Mitsubishi should make recall for all cars with 4n14 engine like others car and bike company doing

 

Is this a known fault with these engines ??

 

Mitsubishi say no (or at least haven’t recalled), but they do produce a kit for £2500+VAT and provide no guarantee unless you buy and fit the whole kit.

 

Have a look at my post,
Strange noise Outlander GX4 2014 2.2 Di D
After a lot of searching on the internet ......... I've added a YouTube link in that that may be of help for this problem. There is a great deal of information and hints of how to solve this problem. Hope this is of help!

 

UPDATE
I've just replaced the balance shaft link (£43 from Japan) thought I'd try this before anything else. I think I caught it in it's early stage of wear as all the gears either side of the shaft looked fine with no missing teeth and no noticeable wear to the housings. Up to now the engine sounds fine and have taken it for a short spin and all looks ok at the moment. I will update if anything untowards happens. Thanks to all that have put information and input concerning this problem, I wouldn't have been able to this without your advise etc.

 

I have an 2013 diesel Outlander just over 95k on board, got very noisy about a month ago, went to dealer who diagnosed very likely worn balancer shaft / coupling cube and quoted around £5,000 (parts & labour) which is likely more than what the car is worth. Luckily there is a company in the UK that is well aware of this workmanship fault (ZEDperformance) and they produce aftermarket balance shafts / coupling cubes. I’ve spent over £300 pounds on parts and just over £300 on labour - the car purrs like a kitten again - the sound difference is mind-blowing. My mechanic changed the oil cleaned the pan etc. - feel I got away cheap tbh
Wrote to Mitsubishi a very 'nice' complaint letter but of course they are not interested as the car has been out of warranty for some time

I kept the old parts for posterity you can see the missing teeth - found them all when he drained the oil

 

Uncommon parts are not typically warehoused locally, I have inquired about parts like throttle bodies in the past for TB swaps and was told 3-4 weeks from Japan to Canada.

 

Thank you it looks like the same time periods to here in the UK.

 

Hi,
Mine has just gone on my Outlander and i'm waiting for Exeter Mitsubishi to look at it - what did it cost you to repair?
Thanks

 

Hi,
Mine has just gone on my Outlander and i'm waiting for Exeter Mitsubishi to look at it - what did it cost you to repair?
Thanks

Hi mine has just failed also, parts for a component which should last the life of the car seem to be eye wateringly expensive, and then not guaranteed

is this a known fault ?

dave
also in Devon.

 

Has anyone else suffered a Balance Shaft Failure? Mitsubishi tell me there are no replacement parts in the UK and it will take 8 weeks to arrive by sea presumably from Japan. They say it is not carried in the UK due last of storage space!!!!!!! How many other people are waiting like this.

The engine is a 2.2DI-d diesel.

Since this is a past from February, you've obviously found what you were looking for by now. I went to my favorite Mitsubishi Parts site and searched for balance shafts and found over 1000 results. I'm in California and don't know if they ship to the UK or not. I'd imagine they do.

 

Has anyone else suffered a Balance Shaft Failure? Mitsubishi tell me there are no replacement parts in the UK and it will take 8 weeks to arrive by sea presumably from Japan. They say it is not carried in the UK due last of storage space!!!!!!! How many other people are waiting like this.

The engine is a 2.2DI-d diesel.

Hi this is common failure. Mitsubishi should re called all the cars with 4n 14 to fix this even after 5 years warranty because is just braking around 60 000 mile

 

It’s Shocking, I won’t be getting another Mitsubishi “it’s out of warranty all repairs are chargeable” is the stock response, we offer a kit, for a part we don’t expect to fail, really!!! , the parts were clearly substandard at the time of production should have gone with a cam belt, at least you expect them to last 70k.

the measure or an organisation is not its faults, no one can see into the future, but how it deals with them.

don’t buy Mitsubishi

 

Has anyone else suffered a Balance Shaft Failure? Mitsubishi tell me there are no replacement parts in the UK and it will take 8 weeks to arrive by sea presumably from Japan. They say it is not carried in the UK due last of storage space!!!!!!! How many other people are waiting like this.

The engine is a 2.2DI-d diesel.

Can you tell me what year your car is please as I have just had the same go on my car and it a 61 plate

 

Hi ours is a 63 plate, I’m not sure what the production run for this engine was,and whether it spanned face-lifts.
Cheers
Dave

 

If you have been quoted 15 hours, then that in itself is bad. Warranty time is 7 hours.

