2000 MITSUBISHI GALANT Complaints

CAR WAS SHUT OFF AT WORK FOR ABOUT 30 - 50 MINUTES WHEN THE HORN STARTED TO BLARE FOR NO REASON -- NO ALARM INSTALLED. OPENED CAR DOOR AND ELECTRICAL BURNING SMELL WAS PRESENT. HAD TO PULL FUSE TO GET IT SHUT OFF. VEHICLE WAS LOCKED AND EMPTY AT TIME. *NM

I HAVE OWNED A 2000 GALANT BRAND NEW FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS. I KEEP UP WITH THE SERVICE, AND ALWAYS USE MITSUBISHI SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THE PAST FEW MONTHS HOWEVER (SUMMER OF 2005) - RIGHT AROUND THE 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY DATE - I NOTICE THAT EVERY TIME IT RAINS, THE "FLOOR OF THE DRIVER SIDE IS FLOODED WITH WATER". IT IS SUCH A HUGE NUISANCE. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF THE TRAIL OF THE WATER AT ALL. I HAVE ASKED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO CHECK IT OUT, AND THEY MENTIONED THAT "MAYBE THE WATER IS COMING IN FROM THE SEAMS OF THE SUNROOF, ETC. , THAT IT MIGHT ALSO HAVE DEBRIS IN THE SUNROOF, AND THEY HAVE CLEANED IT OUT". THAT WAS OF NO HELP!!!! SO, MY CAR SMELLS SUPER MUSTY AND MILDEWY A FEW DAYS AFTER EVERY RAINFALL. I TRY TO DRY IT OUT AS MUCH AS I CAN, BY CHANGING THE MATS AND USING TOWELS TO SOAK UP THE WATER AFTER EVERY RAINFALL AND EVERY SNOW FALL. WHAT A MESS!!! THANK YOU. *NM

CAR DIES DUE TO ENGINE FUSE BLOWING, APPARENTLY RELATED TO RECALL NUMBER 99V333001. MITSUBISHI DENIES ANY KNOWLEDGE OF SUCH RECALL. *NM

AT 4 YEARS OLD MY 2000 MITSUBISHI GALANT'S BUMPER STARTED PEELING. AT 5 YEARS OLD MY ROOF (BY THE SUNROOF) STARTED SEVERELY FADING. MY CAR IS BLACK AND I HAVE A HUGE WHITE SPOT ON THE ROOF. I AM EXTREMELY WORRIED WHAT WILL HAPPEN THIS WINTER WITH THE PAINT. NOT TO MENTION SUCH A YOUNG CAR SHOULDN'T HAVE SUCH A PROBLEM WITH THE PAINT AND IT LOOKS HORRIBLE. MITSUBISHI SHOULD BE ASHAMED THAT THE CAR LOOKS THE WAY IT DOES. I CONTACTED THEM AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS OUT OF THE 3 YEAR WARRANTY AND WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. *JB

I AM VERY DISGUSTED, I PURCHASED MY 2000 MITUSBISHI GALANT APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, I WAS MY CAR WEEKLY AND WAX MY VEHICLE EVERY 4 TO 5 MONTHS, ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO MY CAR STARTED GETTING OXIDATION SPOTS, I HAVE A HUGE SPOT ON THE HOOD, ALL ACROSS THE TRUNK AND EVEN ON THE HOOD OF THE CAR, IT IS REALLY DISGUSTING AND THROUGHOUT MY TOWN I HAVE SEEN APPROXIMATELY 5 OR 6 OTHER BLACK GALANTS WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS TO THEIR PAINT! I REALLY WISH SOMETHING WOULD BE DONE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE A PAINT JOB ISN'T EXACTLY CHEAP AND I'VE READ THROUGH THIS WEBSITE OF ALL THE OTHER 2000 BLACK GALANTS THAT ARE HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP! *NM

DT: CONTACT STATED THE COMPUTER SENSORS FAILED. THIS COULD AFFECT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND CAUSE AIR POLLUTION. DID NOT THINK THE PUBLIC WAS MADE AWARE OF THE RECALLS. TWO SENSORS FAILED ASKED MITSUBISHI TO FIX THEM, AND THEY REFUSED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO RECALL. THEY WERE ONLY GUARANTEED FOR 3 THREE YEARS OR 36,000 MILES. *AK

CAR JUST STALLED WITHOUT WARNING TURNS OUT TIMING CHAIN WENT. 1200 REPAIR FIXED WITHIN 2 MONTHS NEEDED ANOTHER TIMING BELT...

ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO I NOTICED THAT THE PAINT ON MY BLACK CAR WAS STARTING TO GET WHITE/GRAY SPOTS ON THE TRUNK AND ROOF AREA MAINLY AROUND MY SUN ROOF. IT IS NOW GOTTEN MUCH WORSE AND HAS EVEN STARTED ON MY HOOD. MY CAR IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD AND IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN KEPT IN THE GARAGE AND WASHED AND WAXED REGULARLY. I AM VERY DISPLEASED WITH THIS PAINT JOB. I NOTICED THAT THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT FADING/OXIDATION AND FUNNY HOW MOST OF THEM ARE 2000 AND BLACK. SAME AS MINE.

I HAVE A 2000 GALANT AND ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR THE CLEAR COAT ON THE PAINT STARTED PELLING ON THE DRIVER SIDE, AND THE FRONT AND REAR BUMPER, I DID NOT KNOW THAT A CAR THAT NEW WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE PAINT DEFECTS. NOW MY CAR IS ONLY FIVE YEARS OLD, BUT I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR TWO YEARS AND IT LOOKS AS IF IT IS OVER TEN YEARS OLD AND WAS NEVER TAKEN CARE OF. I ALSO HAVE A RATTLING IN MY DASH AND THAT STARTED ABOUT THE SAME TIME, AND I TAKEN MY CAR SEVEAL TIMES TO THE DEALER TO HAVE ITS REGALUR MAINTANCE AND YET THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. *AK

THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS WARPED PREMATURELY, AND HAD TO BE REPLACED EVERY 5,000 MILES. DEALERSHIP REPAIRED ROTORS 3 TIMES. HOWEVER, PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK