Mitsubishi Galant Complaints

1,788 consumer complaints on file.

#730766September 8, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN PROPERLY. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPAIRED TWO TIMES AND IS AGAIN A PROBLEM. POSSIBLE SAFETY ISSUE AS THE PASSENGER HAS DIFFICULTY OPENING THE DOOR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730777September 8, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:ROTOR
THEY HAVE REPLACED ROTORS FOUR (SOON TO BE FIVE) TIMES WITHOUT FIXING PROBLEM. WARRENTY IS SOON UP, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO START PAYING FORM A PROBLEM THEY WON'T FIX
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870048September 8, 2000
SEAT BELTS
CONSUME R WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND SEATBELT LIGHT CAME ON. SHE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE SHOULDER AND OPENED THE DOOR. SEATBELT WAS STUCK. SHE HAD TO CLIMB UNDERNEATH. SEATBELT WOULDN'T RETRACT, AND CABLE CAME OUT FROM VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#554396September 7, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730368September 6, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
RECALL RECEIVED ON BALL JOINT, BALL JOINT BOOT. TOOK CAR TO DEALERSHIP AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT CHECKED IT AND SAID IT WAS OK ON 7/28/00. ON 9/4/00 THE BALL JOINT BROKE, CAUSING THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL TO TURN SIDEWAYS AND CAUSING A CRASH. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730402September 6, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
AT BRAKING, THE STEERING STARTS TO SHAKE. AT TIMES I HAVE GONE THROUGH A RED LIGHT BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP, YOU APPLY THE BRAKE BUT THERE IS JUST NOTHING THERE, OTHER TIMES BECAUSE OF THE SHAKING , IT FEELS LIKE THE CAR IS GOING TO COME APART I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALER FOR THE SAME PROBLEM 4 DIFFERENT TIMES. EACH TIME THEY SURFACE THE ROTORS, AND CHANGE THE PADS. BUT AFTER 2 OR 3 DAYS THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. THE EXCUSES THAT I GET FORM THE DEALER VARIES FROM THAT THERE IS TOO MUCH HEAT IN FLORIDA OR THAT I DRIVE THROUGH PUDDLES OR EVEN ONE TIME THEY HAD THE ODASITY OF TELLING ME THAT NOR I OR MY WIFE KNEW HOW TO DRIVE AND THAT WE WERE DESTROYING THE BRAKES. IN JUNE OF 2000 I SAW THE SAL;ESPERSON THAT SOLD ME THE CAR AND HE CONFESSED TO ME THAT THE GALANT HAS THIS PROBLEM BUT THAT NOT EVEN THE MANUFACTURE KNOWS WHAT IT IS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730437September 6, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
FRONT END FEELS SHAKY AT HIGH SPEEDS, GOING OVER ROUGH ROADS AND BUMPS, & CHANGING LANES AT HIGH SPEED. VEHICLE ALSO TENDS TO PULL TO THE RIGHT WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS THE FIRST TIME I WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG THE SECOND TIME THE CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS ON BOTH SIDES WERE REPLACED. THE PROBLEM PERSISTS AND I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE . I NEVER RECEIVED ANY PAPERWORK REGARDING LEMON LAWS AT TIME OF PURCHASE NOR WAS IT MENTIONED. I NEED HELP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#554334September 5, 2000
WHEELS:HUB, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
CONSUMER NOTICED A SCRUBBING SOUND, DEALER NOTICED HUBCAPS RUBBING ON THE TIRES. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869564September 5, 2000
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND HIT 3 PARKED VEHICLES. VEHICLE AND OTHER 3 VEHICLES WERE TOTALED. DEALER COULDN'T FIND CAUSE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730046September 4, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
