1999 Mitsubishi Galant complaints

WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH OF VEHICLE. THEN, IT SHUT OFF. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER. THE DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

REMOTE DOOR OPENER IS LOSING PROGRAM WHEN BATTERY IS GETTING WEEK. BOTH OPENERS LOST PROGRAM AND CHANGING BATTERY DID NOT HELP TO RECOVER IT. DEALER WANTS TO CHARGE $65 FOR EACH REPROGRAMING AND MITSUBISHI IS CLAIMING THAT THIS PART IS NOT COVERED BY WARANTY EVEN IF MANUAL IS NOT LISTING IT AS NOT COVERED ITEM. VERY POOR MFG SERVICE. JENIFER, MANAGER OF MITSUBISI VEHICULE DEPT IS VERY UNFRIENDLY FOR CLIENTS.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

I HAVE HAD PROBLEM AFTER PROBLEM...HAD ROTORS REPLACED 3 MOS AFTER PURCHASE, COMPLAINED OF VIOLENT SHAKING NUMEROUS TIMES. I WAS TOLD THIS WAS B/C I HAD "AFTER FACTORY" WHEELS THAT WERE TOO BIG FOR MY CAR. I LEARNED TO LIVE WITH IT. THE NEXT THING TO OCCUR WAS A LOUD NOISE WHILE DRIVING COMING FROM FRONT END WHEELS. IN JUNE OF 2001, I HAD AN A/C IDLER PULLEY REPLACED FOR $150. AS SOON AS I DROVE AWAY, THE NOISE PRESENTED AGAIN. I FINALLY GAVE UP ON SITTING AT THE DLRSHP FOR 3 HRS W/A 3 YR OLD, SO I'VE LEARNED TO LIVE WITH IT...YET AGAIN. THE NOISE STILL PERSISTS AS OF 2/02. IN MAY OF 2001, I BEGAN EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. TO DATE I'VE HAD ALL RECALLS SVCD. UPON THE START OF MY CAR, THE SUNROOF, LIGHTS, ANYTHING POWER, RADIO, ETC., WERE NOT IN FUNCTION. I NOTICED THIS THE FIRST TIME AFTER PULLING AWAY. NUMEROUS TIMES THEREAFTER (2X IN RAIN) I STARTED TO PULL OUT AND TURN ON MY W/SHLD WIPERS TO REALIZE NOTHING WORKED. MY TEMP. FIX WAS TO SHUT OFF THE CAR AND RESTART AGAIN...PRAYING. AS OF LATE...I HAVE HAD MY E BRAKE LIGHT LUMINATED FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS, FOR NO REASON. MY OIL LAMP LIGHT WOULD COME ON HERE AND THERE. WHEN STARTING MY CAR NOW, SOMETIMES MY RADIO WILL BE "ON" BUT, WON'T START WORKING AND WILL EVENTUALLY COME IN FROM THE BACK SPKRS UP TO THE FRONT. THE OTHER TEMP FIX I'VE FOUND WHEN THINGS AREN'T WORKING, IS TO TURN THE KEY SLIGHTLY BACK TOWARD ME AND IT TURNS THINGS ON. ON TOP OF ALL THIS...MY BLACK WEATHER STRIPPING ON TOP OF MY CAR HAS FLOWN OFF (CLIPS BR

WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HEAD-ON. UPON IMPACT, FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND CONSUMER SUSTAINED BODY INJURY. ALSO, VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS HIT HEAD ON. UPON IMPACT, FRONTAL AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING INJURY TO DRIVER.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM UNDER THE DASH, AND EVENTUALLY THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, THERE WAS ONE INJURY.*JB(CLAIM#04-1292-070)

THE INSURED WENT TO START THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED SMOKE, THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL FIRE IN THE WIRING HARNESS AREA.*JB(CLAIM#42-1246-839)

THE INSURED STATED THAT ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH STARTED BLINKING, HE THEN PUT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, THEN SMOKE BEGAN COMING FROM THE HOOD, THE INSURED OPENED THE HOOD AND THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE.*JB(CLAIM#30-V201-876)

VEHICLE WILL STALL WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. HERE IS NO INDICATION ON DASHBOARD OF ANY PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF SITUATION. *AK

