1999 Mitsubishi Galant complaints

VEHICLE HAS SAME SYMPTONS AS IN RECALL 00V225001. YET, THIS VEHICLE IS NOT AFFECTED. STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AT ANY SPEED, GETTING WORSE WHEN INCREASING SPEED. *AK

MY CAR WAS AT THE DEALER FOR A MONTH UNTIL TRASSMISION WAS FIXED. *AK

DEALER REPLACED FRONT BRAKES BECAUSE THEY WERE SHAKING, 5 MONTHS LATER, FRONT SHAKES STARTED SHAKING AGAIN, DEALER SAYS THIS IS NORMAL. *SLC

INTERMITTENTLY WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED VEHICLE PULLS. DEALER HAS REPAIRED AND REPLACED PADS AND ROTORS SEVERAL TIMES.*AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE WILL START TO SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY. *AK

MENTOR MITSUBISHI SHOULD BE CHECKED OUT FOR FRAUD-THEY ARE NOT DECENT PEOPLE THERE. NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY RATE OF SPEED VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT ANY INDICATION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WE TOOK DELIVERY OF OUR CAR ON 2/25/99. IT WAS TAKEN INTO THE DEALER SERVICE DEPT ON 5/12/99 WITH BAD VIRBRATION IN THE STEERING UPON BRAKING. THEY SAID THE ROTORS AND BUSHINGS WERE BAD AND REPLACED THEM. 2 MOS LATER, BACK AGAIN WITH SAME PROBLEM. SAME THING DONE AGAIN TO FIX. WE HAVE TAKEN THE CAR BACK 5 TIMES FOR THE EXACT SAME THING. THE PROBLEM KEEPS RETURNING AFTER ABOUT 2000 MILES EACH TIME, THEY REPLACE THE SAME THING. I HAVE CONTACTED MITSUBISHI AND THE DEALER PETE MOORE, NO RESPONSE. I AM AFRAID THERE IS SOMETHING VERY WRONG WITH THIS CAR. I HAVE FOUND ON THE INTERNET WHERE MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM AND THEY ALSO HAVE TAKEN THEIR CARS IN AND THE EXACT SAME REPAIRS ARE DONE OVER AND OVER. SOMETHING IS WRONG HERE. SOMETHING THAT COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. NO ONE WANTS TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SOME OF THESE CARS. THEY CAN'T FIX IT FOR GOOD. THE PROBLEM CREEPS BACK WITHIN A COUPLE THOUSAND MILES. NOW I KNOW I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE OUT THERE WITH THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE, I BELIEVE THIS COULD BE A SAFETY HAZARD. I AM AFRAID TO TRAVEL. I AM AFRAID THE WHAT IF WHAT EVER IS WRONG WITH THIS CAR THAT THEY CANNOT FIND, WHAT IF IT BREAKS. WHAT WILL HAPPEN. WILL I BE ABLE TO STOP, TO STEER? WILL I LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR? SOMETHING IS BAD WRONG HERE. I FEEL THIS REALLY NEEDS TO BE CHECKED OUT. THANK YOU.*AK

I FEEL THIS POSED A SAFETY PROBLEM BY THE TRANSMISSION FAILING TO RESPOND WHILE CHANGING LANES ON A FREEWAY TRAVELING 65MPH, LITERALLY PLACING MY LIFE IN DANGER.*AK

BRAKE ROTORS HAVE BEEN RESURFACED TWICE, AND PADS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ONCE. WHEN THE BRAKES ARE APPLIED, THEY ARE SMOKING.*AK

UPON BREAKING FROM BOTH LOW AND HIGHWAY SPEEDS, TREMENDOUS VIBRATION IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND BRAKE PEDAL. HAVE HAD BRAKES CHECKED BY 3 DIFFERENT DEALERS ON NUMEROUS OCCASSIONS, THE LAST TIME REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF THE ROTORS AND PRBLEM STILL EXISTS/RETURNED. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEED (LESS THAN 15 MILES/HOURS) THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT ANY INDICATION REQUIRING A TOTAL REPLACEMENT JUST BARELY PAST MFG WARRANTY EXPPIRED.

FRONT ROTORS KEEP WARPING AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF DRIVING. THIS STARTED A FEW MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED CAR IN 1999. DEALER TURNED ROTORS; HAD TO TAKE BACK IN A FEW MONTHS; TURNED ROTORS AGAIN. WARRANTY RAN OUT AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED BY ANOTHER AUTO SERVICE IN MAY OF 2000. AS OF OCT THEY NEED REPLACING AGAIN. DEALER TOOK CARE OF THIS AT NO COST. WHY ARE THESE ROTORS WEARING OUT SO QUICKLY. NEVER HAD A CAR DO THAT BEFORE.

