Mitsubishi Galant Complaints

1,788 consumer complaints on file.

#856028February 2, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE MAKING A STOP BY DEPRESSING BRAKES, VEHICLE WOULD PULSATE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, CAN'T DUPLICATE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#856071February 2, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:BRAKE FLUID LOW WARNING: LAMP
RECALL 98V212000 CONCERNING STOP LAMP SWITCH. RECALL REMEDY DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. WHEN THE STOP LAMP SWITCH WAS ASSEMBLED GREASE WAS INADVERTENTLY APPLIED TO THE CONTACT POINT. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855931February 1, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE IN A FRONTAL ACCIDENT AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK *ML
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#718157February 1, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
I DO NOT AT THIS PRESENT TIME KNOW THE ESTIMATED $ AMOUNT OF DAMAGE DONE TO MY VEHICHLE . THE DRIVER AND MYSELF HAVE SUSTAINED HEAD, BACK,SHOULDER, AND KNEE INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE AIRBAGS NOT DEPLOYING. THIS TYPE OF CAR SHOULD BE RECALLED. WE WERE LUCKY AND DID NOT LOOSE OUR LIVES, OTHER PEOPLE MAY NOT BE AS LUCKY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#855836January 31, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
RECALL # 98V168001 POWER TRAIN: TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE) DEALER STATED THAT RECALL WORK WAS PERFORMED SOME TIME AGO. EVEN THOUGH RECALL WORK WAS PERFORMED CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING LEAKS AND NOISES COMING FROM THE TRANSFER CASE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP ABOUT A MONTH AGO. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE WAS SHOT, MEANING THAT IT WAS EMPTY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550552January 22, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
NO DEPLOYMENT OF BOTH AIR BAGS DURING VEHICLE COLLISION WITH EXTENSIVE DAMAGE AND INJURY. *MJS
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#550560January 22, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS LOCKED UP AND COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE RESULTING IN ACCIDENT. YH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717614January 20, 2000
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT
I WAS TOLD BY A NHTSA CONSELOR THAT I HAD TO FILL OUT THIS FORM TO SOLVE MY PROBLEM. I HAVE A 1991 MITUBISHIU GALANT VR4 . THIS VEHICAL HAS AN AWD DRIVETRAION . TO MY KNOWLAGE ALL MITUBISHI VEHICALS WITH THIS FEATURE BETWEEN 1990 TO 1998 WERE RECALLED. I PERSONALY KNOW ABOUT 40 OTHER 1991 MITUBISHI GALANT OWNERS WHO HAD THE RECALL PERFORMED. FOR SOME REASON THEY (THE MANUFACTURER ) REFUSED MY VIN # . I HAVE DOCUMENTATION FROM A PREVIOUSE DEALER THAT MY DIFIRENTIAL WAS DAMAGED AND IS LEAKING. THIS WAS TOLD TO ME BEFORE I KNEW ABOUT THE RECALL. I WAS GOING TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR BUT WAS INFORMED BY YOUR WEB SITE THAT MY VEHICAL WAS (?) PART OF THE RECALL. I BELIEVE THAT MITUBISHI REALISED THAT MY VEHIVAL WILL REQUIRE THE REPLACED DIFFIRENTIAL AND THAT IS WHY THEY ARE DENINING IT. ANY INFO THAT I COULD GIVE THEM TO PERSUADE THEM INTO PERFORMING (JUST THE INSPECTION ) WOULD BE GREAT. THEY HAVE REFUSED TO EVEN LOOK AT MY CAR UNDER THE RECALL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#855050January 18, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY. 50 MPH DRIVER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD,.ATTEMPTED TO PULL OVER, BUT BRAKES WERE INOPERATIVE. DRIVER HAD TO PUMP BRAKES IN ORDER TO SLOW DOWN AND STOP.DRIVER GOT OUT OF VEHICLE AND NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE, BURNING GRASS SURROUNDING THE AREA, AND DESTROYING/ MELTING ALL WIRING, AND ALL OF FRONT END. VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717502January 18, 2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SPECIFICALLY, THE DRIVERS-SIDE MAT GETS STUCK UNDER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. IT IS A HAZARD, ESPECIALLY WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE ONTO A MERGE OR WHEN PASSING OTHER VEHICLES. THE DEALER INSTALLED A CLIP TO HOLD THE MAT IN PLACE, HOWEVER, THE CLIP DOESN'T EVEN STAY IN PLACE. ON MANY, MANY OCCASIONS, I WILL STEP ON THE ACCELERATOR AND THE MAT GETS STUCK, FORCING THE ACCELERATION EVEN FURTHER AND NOT LETTING YOU SLOW DOWN THE ACCELERATION SPEED. IN OTHER WORDS, IT FEELS LIKE YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE VEHICLE'S ACCELERATION SPEED, FOR THE MAT ACTUALLY HOLDS THE PEDAL DOWN. I BELIEVE THE MATS ARE DEFECTIVE, EITHER TOO THICK TO FIT UNDER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL OR TOO HEAVY FOR THE CLIP. I DROVE THE CAR FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR, THINKING THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE ACCELERATOR UNTIL I GOT MY CAR WASHED AND THE MATS WERE ADJUSTED (PULLED FURTHER BACK UNDER THE DRIVERS SEAT) BEFORE I REALIZED THE MAT WAS GETTING CAUGHT UNDER THE ACCELERATOR. I'VE REPORTED THIS TO MITSUBISHI ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, AND EVEN HAD A MAT CLIP INSTALLED, BUT I'VE FOUND THAT THE ONLY THING THAT WORKS, IS IF I ACTUALLY RETRO-FIT THE MAT AND TURN IT BACKWORDS. THEN AND ONLY THEN, DOES THE MAT STAY IN PLACE, BUT ONLY TEMPORARILY, FOR WHEN YOU GET IN AND OUT OF THE CAR OR IN NORMAL FOOT TO PEDAL MANEUVERS (WHEN DRIVING OR BRAKING) THE MAT SHIFTS UNDER THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AGAIN, CAUSING THE ACCELERATOR TO STICK AGAIN. THANK YOU.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900619January 13, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING, FRONT END OF VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, CONSUMER PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND VEHICLE WAS TOTALED BY FIRE, CLAIM 01-6147-740. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717232January 11, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
