[RealMcCoy]

I seriously doubt Mitsubishi realized at the time that the cap they were using would only last ten years before showing a significant failure rate.. but I have to wonder why they would care... Does Ford care about how long the head gaskets, heater cores, timing cover gaskets, and transmissions, last in the first gen Taurus..? At ten years, most manufacturers are discontinuing parts, and stepping away from the older models, they would prefer that they end up in the crusher, and you go buy a new car.. (that will be equipped with even more complex electronics of which several parts won't make it ten years..)

If you want to own and maintain a ten to fifteen year old car, you need to be prepared to fix it when it breaks.. There is nothing about the failure rate of the Mitsu ECUs that indicates they didn't perform to design expectations.. If you want improve on the design, install better caps, or get an aftermarket ECU..