BRAKES ROTORS DEFECTIVE. *AK

I HAVE TAKEN MY GALANT TO THE DEALER FOR SERVICE 6 TIMES IN THE LAST 2 YRS. FOR SERVICE ON THE ROTORS. AFTER THE ACCIDENT, I TOOK THE CAR IN AGAIN. THEY CHECKED THE CAR AND SAID THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES, HOWEVER THE AREA REP. STATED THAT THE ROTORS ARE WARPED, BUT THAT IS NORMAL AND DOES NOT EFFECT THE BRAKES.*AK

I NEED TO REPLACE MY TIRES AT 26,000 MILES. MENTOR MITSUBISHI TOLD ME THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, I HAVE TO CALL GOODYEAR. WHEN I CALL GOODYEAR, THEY KNOW NOTHING EITHER. I HAVE A RUBBING NOISE COMING FROM MY TIRE AREA AND THE TWO DEALERS I TOOK IT TO WON'T FIX THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE DOOR HANDLES THAT YOU PULL TO EXIT THE VEHICLE HAS SNAPPED OFF ON THE DRIVERS DOOR. I CANNOT EXIT THE CAR WITHOUT PUTTING THE POWER WINDOW DOWN AND REACHING OUT TO OPEN THE DOOR. IF I HAVE NO POWER I CANNOT PUT THE WINDOW DOWN MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO GET OUT OF THE CAR WITHOUT CLIMBING OVER TO THE PASSENGER SIDE. I BELIVE THIS IS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT BECAUSE I HAVE 2 DOOR HANDLES THAT HAVE CRACKED IN THE SAME PLACE, ONE HAS NOT COMPLETELY BROKEN OFF YET, BUT THE DRIVERS DOOR HANDLE HAS RENEDERING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE DRIVER TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE. THEY ARE MADE OUT OF CHEAP PLASTIC AND I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO FIND THE OTHER 2 HANDLES HAVE ALSO CRACKED IN THE SAME PLACE.

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WERE REPLACED ON TWELVE OCCASIONS. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT HIGHWAY SPEED STEERING WHEEL AND BRAKE PEDAL WOULD VIBRATE SEVERELY. PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP RESULTING IN CRASH.*AK

STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES VIOLENTLY AT HIGH SPEEDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE BRAKES ARE BEING APPLIED, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY RESURFACED THE ROTORS, HOWEVER UPON DRIVING ONTO THE HIGHWAY, CONSUMER DISCOVERED THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED, VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO DEALERSHIP AND THE DEFECTIVE PART WAS REPLACED AND VEHICLE RAN OK, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM HAS REOCCURED.*JB

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THERMOSTAT STUCK CAUSING ENGINE OVERHEATING. ALSO, AC RUNS COLD AND THEN WARM IN CITY DRIVING. ON THE HIGHWAY IT IS COLD. A SEVERE VIBRATION OCCURS IN CITY DRIVING WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER ON ALSO. I HAVE TO TURN THE AIR OFF TO MAKE IT QUIT. I CONTACTED THE DEALER ABOUT BOTH OF THESE PROBLEMS AND BECAUSE IT IS NOT UNDER 36K MILES THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT IT.

WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE VEHICLE LOST STEERING POWER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

THE STEERING RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLYFAILED WITHOUT WARNING. STEERING WAS TOTALLY LOST. MITSUBISHI IS CURRENTLY REQUESTING ME TO RETURN THE FAILED PART IN EXCHANGE FOR SOME MONETARY REIMBURSEMENT. *AK

WHILE AT A DRIVE THROUGH CONSUMER WAS TRYING TO TURN RIGHT BUT VEHICLE WAS GOING LEFT AND HIT POLE. CONSUMER FELT THIS WAS RELATED TO RECALL 00V225.001 CONCERNING STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE DASH AND VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, ONE PERSON WAS INJURED, CLAIM 04-1292-070. *SLC

VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND THERE WAS BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH. ALSO, TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING.*AK

RECALL 00V225001; VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO DEALER THREE TIMES IN REFERENCE TO RECALL . RECALL REPAIRS DID NOT CORRECT PROBLEM, VEHICLE CONTINUED TO VIBRATE AND SEVERELY PULL TO RIGHT. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WILL PULL TO BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. CONSUMER HAS CONTATED THE DEALER, DEALER YET TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

