1996 Mitsubishi Galant

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

• 12/27/1999· SUSPENSION

  RECALL 99V066001. DEALER IS TRYING TO CHARGE THE CONSUMER FOR RECALL SERVICE. *AK

• 12/23/1999· POWER TRAIN

  VEHICLE PASSED MARYLAND STATE INSPECTION EARLIER THAT DAY, ONLY TO NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE IN REVERSE LATER. GEARSHIFT WENT INTO THE REVERSE POSITION EASILY, BUT CAR WOULD NOT MOVE, AND EMITTED A SCRAPING/HISSING SOUND. MITSUBISHI SERVICE CENTER IN ANNAPOLIS, MD SAYS THEY WILL NOT PAY FOR REPAIRS, BECAUSE WE CANNOT PRODUCE RECEIPTS/PAPERWORK TO SHOW ALL SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN DONE. WE FEEL THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT FOR THIS TO OCCUR AT ONLY 47,000 MILES. *AK

• 12/20/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ANTILOCK BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING ACCIDENT.

• 12/16/1999· POWER TRAIN

  MY WIFE WAS STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, TRIED TO TAKE OFF, BUT NOTHING. TRANSMISSION WAS GONE. DEALER SAID THINGS SOMETIMES HAPPEN. MANUFACTURER SAID WARRANTY WAS OUT AT 60,000MI. ESTIMATE WAS AT $2600. SHOP SAID IT COULD NOT BE REBUILT. THEY TRIED TO BLAME ON US AND SAID IT WAS OVER FULL ON FLUID. WE'VE NEVER PUT ONE DROP IN AND EVEN IF IT WAS OVER FULL IT WOULD NOT CAUSE TRANSMISSION TO SEIZE UP IN A MATTE OF SECONDS. WE HAD THE CAR FIVE MONTHS WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I AM VERY ANGRY AT THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MFG. FOR NOT DISCLOSING THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WHEN I ASKED IF THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM THEY SAID, "OH, NO"! *AK

• 12/14/1999· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN

  PURCHASED VEHICLE 10/16/199, IT HAD APPROX. 52,000 MILES, SINCE PURCHASE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN INSTALLED, AIR CONDITION REPAIRED AND NOW THERE IS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE HARMONIC BALANCE. *AK

• 12/13/1996· AIR BAGSCrash

  AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY WHEN HIT ON FRONT RIGHT SIDE AT 40MPH, CAUSE UNKNOWN, VEHICLE IN SHOP FOR REPAIRS. *AK

• 12/12/2000· SUSPENSION

  WHILE DRIVING AT 10-15 MPH LOWER BALL JOINT FELL OFF VEHICLE. HAD THIS COMPONENT LOOKED AT UNDER RECALL 99V066001 IN SEPTEMBER 2000. WAS TOLD BALLJOINT WAS FINE. CURRENTLY, DEALER SAID THIS WAS NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. *AK THE CONSUMER BELIEVES IT WAS NOT NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR THAT CAUSED THE BALL JOINT TO FELL OFF. *YH

• 12/08/1998· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  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

• 12/07/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  ABS BRAKES WOULD MAING GRINDING,/QUEAKING NOISE WHEN THEY WERE APPLIED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & THE VEHICLE WAS TEST DRIVEN. MECHANIC REPLACED ENTIRE ABS BRAKING SYSTEM. SIX MONTHS LATER, THE SAME PROBLEM REAPPEARED. *AK

• 12/06/1996· SEAT BELTS

  THE RECEIVING END OF THE REAR SEAT BELTS ARE TOO LONG TO SECURE A CHILD RESTRAINING SEAT PROPERLY/IT IS TOO LONG TO ALLOW LONG SEAT BELT TO GO ALL THE WAY TRHOUGH BACK OF CHILD RESTRAINING SEAT AND BE TIGHTENED. *AK

• 12/05/2002· POWER TRAIN

  I OWNED MY CAR FOR ABOUT 4 MONTHS WHEN THE FIRST TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT APPROX. 40000 MILES WARRANTY REPLACEMENT. APPROX. 1 YEAR LATER THAT TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AT THAT TIME AND I HAD TO PAY $1700 TO REPAIR IT. 4 MONTHS AFTER THAT THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT A THIRD TIME, I BOUGHT A USED TRANSMISSION AND HAD IT INSTALLED. THE TRANSMISSION STILL DOES NOT ACT RIGHT, SHIFTING HARD AND THUMPING A LOT. THERE IS DEFINITLY SOMETHING WRONG WITH THESE CARS AND OR TRANSMISSIONS. DT

