2001 MITSUBISHI GALANT Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MITSUBISHI GALANT. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY CAME TO A VIOLENT AND IMMEDIATE STOP ON THE HIGHWAY.. THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE WHEELS. ALL THE WARNING INDICATORS LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 102,000. UPDATED 12/12/2007 *BF THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. THE CONSUMER STATED THE WHEELS SHOULD NOT HAVE LOCKED UP WITHOUT WARNING AT 50 MPH. UPDATED 12/12/07

I WAS DRIVING 35-40 MPH AND A CAR STOPPED SHORT IN FRONT OF ME AND I SLAMMED ON MY BRAKES AND COLLIDED INTO THE REAR OF THEIR CAR. THE HOOD AND FRONT END OF THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY SMASHED IN. THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *TR

BRAKES HAVE WORN OUT IN THE LAST THREE YEARS FIVE TIMES. CAR IS HARD TO CONTROL WHEN BRAKING.. LIGHT BRACKETS HAVE BURNED OUT TWICE IN THE PAST YEAR... MY PAINT ON THE CAR HAS FADED WHAT TO DO, I NEED HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *TR. UPDATED 01/11/08. *LJ UPDATED *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 MITSUBISHI GALANT. ON JULY 10, 2007, WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT HAD TO WAIT FIVE MINUTES BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD RESTART. THE STALLING BECOMES MORE FREQUENT AS TIME PROGRESSES. RECALL # 00V299001 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE) DOES NOT APPLY TO HER VIN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 90,000.

I HAVE A 2001 BLACK MITSUBISHI GALANT AND LAST YEAR THE PAINT START OXIDIZING REALLY BAD. SO AFTER I HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE ADVISE ME THAT THE PAINT SHOULD NOT BE THIS WAY ON A 5 YR OLD CAR (AT THE TIME) I CALLED THE CORPORATE OFFICE. I WAS TOLD THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY ISSUES WITH THE PAINT. I CALLED BACK A FEW MONTHS LATER AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND THAT I SHOULD TAKE IT TO THE LOCAL DEALER SO THEY COULD DETERMINE IF IT WAS DEFECTIVE. AFTER TAKING PICTURES THE DEALER AND CORPORATE AGREED THE PAINT JOB WAS DEFECTIVE. THEY HAD MY CAR FOR 1.5 WEEKS WITHOUT PROVIDING ME WITH A CAR TO DRIVE. I GOT MY CAR BACK TODAY AND THE AREAS THEY PAINTED LOOK GREAT, BUT THEY DIDN'T PAINT THE WHOLE CAR SO COLORS DO NOT MATCH. WITHIN A YEAR THERE IS GOING TO BE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. THE CORPORATE OFFICE SAID THEY REFUSE TO DO ANYMORE ABOUT IT. WHERE HAS CUSTOMER SERVICE WENT. I FOR ONE WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER MITSUBISHI MADE PRODUCT AT ALL. IF YOU GOOGLE BLACK MITSUBISHI GALANTS WITH BAD PAINT JOBS YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH THIS PROBLEM. IT LOOKS LIKE THE PROBLEM STARTED WITH THE 1999 MODELS AND CONTINUES TO THE 2001 MODELS. I'M SURE THE 2002'S WILL BE NEXT. I HAVE SEEN AT LEAST 5 MORE IN MY AREA WITH THIS PROBLEM AND WHEN I AM ABLE TO SPEAK WITH THE OWNERS I WILL ENSURE THAT THEY ARE AWARE THAT IT IS DUE TO A DEFECTIVE PAINT JOB.

I HEARD A CRACKING NOISE YESTERDAY AND LOOKED UP TO SEE MY DASHBOARD CRACKING FROM THE WINDSHIELD ALL THE WAY TO THE FRONT OF THE DASH. *TR

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS 2001 MITSUBISHI GALLANT. THE HORN WOULD SOUND WITHOUT BEING DEPRESSED WHETHER THE IGNITION WAS ON OR OFF. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HORN SOUNDED OFF SPORADICALLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE AIRBAGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE AIRBAGS. HOWEVER, THE HORN CONTINUED TO BEEP. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE, AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE CONTACT FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER COMPLAINT #1-203-916-392. THE VEHICLE CURRENTLY HAD 94000 MILES. *AK DEALER STATED BOTH HORN ASSEMBLY AND AIR BAGS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ,THE HORN SHORTED OUT AIR BAGS. CUSTOMER STATES WAS INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT ON 3/2 WHEN CAR ROLLED BACK INTO FRONT BUMPER. THE CONSUMER WAS NOT ABLE TO WARN THE DRIVER BY BLOWING THE HORN BECAUSE THE HORN SHORT CIRCUITED AND WOULD NOT WORK. CONSUMER ALSO STATES HORN WAS PREVIOUSLY REPLACE TWICE ON VEHICLE. UPDATE 04/17/07. *TR

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, TRANSMISSION DIED...DRIVE/REVERSE NO LONGER WORK. NEW TRANSMISSION REQUIRED AT A COST OF OVER $6,000 FROM MITSUBISHI DEALER. *JB

MY CAR WAS STRUCK AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR BY A FORD EXPLORER TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH. NONE OF THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AND I WAS THROWN AROUND THE VEHICLE AS I WAS NOT RESTRAINED AT THE TIME (I HAD RETURNED TO THE CAR TO GET INFORMATION FROM THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT). THE CAR WAS DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS AS A RESULT OF THE IMPACT AND I SUFFERED INJURIES TO MY NECK, ARM, AND LEG. *NM

LEAKING A/C EVAPORATOR INTO FLOORBOARD OF DRIVERS AND PASSENGER SIDE. USED A DEPENDABLE LOCAL MECHANIC TO WORK ON THE PROBLEM. THE LEAKING EVAPORATOR HAS BEEN CLEARED TWICE BY THE MECHANICS AND AFTER SPENDING OVER $600.00 THE PROBLEM IS YET TO BE RESOLVED. MITSUBISHI CORPORATE HAS YET TO RECALL THIS BUT THE MORE YOU RESEARCH THE MORE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT AN UNCOMMON OCCURRENCE. THE 2001 GALANT HAS A SIGNIFICANT BACKGOUND OF DOCUMENTATION FROM THIS ONGOING PROBLEM AND MITSUBISHI WILL NOT STAND BEHIND THERE PRODUCT WHILE KNOWING THERE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM. IN SHORT I WILL NOT BUY OR RECOMMEND MITSUBISHI PRODUCTS AGAIN. *JB