1994 Mitsubishi Galant

These are unverified consumer reports filed with NHTSA, shown as submitted.

• 12/30/2000· SUSPENSION

  EXCESS PLAY IN THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS AND BALL JOINTS. *AK

• 12/27/1999· SUSPENSION

  RECALL WORK NOT PERFORMED IN A TIMELY MATTER AND ONCE PERFORM A MECHANIC NOTICE BOLTS ON THE CONTROL ARM WERE LOOSE OR MISSING. 94 GALANT(SR-99-002). YH

• 12/26/1995· SUSPENSION

  STRUTS REPLACED. *SD

• 12/19/1994· VISIBILITY

  WARPED DRIVER'S SIDE DEFROSTER VENT.

• 12/14/1998· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  LIGHTS FLICKER OR DIM WHEN DECELERATING/PAINT IS ALREADY OXIDIZING AND CLEAR COAT CRACKING

• 12/12/1996· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  SUDDEN ACCELERATION.

• 12/09/1998· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  ENGINE OVERHEATED. YH

• 12/06/1995· WHEELS

  FRONT LEFT WHEEL SEPARATED W/AXLE HOLDING TIRE OUT FROM WHEEL WELL. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

• 12/06/1995· AIR BAGSCrash

  FRONTAL COLLISION, PASSENGERS AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY W/PASSENGER SEAT FAILED ALLOWING OCCUPANT TO SLIDE FORWARD HITTING WINDSHIELD. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT

• 12/04/1995· POWER TRAIN

  VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHILE IN OVERDRIVE. TT

• 12/02/1998· AIR BAGS

  NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG DURING VEHICLE COLLISION.

• 11/28/1994· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  HEAD LIGHTS FLICKER WHEN SLOWING DOWN.

• 11/28/1994· VISIBILITY

  WEATHER SEAL ON WINDOW FAILED. *AK

• 11/28/1994· VISIBILITY

  POWER WINDOW REGULATOR FAILS WHEN MOISTURE IS PRESENT ON WINDOWS. *SKD

• 11/24/2006· SUSPENSION

  A NEAR MISS. THE NUT ON THE LOWER CONTROL ARM CAME OFF ON DRIVERS SIDE. 75 MPH AND THANK GOODNESS I WAS STRONG TO PULL THE ASPHALT EATING FRONT END TO THE SIDE. GOING DOWNHILL HEARD WHAT WAS THOUGHT TO BE A PEBBLE HIT THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CAR AND THEN WAS BEING PULLED UNDER THE ONCOMING SEMI. UPON FINALLY STOPPING ON THE SHOULDER, I GOT OUT LOOKED AT MY TIRE SITTING PERPENDICULAR TO THE CAR, THE CARS FRONT END SITTING ON THE GROUND,(I HAVE PHOTO'S) I LOOKED BACK TO SEE A GROVE AND A BLACK LINE TRAVELING FROM THE LEFT LANE TO THE CENTER LINE BACK TO THE LEFT LANE AND TO MY GALANT'S RESTING PLACE. AT 48 YEARS OLD I HAVE DRIVEN MANY A CAR, NEVER HAVE I COME SO NEAR TO MEETING MY MAKER. THE MECHANIC, 300 MILES FROM MY HOME SAID THE BALL JOINT BOOT FAILED AND ALLOWED THE BOLT TO BECOME LOOSE AND THE TRAVEL JUST UNSCREWED THE NUT. ALL THE THREADS WERE THERE, NON WERE STRIPPED. 3 DAYS LATER I BRAVELY LOADED MYSELF AND MY YOUNGER SISTER INTO THE CAR WITH SOME MAKE DUE REPAIRS AND A NEW LOWER CONTROL ARM, A PUT BACK TOGETHER WITH DUCT TAPE AND A PRAYER CV AXLE( WAS PULL OUT AS FAR AS IT COULD GO, A NEW SLIGHTLY SMALLER NEW TIRE, AND A $1000.00 POORER, I SLOWLY MADE MYSELF DRIVE BACK HOME. NOW I HEAR NOISES ON THE OTHER SIDE. NOW I HAVE STARTED LOOKING FOR PLACES LIKE THIS THE AIR MY COMPLAINTS. I WAS FORTUNATE. AS AN OLDER PERSON, A WOMAN AND ORIGINAL OWNER, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE RECEIVED A RECALL, I DIDN'T. HAVE HAD THE SAME ADDRESS FOR 16 YEARS. DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL I GOT HERE. *JB

