1994 Mitsubishi Galant complaints

VEHICLE RECALL REPAIR WORK CAN NOT BE PERFORMED BY DEALERSHIP DUE TO LACK OF PARTS, VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING DEFECT AT THIS TIME (99V-066004). MJS

LOWER CONTROL ARMS LOOSE. MJS

FRONT SWAY BAR BUSHINGS WORN OUT, LOWER BALL JOINTS LOOSE. MJS

THE DRIVER'S SIDE AXLE BROKE, CAUSING THE TIRE TO FALL, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. DEALER REPLACED THE SAME AXLE TWICE. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 50 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE HAD RECALL WORK DONE ON THE RIGHT LATERAL ARM BALL JOINT DUE TO CUT, HOWEVER DEALERSHIP REFUSED RECALL REPAIR ON THE LEFT LATERAL BALL JOINT DUE TO WEAR. MJS (99V-066)

RECALL 99V0060000. WHILE DRIVING LOWER CONTROL ARM CRACKED, WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. *AK

WHEN TRAVELING 40 MPH AND UPON HITTING A DEER HEAD-ON, NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. VEHICLE HAD OVER TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGE. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT THE DEALER. *AK

ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE THE COVER OF THE AIRBAG ON THE DASH PANEL IS COMING APART, CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD. *AK

MAJOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS DOORS WILL LOCK ON YOU WHILE IN CAR, SOMETIMES CAR WILL NOT WORK AT ALL. *AK

CAN FEEL KNOCKING THROUGH STEERING COLUMN OVER BUMPS AT HIGH OR LOW SPEEDS. *AK

ABS BRAKE WARNING LIGHT REMAINS ILLUMINATED INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE SYSTEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

DAUGHTER REARENDED JEEP UNDER-RIDING JEEP BUMPER PUSHING RADIATOR BACK INTO ENGINE AND CRUMPLING HOOD. AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DRIVER & PASSENGER WORE SEAT BELTS.

HAD PROBLEMS WITH ABS LIGHT COMING ON & GOING OFF THROUGHOUT OWNERSHIP OF CAR. ALSO, HAD PROBLEMS WITH ABS LIGHT STAYING ON. THIS PROBLEM WAS SERVICED BY DEALER ON 5 OCCASIONS. ABS CONTROL UNIT, RELAY, RELAY S-O AND HYDRAULIC UNIT WAS REPLACED AT 41,201 MILES AND AGAIN AT 82,000. *AK

THE AIR BAG COVER SEAMS ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE ARE SEPARATING FROM ITS LOCATION ON DASHBOARD. THE MANUFACTURER & DEALER REFUSE TO HAVE THE COVER REPAIRED. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. *AK

TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF FIRST GEAR. REVERSE GEAR INOPERABLE.

VEHICLE VIBRATES IN IDLE WHEN IN GEAR. ALSO MISSES GEARS WHEN SLOWING DOWN. TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS INTERMITTENTLY. WHEN GOING DOWN A HILL THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS TO NEUTRAL, CAUSING THE ENGINE RPMS TO JUMP UP INSTANTANEOUSLY. TRANSMISSION TENDS TO START IN THIRD GEAR NOT FIRST GEAR. *AK

TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED SIX TIMES.

WHEN DRIVING AT 70MP FRONTAL IMPACT OCCURRED AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. FRONT END WAS TOTALLED, AND DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES AND WAS HOSPITALIZED. DEALER OR MANUFACTURER NOT AWARE OF THE INCIDENT. PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

POWER DOOR LOCKS, LOCK AND UNLOCK WITHOUT ENGAGEMENT.

LIGHTS FLICKER OR DIM WHEN DECELERATING/PAINT IS ALREADY OXIDIZING AND CLEAR COAT CRACKING

STEERING WHEEL AND COLUMN WEAVES WHILE DRIVING CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL. YH

NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG DURING VEHICLE COLLISION.

MAIN ENGINE REAR SEAL FAILED/DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DOES NOT LOCK/ALL LIGHTS DIM OR GET BRIGHTER DUE TO ELECTRICAL FAILURE/FRONT END SUSPENSION BUSHING FAILED/WHEN USING KEYLESS ENTRY SYSTEM, ALL DOORS WILL UNLOCK AND THE RELOCK BY THEMSELVES.

