1996 MITSUBISHI GALANT Complaints

CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS. DURING A HEAD-ON COLLISION IN WHICH THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING 20 MPH, AND OTHER VEHICLE WAS GOING 60 MPH, AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED BRAKE PROBLEM, SUCH AS BRAKE PADS LINING AND ROTORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED EVERY 2,000 MILES, WHICH CAUSED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND COULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT. *AK THE CONSUMER HAS REPEATEDLY REPLACED THE BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS EVERY 2000 MILES, THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE SALESMAN THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE DRUM NOT HAVING PROPER VENTILATION

BRAKES FAILED RESULTING IN VEHICLE COLLISION, NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG DURING COLLISION, RESULTING IN INJURY.

FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAVE EXCESSIVE WEAR AND THAT ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 5 TIMES. PROBLEM REMAINS. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH WHEN TRANSMISSION BECAME INOPERATIVE WITHOUT ANY WARNING, RESULTING IN LOSS CONTROL. CONSUMER THEN HAD TO PULL EMERGENCY BRAKE IN ORDER TO REGAIN CONTROL. *AK

WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS PRESSED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATES WITHOUT PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ABOUT 10 MPH WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP VEHICLE, THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK PROPERLY, AND WHEN VEHICLE STOPPED IT SOUNDED LIKE GRINDING METAL TO METAL. DEALER CALLED THIS PROBLEM PREMATURE WEAR. *AK

THE RUBBER DOOR SEAL ON THE BOTH REAR DOORS KEEP COMING OFF. THE DEALER STATES THAT THIS IS DUE TO COLD WEATHER . THE SEALS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ABOUT 4-5 TIMES. *AK

THE DRIVER'S HEAD HIT THE WINDSHIELD AFTER RUNNING INTO A DITCH WHILE TRYING TO MISS HITTING A DEER ON THE ROAD BECAUSE THE FRONT SEAT BELTS DID NOT LOCK UPON IMPACT, AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

VEIHCLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL INPACT COLLISION AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. *AK