Mitsubishi Galant Complaints (2001)

151 consumer complaints on file.

#10075061June 9, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
I HAVE REPLACED THE PADS AND TURNED THE ROTORS ON A 2001 MITSUBISHI GALANT DE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM WITH THE CAR SHIMMYING AND POOR BRAKING ABILITY. THIS CORRECTED THE PROBLEM FOR ONLY 5,000 MILES. I CAN SEE THAT I AM GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE OR TURN THE ROTORS AGAIN AND POSSIBLY REPLACE THE BRAKES. I HAVE A FRIEND WHO IS HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH HIS 2001 MITSUBISHI GALANT ES. I HAVE ALSO TALKED TO OTHER OWNERS WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM. AFTER I AHVE FOUND THIS WEB SITE I WILL REFER THEM TO WRITE A COMPLAINT. THIS HAS BEEN VERY FRUSTRAITING BECAUSE THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A RESOLUTION AND THE CAR IS RECENTLY OUT OF THE WARRANTY AT ONLY 36,000 MILES. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS AND IF THEY HAVE FOUND A RESOLUTION ?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068066May 27, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE TRYING TO GET OUT OF A CONVENIENT STORE PARKING LOT, I EXPERIENCED ONE OF THE MOST UNUSUAL AND DRAMATIC SITUATIONS OF MY LIFE!!! AS I STARTED MY CAR AND PUT THE AUTOMATIC GEAR ON REVERSE WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE, THE CAR JUST TOOK OFF ON A VERY HIGH SPEED MAKING TIRE MARKS ON THE PARKING LOT AND THE CAR STOPPED FROM THE GAS PUMP AREA. WHEN I TRIED TO BRING THE CAR BACK TO THE PARKING SPACE TO SEE AND EVALUATE THE SITUATION, AS SOON AS I PUT THE CAR IN THE DRIVE POSITION IT JUST TOOK OFF AGAIN TOWARDS THE CONVENIENT STORE WITH THIS HUGE ENGINE NOISE AND THE BRAKE WOULD NOT WORK TO STOP THE HIGH SPEED ENGINE! THE VEHICLE'S TIRES MADE A VERY STRONG AND LASTING IMAGE ON THE PARKING BRICK AND WENT OVER IT TO CRASH IN TO THE STORE! THE THIRD TIME I TRIED TO GET OUT OF THE MESS AND PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND AGAIN IT WENT BACK WARD CHARGING TOWARDS THE GAS PUMPS AREA WITH STRONG ENGINE HIGH PERFORMANCE NOISE. VERY STRANGE AND SCARY MALFUNCTION OF THE ENGINE SPEED CONTROL!!! *SC *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10073927May 19, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO A BLOWOUT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10072638May 14, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
COMPLAINT: REPEATED PROBLEMS WITH FRONT BRAKES. ROTORS HAVE NEEDED TO BE RESURFACED SEVERAL TIMES AND NOW ARE UNABLE TO BE RESURFACED AGAIN AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. CONTINUOUS VIBRATION OF BRAKE PEDAL AND IN STEERING WHEEL WHILE BRAKING. AT TIMES, ENTIRE CAR FEELS LIKE IT IS SHAKING (PASSENGERS NOTICE THE VIBRATIONS THROUGH THEIR FEET ON THE FLOORBOARD). WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN NOVEMBER OF 2002 WHERE I FELT THAT IF THE BRAKES WERE OPERATING AS THEY SHOULD BE, I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP IN TIME. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED, ALTHOUGH JUDGING BY THE SHEER NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS, I'M SURE THEY ARE AWARE OF THE BRAKING ISSUES WITH THE GALANT. PLEASE PROVIDE ME WITH MORE INFORMATION. I WOULD LOVE TO GET OUT OF THIS VEHICLE WITHOUT OWING MY FIRST-BORN, AS MY FIRST-BORN IS DUE IN NOVEMBER AND I NO LONGER FEEL COMFORTABLE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE WITH THE THOUGHT OF AN INFANT AS A PASSENGER.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068383May 6, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS BECOME WARPED EVERY 5,000 TO 8,000...THIS IS THE THIRD SET OF ROTORS I HAVE GONE THROUGH SINCE 2002. THERE IS HEAVY VIBRATION IN THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN BRAKING. I CONSTANTLY HAVE TO KEEP HAVING THE ROTORS CUT. MITSUBISHI SAID THIS IS "NORMAL".
