Owner-reported complaints naming the electrical system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the electrical system — wiring, battery, charging, control modules, infotainment and electrical accessories. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1994 Mitsubishi Galant submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 13 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
DT: CALLER SAYS THE CAR STALLED AT ANY SPEED. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING. DEALER COULD NOT FIND WHAT WAS WRONG WITH VEHICLE. THEY COULD NOT REPLACE PARTS UNTIL THEY FIND THE ONE THAT WORKED MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED YET. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TWICE. *AK
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
I HAVE MITSHIBUSHI AND I WILL NEVER EVER EVER BUY ANY PRODUCT FROM THEM AGAIN. *AK
THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF THE CAR FAILED WHICH INCLUDED NO POWER TO THE WINDOWS SUNROOF DOORS AND THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM KEPT COMING ON SHOWING A FAILURE IN THE SYSTEM
MAJOR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS DOORS WILL LOCK ON YOU WHILE IN CAR, SOMETIMES CAR WILL NOT WORK AT ALL. *AK
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
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.
VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED TWO BRAKE FAILURES, THE DEALERSHIP CAN NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES.
WHEN THE STEERING COLUMN WAS IN THE LOCK POSITION THE VEHICLE WAS OFF AND THE WIRNING HARNESS WAS RUBBING AGAINST THE DASHBOARD, CAUSING AN ELECTRICAL SHORT, RESULTING IN A FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN. *AK
ELECTRICAL SHORT, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO CATCH FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.*AK
3 HOUR AFTER PARKING THE CAR, NOICED FIRE COMING FROM BATTERY AREA, FIRE DEPT SAID FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL RELATED. *AK
VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY DUE TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.
VEHICLE STALLS OUT WHILE DRIVING, DEALER CANNOT LOCATE THE PROBLEM. TT
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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