SENDING UNIT ON THE DISTRIBUTOR FAILED AS THE CAR DOWN-SHIFTED FROM PASSING GEAR. FUEL PUMP WAS ALSO REPLACED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729956September 2, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
MAIN ENGINE PULLEY BROKE AND WRECKED THE ENGINE. CAR WAS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729709August 31, 2000
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SLAMS INTO GEAR AFTER STARTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND THEN FROM SECOND TO FIRST. GOT DIAGNOSTICS TEST DONE AT CANTINS IN LACONIA THEY STATED THAT THE PARK/NEUTRAL SWITCH WAS WET THEY CLEANED IT THEN STATED IT WAS FINE. PICKED CAR UP AND THEY HADN'T FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND REMAINS ON WITH THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURING. ALSO, HAD A RECALL ON THIS CAR FOR THE LATERAL CONTROL ARM BOOT ASSEMBLY . CANTINS SAID IT WAS FINE ON THE CAR BUT THINK THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH IT FOR WHEN I BRAKE IT HAS A GRINDING SOUND TO IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#869135August 30, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER WAS PULLING OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND HEARD A POPPYING NOISE/ SMELLED SMOKE. HER HUSBAND LOOKED UNDERNEATH VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT BELT HAD POPPED OUT. SHE DROVE VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC TOLD HER THAT PULLEY/CRANKSHAFT CAME APART. THEY REPLACED THE PART, THEN ONE WEEK LATER THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN. CURRENTLY, SHE HEARED A PINGGING NOISE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729393August 29, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:PADS, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
MY 1996 MITSUBISHI GALANT HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS INCLUDING, BRAKE PADS HAD TO BE CHANGED MORE THAN USUAL, TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED WHILE PARKED. IN ADDITION, THE WINDOWS /WINDSHIELD WERE CONSTANTLY FOGGY. THE START KEY COULD ONLY BE TAKING OUT BY PRESSING THE BREAK. I HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER LOCKS, THEY WILL NOT OPEN, LEAKS FROM THE SUNROOF. THE HORN COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING AFTER THREE YEARS. THE MITSUBISHI DEALER NEVER ISSUED A BALL JOINT RECALL WHICH I NOW FOUND OUT WAS DEFECTIVE WITH THE CAR AND AFTER RETURNING MY VEHICLE UPON MY LEASE TERMINATION THEY ARE REQUESTING 1000 + DOLLARS FOR WEAR AND TEAR ETC. THE DEALER HAS NOT PROPERLY FOLLOWED GUIDELINES AND ARE BEEN SUED BECAUSE OF THESE FAILURES AND THE CUSTOMERS WHO PURCHASED THESE CARS ARE BEEN CHARGED MORE MONEY BY THE DEALER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729412August 29, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM
BRAKES BEGAN MAKING A LOUD VIBRATIONAL WHINING OR "WINDING DOWN" SOUND WHENEVER BRAKES WERE APPLIED. SOMETIMES THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD PULL IF THE STOP WAS ABRUPT. AT FIRST VISIT TO DEALER, PROBLEM WAS DENIED. FOUR MORE SUBSEQUENT VISITS RESULTED IN REPLACEMENT OF PADS, ROTORS, AND EVEN WHEEL HUBS. LAST REPAIR WAS AT 19 OR 20,000 MILES; NOISE BEGAN TO RETURN AS THE VEHICLE ODOMETER TURNED 22,000. DEALER WOULD NOT OFFER SATISFACTION; I SOLD THE CAR, SUSPECTING THAT THIS WOULD BE A RECURRING PROBLEM FOR THE LIFE OF THE CAR. I HAD SAFETY CONCERNS AS WELL AS THE ANNOYANCE OF REPEATED REPAIRS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729342August 28, 2000
STEERING:LINKAGES
WHEN I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR A RECALL INSPECTION OF MY FRONT BALL JOINT BOOT I WAS INFORMED BY THE MITSUBISHI SERVICE TECHNICIAN THAT BOTH OF MY FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARMS AND BALL JOINTS WERE DANGEROUSLY WORN. THIS WAS NOT COVERED BY THE RECALL BECAUSE THE BOOTS WERE INTACT, HOWEVER. IT SEEMS THAT, GIVEN THAT THE PARTS HAVE CLEARLY HAD OTHER FAILURES AS EVIDENCED BY THE RECALL, THEY ARE PRONE TO PREMATURE WEAR THAT SHOULD BE THE MANUFACTURERS RESPONSIBILITY. THIS SEEMS UNACCEPTABLY PREMATURE FOR THIS KIND OF FAILURE, AND I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED OR HEARD OF THESE PARTS FAILING AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE ON OTHER VEHICLES. I THINK THE SITUATION INDICATES THAT THE PARTS OR DESIGN ARE DANGEROUSLY INADEQUATE, BUT THAT MITSUBISHI IS TRYING TO TIE IT TO BOOT FAILURE TO MINIMIZE THEIR FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (THE COST FOR REPLACEMENT WAS $479). I WAS ALSO INFORMED BY THE MITSUBISHI SERVICE ADVISOR AT THE DEALER (ERIK REKDAL) THAT HE HAS EXPERIENCED THESE EARLY CONTROL ARM/BALL JOINT FAILURES AS A COMMON OCCURRENCE ON VEHICLES LIKE MINE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868934August 28, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY STEERING WILL BEGIN TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE SOMETIMES HARD, SOMETIMES NOTAT ALL. CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS RECALL00V225001, TEAM MITSIBISHI SAYS THAT THEY HAVE THIS PROBLEM LISTED UNDER RECALLS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729141August 26, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
VEHICLE STEERING AND BRAKE VIBRATE UPON BRAKING, BRAKING DISTANCE TOO LONG. FRONT ROTORS WARPED - RESURFACED AT 14847 MILES. SAME PROBLEM AT 21315 MILES - FRONT ROTORS REPLACED. IGNITION REPLACED AT 21274 MILES - PROBLEM (WHEN CAR STARTED ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS OF RADIO, WIPERS, A/C DID NOT WORK) THIS STARTED INTERMITTENTLY SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE, VERY FREQUENT OCCURENCE WHEN CHANGED 24000MILES BRAKE PROBLEMS AGAIN, 25600 MILES AT DEALERS AGAIN FOR BRAKE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729182August 26, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
AT TIMES CAR WILL NOT START WITH TRANSMISSION LEVER IN PARK. WILL START IF PLACED IN NEUTRAL. DEALER UNABLE TO FIND PROBLEM.RAL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729203August 26, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT
I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE LOWER BALL JOINTS BOOTS OF MY VEHICLE DUE TO IMPROPER INSTALLATION OF THE ASSEMBLY AT THE FACTORY. I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR THE RECALL REPAIR AND THEY SAID THAT SINCE THE BOOT WASN'T DAMAGED THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR IT. THEY DID NOTE THAT BOTH BALL JOINTS WERE BAD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I FEEL THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PART AND THAT THEY ARE TRYING NOT TO EAT THE COST OF THE REPAIR. I QUESTION HOW MANY OTHER CUSTOMERS HAD TO HAVE THIS PART REPAIRED THEY WOULD NOT GIVE ME STATISTICS ON THE NUMBER, I CONTACTED THE CUSTOMER RELATIONS AT MITSUBISHI DAN MERRIL AND HE DENIED ANY REPAIRS. I FEEL THAT THEY ARE TRYING NOT TO ACCEPT THIS IS A FAULTY PART ON THEIR VEHICLE. I HAVE NEVER HAD TO REPLACE A BALL JOINT ON ANY VEHICLE I HAVE OWNED I FIND IT STRANGE THAT BOTH ARE BAD AND THERE IS A SAFETY RECALL ON A RELATED PART THE BALL JOINT BOOT. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER FURTHER AND PLEASE CALL ME AT HOME IF YOU NEED ANY FURTHER ASSISTANCE . THE SAFETY RECALL NOTICE IS # SR-99002. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DETERMINE THE POPING NOISE IN MY VEHICLE SINCE 30000 MILES. THEY SAY THAT THE PART FAILING IS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. YA RIGHT!.......THATS WHY THEIR IS A RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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