1994 Mitsubishi Galant Problems

THE WHEEL OF MY DAUGHTER'S MITSUBISHI GALANT FELL OFF! WHILE PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY AT OUR HOME, THE GALANT'S BALL JOINT ON THE LOWER LATERAL CONTROL ARM FAILED. THE BALL JOINT PULLED OUT OF THE SOCKET AND THE TRANSAXLE PULLED OUT OF THE TRANSMISSION. THIS RESULTED IN THE WHEEL FALLING AGAINST THE WHEEL WELL (LITERALLY FALLING OFF THE CAR!) THERE WAS NO GREASE IN THE BALL JOINT SOCKET. THANKFULLY, THIS OCCURRED AT A VERY LOW RATE OF SPEED. IF IT HAD HAPPENED ON THE EXPRESSWAY, IT WOULD HAVE DEFINITELY CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT! THIS 1994 GALANT HAS ONLY 86,000 MILES ON IT, AND HAS NO OPEN RECALLS. MY DAUGHTER HAD TAKEN THIS VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE THE INCIDENT BECAUSE SHE SOMETIMES HEARD A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE WHEEL AREA. THE SHOP WRONGLY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS TIE ROD ENDS. THEY SAID THERE WERE NO IMMEDIATE SAFETY CONCERNS. *JB

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

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

THE AIR BAGS DID NOT OPEN DURING MY AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT IT WAS PRACTICALLY A HEAD ON COLLISION AND I WAS GOING AT A SPEED OF 45 MPH IT WAS A GOOD THING I WAS WEARING MY SEATBELT OR I WOULD HAVE GONE RIGHT THROUGH THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. *AK

THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN A REAR END ACCIDENT. THE CAR HAS BEEN TOTALED WITH NO EXPLANATION OF WHY THE BRAKES FAILED.*AK

CONSUMER HAS PROBLEMS WITH BRAKES/CLUTCH AND STEERING WHEEL. SHE SAID THAT STEERING WHEEL WANDERED ON IT'S OWN. WHEN APPLYING BRAKES BRAKE PEDAL STAYED UP HIGH, AND ON OTHER TIMES, BRAKES PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. EVERY SIX MONTHS, SHE HAD TO REPLACE BRAKES. ALSO, CLUTCH STUCK, AND MOVED INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC TOLD HER THAT PROBLEM CANNOT BE DUPLICATED. *AK

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

AFTER MAKING WIDE LEFT TURNS THE CLUTCH PEDAL GOES VERY SOFT. NEEDS TO LIFT UP WITH FOOT THEN IT OK UNTILL NEXT WIDE LET TURN. ALMOST CAUSED A FATAL ACCIDENT ONCE.*AK

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

I BOUGHT MY 94 MITSUBISHI GALANT IN DECEMBER OF 1998. THE FIRST TIME MY ALTERNATOR BELT BROKE WAS AUGUST OF 1999. SINCE THEN MY BELT HAS BEEN REPLACED 12 TIMES (7 TIMES THE BELT WAS REPLACED BY A MECHANIC). MOST OF THE TIME, MY HUSBAND OR MYSELF HAVE BEEN DRIVING WHEN THE BELT BRAKES LEAVING US STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE BELT ALSO SQUEAKS REALLY BAD. I'VE TRIED TO GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED, BUT NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT IS CAUSING IT TO SQUEAK. I'VE HAD ALTERNATOR'S REPLACED, BELTS REPLACED, AND THE PULLEY ADJUSTED. NONE OF IT WORKED, BUT I STILL HAD TO PAY FOR IT. PLEASE HELP ME.*AK