BRAKES HAS TO BE REPLACED EVERY TWO MONTHS. WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE BRAKES GRIND, IT SOUND LIKE IT IS METAL TO METAL. *AK

PULSATION WHEN BRAKING @ HIGH SPEEDS.ROTORS TRIMMED 10/99. PROBLEM STILL EXISTED.NEW ROTORS AGAIN IN 00. NEW ROTORS AND PADS INSTALLED 2/01. 8000 MILES LATER, STILL PULSATION AT HIGH SPEEDS.GOING BACK TO DEALERSHIP 6/12 FOR BRAKE PULSATION.FAULTY ROTORS. CALLED MITSUBISHI. *AK

PLASTIC FUEL TANK DOOR HAS CRACKED. DEALER CLAIMED DOOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, DEALER INDICATED DEFECT WAS COMMON AND PART WAS ON BACKORDER.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT A HIGH SPEED AND STEPPING ON BRAKE PEDAL WILL FEEL BRAKE ROTORS PULSATING AND VIBRATION IN STEERING WHEEL. BRAKES PADS AND ROTORS HAD BEEN REPLACED A 1000 MILES. *AK

AS LONG AS I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE, I HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE WHOLE CAR SHAKING WHEN I STEP ON THE BRAKES. I TOOK IT BACK TO MY DEALER IN OCT 1999 AND THEY TURNED THE ROTARS BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. I JUST RECENTLY HAD TO HAVE IT IN BECAUSE THE BATTERY FAILED AND HAD THEM CHECK OUT THE BRAKES WHILE I WAS THERE AND THEY SAID I NEED A COMPLETE BRAKE JOB. I ASK THE SERVICE MANAGER TO CHECK TO SEE IF THEY HAD BEEN DONE BEFORE AND HE FOUND THEY HAD. HE SAID HE WOULD TURN THE ROTARS AGAIN BUT I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BRAKE PADS. THE BRAKES WERE REALLY TIGHT WHEN I GOT THE CAR BACK LAST WEEK, BUT NOW THEY SEEM TO BE GETTING BACK WHERE THEY WERE. THIS CAR IS ONLY TWO YEARS OLD AND ALREADY HAD TO HAVE THE BATTERY REPLACED AND THE BRAKES. I FEEL THE DEALER SHOULD HAVE CHANGED THE BRAKE PADS AT NO COST TO ME. AFTER READING ALL THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE CARS THE MAJORITY ARE ABOUT THE BRAKES. *AK

THERE IS A RECALL ON TRANSMISSION HOSE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALER, AND DEAELR DID NOT WANT TO DO THE JOB. *AK *JB

CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED CONSISTENT BRAKE FAILURES, BRAKE ROTORS HAS BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES, BRAKES GRIND WHEN BEING PUSHED DOWN, CONSUMER STATES SHE HAS TO STEP ON THE BRAKE SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE PREPARING TO STOP. *JB

TWICE IN LESS THAN 20,000 MILES THE FRONT ROTORS HAVE WARPED PREMATURELY. REQUIRED BRAKE PAD REPLACEMENT AND GRINDING OF ROTORS.*AK

WHEN ENGINE SPEED FALLS TO IDLE (WITH FAN AND RADIO AND DEFROST ALL SET TO OFF), ALL LIGHTS IN CAR, AND THE HEADLIGHTS, WILL DIM. IT'S VERY NOTICEABLE. WHEN ENGINE SPEED RISES, LIGHTS BRIGHTEN. I'VE HAD THE CAR IN MULIPLE TIMES TO GET THIS FIXED. THE DEALER HAS RECENTLY BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MITSUBISHI MOTORS AND THEIR TECHS TOLD THE MECHANICS TO CHECK VARIOUS THINGS (LIKE BAD GROUNDS), BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE A PROBLEM. MITSUBISHI NOW SAYS THAT IT'S "NORMAL OPERATION." THIS CAR NEVER USED TO DO THIS UP UNTIL AROUND NOVERMBER 2000. A PERSON WHO WORKS AT BURLINGTON MITSUIBISHI GRABBED A NEW GALANT OFF THE LOT, AND THE LIGHTS DIDN'T DIM AT IDLE. I ALSO HAD A 1996 MITSUBISHI GALANT AND I DID NOT HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE LIGHTS DIMMING. I DON'T FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AT THIS POINT, BUT WHO KNOWS WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN. I WANT TO SELL THIS CAR (CAUSE I NEEDED AND BOUGHT AN ALL-WHEEL DRIVE CAR) AND I FEEL THAT THIS CONDITION IS GOING TO HURT THE VALUE OF THIS CAR. I KNOW THAT IF I WERE TO BUY IT FROM SOMEONE, I'D NOT BE HAPPY TO SEE THESE LIGHTS DIMMING AT IDLE. I FEEL THAT I'M BEING STRONG-ARMED BY MITSUBISHI BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. SO FAR THE ALTENATOR HAS BEEN REPLACED, AND THE REST HAS BEEN TESTING. *AK

