1995 Mitsubishi Galant complaints

AFTER CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER TO HAVE RECALL 00V421001/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL SR99-02 TAKEN CARE OFF, PREMIUM MITSUBSHI IN NEW ROCHELLE,NY 914-576-2280, INSISTED THEY DIDN'T HAVE TIME FOR CONSUMER TO BRING VEHICLE IN. *AK *JB

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 20MPH AND WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN, AND VEHICLE WHEEL WAS STILL TURNING IN LEFT POSITION. STEERING RETURNED BACK TO POSITION, AND LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, AND IT RAN INTO A TELEPHONE POLE. VEHICLE EAS TOTALED. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

THE CONSUMER HAD BALL JOINTS REPLACED AT AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 00V-421 BECAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL SEEMED LOOSE. NLM

LOWER CONTROL ARM FOR BALL JOINT CAME LOOSE AND BROKE AXLE. MANUFACTURER CLAIMED THIS VEHICLE NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 00V421001 DUE TO VIN ALTHOUGH IT HAS SAME DEFECT. *AK

ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONSUMER STARTED VEHICLE OUT OF DRIVEWAY AND SMELLED BURNING RUBBER. CONSUMER THEN PLACED VEHICLE IN PARK, POPPED HOOD, AND SAW FIRE IN ENGINE. FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. FIRE DEPTARTMENT ADVISED THAT FIRE BEGAN WITH STARTER.*AK

NEVER RECEIVED RECALLS FOR THE CRACK IN THE FUEL TANK, AND I SMELL GAS IN MY CAR. *AK

BROUGHT CAR INTO DEALER AND WAS INFORMED IT HAD PLAY BUT NOTHING WAS DONE ON IT, SINCE IT IS A STEERING COMPONENT AND CAN CAUSE MY CAR TO CRASH I FEEL THAT IT SHOULD BE FIXED. *AK

VEHICLE SWAYS FROM SIDE TO SIDE WHEN GOING OVER A BUMP. *AK

WHILE DRIVING POWER STEERING FAILED DUE TO A CRANKSHAFT PULLEY WHICH BECAME LOOSE.

WE HAVE RECEIVED A RECALL ON THE STEERING LINKAGE IN OUR CAR. WE ARE CURRENTLY ON AN OVERSEA'S TOUR IN GERMANY WITH THE US ARMY. WE HAVE CALL AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY COULD DO NOTHING FOR US. ARE THERE ANY DEALERS OVER HERE THAT CAN CHECK THIS PROBLEM FOR US UNDER WARRANTEE OR DO WE HAVE TO PAY TO GET IT CHECKED OUT. IF WE PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR IT TO GET CHECKED AND FIXED IF NEEDED CAN WE GET REIMBURSED FOR DOING THIS. *AK

CONSUMER WAS ENTERING INSIDE OF PARKING LOT AND TURNED LEFT, BUT LEFT DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL FELL OFF IN STREET. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED. MECHANIC TOLD CONSUMER THAT LEFT UPPER BALL JOINT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. LEFT UPPER BALL JOINT WAS REPLACED BY RECALL 00V421001 LAST YEAR. BUT CURRENTLY THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED BY RECALL. *AK

AFTER ABS OPERATION PEDAL RELESED INTERMITTENTLY, BRAKES REMAIN APPLIED, ABS TOO SENSITIVE, WARNING LAMP SOME TIMES ON, CODES, MANUFACTURER HAS UPDATED CONTROL UNIT $800 FOR THIS PROBLEM, STOP SWITCH PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED AT DEALER FOR CAMPAIN.*AK

LOWER CONTROL ARM BALL JOINT FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 00V-421. NLM