• 12/04/2007· STRUCTURE

  TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 MITSUBISHI GALANT. THE REAR WHEEL ASSEMBLY IS ATTACHED TO THE SUBFRAME, WHICH IS ATTACHED TO THE BODY. THE ENTIRE PART IS EXTREMELY RUSTED AND PREVENTED THE CONTACT FROM JACKING THE VEHICLE AND CHANGING THE TIRE. THE DEALER NOTIFIED THE CONTACT OF THIS FAILURE. THE FAILURE IS NOTICEABLE WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 162,000. UPDATED 01-11-08. *KB UPDATED 12/31/07 *TR

• 12/04/2001· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

• 12/03/2002· POWER TRAIN

  ON MARCH 20, 1999 I PURCHASED THE MITSUBISHI GALANT FROM MARK ESCUDE TOYOTA OF 955 I-20 S. FRONTAGE RD JACKSON< MS 39204 (601) 948-3420. AFTER LEAVING THE DEALERSHIP, ABOUT 15-20 MILES AWAY THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT & HAD TO BE TOWED BACK. ON MARCH 24, 1999 WE RETURNED BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP, 2 HOURS AWAY, TO PICK UP THE CAR. NOW, ALMOST 30000 MILES LATER THE TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT ONCE AGAIN, MAKING THIS THE THIRD TRANSMISSION TO BE PLACED IN THE VEHICLE. AFTER GOING ONLINE & DOING CHECKS ON THE '96 GALANT'S TRANSMISSION I DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS CASES AFTER CASES OF THE SAME GALANT S SERIES IN WHICH I HAVE WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS HAVING TO BE REPLACED. UNDOUBTABLEY, THERE IS SOMETHING IN THIS PATICULAR MODEL THAT IS CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH 2 DIFFERRENT PEOPLE WITH MITSUBISHI MOTORS & THEY FEEL THAT IT IS JUST COINSIDENCE THAT THE SAME YEAR, MAKE, & MODEL WITH THE SAME TYPE TRANSMISSION HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE I FEEL THAT BY PUTTING ANOTHER TRANSMISSION IN THE CAR WILL NOT SOLVE ANYTHING BUT ONLY RUIN ANOTHER TRANSMISSION COSTING THE CONSUMER. DT

• 11/29/2005· SUSPENSION

  BOTH BALL JOINTS ON THE CONSUMERS 1996 MITSUBISHI GALANT FAILED, BREAKING THE DRIVE AXLE. *TS AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, THE CONSUMER DISCOVERED A RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR THE BALL JOINTS. THE CONSUMER NEVER RECEIVED ANY TYPE OF NOTIFICATION. THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE RECALL WORK HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE, HOWEVER THAT PROVED TO BE NOT TRUE AND SINCE THEN THE MANUFACTURER HAS AGREED TO PAY FOR THE COST OF THE BALL JOINT, BUT NOTHING ELSE WHICH WOULD BE A LITTLE OVER 200.00, HOWEVER THE TOTAL COST OF THE REPAIR BILLS WERE CLOSE TO 1000.00. *JB

• 11/26/1996· AIR BAGSCrash

  DURING FRONTAL IMPACT, THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

• 11/20/1999· SUSPENSIONCrash

  WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MPH THE BALL JOINT CAME OUT OF JOINT, CAUSING THE AXLE TO BREAK. A RECALL WAS RECEIVED ON THE BALL JOINTS AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR INSPECTION. THE DEALER PASSED THE VEHICLE OFF, STATING THAT THE SUSPENSION AND BALL JOINTS WERE OK. NOW WE ARE HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING BOTH MITSUBISHI AND/OR THE DEALER THAT PASSED IT OFF TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY AFTER ANOTHER MECHANIC HAS SINCE CHECKED SAID IT WAS CAUSED BY A FAULTY BALL JOINT. *AK

• 11/19/1996· STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,AIR BAGSCrash

  WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN, SLAMMED ON BRAKES AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. ALSO THE STEERING LOCKED UP AND VEHICLE HAD A HEAD-ON ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THIS HAPPENED ALL IN THE SAME DAY. *AK

