Mitsubishi Galant Complaints (1999)

215 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
#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
#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
#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
#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
#554003August 24, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY, DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED REPAIR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WITH NO SUCCESS. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868516August 24, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
WHEN BRAKE PEDAL WAS APPLIED IT WENT TO THE FLOOR. VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE. THERE WAS VIBRATION, AND GRINDING SOUND. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868538August 24, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
FRONT ROTORS WERE GETTING RED HOT AND CRACKING THE BRAKE PADS, EVEN THOUGH THE PADS WERE NOT WORN DOWN. THIS CAUSED POOR BRAKE PERFORMANCE. CONSUMER WAS TAKING VEHICLE BACK TO DEALER ABOUT EVERY 2 MONTHS TO GET PADS REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868629August 24, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT
STEERING VIBRATES WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE. THEN, VEHICLE WILL WONDER LEFT AND RIGHT INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER STATED THAT HE TALKED WITH DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728785August 23, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:ROTOR
BRAKES HAVE TO BE REPLACED, ROTORS GROUND X5 IN 16 MONTHS. BRAKES DO NOT FUNCTION PROPPERLY,CAR DOES NOT STOP IN EXPECTED DISTANCE, VIBRATION AND SCREECHING. NOT BEING REPARIED IN A TIMELY MANNER. MANY REQUESTS FOR HELP TO MANUFACTURER NOT SUCCESSFUL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727548August 10, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
ROTORS ALWAYS SEEM TO BE RE-CUT.AND RESURFACED EVERY YEAR!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#726857August 7, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WE HAVE BEEN BACK TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES WITH OUR PROBLEMS. THEY SEEM TO DO A QUICK FIX BUT IN A SHORT TIME THE PROBLEMS RETURN. WE WERE TOLD BY A MITSUBISHI REPRESENTATIVE THAT AL THE PROBLEMS WERE IN THE WAY WE DRIVE. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONE DIN SUMMARY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#726294July 31, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
SINCE PURCHASE OF CAR IN JANUARY 1999 I HAVE HAD 5 REPAIRS DONE DUE TO VIBRATION UPON BRAKING. EACH TIME I WAS TOLD THE ROTORS WERE WARPED. AFTER 12,000 MILES MITSUBISHI REFUSED TO COVER THE REPAIRS, EVEN THOUGH THIS HAD BEEN A CONTINUING PROBLEM SINCE THE PURCHASE OF THE CAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866033July 26, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHILE DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL HEARD A GRINDING NOISE. DEALER STATED ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AFTER ONE MONTH USE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865790July 20, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
VEHICLE PULSATED/ VIBRATED WHEN APPLYING BRAKES. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN DEALER SHOP ON SEVEN OCCASIONS, BUT PROBLEM IS STILL UNRESOLVED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865694July 19, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY
WHEN CONSUMER APPLIES BRAKES VEHICLE SHAKES. ALSO, RADIATOR WAS LEAKING AND VEHICLE STALLING. CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 40MPH IN TRAFFIC AND SOMEONE HAD CUT IN FRONTOF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. WHEN SHE APPLIED BRAKES VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKING OUT OF CONTROL AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL AND HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865312July 12, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
WINDSHILED FOGGED UP AND THERE WAS POOR VISIBILITY. CONSUMER HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET ANSWERS FROM THE DEALER, BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. CONSUMER CALLED MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS SOLUTION THAT WAS SPRAYED ON THE SEAL BEFORE THE WINDSHIELD WAS PUT IN. WHEN THE HEAT HIT IT, THE WINDSHIELD FOGGED UP. NOTHING COULD BE DONE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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