• 11/23/2009· AIR BAGS

  FRONTAL AUTO ACCIDENT 1994 MITSIBISHI GALANT LS AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY! *TR

• 11/19/2004· SUSPENSION

  CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR RECALL 00V421003 REPAIRS. UPON LEAVING THE DEALER CONSUMER GOT INTO THE VEHICLE TO TAKE AN HOUR RIDE AND VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE ERRATICALLY. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO TWO OTHER MECHANICS, WHO DETERMINED THAT DEALER HAD DONE SOMETHING THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE TO THE VEHICLE. *AK

• 11/19/1999· SUSPENSION,EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  LOWER BALL JOINT - FRONT: LEFT BALL JOINT CAME OFF WHILE DRIVING OFF THE DRIVEWAY. HAD IT REPLACED ($391.00) AT PEP BOYS. A FEW WEEKS LATER, I RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE (SR-99-002) FROM MITSUBISHI. TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER ON 7/15/99. THE DEALER REPLACED THE RIGHT ARM ASSEMBLY ON THE OTHER SIDE FREE OF CHARGE. AS INSTRUCTED ON THE "REIMBURSEMENTS" SECTION OF THE RECALL NOTICE, I BROUGHT THE ORIGINAL PAID INVOICES TO GLENDALE MITSUBISHI FOR REIMBURSEMENT. HAND THEM TO MARK TOOHEY, SERVICE ADVISOR. AFTER CALLING HIM SEVERAL TIMES, HE TOLD ME HE GAVE THEM TO THE SERVICE MANAGER, AND THAT THE MANAGER WOULD BE CALLING ME BACK REGARDIN THE STATUS OF MY CLAIM. NO CALL RECEIVED. I THEN CAME IN PERSON TO SEE THE SERVICE MANAGER, HE SAID THAT HE NEVER RECEIVED THE INVOICES, AT HIS REQUEST I GAVE HIM COPIES. HE TOLD ME THAT HE WOULD CALL ME BACK. I HAVE CALLED TO CHECK THE STATUS OF MY CLAIM, AND ONLY GET THE SAME ANSWER: I WILL BE CALLED BACK, OR MY CHECK WILL BE MAILED AS SOON AS MITSUBISHI REIMBURSES GLENDALE MITSUBISHI FIRST. AS OF TODAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1999, I HAVE NEITHER BEEN CALLED NEITHER HAVE I RECEIVED A CHECK IN THE MAIL. REGARDING THE HEADLIGHTS: THEY HAVE BEEN FLICKERING/DIMMING DURING DECCELERATION SINCE I BOUGHT MY CAR (IT HAD 47K MILES APPROX). AK

• 11/18/1997· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  ACCELERATOR CABLE SHEARED CAUSING UNCONTROLABLE ACCELERATION RESULTING IN ACCIDENT. MJS

• 11/17/1999· AIR BAGS

  PASSENGER'S AIRBAG SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE AIRBAG TO GO THROUGH THE SEAMS, BUT NOT DEPLOY WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED INJURIES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

• 11/12/2003· SUSPENSION,POWER TRAIN

  WHILE TURNING 5 MPH, THE FRONT BALL JOINT AND AXLE SNAPPED. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT THE GEARS TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER AND HAD VEHICLE TOWED. CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *PH

• 11/11/1999· UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  NO SUMMARY

• 11/09/1994· VISIBILITY

  RIGHT FRONT/LEFT REAR POWER WINDOWS FAILED. *AK

• 11/07/1994· FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE

  GAS TANK DOOR LATCH FAILED, PREVENTING DOOR FROM OPENING. *AW

• 11/05/2002· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLED, THE DEALER REPLACED THE CAP, ROTOR, PLUG WIRES AND DIST SEAL. *YH

• 11/01/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED IN A PANIC STOP PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

• 10/29/1996· STEERING,AIR BAGSCrash

  RIGHT REAR STEERING KNUCKLE BROKE, CAUSING ACCIDENT, ALSO NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG DURING ACCIDENT, CAUSING TWO FATALITIES.