IS BEEN FOUR TIMES THAT THIS CAR HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES,TWO OF THOSE THEY CHANGE BRAKES PATS SETS FAILED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854808January 10, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
WHILE IN PARK THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED (FOR EMISSIONS INSPECTION) AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED FORWARD. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#717025January 7, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DISENG, ONTO A CLOVER-LEAF, AND WERE BEGINNING TO MERGE ONTO A JUNCTIONING INTERSTATE. THE TRAFFIC WE WERE MERGING INTO WAS TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED (APPX 70MPH,) AND WE WERE ALMOST REAR-ENDED WHEN THE CAR DISENGAGED FROM DRIVE AND BEGAN COASTING AND SLOWING DOWN. THIS EXACT SITUATION OCCURRED 22,000 MILES EARLIER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#853257January 5, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING IN THE LOCAL AREA TRAVELING ABOUT 10MPH AND MAKING A LEFT TURN AT AN INTERSECTION, TRANSMISSION CHANGED FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR, BUT VEHICLE STARTED IDLING AND ROLLING INTO THE PARKING LOT. THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. ONE MORNING UPON STARTING VEHICLE, AND SHIFTING IT OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE, SHIFTING WAS ROUGH, COULD FEEL TRANSMISSION JUMPING. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED HOME. DIDN'T CONTACT THE DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854680January 4, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:DRUM
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THERE WAS VIBRATION AND HESITATION.DEALER HAS REPLACED THE REAR DRUMS, MACHINED THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS. DEALER HAS DONE THIS TWICE. ALSO REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKE PADS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716876January 4, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
GOING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE, CAR ACCELERATED AND SMASHED INTO A MOBILE HOME. (DETAILS? [email protected]). I WAS ATTEMPTING TO BACK OUT OF SOMEONE'S DIRT DRIVEWAY. I WAS POSITIONED AT AN ANGLE. WHEN I BACKED OUT (GOING ABOUT 3-5 MPH), I BUMPED INTO A TREE. I THEN PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKES SO THAT I COULD PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE. WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE, THE CAR ACCELERATED AT AN EXTREME RATE AND MADE A TERRIBLY LOUD NOISE. THE CAR THEN THRUSTED FORWARD (THE ENTIRE TIME MY FOOT WAS HEAVY ON THE BRAKE - I AM 100% SURE OF THIS!). THE BRAKE DID NOT STOP THE CAR. AFTER TRAVELING ABOUT 60 FEET, THE CAR THEN CAREAMED INTO A MOBILE HOME. I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF. I BELIEVE THOUGH THAT THE CAR WAS STOPPED BY THE METAL BEAMS FROM THE MOBILE HOME. THE CAR IS NOW AT THE DEALERSHIP. I AM LOOKING INTO THE LEMON LAW DUE TO THIS ACCIDENT AND OTHER PROBLEMS. TRYING TO GET THE CAR REPURCHASED OR REPLACED. THIS IS A REVISION FOR ODI #716575. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#716575December 28, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
GOING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE, CAR ACCELLERATED AND SMASHED INTO A MOBILE HOME. (DETAILS? [email protected]). I WAS ATTEMPTING TO BACK OUT OF SOMEONES DIRT DRIVEWAY. I WAS POSITIONED AT AN ANGLE. WHEN I BACKED OUT (GOING ABOUT 3-5 MPH), I BUMPED INTO A TREE. I THEN PUT MY FOOT ON THE BRAKES SO THAT I COULD PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE. WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE, THE CAR ACCELLERATED AT AN EXTREME RATE AND MADE A TERRIBLE LOUD NOISE. THE CAR THEN THRUSTED FORWARD (THE ENTIRE TIME MY FOOT WAS HEAVY ON THE BRAKE - I AM 100% SURE OF THIS!). THE BRAKE DID NOT STOP THE CAR. AFTER TRAVELING ABOUT 60 FEET, THE CAR THEN CAREAMED INTO A MOBILE HOME. I TURNED THE IGNITION OFF. I BELIEVE THOUGH THAT THE CAR WAS STOPPED BY THE METAL BEAMS FROM THE MOBILE HOME. THE CAR IS NOW AT THE DEALERSHIP. I AM LOOKING INTO THE LEMON LAW DUE TO THIS INCIDENT AND OTHER PROBLEMS. TRYING TO GET THE CAR REPURCHASED OR REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#550092December 27, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
RECALL WORK NOT PERFORMED IN A TIMELY MATTER AND ONCE PERFORM A MECHANIC NOTICE BOLTS ON THE CONTROL ARM WERE LOOSE OR MISSING. 94 GALANT(SR-99-002). YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#854403December 27, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
RECALL 99V066001. DEALER IS TRYING TO CHARGE THE CONSUMER FOR RECALL SERVICE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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