RECALL 00V237000, TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER IN JULY 2000 FOR RECALL. WAS TOLD BOOT DID NOT NEED TO BE REPLACED. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, WHEEL STARTED COMING OFF. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THIS WAS DUE TO BOOT NOT BEING REPLACED IN JULY UNDER RECALL. DEALER TOLD HER THAT IS WHY WHEEL WAS COMING OFF. *AK THE RECALL STATED THAT THE CONDITION COULD CAUSE THE LOWER LATERAL ARM BALL JOINT TO SEPARATE, INCREASING THE RISK OF VEHICLE CRASH. THAT IS THE DEFECTIVE PART INCREASE THE RISK OF VEHICLE CRASH AND THE DEALER SHOULD REPLACED IT. *YH

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE FOR RECALL # 99V066002 REPAIRS, AND DEALER REFUSED TO FIX PROBLEM. ON HER WAY OUT, RECALL PART FELL FROM UNDER THE CAR, AND CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE TOWED BACK TO DEALERSHIP.*AK

ON 10/13/00 THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT COMPLETELY. UPON HAVING MY TRANSMISSION REBUILT, THE MECHANIC NOTIFIED ME THAT PART OF THE PROBLEM WAS THE TRANSMISSION HAD GOTTEN WAY TOO HOT. HE SAID HE WOULD EITHER HAVE TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR OR ADD AN EXTERNAL COOLER, OR THEY WOULD NOT WARRANTY THE REBUILT TRANSMISSION. I TOLD THEM TO GO AHEAD AND ADD AN EXTERNAL COOLER. UPON GETTING READY TO ADD AN EXTERNAL COOLER, THE MECHANIC NOTED THAT I ALREADY HAD ONE. HOWEVER IT WAS ROUTED INCORRECTLY FROM THE TRANSMISSION TO THE EXTERNAL COOLER TO THE RADIATOR, AND BACK TO THE TRANSMISSION. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ROUTED FROM THE TRANSMISSION TO THE RADIATOR TO THE EXTERNAL COOLER, AND BACK TO THE TRANSMISSION. THIS WAS A MANUFACTURING ERROR. I AM THE SECOND OWNER OF THE CAR AND HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE FIRST OWNER. NEITHER OF US HAD THE TRANSMISSION WORKED ON EXCEPT FOR REGULAR SERVICING, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WOULD NOT REQUIRE REMOVAL OF THE TRANSMISSION OR A CHECK OF THE EXTERNAL COOLER ROUTING. I HAVE NOTIFIED MITSUBISHI AND THEY SAID THEY ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. I BELIEVE, HOWEVER, THAT OTHER OWNERS SHOULD BE NOTIFIED AS I AM SURE MY GALANT IS NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THE EXTERNAL COOLER ROUTED INCORRECTLY. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT OWNERS SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING $1,800 TO $2,400 TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED DUE TO A MANUFACTURING ERROR ON MITSUBISHI'S PART.*AK

WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING LOWER BALL JOINTS BROKE, CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS EXPIERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS MENTIONED IN ODI RECALL 99V066002. BUT, THE MANFACUTURER HAS ADVISED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK

8/9/33 TOKE CAR IN FOR RECALL ON LOWER BALL JOINT INSPECTION . DEALER NO DAMAGE SEEN. BUT NOTICED THE LOWER BALL NEEDED TO REPLACE WE TRUSTED THEM .BUT WE STARTED TO HERE CLUNKING NOISE ON LEFT FRONT TOKE IT BACK ON 10/06/99 THEY CLAIMED THEY TEST DROVE THE CAR AND CHECKED THE SUPS ALL LOOKED GOOD AT TIME. ON 10/25/00 AFTER A 1000 MILE TRIP I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR TIRE ROTATION BAL. THAY CAME BACK AND TOLD ME MY BOLT ON MY LET CONTROL ARM WAS LOOSE THEY TIGHTENED IT FOR ME. BUT IAMM WORRIED WITH 15000 MILES SINCE WE HAD THIS DONE THERE IS SOME WARE. THE DEALER SAID THEY WILL LOOK AT IT . BUT THEYWILL SAY IT NEEDS TO REPLACED. THE THEN THAT BOTHER ME IS THAT THE CONTROL ARM COULD OF DROPED AND CAUSED INJURY OR DEATH. THANKS FOR LISTENING CHARLIEF. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH. FLOOR MAT GOT STUCK UNDERNEATH THE ACCELERATOR. CONSUMER RAN INTO SOME BRICK, AND AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY.*AK