• 11/18/2000· VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

  WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 50MPH ACCELERATOR STUCK AND COULD NOT BE PULLED UP OR JIGGLED LOOSE. THE ENGINE AS A RESULT WAS REVVING IN THE RED ZONE FOR ABOUT A MINUTE WHILE IT WAS DECIDED TO PUT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL, BRAKE, PULL OVER & TURN THE CAR OFF. THE CAR WAS STOPPED A MERE 100 YARDS FROM A TRAFFIC JAM DUE TO CONSTRUCTION. THIS COULD HAVE LED T O A FATAL ACCIDENT HAD NATHAN NOT HAD THE PRESENCE OF MIND TO DO WHAT HE DID. THIS CAR WAS BOUGHT FOR THE SAFETY OF MY WIFE AND CHILDREN; LUCKILY THEY WERE NOT IN THE CAR WHEN THIS HAPPENED AS MY WIFE STATED SHE WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL, AND WOULD HAVE PROBABLY ENDED UP CRASHING. THE SHOP WHERE THE CAR WAS TAKEN STATED THAT THE CABLES WERE FROZEN AND IT WAS DUE TO MANUFACTURERS DEFECT. *AK

• 11/17/2007· STRUCTURE

  THE REAR UNDERCARRIAGE OF MY 1996 MITSUBISHI GALANT HAS SEVERE RUST DAMAGE TO THE POINT THAT YOU CANNOT EVEN JACK UP THE CAR AS THE JACK PENETRATES THEY SUB FRAME. THE STRUT FROM THE RIGHT REAR ALSO CAME LOOSE FROM THE TOWER. THE REAR WHEELS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THE SUB FRAME ARE EXTREMELY UNSAFE. *TR

• 11/15/2000· AIR BAGS

  PASSENGER'S AIRBAG LOOKS WARPED. IS THAT NORMAL?*AK

• 11/13/2000· SUSPENSION

  RECALL 99V066001/ LOWER BALL JOINTS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER NOVEMBER AND OCTOBER 13,2000, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO FIX RECALL. DEALER IS RAYSKILLMAN MITSUBISHI, 8424 HIGHWAY 31, GREENWOOD, IN (317) 8852700. *AK AFTER MANY CALLS MITSUBISHI AGREED TO FIX DAMAGE. *YH

• 11/11/2000· POWER TRAIN

  I BOUGHT MY CAR IN SEPT.OF 96 BRAND NEW. FOUR YEARS LATER, MY TRANSMISSION FAILS ME. I BELIEVE THESE TRANSMISSIONS NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED AND RECALL. EVERYWHERE I CALL AROUND FOR THESE TRANSMISSIONS, NO ONE HAS THEMS OR TELLS ME THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED. THESE TRANMISSIONS ARE NO GOOD THE CAR REPAIR MEN TELL ME. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER. I REALLY LIKE MY CAR BUT I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SPEND $1600-1800 FOR A TRANSMISSION WHEN THIS ONE SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED SO QUICKLY. PLEASE RESPOND TO MY INQUIRY. THANKS.*AK

• 11/11/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKES HAVE SEVERE SHAKE DUE TO UNEVEN PARALLELISM OR RUNOUT OF ROTOR/ ROTORS ARE WARPING

• 11/09/1999· SUSPENSION

  RECALL REPAIR COMPLETED, HOWEVER CONSUMER CHARGED FOR ADDITIONAL REPAIRS DURING REPAIR, POSSIBLE DAMAGED COMPONENT DUE TO DEFECT. (99V-066). MJS

• 11/08/1996· SUSPENSION

  WHILE DRIVING THE CAR PULLS TO THE LEFT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK

• 11/05/1996· AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTSCrash

  INVOLVED IN THREE VEHICLE COLLISION THAT RESULTED IN FRONT SMASHED. NEITHER DRIVER'S NOR PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED ALONG W/SHOULDER BELT NOT RESTRAINING. *AK THERE WAS ONE INJURY IN ACCIDENT. *SLC

• 11/03/2004· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLINGFire

  A RED LIGHT FLASHED ON LEFT SIDE OF STEERING WHEEL. VEHICLE WAS LOSING POWER, THEN GRAY SMOKE FROM FRONT. CAR CAUGHT FIRE AND TOTALED. *BF *TC

• 11/03/1999· AIR BAGS

  AIR BAGLIGHT IS CONSTANTLY ON. CONTACTED THE DEAL, THEY FIXED IT. IT WORKED FOR THREE DAYS, BUT STILL HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK

• 11/03/1997· AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTSCrash

  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

• 10/30/2002· VISIBILITY

  THE POWER WINDOW SWITCH WILL NOT ROLL WINDOWS UP OR DOWN. AT FIRST THE DRIVER SIDE CONTROL WOULD NOT OPERATE ANY WINDOWS IN VEHICLE. THEN THE DRIVER SIDE POWER WINDOW QUIT WORKING ALSO. IT SEEMS AS IF THE MOTOR IS DEFECTIVE. DT

• 10/27/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKE PADS FAILED.