• 10/28/1998· STRUCTURE

  THE POWER LOCKS SWITCH FAILED CAUSING ALL OF THE DOORS TO LOCK AND UNLOCK BY THEMSELVES. *ET

• 10/28/1998· SUSPENSION,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SEAT BELTS,STRUCTURE,UNKNOWN OR OTHER

  MAIN ENGINE REAR SEAL FAILED/DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DOES NOT LOCK/ALL LIGHTS DIM OR GET BRIGHTER DUE TO ELECTRICAL FAILURE/FRONT END SUSPENSION BUSHING FAILED/WHEN USING KEYLESS ENTRY SYSTEM, ALL DOORS WILL UNLOCK AND THE RELOCK BY THEMSELVES.

• 10/28/1998· SUSPENSION

  WHENEVER VEHICLE HITS A BUMP, THE FRONT & REAR SUSPENSION MAKES NOISE LIKE SOMETHING IS LOOSE, HANDLING HAS BEEN AFFECTED. *ET

• 10/28/1998· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

  ALL LIGHTS DIM OR BRIGHTER DURING ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION, ANNOYING AND CAUSED OTHER ELECTRICAL SYSTEM PROBLEMS SUCH AS WEAK/DEAD BATTERIES SINCE THE ALTERNATOR IS NOT PROVIDING POWER AT ALL SPEEDS. *ET

• 10/28/1998· SEAT BELTS

  DRIVERS SEAT BELT DOES NOT LOCK, HAS NO TENSION, DOES NOT HOLD SECURELY DURING EMERGENCY STOPS AND IT DOES NOT RECOIL AFTER TAKING IT OFF TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. *ET

• 10/27/1998· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION SHIFTS DOWN FROM SECOND GEAR TO FIRST, AND SOUNDS AS IF THE BOTTOM IS FALLING OUT. DEALER CONTACTED, AND CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. ALSO, STATES THIS IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE VEHICLE. *AK

• 10/24/1996· AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTSCrash

  NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAGS/SEAT BELT DID NOT RESTRAIN DRIVER DURING COLLISION, CAUSING INJURY.

• 10/23/2001· POWER TRAIN

  CONSUMER STATES WHILE HIS DAUGHTER WAS IN POSSESSION OF HIS VEHICLE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HAD GONE OUT.*JB

• 10/21/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKE ROTORS WEAR THIN W/BRAKES PULSATING WHEN APPLIED. BRAKES ALSO HAVE DELAY IN RESPONSE AND ARE EQUIPPED W/ABS BRAKES. VEHICLE HAS HAD (9) SETS OF ROTORS CHANGED. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

• 10/17/2005· STEERING,SUSPENSION,ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  PURSUANT TO THE BALL JOINT RECALL FOR MY 1994 MITSUBISHI GALANT, I TOOK MY CAR TO OURISMAN MITSUBISHI IN 2004 WHO THEN INSPECTED THE BOOT, NOTICED THE BOOT WAS BROKEN YET THE SERVICEMAN RESEALED THE BOOT AND INFORMED ME THAT THE CAR WAS CHECKED AND THE LOWER CONTROL ARMS WERE INTACT. IN AUGUST 2005, WHILE I WAS HAVING MY CAR SERVICE FOR A WATER PUMP PROBLEM, THE MECHANIC INDICATED THAT THE LOWER BALL JOINT WAS DEFECTIVE AND THAT I NEEDED TO HAVE IT REPLACED. *JB

