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1996 Mitsubishi Caribbean Galant Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Nov 29, 2005
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Oct 12, 1999

What this page shows

Our database holds 6 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1996 Mitsubishi Caribbean Galant. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–6 of 6

Suspension
Filed Nov 29, 2005

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

NHTSA ID
10144274
Incident
Jul 1, 2005
Interior & seats
Filed Feb 14, 2005

THE LEFT REAR PASSENGER DOOR CAME OPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS MOVING. THERE WERE CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER TIED THE DOOR WITH DOME STRING. LATER, THE RIGHT PASSENGER DOOR OPENED. CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THE LATCHES ON BOTH DOORS WERE DEFECTIVE.*AK

NHTSA ID
10111487
Incident
Jan 17, 2005
Mileage
131,000 mi
Tires & wheels
Filed Jan 13, 2005

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE IRE BLEW. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND CHANGED THE TIRE. THE MANUFACTURE WAS NOTIFIED. THE CAUSE WAS NOT DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. GOODYEAR TIRE SIZE 18570R/14 PLEASE PROVIDE THE DOT NUMBER. *NM

NHTSA ID
10107326
Incident
Jul 13, 2004
Mileage
128,000 mi
Engine
Filed Nov 3, 2004
Fire reported

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

NHTSA ID
10100004
Incident
Nov 1, 2004
Airbags
Filed Nov 3, 1999

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

NHTSA ID
852497
Incident
Sep 15, 1996
Brakes
Filed Oct 12, 1999

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

NHTSA ID
850489
Incident
Sep 20, 1999

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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