VEHICLE WILL VIBRATE WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 50 MPH OR MORE WHICH COULD CAUSE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.*AK DEALER CAN'T FIGURE OUT THE CAUSE. *YH

VEHICLE WANDERS OFF INTO ANOTHER LANE. ALSO, DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT RETRACTORS ARE IN BACKWARDS/THERE IS A GASOLINE LEAK FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE SHAKES AND VIBRATES WHEN TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. *AK

ROTORS WERE DEFECTIVE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE VIBRATED/ FRONT ENDS WAS MISALIGNED. AND TIRES WARPED. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO T DEALERSHIP FOUR OR MORE TIMES.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT ANY SPEED COULD STEP ON BRAKE PEDAL AND BRAKES WILL VIBRATE. ALSO, STEERING WHEEL WILL VIBRATE, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL.*AK VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED 5 TIMES FOR THE CONTINUOUS BRAKE PROBLEM. *YH

NO SUMMARY

ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE AND TURNED TWICE. DEALER ADVISED MITSUBISHI ROTORS ARE BAD AND THAT IF I REPLACED THE ROTORS WITH AFTER MARKET ROTORS PROBLEM WOULD CEASE. *AK

THE BRAKES VIBRATE AND SHIMMY. THEY START TO SQUEAL. WE HAVE HAD THE CAR BACK 4 TIMES AND EVERY TIME ITS THE SAME THING. I AM AFRAID THEY WILL JUST GO OUT ALLTOGETHER. *AK

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.

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

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

CONSUMER NOTICED A SCRUBBING SOUND, DEALER NOTICED HUBCAPS RUBBING ON THE TIRES. *SLC

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.

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.

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.

AT TIMES CAR WILL NOT START WITH TRANSMISSION LEVER IN PARK. WILL START IF PLACED IN NEUTRAL. DEALER UNABLE TO FIND PROBLEM.RAL.

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

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

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

VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY, DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED REPAIR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WITH NO SUCCESS. NLM

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

ROTORS ALWAYS SEEM TO BE RE-CUT.AND RESURFACED EVERY YEAR!*AK

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

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

WHILE DEPRESSING BRAKE PEDAL HEARD A GRINDING NOISE. DEALER STATED ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AFTER ONE MONTH USE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

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

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

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

BOTH AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, EXTENSIVE FRONT END DAMAGE ON 07/06/00. PROBLEM # 2 FRONT DISC BRAKES HAVE ALWAYS MADE A GRINDING NOISE AND FRONT END HAS A VIBRATION. CAR WAS TAKEN BACK TO DEALER A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE, FRONT BRAKE SHOES WERE REPLACED AND ROTORS TURNED(NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY). THIS FAILED TO FIX PROBLEM, I HAVE SINCE LEARNED TO LIVE WITH IT(CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE IT FIXED). NOTE: I BELIEVE YOU MAY HAVE A RECALL ON MY THIRD PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE, ALTHOUGH I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FROM THE MANUFACTURER, MY CAR LOSES POWER TO MY ACCESSORIES(RADIO, AIR CONDITIONING,ETC.).

BUMPER IS HANGING. DEALER SAYS ITS A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM AND THEY CANNOT REPAIR IT.*AK

STEERING WHEEL SHIMMIES WHENEVER VEHICLE REACHES 60 MPH OR MORE. VEHICLE BEEN HAS BEEN IN / OUT OF DEALER SHOP, AND PROBLEM STILL GOES UNRESOLVED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND UPON APPLYING BRAKES, FRONT END SHIMMIED AND SHOOK, ALMOST LOST CONTROL . CONTACTED DEALER, AND HE REPLACED THE ROTORS. A MONTH LATER, THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED, AND DEALER REPLACED TIRES/BUSHING, AND ROTORS. *AK

VEHICLE SHUTTERS SEVERLY WHEN BRAKING. DEALER RESURFACED THE ROTORS/CHANGED THE PADS & REPLACED LOWER CONTROL ARM. THE HIGHER THE SPEED THE MORE IT SHUTTERED. DEALER REPAIRED VEHICLE ON 6-05-2000 BECAUSE IT WAS SPQUEAKING & PULSATING. WHEN VEHICLE WAS PICKED UP, IT WAS DOING THE SAME THING. *AK

WHEN MAKING A NORMAL STOP PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THERE WAS NO BRAKING ABILITY, CAUSING VEHICLE TO PROCEED THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF WARNING. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE THE MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER WAS REPLACED. OWNER WAS STILL EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH THE ABS. *AK *ML

EITHER WHEN DRIVING OR BRAKING THE CAR BEGINS TO SHAKE. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE IN MAIL CONCERNING BATTERY CABLE. CONTACTED DEALERSHIP FOR AN APPOINTMENT. WAS INFORMED THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. *AK

REAR WINDOW EXPLODED INTO THOUSANDS OF TINY PIECES WHEN PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WAS CLOSED. *AK

STEERING WHEEL SHAKES VIOLENTLY DUING BRAKING AND AT SPEEDS ABOVE 35 MILES PER HOUR. *AK