Mitsubishi Galant Complaints

1,788 consumer complaints on file.

#884041March 23, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE AND UPON SHIFTING GEAR INTO DRIVE ENGINE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CAUSED VEHICLE TO HIT A WALL. DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742791March 21, 2001
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER, AIR BAGS
SRS LIGHT STAYED ON CONTINUOUSLY WHILE CAR WAS IN MOTION. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SEAT BACKS, SINCE THEY CLAIMED THAT THE SIDE AIR BAGS WERE THE PROBLEM. THE LIGHT HAS NOT COME ON SINCE THE REPAIR. ALSO, THE STEERING WHEEL AIR BAG COVER DID NOT PROPERLY FIT. THIS UNIT WAS ALSO REPLACED. THIS REPAIR ALSO APPEARS TO BE ACCEPTABLE. AS FOR THE WINDSHIELD, IT IS LEAKING WATER INTO THE INTERIOR. THE DEALER ALREADY MADE TWO ATTEMPTS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THE FIRST ATTEMPT INCLUDED RESEALING THE WINDSHIELD, AND THE SECOND ATTEMPT WAS AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE MOONROOF. THEY CLAIMED THAT BOTH OF THESE FIXES WOULD WORK, BUT I'M STILL FINDING WATER LEAKING INTO THE INTERIOR. THE LEAK HAS REMAINED AT THE SAME LOCATION, ABOUT 4-6 INCHES LEFT OF CENTER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742695March 19, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
LEAKING COAL TAR FROM DOOR SEALANT- DEFECTIVE BOTH FRONT DOORS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742368March 13, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
GOING 55MPH ON I-84 TO WATERBURY CI. CAR DIDN'T ACCELERATE TO MAINTAIN SPEED GOING UPHILL. STOPPED TO CHECK TRANSMISSION FLUID. RESEVOIR WAS FULL. ON ATTEMPTING TO RESUNE THE JOURNEY THE CAR WENT FWDD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882951March 13, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND SMELLED BURNING RUBBER. CONSUMER THEN PLACED VEHICLE IN PARK, POPPED HOOD, AND SAW FIRE IN ENGINE. FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. FIRE DEPTARTMENT ADVISED THAT FIRE BEGAN WITH STARTER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742323March 12, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO A MITSUBISHI DEALER FOR A RECALL ON THE SUSPENSION INDEPENDENT FRONT CONTROL ARM LOWER BALL JOINT AND WAS TOLD BY THE MISTUBISHI SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT AFFECTED WITH THE RECALL AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS TO GET IT REPAIRED WITH THEM. I THEREFORE PURCHASED THE PARTS FROM THE MITUBISHI PARTS DEPARTMENT AND HAD ANOTHER MECHANIC REPLACE THE BALL JOINTS AND BOOTING AT A LOWER PRICE BUT WITH MITSUBISHI'S PARTS. SINCE THEN I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER RECALL ON THE SAME PARTS THAT WE WERE HAVING TROUBLE WITH AND THAT I SHOULD BRING THE VEHICLE IN AGAIN AND THAT THEY WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT. I WAS VERY SHOCKED THAT AFTER OWNING SEVERAL VEHICLES OVER THE YEARS THAT I HAD NEVER HAD TO PAY ANYTHING FOR PARTS OR REPAIR AND WAS TOTALLY SHOCKED. ALSO THERE WILL BE TWO OTHER REPORTS FILED FOR OTHER COMPLAINTS THAT I HAVE HAD ON DEFECTIVE PARTS WITH MITSUBISHI. THANK YOU. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742324March 12, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
I EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE CRANK PULLY THAT WHEN I WAS DRIVING THAT THE CAR LOST ALL CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND POWER, MITSUBISHI TOWED MY VEHICLE AND REPAIRED THE PART BECAUSE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THIS SAME PROBLEM OCCURED AGAIN IN 2001 WITH MY WIFE AND CHILDREN WERE IN THE CAR AND LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND COULD NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE, I WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR WHEN IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS IS NOT NORMAL TO HAPPEN THAT MANY TIMES TO ONE VEHICLE EVEN AFTER IT WAS JUST RECENTLY REPAIRED AND THAT IT WAS NOT EVEN THAT LONG OF A TIME THAT THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED WITH THE SAME PART THAT WAS REPLACED NEW BY MITUBISHI.ALSO I BELIEVE THAT THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE REPORTED IMMEDIATELY TO THE MANUFACTURER BECAUSE LOSS OF STEERING CAN CAUSE A FATAL ACCIDENT AT ANY SPEED IN THE WRONG PLACE WHERE AN ACCIDENT CAN OCCUR. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON ANOTHER MAKE OF THE MITSUBISHI BUT NOT ON THE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742302March 12, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