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

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

THE BALL JOINT TO DRIVER'S SIDE BROKE WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN ROAD AT 50MPH, THE CAR VEERED TO LEFT AND SKIDDED ABOUT 500 FEET BEFORE I COULD GET VEHICLE TO STOP. WHEN I DID THE DRIVER TIRE WAS PERPENDICULAR TO THE CAR AND THE BASE OF MOTOR WAS RESTING ON THE GROUND. AFTER MITSIBUSHI REPAIRED THE BALL JOINT AND HALF SHAFT THAT ALSO BROKE. I TRANSPORTED IT TO OCALA FLORIDA FROM ODESSA TEXAS ON A CAR CARRIER SINCE THAT POINT I HAVE LEARNED ALL 4 MOTOR MOUNTS WERE BROKEN. I CONTACTED MITSIBUSHI BECAUSE IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT FOR ALL 4 TO BREAK SUBSTANTIAL TRAUMA WOULD HAVE HAD TO OCCUR, THE CAR HAS NOT OTHER TRAUMA EXCEPT THE WRECK IN ODESSA WHEN THE BALL JOINT SNAPPED. MITSIBUSHI TOLD ME TO TAKE IT TO A LOCAL DEALER HERE, I DID AND NOW THEY ARE DECLINING TO FIX MOTOR MOUNTS THAT I CONTEND WERE BROKEN DURING THAT WRECK. I HAVE A COMPLETE FILE OF EVENTS AND RECEIPTS AND NAMES I WOULD LIKE TO SEND VIA MAIL TO YOUR ASSOCIATION IF POSSIBLE PLEASE PROVIDE ME WITH A MAILING ADDRESS SO I CAN FULLY EXPLAIN THE SITUATION AND PROVIDE THE PROOF I HAVE RELATING TO THE ENTIRE SITUATION. I HAVE BEEN SO FINANCIALLY AND EMOTIONALLY STRAINED ON THIS INCIDENT THAT I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR SINCE 8 DAYS AFTER I PURCHASED IT USED, BUT PURCHASED TO HAVE RELIABLE TRANSPORTATION AND YET I HAVE HAD MORE UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS CAR THAN ANYTHING ALL RELATED T A BALL JOINT RECALL. THANKS SINCERELY [XXX]. *AK PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

WHILE DRIVING THE POWER DOOR LOCKS WOULD GO UP AND DOWN, ALSO SOMETIMES THE DOOR LOCKS WOULD NOT LOCK OR UNLOCK. *YH

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

THE DRIVERS SEAT BELT WILL NOT REMAIN LOCKED WHEN FASTENED. NLM

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

PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDOW DID NOT WORK. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY FIXED IT. WHEN CONSUMER GOT HOME IT STOPPED WORKING AGAIN. *AK

THE POWER WINDOWS REGULATORS ON THREE OF MY FOUR WINDOWS HAVE MALFUNCTIONED RENDERING THEM NON-OPERATIONAL.*AK

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

WHILE DRIVING LOWER BALL JOINTS COLLAPSED AND FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE TURNED OUTWARD. ALSO, AXLE CAME LOOSE. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN. VEHICLE WAS UNDER RECALL, BUT HAS NOT BEEN SERVICED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, THE LEFT REAR DOOR WILL SWING OPEN AND WILL NOT LOCK OR SHUT.*AK *JB

LOCKS WILL SOMETIMES UNLOCK OR LOCK BY THEMSELVES. *AK

PURCHASED 3 TIRES JUNE 18TH 2016. BY THE END OF THE DAY MY SPARE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY EMPTY I TOOK IT BACK AND HAD A NEW ONE PUT BACK ON IT. JUNE 19TH THE TIRE THAT WAS PUT ON MY CAR ALSO WENT FLAT WHILE SITTING IN A PARKING LOT. I DECIDED TO FILE THIS FORMAL COMPLAINT DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY REFUSED TO GIVE ME A REFUND OF $30 FOR THE BAD TIRE. ALSO DUE TO THE FACT THAT TWO OF THE THREE TIRES PURCHASED TWO WENT FLAT AND LESS THAN 48 HOURS OF PURCHASE DATE.

WHILE DRIVING THE WHEEL FELL OFF THE AXLE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SPIN OUT OF CONTROL CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE, POSSIBLY RELATED TO RECALL (SR-99-002) WHICH WAS ISSUED AFTER THE INCIDENT. *MJS

VEHICLE IS SHOWING SAME SYMPTOMS AS INDICATED IN NHTSA RECALL 98V212000, BUT VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. BRAKE LAMPS WILL NOT COME ON WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS APPLIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

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

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?

AIR CONDITIONER BELT BROKE AND DAMAGED TIMING BELT AND OTHER PARTS.

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

FRONT TIRES WEAR ON THE INSIDE. *AK

ACCELERATOR CABLE SHEARED CAUSING UNCONTROLABLE ACCELERATION RESULTING IN ACCIDENT. MJS

SUDDEN ACCELERATION.

FUEL ODOR COMES THRU A/C VENTS WHEN A/C IS ON, O RING WAS LEAKING. TT