CONSUMER RECIEVED RECALL 99V066002, UPON INSPECTION OF RECALL, DEALER FOUND DAMAGE TO THE PASSENGER BALL JOINT BUT WOULD NOT REPAIR THIS PART BECAUSE THE BOOT WAS NOT CUT, CONSUMER WANTS DEALER TO DO THE REPAIR AT NO COST. *SLC

WHILE TURNING VEHICLE ON NOTICED A LOUD NOISE AND SMOKE. CONSUMER LOOKED UNDER HOOD AND NOTICED BATTERY LEAKING . PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

RIGHT SEATBACK ATTACHMENT BROKE, ALLOWING SEATBACK TO FACE OFF-CENTER. VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WHILE DRIVING, NOT SURE HOW SAFE IT WOULD BE IN A COLLISION. *AK

WHEN MAKING A LEFT TURN AT 40 MPH STEERING WHEEL AND WHEELS BEGAN TO SHAKE VERY HARD. DELAER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 99V066001 AND TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR REPAIRS, DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE DUST BOOT COVERS ON VEHICLE WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY RECALL, CONSUMER FEELS THIS SHOULD BE COVERED IN RECALL. *SLC

SENDING UNIT ON THE DISTRIBUTOR FAILED AS THE CAR DOWN-SHIFTED FROM PASSING GEAR. FUEL PUMP WAS ALSO REPLACED.

MAIN ENGINE PULLEY BROKE AND WRECKED THE ENGINE. CAR WAS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD.

WHEN MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN LOWER BALL JOINT RIGHT FRONT CAME OFF, CAUSING THE WHEEL TO SEPARATE FROM AXLE, WHEEL ROLLED UNDER THE CAR, CAUSING CAR TO BECOME INOPERABLE. VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN THE BALL JOINT RECALL 99V066001, VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED 2 DAYS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT, BOTH DEALER AND MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO CORRECTTHE RECALL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHILE STARTING VEHICLE NOTICED A LOUD NOISE. PULLEY BROKE, DEALER HAS REPLACED IT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

VEHICLE LOCKS UP ON CONSUMER INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER NOTIFIED MITSUBISHI. MANUFACTURER TOLD CONSUMERTHAT WARRANTY EXPIRED. CONSUMER INDICATED THAT WHEN INSIDE OF VEHICLE LOCKS LATCHES JUST GO UP AND DOWN.*AK

CONSUMER HAS RECEIVED RECALL LETTER 99V066002. DEALER REFUSED TO DO REPAIR WORK, STATING THAT BOOT WAS NOT DAMAGED, AND WANTED TO CHARGE FOR FIXING THE CONTROL ARM. *AK

RECALLL 99V066002 LOWER CONTROL ARM: BALL JOINTS. DEALER IS REFUSING TO PERFORM RECALL REPAIRS BECAUSE BOOT IS NOT CUT, BUT CONTROL ARM IS DAMAGED. THEY WILL FIX IT FOR A PRICE. *AK

RECALL 99V066002/LOWER BALL JOINS: DEALER REFUSED TO HONOR RECALL. INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE HAD TOO MANY MILES. NOTIFIED MANUFACTURER, AND INFORMED THAT THE LETTER WAS A MISPRINT AND SOULD HAVE THE MILAGES LIMITATION ON IT. ASK NHTSA'S HELP IN THIS MATTER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT (99V-066) PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION WHICH RESULTED IN VEHICLE ACCIDENT DUE TO LOSS OF CONTROL. *MJS

BALL JOINTS SEPERATED FROM VEHICLE AS INDICATED IN RECALL NOTICE, RESULTING INTHE LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE PASSENGER SIDE TIRE.

