Mitsubishi Galant Complaints

1,788 consumer complaints on file.

#892798July 13, 2001
TIRES:SIDEWALL
WHILE PULLING AWAY FROM STOP SIGN SIDEWALL ON FRONT LEFT TIRE, SIZE P19565R15, BLEWOUT. ALSO, SIDEWALL ON LEFT REAR TIRE HAD A BUBBLE ON IT. CONTACTED GOODYEAR.*AK GOODYEAR DID NOT REPLACE THE TIRE UNDER WARRANTY, A FEW WEEKS LATER CONSUMER NOTICED A BUBBLE ON THE SIDEWALL OF ANOTHER TIRE, GOODYEAR DID REPLACE THIS TIRE, CONSUMER ASKED FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR PREVIOUS TIRE, THE WHEEL WAS DAMAGED IN FIRST TIRE FAILURE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#892592July 12, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT
CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN TO DEALER FOR A NOISE THAT WAS COMING FROM FRONT END. DEALER TOLD CONSUMER IT WAS FRONT PASSENGER TIRE. CONSUMER TOOK TIRE TO GOODYEAR DEALER TO HAVE IT INSPECTED. DEALER SAID IT WAS NOT THE TIRE. CONSUMER WENT BACK TO MITSUBISHI, AND THEY CLAIMED THAT THEY ADJUSTED AIR PRESSURE. AS STARTING TO DRIVE NOISE WAS STILL THERE. A WEEK LATER, DEALER SAID THEY RECEIVED A PAPER OFF COMPUTER INDICATING THAT MITSUBISHI WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. MITSUBISHI SAID TIRE AND RIM WERE NOT MEETING UP.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#892511July 11, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
NHTSA RECALL#00V421001/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL SR01-007. DEALER WAS CONTACTED FOR RECALL REPAIRS, BUT WAS UNABLE TO COMPLETE WORK BECAUSE PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#748206July 10, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THIS VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION CAUSING $6500 IN DAMAGES. BOTH AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP MANAGER THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE ABOUT THE PROBLEM. I REFUSED TO MAKE FURTHER PAYMENT ON THE VEHICLE, AND VOLUNTARILY SURRENDERED SAME TO MITSUBISHI MOTORS CREDIT OF AMERICA, PO BOX 6044, CYPRESS, CA 90630-6044. ALL PARTIES WERE NOTIFIED OF THE DANGEROUS CONDITION OF THE VEHICLE, YET ON JUNE 12, 2001, THE VEHICLE WAS IRRESPONSIBLY SOLD BY MITSUBUSHI CREDIT FOR $9,100. WHOEVER NOW OWNS THE VEHICLE IS IN GRAVE DANGER TO THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SHOULD A COLLISION OCCUR.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#892192July 9, 2001
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
WHILE AT A DRIVE THROUGH CONSUMER WAS TRYING TO TURN RIGHT BUT VEHICLE WAS GOING LEFT AND HIT POLE. CONSUMER FELT THIS WAS RELATED TO RECALL 00V225.001 CONCERNING STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#747967July 6, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
ROTORS SHOWED AT LEAST 6 RADIAL CRACKS SPACED AROUND ROTOR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#891650June 29, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL 00V421001/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL SR01-007. DEALER STATED PARTS WERE UNAVAILABLE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#891673June 29, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
RECALL#00V421001/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL SR01-007. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER STATED VEHICLE WAS SALVAGED. DEALER WILL NOT FIX VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#891751June 29, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:COOLING UNIT AND LINES, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND THERE WAS BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH. ALSO, TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561738June 22, 2001
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
THE VALVE INVOLVED IT FLUID CIRCULATION WAS TOO SMALL CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. ET
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890870June 21, 2001
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW, AIR BAGS
WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH CONSUMER SUDDENLY LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, CAUSING IT TO HIT A TELEPHONE POLE HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN ACCIDENT. *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#747218June 21, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
FUEL GAUGE STOPPED WORKING. WHILE DROPING IT OF TO GET REPAIRED, THE SERVICE PERSON SAID, WOW I GOT ANOTHER ONE THIS MORNING FOR EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM. ODD? I THINK NOT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561710June 20, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
BATTERY EXPLODED WHEN CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE, BATTERY ACID SCATTERED OVER THE ENTIRE ENGINE AND THE IMPACT OF THE EXPLODING BATTERY CELLS DENTED THE HOOD CRACKING THE EXTERIOR PAINT, BATTERY WAS A 60 MO MITSUBISHI DIAMOND CARE, SERIAL NO A993FB1X02, 525 CCA GRP 24, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC *ET
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890698June 19, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, SUSPENSION
VEHICLE SERIOUSLY VIBRATES WHEN ACCELERATING. ALSO, TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING WHEN SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. DEALERSHIP EXAMINED VEHICLE, AND FOUND DROPS OF WATER IN TRANSMISSION FLUID. MANUFACTURER STATED THAT DRIVEN IN RAIN AND FLOODING CAUSED WATER TO ENTER TRANSMISSION. CONSUMER INDICATED THAT EHICLE WAS PARKED , AND WAS NOT SUBJECT TO WET CONDITIONS DURING RECENT FLOODING. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#746911June 15, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT
THE CAR IS VEERING TO THE RIGHT ALL THE TIME. THE BODY OF THE CAR SHAKES UP/DOWN AND LEFT TO RIGHT. THIS IS VERY NOTICEABLE AT 30MPH. BELOW THAT SPEED, THE STEERIG WHEEL MOVES LEFT TO RIGHT RAPIDLY. WHEN THE CAR DIPS, THE CAR BOUNCES SIDEWAY THAT COULD BE COMPENSATED OR CONTROLLED BY THE STEERING WHEEL. *AK (DOT NUMBER: XLJ6 7375 TIRESIZE: 185/70R14)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890433June 15, 2001
STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK
RECALL 00V225001; VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER THREE TIMES IN REFERENCE TO RECALL . RECALL REPAIRS DID NOT CORRECT PROBLEM, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO VIBRATE AND SEVERELY PULL TO RIGHT. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#555849June 14, 2001
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD, WHEELS
THE CONSUMER HAS HAD 3 TRANSMISSIONS REPLACED IN ONLY FOUR YEARS, THE MANUFACTURER KNOWS THE TRANSMISSION WAS RECALLED BUT REFUSED REIMBURSEMENT. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890407June 14, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION WOULD SHIFT VERY HARD INTO ANOTHER GEAR. WHEN EVER VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP, IT WOULD JERK. CAN HEAR & FEEL IT WHEN IT HAPPENS. AFTER ACCELERATING, WOULD REMAIN IN ONE GEAR, AND MAKE GRINDING NOISES BEFORE CHANGING. NOT AT DEALERSHIP.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561560June 13, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
THE POWER DOOR LOCK AND WINDOW SWITCH FAILED. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#890203June 12, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WILL PULL TO BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. CONSUMER HAS CONTATED THE DEALER, DEALER YET TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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