Mitsubishi Galant Complaints

1,788 consumer complaints on file.

#750805August 20, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9003475August 16, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING NOTICE SMOKE IN REARVIEW MIRROR. WITHIN 1/4 MILE LOST ALL BRAKES, ALL READ WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. ENGINE STOPPED AND SMOKE WAS COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#894238August 14, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE TRAVELING AT ABOUT 65 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE HEAD-ON ON DRIVERS SIDE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER AND PASSENGER WERE INJURED. CONSUMER FELT IF AIRBAGS HAD DEPLOYED SOME OF THE INJURIES WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SO BAD.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#894037August 10, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH AND REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AFTER SLIDING DUE TO DIRT ON ROAD . DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. FRONT PASSENGER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER, BUT WAS NOT GIVEN EXPLANATION.*AK *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#893798August 8, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE FOR RECALL 00V421001. DEALERSHIP IN EACH COMMUNICATION WITH CONSUMER CHANGED NAME OF THE COMPONENT THAT WOULD BE REPAIRED FOR THIS PROBLEM. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THE PART WORK HAS BEEN PERFORMED ON WAS NOT THE PART COVERED UNDER RECALL , LOWER LATERAL ARM BALL JOINT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562379August 7, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED, CONSUMER CONTACTED MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED MILEAGE TOO HIGH TO BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.*NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749994August 7, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY, SUSPENSION
THERMOSTAT STUCK CAUSING ENGINE OVERHEATING. ALSO, AC RUNS COLD AND THEN WARM IN CITY DRIVING. ON THE HIGHWAY IT IS COLD. A SEVERE VIBRATION OCCURS IN CITY DRIVING WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER ON ALSO. I HAVE TO TURN THE AIR OFF TO MAKE IT QUIT. I CONTACTED THE DEALER ABOUT BOTH OF THESE PROBLEMS AND BECAUSE IT IS NOT UNDER 36K MILES THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10007048August 3, 2001
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
2000 MITSUBISHI GALANT. *JB *NLM ****DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS*****749723
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893258August 2, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE VEHICLE LOST STEERING POWER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749529August 1, 2001
SUSPENSION:REAR
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562320July 31, 2001
TIRES
THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAS A TWO INCH NARROW BUBBLE, CONSUMER STATES SHE HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO TWO FIRESTONE DEALERS THEY HAVE OFFERED TO REPLACE THE TIRE BUT AT THE CONSUMERS EXPENSE.*JB FIRESTONE TIRE, NO OTHER INFORMATION GIVEN. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#749299July 27, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WILL STOP PULLING WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER WAS INFORMED ABOUT PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893182July 26, 2001
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE
DEALER FIXED RECALL ON VEHICLE, AND NEXT DAY WHILE DRIVING STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP, AND SPUN OUT OF CONTROL. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP, AND DEALER STATED NOTHING THEY COULD DO WITHOUT POLICE REPORT.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562173July 23, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES
WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE BEGAN SPUTTERING, CONSUMER PULLED OVER TO SEE FLAMES AND SMOKE, THERE WAS A RECALL, C0104C, REGARDING SPARKING IN THE ENGINE WHICH COULD CAUSE A FIRE, ALSO, TRANSMISSION COOLER LINE WAS FOUND DEFECTIVE, THE FIRES CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. OHIO TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748878July 21, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHEN I WENT TO HAVE MY OIL CHANGED, I NOTICED THE TIRE ON THEFRONT DRIVERS SIDE,THE TREAD WAS PEELING AWAY FROM THE TIRE ITSELF. THE TIRES ALL MATCH AND THEY HAVE ALOT OF TREAD N THEM. I WOULDN'T SAY ANYTHING BUT, I HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND I COULDN'T EVEN CONSIDER THE THOUGHT OF LOSING ONE OF THEM TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS OR ANYTHING FOR THAT MATTER. I REPLACED THE TIRE BUT I FEEL THAT THEY SHOULD BE MORE CAREFUL WITH PRODUCTION, PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE AT STAKE. THANK YOU! BARBARA AUER. *AK (TIRESIZE: 18570R14)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#893000July 17, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
RECALL 00 V 421 001/LOWER BALL JOINT BOOT: DEALER GENE MESSER MITSUBISHI, AMARILLO,TX; PHONE# 806/358-8888 CHARGED CONSUMER FOR RECALL PART, KNOWING THAT VEHICLE WAS COVERED. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, AND ADVISED CONSUMER TO CALL NHTSA TO REPORT THE DEALER. ASKING NHTSA TO ASSIST IN THIS MATTER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#892901July 16, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. GEAR WOULD NOT GRAB INTO 2ND GEAR. IT JUMPED OUT OF GEAR, AND VEHICLE WILL STALL. VEHICLE WENT BACK AND FORTH FOR 1 1/2 TRANSMISSIONS FROM MITSUBISHI, AND REFERRED CONSUMER TO GO BACK TO MITSUBISHI BECAUSE TRANSMISSION COULD BE DEFECTIVE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748512July 16, 2001
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
ON SUNSET FWY ONRAMP TO HOLLYWOOD FWY SOUTH, MY CAR'S STEERING WENT OUT, CAUSED ME LOSING CONTROL. CAR HAD BEEN TAKEN BEFORE FOR STEERING RECALL.I WAS TOLD STEERING IS OKAY AND NOTHING WAS REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748420July 13, 2001
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
THE STEERING RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLYFAILED WITHOUT WARNING. STEERING WAS TOTALLY LOST. MITSUBISHI IS CURRENTLY REQUESTING ME TO RETURN THE FAILED PART IN EXCHANGE FOR SOME MONETARY REIMBURSEMENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#892747July 13, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY, AND VEHICLE SHUTDOWN WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. *AK TIMING CRANK SENSOR ORIGINAL PART WAS LARGER THAN SHOULD HAVE BEEN. WHICH CAUSED DAMAGED TO THE CRANKSHAFT.*YD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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