 

The dealer i work for have done 6 in five years, and we work on average 40 cars per day... is that a lot?

Hi DibbyDibbyDJ. I’m in Aus. Just bought a 2013 outlander diesel. Had it 2 weeks and the noise has started. Told it’s the balance shaft also. Can you remember the repair cost on this? Or if you are at a Mitzy dealership, is there a bulletin. (I also work at a dealership, just not a Mitsubishi one anymore. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Regards Donna.

 

The point is moot, because the gears have been fragmenting I’ve elected to go for a reconditioned engine of the newer generation, rather than discover the hard way what other damage has been caused/might be intrinsically weak in this engine.
Dave

 

The dealer i work for have done 6 in five years, and we work on average 40 cars per day... is that a lot?

 

mine has just gone and mistubishi says the part has been modified I presume cos of known failures. Ive been quoted over £2000 for the modified parts. my car is on 11 plate.

 

I have a 2018 Outlander 2,2 with 37k kms on it. Was at the petrol station topping up wiper fluids and a guy parked next to me came over and said the balance shaft is gone on it. Apparently its a known issues with the outlanders from 2018 and earlier. He is a Mitsubishi mechanic and said he can hear that its gone. Will be taking it into the garage and see what excuses they give! and if it will be done in warranty.

 

Called Mitsubishi garage today, told them what the mechanic told me. They dont think he is right!!!! Seems like they dont trust their own!

 

They probably don't want to confess there's a problem with the car as it's under warranty and would cost them money to correct, Mitsubishi are in denial that there is a problem otherwise they would have called them all back to replace the faulty parts.
No mechanic i know wouldn't come up to you out of the blue to let you know if they weren't sure of their stuff. Get an independent garage/mechanic to confirm the problem, then go back to the Mitsubishi garage and tell them you have had confirmation that the balance shaft is faulty and needs replacing before it damages the engine further. This is an INHERENT PROBLEM with this engine.

 

Has anyone else suffered a Balance Shaft Failure? Mitsubishi tell me there are no replacement parts in the UK and it will take 8 weeks to arrive by sea presumably from Japan. They say it is not carried in the UK due last of storage space!!!!!!! How many other people are waiting like this.

The engine is a 2.2DI-d diesel.

I was driving my 2013 Outlander over a speed bump a few years ago, bang and conked. Tried to start it, sounded like a bag of spanner’s. When I got it to the garage, I was told it might have been covered under warranty if it wasn’t commercial, but nothing for me. No assistance from Mitsubishi at all. Got It to a local garage, he removed the balance shaft altogether, drove fine after but never sounded right. Hope that helps.

 

Thank you. It definitely helps. I think I’ll get it fully repaired being that I’m now stuck with it for a while until I can afford a quality vehicle.

 

Sound like something not right. i think something is wrong allowing the crankshaft to move when pressing clutch.

 

A balance shaft is designed to rotate and vibrate in a way that reduces the vibration produced by an engine. Balance shafts are commonly used for engine refinement. Four cylinder engines use a tow shaft, which turns in opposite directions on either side of engine's crankshaft 🚗

 

Long gone, took a beating on a trade in too 😢

 

Ouch! I was hoping for some good news!! Thanks for replying though.
I guess I am trying to find out of the car is worth repairing and keeping or if I should get rid now...

 

My friends outlander 160000km failed balanceshafts he went too polen the mechanic took away the shafts and put a new chain and shorten it but change oil every more often 10000km not 30000km it is killing the shafts.
Look at vw company loonglife service breaking motors.

 

My outlander is 2015 2.2did but it is 2.3 I IRL now 420000km and my shafts went splines keggs not the shafts full oil

service 1 or 2 a year

 

Hi

How much it costed you at the end when you managed to fix the balancer shaft problem?

Regards

Ali

 

Hi All,
Thought I would just put my 2 pennies In. I too have the balance shaft issue on my Mitsy outlander 2.3 2011. I'm thinking of removing the coupler but would prefer replacement parts but it's just not worth the money on such an old car.
I would encourage all members or non members to come forward and post so we can get a real idea of how extensive this problem is.
If we can get enough people to come forward it could help in us the fight to get mitsubishi to recall and get this problem sorted once and for all.
Kind regards Sausages.