RUBBER ENGINE GASKET CAME APART, CAUSING CAMSHAFT PULLEY TO FALL OFF WHILE DRIVING .*AK

CONSUMER WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF RECALL 99V-066 OF THE LOWER LATERAL ARM BALL JOINT WHICH RESULTED IN THE LEFT WHEEL COMING OFF WHILE DRIVING. NLM

RECALL STOP LIGHT SWITCH WAS REPLACED BY DEALER, NEW SWITCH CAUSED BRAKES TO PARTIALLY ENGAGE, THIS WAS NOTICED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, BY SHAKING OF VEHICLE AND STEERING WHEEL, DEALER REMOVED STOP LIGHT SWITCH AND PLACED ORIGINAL BACK IN VEHICLE, PROBLEM DISAPPEARED. UNKNOWN DAMAGE TO BRAKES AND ROTORS AT THIS TIME UNTIL INSPECTION HAS BEEN COMPLETED

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

REAR SUSPENSION DOES NOT STAY IN ALLIGNMENT AND BOTTOMS OUT. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK *ML

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCLERATED DUE TO THE THROTTLE BEING STUCK. ALSO, BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH COULD CAUSE A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

SUN ROOF CAN BE OPENED, BUT CANNOT BE CLOSED LIKE IT SHOULD. WHEN USING THE MANUAL WENCH, WHICH SCREWS IN, IT FAILS TO CLOSE THE SUN ROOF. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE VEERED TO LEFT/RIGHT. DLR SAID THEY WOULD TRY TO FIX IT. *AK

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

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

WHILE IN PARK THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED (FOR EMISSIONS INSPECTION) AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED FORWARD. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

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

BALL JOINT DAMAGE IS DUE TO BAD BOOTS. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THESE EX-RAYED TO PROVE THEIR INCOMPETANCE TO DO THEIR JOB PROTECTING THE BALL JTS. THE MISALIGNMENT, PINCHING, HAIRLINE CRACKS OR HOLES HAVE CAUSED THE DESTRUCTION ON THE CONTROL ARMS AND BALL JTS. THESE PROBLEMS PUT STRAIN ON THE BRAKE SYSTEM THUS CAUSING ROTORS TO WARP AND WEAR OUT. I WOULD LIKE ALL DOCUMENTATION ON ALL GALANTS WITH THESE PROBLEMS AND THEIR RESULTS (20 SUSP., 25 BRAKE, & 17 POWER TRAIN ON YOUR COMPLAINT ISSUANCE VIA NET). I WOULD LIKE ALL OTHER COMPLAINT DATA VIA TELCONS OR WRITTEN COMPLAINTS IN THESE MATTERS. I KNOW THAT THIS IS AN INJUSTICE TO ME AS A CONSUMER, IN MY HEART AND SOUL I KNOW THAT THIS IS WRONG. CAN YOU ASSIST ME IN OBTAINING RECALL LETTERS (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITIED TO #'S 99V0660001 AND 99V066002)PLEASE AND EXPLAIN TO ME HOW A RECALL ON A BOOT CAN BE ESTABLISHED WITHOUT THE COOPERATIVE PARTS AS WELL. PLEASE SEND A COPY O THIS COMPLAINT BACK TO MY HOME ADDRESS AND EMAIL AND INCLUDE PLEASE ALL O THESE NOTES AS A HARD COPY. DO YOU ALSO MAINTAIN ANY RECORDS O SMALL CLAIMS CASES, INDEPENDANT LAW SUITS OR COURT ACTIONS O ANY KIND RELATING TO THIS OR MY PURSUIT O JUSTICE. I AM WILLING TO GO TO ANY LENGTHS TO RESOLVE THIS INJUSTICE INCLUDING CONTACT WITH THE LOCAL DISTRICT ATTY, AND THE STATE ATTY. GENERAL. ALSO, I IMPLORE YOU TO SEND THIS DATA TO YOUR ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR OR SAETY ASSURANCE. I'M SORRY ABOUT THE LACKING LETTER BETWEEN D & G IN MY CORRESPONDENCE TO YOU. THANK YOU IN AD

WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMERS ARM BALL JOINT FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 99V-066 RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH CONSUMER WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND AT THE SAME TIME CONSUMER HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK