Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1999 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
ALTERNATOR AND WIRE HARNESS CAUGHT ON FIRE ON MY 1999 MITSUBISHI GALANT. HARNESS AND ALTERNATOR PLUG WERE TOTALLY BURNT. HAD TO REPLACE BOTH AT MY COST. ALSO HAD TO REPLACE RADIATOR WHILE AT THE SHOP. LOST 1 DAY OF WORK DUE TO THIS. *TR
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 45 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THE VEHICLE SHUDDERED AND HAD WORSENED OVER TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A POWER FLUSH PERFORMED, ALL RELATED FILTERS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER EXPRESSED THAT IF PROBLEMS CONTINUED, THE TORQUE CONVERTER WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE NECESSARY WORK WAS PERFORMED, BUT THE PROBLEMS WORSENED.
THIRD WATER PUMP GONE ON THIS VEHICLE.*AK
THE INSURED STATED THAT ALL THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH STARTED BLINKING, HE THEN PUT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK AND TURNED OFF THE ENGINE, THEN SMOKE BEGAN COMING FROM THE HOOD, THE INSURED OPENED THE HOOD AND THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE.*JB(CLAIM#30-V201-876)
WHILE DRIVING, SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM UNDER THE DASH, AND EVENTUALLY THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, THERE WAS ONE INJURY.*JB(CLAIM#04-1292-070)
VEHICLE WILL STALL WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. HERE IS NO INDICATION ON DASHBOARD OF ANY PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF SITUATION. *AK
THERMOSTAT STUCK CAUSING ENGINE OVERHEATING. ALSO, AC RUNS COLD AND THEN WARM IN CITY DRIVING. ON THE HIGHWAY IT IS COLD. A SEVERE VIBRATION OCCURS IN CITY DRIVING WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER ON ALSO. I HAVE TO TURN THE AIR OFF TO MAKE IT QUIT. I CONTACTED THE DEALER ABOUT BOTH OF THESE PROBLEMS AND BECAUSE IT IS NOT UNDER 36K MILES THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT IT.
VEHICLE OVERHEATED AND THERE WAS BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH. ALSO, TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS LEAKING.*AK
VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY, DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED REPAIR ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WITH NO SUCCESS. NLM
WHEN CONSUMER APPLIES BRAKES VEHICLE SHAKES. ALSO, RADIATOR WAS LEAKING AND VEHICLE STALLING. CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 40MPH IN TRAFFIC AND SOMEONE HAD CUT IN FRONTOF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. WHEN SHE APPLIED BRAKES VEHICLE STARTED TO SHAKING OUT OF CONTROL AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL AND HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HER.*AK
ALL LIGHTS ON THE DASH STARTED BLINKING, CONSUMER PUT VEHICLE INTO PARK AND TURNED OFF ENGINE, SMOKE CAME OUT AND CONSUMER OPENED THE HOOD AND SAW FLAMES, CLAIM 30-V201-876. *SLC
ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT ON FIRE FOR NO APPARENT REASON AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. CURRENTLY, THE INSURANCE COMPANY IS INVESTIGATING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR NEARLY AN HOUR A FIRE STARTED WITHIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
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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