worth beans. You're really gonna see it on black or dark colored vehicles. About the only thing you can do to SLOW the process is keep one heck of a good coat of wax on your vehicle. I get mine waxed every couple of months or so.

Warranty is warranty, but the way Mitsubishi treats there costomers is shamefull.  There is no "good faith" 

If you had to drive around in a vehicle that looks as horrible as out do, you would have a totally different story and attitude.  Paint jobs should NOT be doing this, Mitsubishi is at Fault and they need to honor there customers or shut down shop.  This paint issue is getting bigger and bigger. It's not going away Mitsubishi

Warranty is warranty, but the way Mitsubishi treats there customers is shamefull.  There is no "good faith" 

If you had to drive around in a vehicle that looks as horrible as ours do, you would have a totally different story and attitude.  Paint jobs should NOT be doing this, Mitsubishi is at Fault and they need to honor there customers or shut down shop.  This paint issue is getting bigger and bigger. It's not going away Mitsubishi

My 2004 Endeavor looks just like this and I have been trying to get them to paint my car as well.  This should have happened and as I dig deeper I find out more and more information about this problem that is happening to many others.  For instance, I went to an auto body shop to get an estimate on a paint job and the gentleman tells me he paints AT LEAST one Black Mitsubishi per month.  I recently went into my local Mitsubishi dealership and the parts counter worker gave me a print out on information saying, on October 9th 2009 a civil action suit was filed against Mitsubishi for the black paint jobs on cars form 2000-2008.  Only problem is the cars from 2000-2004 are out of warranty.  GREAT!  I have only had this car for two years!!!!!!!