• 10/17/2000· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,STRUCTURE

  ELECTRICAL PANEL ON THE DRIVER DOOR IS INOPERABLE DUE TO A MALFUNCTION WITHIN THE ASSEMBLY, ALSO A CONTINUOUS SMELL OF SMOKE OCCURS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

• 10/15/1999· WHEELS

  LUG NUT BOLT STRIPPED. MJS

• 10/12/2001· SUSPENSION

  RECALL 00 V 421 001/LOWER BALL JOINT BOOT: REPORTING UPPER BALL JOINT IS FAILING AS LOWER BALL JOINT; NOTIFIED THAT UPPER BALL JOINT IS NOT COVERED UNDER RECALL. *AK

• 10/08/2002· ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE

  CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT. WHICH WAS CAUSED BY A SHORTAGE IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. POWER LOCKS ARE ALSO INOPERATIVE DEALER CONTACTED. *MR

• 10/07/2005· SUSPENSION

  DURING REPLACEMENT OF STRUTS SERVICE TECHNICIAN NOTICED THAT BALL JOINTS HAD EXCESSIVE PLAY. *TS THE MANUFACTURER HAS RECALLED MANY BALL JOINTS RECALL #SR-04-001 ACCORDING TO ALLDATA. *NM

• 10/03/2000· SUSPENSIONCrash

  RECALL 99V066001. BALL JOINT SEPARATED FROM STEERING KNUCKLE, CAUSING DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. UNDER THE RECALL, DEALER ONLY REPLACED ONE OF THE BALL JOINTS, AND THE OTHERS CAUSED THE COLLISION. DEALER NOR MANUFACTURER WILL REPLACE THE OTHER BOOT AS STATED IN THE RECALL.*AK *SLC

• 10/01/1996· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCLERATE AND RPMS GO UP AND DOWN ERRATICALLY. *AK

• 09/29/1999· EQUIPMENT

  COMPRESSOR BEARING FAILED AT 53,000 MILES AND AGAIN AT 105,500. $1800 FOR FIRST REPAIR. THIS SEEMS TO BE A RECURRING PROBLEM. I CAN UNDERSTAND A COMPONENT FAILING, BUT I'VE NEVER HAD AN AIR CONDITIONING COMPRESSOR FAIL TWICE! 50K MILES AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY IS HORRIBLE! HAVE OTHERS COMPLAINED, OR DO I HAVE A UNIQUE SITUATION? COULD THE DRIVE BELT NOT BE IN PROPER ALIGNMENT, CAUSING UNDO STRESS ON THE PULLEY BEARINGS? DO I HAVE ANY RECOURSE?

• 09/29/1995· LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES

  DOOR ACTUATOR LOCKS FAILED, CHILD PASSENGER LOCKED INSIDE THE VEHICLE. TT

• 09/23/1997· EXTERIOR LIGHTING

  WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT. AFTER FLIPPING THE SWITCH THE HEADLIGHTS CAME BACK ON. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN ON 9/20/97. WHEN FLIPPING THE SWITCH NOTHING HAPPENED. AFTRE TURNING OFF IGNITION AND TURNING BACK ON, THE HEADLIGHTS CAME ON AGAIN. VEHICLE WILL BE SEEN BY DEALER ON 9/26/97. *AK

• 09/20/2000· SUSPENSION

  CONSUMER EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS BEFORE RECALL 99V066001, CONSUMER WANTS REIMBURSEMENT FOR SEVERAL REPAIRS AND A TOTAL OF NINE TRIPS TO THE REPAIR SHOP DUE TO DEFECT. *SLC

• 09/19/1996· ELECTRICAL SYSTEMFire

  ELECTRICAL SHORT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.*AK

• 09/17/2002· TIRES

  THE LEFT FRONT GOODYEAR TIRE SEPARATION CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHAKE WHILE DRIVING, THE TIRE SEPARATION CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT FRONT FENDER. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) *YH