• 10/25/1997· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *AK

• 10/24/1997· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  HESITATION IN THE ENGINE.

• 10/24/1997· SEAT BELTS

  AIRBAG DEFECT ON PASSENGER SIDE.

• 10/18/1999· WHEELS

  BOTH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT WHEELS CAME OFF ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. *AK

• 10/15/1999· POWER TRAIN

  THE VEHICLE WILL PULL WHEN ACCELERATING, CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO FAIL. THE DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

• 10/12/1999· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED, APPROXIMATELY 65MPH AND APPLYING BRAKES, BRAKES SHIMMY OR VIBRATE VERY BADLY. CONTACTED DEALER AND WAS TOLD NEEDED TO REPLACE THE ROTORS. *AK

• 10/09/1996· ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING

  DURING VEHICLE OPERATION A CARBON MONOXIDE LEAK IS EXPERIENCED, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO FALL ASLEEP. *AK

• 10/04/2000· STRUCTUREFire

  AS I TURNED THE IGNITION TO START MY CAR ON MORNING, THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR CAUGHT ON FIRE AND MELTED. THE FIRE CEASED AS SOON AS I TURNED THE CAR OFF. MY CAR DEALERS WHICH AREN'T BEING HELPFUL AT ALL, ARE NOT ACCEPTING ANY LIABILITY FOR THIS DEFECT WITHIN MITSUBISHI.TODAY MY DEALER TELLS MY ITS GONNA COST ME $130.00 MORE BECAUSE THE WINDOW WAS FRIED AND DOESN'T WORK. THIS IS RIDICULOUS AND I NEED SOME HELP..MITSUBISHI DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE WORK ..DUTY...THANK YOU

• 10/04/2000· AIR BAGSCrash

  VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 65MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES.*AK

• 10/04/1997· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

  BRAKES FAILED DURING ACCIDENT.

• 10/04/1996· AIR BAGSCrash

  VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION WHILE DRIVING AT 30 MPH AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

• 10/01/2001· POWER TRAIN

  ODOMETER HAD BEEN REPLACED DUE TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *YH

• 09/30/1999· SUSPENSION

  WHILE TRAVELING AT 30 MPH THE LOWER BALL JOINT FELLOFF, CAUSING THE WHELL TO COLLAPSEE AT AN ANGLE,.THE WHEEL WAS HELD ON BY THE RUBBER BOOT WHILL THE VEHICLE WAS SLIDING FOR ABOUT 75F. UNTIL IT CAME TO A STOP. DEALER HS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

• 09/19/2002· SUSPENSION

  CONSUMER HAD LEFT FRONT BALL JOINT REPAIRED UNDER RECALL LAST YEAR. 6 MONTHS LATER, RIGHT BALL JOINT BROKE. CONSUMER HAD REPAIRED IT. ON 9/14/02 LEFT BALL JOINT BROKE AGAIN WHILE DRIVING, CAUSING WHEEL TO FALL OFF.*AK

• 09/13/2004· SUSPENSION

  AFTER RECEIVING A RECALL 00V421001, AN APPOINTMENT WAS MADE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, AND CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE BALL JOINTS WERE NOT DEFECTIVE. CONSUMER LATER PURCHASED TIRES, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE BALL JOINT HAD EXCESSIVE PLAY. *AK

• 09/11/1996· SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC,AIR BAGSCrash

  WHILE TRYING TO STOP VEHICLE THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE , WHEN THE TWO VEHICLES HIT THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK

• 09/08/2002· POWER TRAIN

  WHEN ACCELERATING THE TRANSMISSION LAGGED THE KICKED INTO GEAR. WHEN IT FINALLY FAILED, IT LAGGED AND SOMETHING POPPED AND HAD NO GEARS AT ALL. THE CAR DID STILL RUN, PRESSING THE GAS DID NO GOOD.*AK

• 09/08/2000· POWER TRAIN

  TRANSMISSION SOUNDS AS IF IT WILL FALL OUT. *MJS