THE POWER LOCKS SWITCH FAILED CAUSING ALL OF THE DOORS TO LOCK AND UNLOCK BY THEMSELVES. *ET

DRIVERS SEAT BELT DOES NOT LOCK, HAS NO TENSION, DOES NOT HOLD SECURELY DURING EMERGENCY STOPS AND IT DOES NOT RECOIL AFTER TAKING IT OFF TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. *ET

ALL LIGHTS DIM OR BRIGHTER DURING ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION, ANNOYING AND CAUSED OTHER ELECTRICAL SYSTEM PROBLEMS SUCH AS WEAK/DEAD BATTERIES SINCE THE ALTERNATOR IS NOT PROVIDING POWER AT ALL SPEEDS. *ET

WHENEVER VEHICLE HITS A BUMP, THE FRONT & REAR SUSPENSION MAKES NOISE LIKE SOMETHING IS LOOSE, HANDLING HAS BEEN AFFECTED. *ET

TRANSMISSION SHIFTS DOWN FROM SECOND GEAR TO FIRST, AND SOUNDS AS IF THE BOTTOM IS FALLING OUT. DEALER CONTACTED, AND CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. ALSO, STATES THIS IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABS LIGHT STAYS ON WITH NO WAY TO BE TURNED OFF, AND THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH HAD BEEN REPLACED FOUR TIMES. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHEEL BEARINGS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT 26,000 MILES. NOW AT 71,000 NEED REPLACING AGAIN ON FRONT DRIVERS SIDE AND REAR DRIVER'S SIDES. VEHICLE CANNOT BE DRIVEN UNTIL REPAIR WORK IS DONE. DEALER CONTACTED AND CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

POWER WINDOWS REGULATORS AND SWITCHS FAIL.

ENGINE FAILURE CAUSING FIRE. OHIO STATE POLICE REPORT.

ABS LIGHT CAME ON ONE MONTH AFTER HAVING FRONT BRAKES REPLACED.

DOOR LOCKS RE-LOCKS AFTER BEING UNLOCKED, SOMETIMES HAVE TO UNLOCK THE DOOR UP TO A DOZEN TIMES TO GET IT TO STAY UNLOCKED, REPLACE THE DOOR SWITCH ASSEMBLY, PROBLEM REACURRED.

WHEN ABS LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED THE CRUISE CONTROL CAN NOT BE DISENGAGED DUE TO FAILURE OF THE STOP LAMP SWITCH.

AIR CONDITIONER BELT BROKE AND DAMAGED TIMING BELT AND OTHER PARTS.

STRUTS WEAR EXCESSIVELY.

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH CORE SUPPORT TIE BAR CRACKED, THE HOOD BROKE LOOSE AND FLEW OPEN AND BACK, STRIKING AND SHATTERING WINDSHIELD. GLASS FLEW ALL OVER. ROAD VISIBILITY BECAME POOR. IF NOT FOR THE INSTINCT OF RAPID EYE CLOSURE, DRIVER COULD HAVE BEEN BLINDED. *AK

ACCELERATOR CABLE SHEARED CAUSING UNCONTROLABLE ACCELERATION RESULTING IN ACCIDENT. MJS

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. AFTER FLIPPING THE SWITCH THE HEADLIGHTS CAME BACK ON. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN ON 9/20/97. WHEN FLIPPING THE SWITCH NOTHING HAPPENED. AFTRE TURNING OFF IGNITION AND TURNING BACK ON, THE HEADLIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN. VEHICLE WILL BE SEEN BY DEALER ON 9/26/97. *AK

STOP LAMP SWITCH FAILED, RENDERING BRAKE LIGHTS INOPERATIVE. *AK

VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED TWO BRAKE FAILURES, THE DEALERSHIP CAN NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES.

WHEN THE STEERING COLUMN WAS IN THE LOCK POSITION THE VEHICLE WAS OFF AND THE WIRNING HARNESS WAS RUBBING AGAINST THE DASHBOARD, CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL SHORT, RESULTING IN A FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN. *AK

INTERMITTENT ABS BRAKE FAILURE; ABS LIGHT CONSTANTLY COMES ON. ALSO, TRANSMISSION/OVERDRIVE FAILURE. *AK

NO DPLOYMENT OR DRIVER'S AIRBAG IN ACCIDENT, CAUSING BRUISES/INTERNAL INJURIES.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE FRONT RIGHT CONTROL ARM BROKE OFF, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. DEALER REPLACED RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE CONTROL ARMS. 4 WEEKS LATER WHILE DRIVING THE FRONT RIGHT CONTROL ARM BROKE AGAIN, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 30 MPH, THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

OWNER STATES THAT SHE REARENDED A PERSON TRAVELING AT 45 MPH AND THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS. VEHICLE WAS STRUCK ON THE LEFT MIDDLE FRONT SIDE. *AK