2001 MITSUBISHI GALANT Complaints

CONSUMER HAD FRONT/REAR BRAKES AND ROTORS REPLACED THREE DIFFERENT TIMESDUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR AFTER 1,200 MILES. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED AFTER DEPRESSING THE BRAKES A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM FRONT AND REAR OF VEHICLE. TECHNICIAN REPLACED ROTORS AND PADS.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT 30 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING AT 25 MPH CROSSED THE PATH OF THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, WHICH FORCED THE CONSUMER TO HIT THE VEHICLE HEAD ON. NONE OF AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. *TT *CB *JB

AT JUST AFTER 48,000 MILES ON THE 2001 MITSUBISHI GALANT ES V6, THE ABS AND TRACTION CONTROL LIGHTS CAME ON AND STAYED ON WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. THE BRAKES, WHICH HAD RECENTLY BEEN REPLACED, MADE LOUD ECHOING CRUNCH NOISES. BRAKING DISTANCE INCREASED. THE BRAKES HAD ALMOST ALWAYS BEEN WOBBLY, EVEN WITH NEWLY MACHINED ROTORS. ALSO, FRONT AND SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WHEN VEHICLE REAR-ENDED A TAHOE ON A DIFFERENT OCCASION. *JB

I PURCHASE A MITSUBISHI GALANT ON JULY 23, 2003. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD 4 FRONT BRAKE CHANGE, ROTOR CUT 2 TIMES,REPLACE CALIPER, ABS / ANTI-LOCK SENSOR SENSOR REPLACE ONCE. WITH THAT BEEN THE MANGER AND ON GOING PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE. I ALSO NOTICE THAT THE STEERING WHEEL IS ALWAYS VIBRATING. *NLM

ME AND MY WIFE WERE DRIVING ABOUT 45 MILES AN HOUR WHEN THE REAR END OF MY CAR STARTED SLIDING I TRY TO CORRECT THE FISH TALE BUT THE DRIVER REAR TIRE AND RIM FOLDED UNDER THE CAR WHICH CAUSE THE CAR TO FLIP SEVERAL TIMES NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED THE CAR WAS SO CRUSHED I HAD TO DIG DOWN INTO THE DITCH TO FREE MYSELF FROM THE CAR UPON TAKING A CLOSER LOOK I REALIZED THE SWAY BAR HAD PULLED APART FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE REAR OF THE CAR ALSO THE MAIN SUPPORT OF THE REAR SUSPENSION HAD BROKEN IN TOO THEREFORE CAUSING THE CAR TO FLIP WE COULD HAVE EASILY DIED IN THIS CRASH AND 2 YEAR OLD AND OUR 6 MONTH OLD WOULD HAVE NO PARENTS. *NLM

THE BATTERY FAILED AND AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE FIRST BATTERY WAS REPLACED 18 MONTHS AGO. *AK *NLM

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *JB

THE FRONT OF VEHICLE HIT THE SIDE OF ANOTHER VEHICLE AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. MR SCC *JB

2001 MITSUBISHI GALANT LS V6 WITH 30,000 MILES. HAS BEEN IN SHOP OVER 5 TIMES. HAS BEEN TOWED INTO SHOP ONCE FOR NOT STARTING DUE TO FUEL INJECTION PROBLEMS. WAS DIAGNOSED WITH DEFECTIVE SIDE AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS, ANTI LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM. HAS SERIOUS STEERING VIBRATION WHEN DRIVING. DEALER TOLD US IT WAS ONLY THE TIRES AND THEY OVERINFLATED MY TIRES TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED AND HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE VEHICLE HAD 15,000 MILES AND TIRES WERE PROPERLY ROTATED AND BALANCED. CONCERNED THAT VEHICLE POSES SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARDS. *NLM