THERE IS A VIOLENT VIBRATION OF STEERING WHEEL WHEN VEHICLE IS TRAVELING ABOVE 50 MPH. ALL RECALLS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED IN VEHICLE, FRONT SUSPENSION WAS REDONE, REPLACED LOWER CONTROL ARMS/BALANCE DAND ROTATED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. DEALERSHIP JUST REPLACED FRONT TIRES, AND STATED THAT TIRES WERE CAUSING VIBRATION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

CAR IS ON BUT LIGHTS, RADIO, WIPERS AND ALL ELECTRICAL PARTS DON'T WORK. YOU HAVE TO JIGGLE THE SWITCH TO MAKE THE RADIO, WIPERS AND ELECTRICL PARTS WORK. NOTIFIED THE DEALER ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE ID01V011001/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 001SND0124. SEA COAST MITSUBISHI HAS PART ON BACK ORDER. DEALERSHIP IS ON RT 35 IN OCEAN TOWNSHIP, NJ. PHONE #732-493-4202. *AK CONSUMER STILL HAS NOT RECEIVED REPAIRS. *SLC

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED THREE TIMES IN TWO YEARS BECAUSE BRAKE PADDING HAD BEEN CHANGED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED CONSUMER HAS NOTICED VIBRATION COMING FROM FRONT END. CONSUMER BELIEVED THAT VIBRATION WAS CAUSING FRONT BRAKE ROTORS TO WEAR EXCESSIVELY. VEHICLE HAS BEEN AT DEALER TO HAVE BRAKE ROTORS REPLACED, AND TWICE TO HAVE BRAKE ROTORS RESURFACED. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT DEALER FOR A FOURTH VISIT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

WHEN TRYING TO STOP CAR IT WOULD VIBRATE, A YEAR LATE SAME PROBLEM.*AK

CONSUMER HAS A RECALL . WHEN TAKEN INTO DEALER, DEALER DID NOT HAVE PART TO VEHICLE, EVEN AFTER CONUSMER HAS MADE APPOINTMENT, NO ONE CALLED CONSUMER TO INFORM HIM.*AK

HORN DOES NOT BLOW WHEN KEY IS NOT IN IGINTION AND TURNED OFF. CONSUMER FEELS HORN SHOULD BLOW WITH KEY IN OR OUT OF IGNTION.*AK THE HORN WAS A SAFETY HAZARD. *YH

FRONT ROTORS KEEP WARPING AFTER 3,000 MILES TO 5,000 MILES , DEALER HAS REPLACED ROTORS 5 TIMES WITH SAME DESIGN. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 60-65 MPH STEERING WHEEL WILL START VIBRATING AND FRONT OF VEHICLE FEELS LIKE IS GOING TO COME APART. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID THAT PROBLEM WAS WITH FRONT END.*AK

BRAKE SYSTEM HAD TO BE REPAIRED APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 6 TIMES. BRAKE SYSTEM WAS MAKING A 'CLUNKING AND SCRAPING' SOUND WHEN CONSUMER APPLIED THEM AT ANY SPEED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS. *AK

LEAKING COAL TAR FROM DOOR SEALANT- DEFECTIVE BOTH FRONT DOORS. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 00V225001 FOR STEERING RACK. NUT AROUND STEERING RACK IS LEAKING. WHEN TURNING MOSTLY TO LEFT VEHICLE JERKS & MAKES A GRINDING NOISE. MECHANIC SAYS COULD LOSE POWER STEERING, AND NOT TO DRIVE VEHICLE UNTIL PROBLEM COULD BE REPAIRED.*AK

BRAKING DISTANCE TOO LONG.*AK