Mitsubishi Galant Complaints (1997)

80 consumer complaints on file.

#760656April 13, 2002
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
HAD TO PULL FUSE TO GET THE ALARM TO QUIT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#758848March 2, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
HARMONIC BALANCER FAILED, DISCONNECTING BELT PULLY FROM CRANKSHAFT. BELTS ALL BECAME DRAILED. IF NOT IN PARKING LOT AT 5MPH NOT SURE WHAT ENGINE DAMAGE MIGHT HAVE OCCURRED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#757184January 22, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#899803December 4, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 30 MPH FRONT END COLLISION IN WHICH FRONT DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUSTAINED INJURIES BECAUSE OF AIRBAG FAILURE. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#899805December 4, 2001
SEATS
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION IN WHICH REAR SEATS FELL FORWARD, CAUSING CHILD IN REAR TO BECOME CRUSHED BY WEIGHT OF THE SEATS. CHILD WAS PROPERLY RESTRAINED. AS A RESULT, CHILD SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#896589September 20, 2001
SUSPENSION:REAR
WHILE MAKING REPAIRS DEALER NOTICED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT REAR WHEEL KNUCKLE HAD CRACKS ALL AWAY AROUND, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED OR THE WHEEL WOULD COME OFF. *AK *YD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752405September 20, 2001
STEERING:LINKAGES:KNUCKLE:SPINDLE:ARM
THIS WAS FOUND BY THE DEALER WHICH INFORMED ME THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULDN'T BE COVERED UNDER ANY TYPE OF WARRANTY. I SPOKE WITH MITSUBISHI, AND THEY SAID THE SAME THING, BUT IF THIS FULLY CRACKED KNUCKLE BROKE WHILE DRIVING, THERE COULD BE SERIOUS INJURY TO MYSELF AND OTHER PEOPLE. I HAVE ALSO COPIED A LETTER TO THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU REGARDING THIS MATTER. PLEASE ASSIST. THANK YOU.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752353September 18, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:DRUM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
FRONT BRAKES DOING 100% OF BRAKING, REAR BRAKES NEVER SET TO CONTACT DRUMS. ROTORS REPLACED 7 TO 8 TIMES IN PAST FEW YEARS WHILE REAR BRAKES HAVE NEVER BEEN REPLACED. I STOPPED GOING TO BOCH MITSUBISHI AND WENT TO A BRAKE SPECIALIST WHO TOLD ME THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS NO GOOD AND THE REAR BRAKES HAD ZERO WEAR ON THEM AFTER 3 YEARS. I HAVE BEEN LIED TO BY THIS DEALER TOO OFTEN. I WENT IN FOR A LOWER BALLJOINT RECALL AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE FINE BUT MY INNER TIERODS NEEDED REPLACING DUE TO LOOSENESS. I WENT TO MY BRAKE MAN WHO TOLD ME THE TIERODS WERE IN PROPER WORKING ORDER AND DID NOT NEED REPLACING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#563029September 12, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHICH RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT DUE TO WORN OUT LOWER LATERAL ARM BALL JOINT, PRIOR TO RECALL. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895752September 5, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
NHTSA RECALL 00V421001/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 98V020000 FOR LOWER BALL JOINTS. DEALER HAD BEEN CONTACTED FOR REMEDY, BUT WAS UNABLE TO PERFORM REPAIRS DUE TO LACK OF PARTS. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895807September 5, 2001
TIRES
WHEN CONSUMER STARTED UP VEHICLE IT SHOOK AND VIBRATED. ALSO A LEAK WAS COMING FROM UNDERNEATH OF VEHICLE. TIRES WERE REPLACED BECAUSE THERE WERE BUBBLES LOCATED ON OUTER SIDE OF TIRES. VEHICLE JERKED WHEN IN DRIVE. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#895390August 29, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL CONSUME OVER ONE QUART OF OIL EVERY THOUSAND MILES. CONSUMER HAS NOTED THAT THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM SINCE VEHICLE HAD 23 THOUSAND MILES ON IT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#887670May 8, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE BACKED OUT INTO CONSUMER'S DRIVING PATH, RESULTING IN A CRASH. BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS IN CONSUMERS VEHICLE FAILED TO DEPLOY DURING THIS IMPACT. CONSUMER SUSTAINED BACK INJURIES. *NOTE: CONSUMER STATED THAT VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN A FRONT END COLLISION PRIOR TO HIS OWNERSHIP OF VEHICLE.*AK *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#744101April 16, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, STEERING
I FELT THE CAR STEERING WASN'T TRACKING AND DELAYED WHILE I WAS MAKING A TURN INTO A CURVE ON THE ROAD AND THE STEERING WAS DELAYED IN RESPONDING TO THE TURN. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND HE REPLACED THE LF LOWER LATERAL ARM BECAUSE OF PLAY IN BALL JOINT. BUT THE DEALER NEVER INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND HE CHARGED ME TO HAVE THE LF LATERAL ARM REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#743701April 7, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
REPLACED BRAKES TWICE REPLACED ROTORS ONCE BRAKES STILL PULSATING, HORN WAS REPLACED, TRANSMISSING SLAMS INTO GEAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#735703November 3, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHILE DRIVING ON HWY WITH FAMILY AT 65MPH CAR LOST ELECTRICAL POWER. CAME TO A HALT IN REAL BUSY TRAFFIC. NO LIGHTS INCLUDING EMERGENCY FLASHERS WOULD TURN ON. CAR WOULD NOT START AND STALLED. FORCED TO VEAR OFF HIGHWAY NOT TO CAUSE ACCIDENT. TOTAL COST OF TOWING 155 DOLLARS AND TOTAL COST OF REPAIRS 900 DOLLARS. LUCKY WE ARE STILL ALIVE AND NO ONE ELSE GOT HURT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870550September 15, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
WHEN DRIVING AND UPON DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL TO MAKE A SUDDEN STOP PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. ALSO, NOTICED A NOISE COMING FROM FRONT END WHEN STOPPING. CONSUMER HAS REPLACED THE PADS AND ROTORS, PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED. *AK THE BRAKES FAILED CAUSING ACCIDENT AND DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#552816June 27, 2000
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE VEHICLE HAS A DEFECTIVE COMPRESSOR. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#552146May 8, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
POSSIBLE TRANSMISSION FAILURE IS CAUSING THE VEHICLES MOTOR TO RACE INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING, IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN WITH THE SHIFTING OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#551213March 6, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE VEHICLE DEVELOPED ENGINE RACING FOR NO APPARENT REASON. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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