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10068164May 2, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
PREMATURE WEAR, NEED REPLACEMENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10067181April 14, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO A HIGH RATE, CAUSING IT TO HIT A WALL. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10054604January 21, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:HYDRAULIC
MITSUBISHI GALANT 2001 ES HAS SEVERE BRAKE SYSTEM FAILURE. BRAKE PADS THAT WERE INSTALLED BY MANUFACTURE ALWAYS WORN OUT WITHIN 1-1/2 YEAR OR 15000.*AK MITSUBISHI GALANT 2001 ES HAS A PROBLEM WITH ENGINE GASGET. MY CAR ENGINE GASGET WAS LEAK TWICE IN 2003.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10044673January 15, 2004
STRUCTURE
MOLD HAD DEVELOPED AROUND THE DOORS AND WINDOWS OF THE VEHICLE AND CAUSED A HORRENDOUS SMELL. THE MOLD SPORES CAUSED THE CONSUMER TO BECOME SICK FOR FOUR MONTHS. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *JB *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10052470January 6, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:PADS
BRAKE PROBLEMS WITH 2001 MITSUBISHI GALANT SE. VEHICLE IN FOR WARRANTY REPAIRS TWO TIMES FOR STRONG STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION AND SHIMMY WHEN BRAKING. BOTH TIMES, EXCESSIVE WARPING AND UNEVEN WEAR FOUND ON ROTARS AND BRAKE PADS. VEHICLE HAS ONLY 32000 MILES, AND IS NOT DRIVEN IN STOP/GO TRAFFIC. REPAIR SHOP MACHINED ROTARS, BUT UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF CONSTANT UNEVEN WEAR ON ROTARS AND BRAKE PADS. MITSUBISHI CONTACTED 1/5/04 FOR FURTHER REVIEW / CONSIDERATION. VEHICLE WARRANTY EXPIRES IN ONE MONTH.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10043418October 23, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I WAS TRAVELING RUSH TRAFFIC GOING OVER A HILL WHEN THE CAR STOP AND STARTED TO REVERSE, WHILE IN DRIVE. I BRAKED AND PUT CAR IN PARK STOP THE ENGINE AND RESTART THE VEHICLE AND TRIED MOVING FORWARD BUT THE CAR STILL PRECEDED BACKWARD DOWN THE HILL. I TRIED ALL GEARS INCLUDED REVERSE AND NONE WORKED EXCEPT PARK AND CAR ENGINE WAS KEPT ON RUNNING FINE ALL THAT TIME. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10044308October 20, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:DRUM, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
CONSUMER HAD FRONT/REAR BRAKES AND ROTORS REPLACED THREE DIFFERENT TIMESDUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR AFTER 1,200 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10034126August 18, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
CONSUMER NOTICED AFTER DEPRESSING THE BRAKES A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM FRONT AND REAR OF VEHICLE. TECHNICIAN REPLACED ROTORS AND PADS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021762July 3, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE TRAVELING AT 30 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING AT 25 MPH CROSSED THE PATH OF THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, WHICH FORCED THE CONSUMER TO HIT THE VEHICLE HEAD ON. NONE OF AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *TT *CB *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10023705June 24, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
AT JUST AFTER 48,000 MILES ON THE 2001 MITSUBISHI GALANT ES V6, THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS CAME ON AND STAYED ON WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKES, WHICH HAD RECENTLY BEEN REPLACED, MADE LOUD ECHOING CRUNCH NOISES. BRAKING DISTANCE INCREASED. THE BRAKES HAD ALMOST ALWAYS BEEN WOBBLY, EVEN WITH NEWLY MACHINED ROTORS. ALSO, FRONT AND SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WHEN VEHICLE REAR-ENDED A TAHOE ON A DIFFERENT OCCASION. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021012June 4, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
I PURCHASE A MITSUBISHI GALANT ON JULY 23, 2003. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD 4 FRONT BRAKE CHANGE, ROTOR CUT 2 TIMES,REPLACE CALIPER, ABS / ANTI-LOCK SENSOR SENSOR REPLACE ONCE. WITH THAT BEEN THE MANGER AND ON GOING PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE. I ALSO NOTICE THAT THE STEERING WHEEL IS ALWAYS VIBRATING. *NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10018575May 12, 2003
SUSPENSION:REAR, AIR BAGS
ME AND MY WIFE WERE DRIVING ABOUT 45 MILES AN HOUR WHEN THE REAR END OF MY CAR STARTED SLIDING I TRY TO CORRECT THE FISH TALE BUT THE DRIVER REAR TIRE AND RIM FOLDED UNDER THE CAR WHICH CAUSE THE CAR TO FLIP SEVERAL TIMES NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED THE CAR WAS SO CRUSHED I HAD TO DIG DOWN INTO THE DITCH TO FREE MYSELF FROM THE CAR UPON TAKING A CLOSER LOOK I REALIZED THE SWAY BAR HAD PULLED APART FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE REAR OF THE CAR ALSO THE MAIN SUPPORT OF THE REAR SUSPENSION HAD BROKEN IN TOO THEREFORE CAUSING THE CAR TO FLIP WE COULD HAVE EASILY DIED IN THIS CRASH AND 2 YEAR OLD AND OUR 6 MONTH OLD WOULD HAVE NO PARENTS. *NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10017755May 8, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
THE BATTERY FAILED AND AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE FIRST BATTERY WAS REPLACED 18 MONTHS AGO. *AK *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017835April 30, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10017163April 30, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THE FRONT OF VEHICLE HIT THE SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MR SCC *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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