I HAVE MITSHIBUSHI AND I WILL NEVER EVER EVER BUY ANY PRODUCT FROM THEM AGAIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742295March 12, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, THE STEERING SHAKES. BRAKE SHOES AND ROTORS ARE WORN OUT AT 19,000 MILES (VERY PREMATURE); BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON CONSTANTLY IN VEHICLE - REPLACE W/ BRAKE FLUID, WHEELS SCREECH WHEN MAKING A SLOW TURN - MITSUBISHI WAS CONTACTED AND THEY ARE GIVING A HARD TIME ABOUT REPLACING THE BRAKES W/19,000 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882673March 12, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, TIRES
WHILE TRAVELING HEARD A LOUD NOISE WHEN DEPRESSING BRAKES. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL, AND THEN NOTICED TIRE WAS BENT . PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882777March 12, 2001
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
POWER LOCKS LOCK ON THEIR OWN WHETHER SOMEONE IS IN OR NOT. IT'S A INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, BUT HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR A YEAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742213March 10, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DID NOT GO INTO OR STAY IN PARK. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742198March 9, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882534March 9, 2001
STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 00V225001 FOR STEERING RACK. NUT AROUND STEERING RACK IS LEAKING. WHEN TURNING MOSTLY TO LEFT VEHICLE JERKS & MAKES A GRINDING NOISE. MECHANIC SAYS COULD LOSE POWER STEERING, AND NOT TO DRIVE VEHICLE UNTIL PROBLEM COULD BE REPAIRED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882465March 8, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN IT IS VERY SLUGGISH AND DOES NOT PICK UP SPEED, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882523March 8, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
LOWER FRONT BALL JOINTS HAD A LOT OF PLAY. VEHICLE WAS MAKING LOUD NOISES WHEN MAKING TURNS. TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE MECHANIC CHECK IT. *AK THERE WAS A RECALL REGARDING THE BALL JOINTS, 00V421001, HOWEVER DEALER STATED CONSUMER'S VEHICLE DID NOT QUALIFY FOR RECALL, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. TIMING BELT WAS REPLACED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741936March 5, 2001
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
NEVER RECEIVED RECALLS FOR THE CRACK IN THE FUEL TANK, AND I SMELL GAS IN MY CAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741937March 5, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
BROUGHT CAR INTO DEALER AND WAS INFORMED IT HAD PLAY BUT NOTHING WAS DONE ON IT, SINCE IT IS A STEERING COMPONENT AND CAN CAUSE MY CAR TO CRASH I FEEL THAT IT SHOULD BE FIXED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882042March 5, 2001
AIR BAGS
AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ILLUMINATED WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. HAS BEEN REPAIRED UNDER RECALL; HOWEVER, PROBLEM STILL EXISTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741881March 4, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
MY 1991 MITSUBISHI GALANT STALLED WHILE DRIVING 3 TIMES OVER 3 MONTHS. ONE DAY, THE CAR WOULDN'T START AFTER DRIVING IT TO WORK. THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT WAS REPLACED IN A SHOP. THE CAR THEN HAD SEVERE HARD IDLING PROBLEMS. THE SERVO WAS THEN REPLACED. THE IDLING PROBLEM WAS NOT FIXED AND IS STILL PRESENT. NOW THE CAR HAS TROUBLE STARTING WITH A BRAND NEW COMPUTER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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