Owner-reported complaints naming the suspension system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware. 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. 26 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.
The 25 most recent of 26, in the owner's own words
WHILE TRAVELING DOWN A DIRT ROAD GOING ABOUT 5 MPH THE LOWER CONTROL ARM BROKE NOT ANY OF THE RUBBER BOOTS THE CONTROL ARM ITSELF RUSTED AND BROKE.
DEFECTIVE LEFT LOWER CONTROL ARM ASSEMBLY. *JB
MY GALANT HAS HAD WHEEL VIBRATION PROBLEMS SINCE I PURCHASED IT BRAND NEW IN 2000. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP A COUNTLESS NUMBER OF TIMES TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. THEY ALWAYS TOLD ME THAT IT NEEDED TO BE BALANCED AND THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE THE ROTORS, PADS AND BUSHINGS ON THE FRONT PASSENGER WHEEL. I STILL HAD THE WHEEL VIBRATIONS AND CONTINUED TO ARGUE WITH THEM ABOUT THE PROBLEM WHILE LOOSING TIME AT WORK AND SPENDING MY WEEKEND MORNINGS AND AFTERNOONS AT THE DEALERSHIP. EVERY SIX MONTHS I'VE BEEN TAKING MY CAR TO GET THE TIRES BALANCED AND ALIGNED TO AT LEAST LIMIT THE VIBRATIONS TO A MINIMUM. THE CAR VIBRATES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND HAS MORE TIRE WEAR ON THE PASSENGER FRONT TIRE THAN ON THE REST OF THE CAR. 68,000 MILES AND 5 YEARS WITH ONLY 8 MORE PAYMENTS LEFT TO GO AND I FEEL THAT I'VE BEEN MISTREATED BY MITSUBISHI AFTER THIS BEING MY SECOND MITSUBISHI CAR. DUE TO MITSUBISHIS' POOR SERVICE AND UNWILLFULNESS TO HELP A 2 TIME BUYER OF THEIR CARS I AM NO LONGER LOYAL TO MITSUBISHI. I OWN A 1996 NISSAN ALTIMA THAT RUNS 2 TIMES BETTER THAN MY GALANT THAT I BOUGHT BRAND NEW IN 2000.
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.
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE WILL PULL TO BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. CONSUMER HAS CONTATED THE DEALER, DEALER YET TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED CONSISTENT BRAKE FAILURES, BRAKE ROTORS HAS BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES, BRAKES GRIND WHEN BEING PUSHED DOWN, CONSUMER STATES SHE HAS TO STEP ON THE BRAKE SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE PREPARING TO STOP. *JB
THERE IS A VIOLENT VIBRATION OF STEERING WHEEL WHEN VEHICLE IS TRAVELING ABOVE 50 MPH. ALL RECALLS HAVE BEEN REPAIRED IN VEHICLE, FRONT SUSPENSION WAS REDONE, REPLACED LOWER CONTROL ARMS/BALANCE DAND ROTATED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. DEALERSHIP JUST REPLACED FRONT TIRES, AND STATED THAT TIRES WERE CAUSING VIBRATION. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 60-65 MPH STEERING WHEEL WILL START VIBRATING AND FRONT OF VEHICLE FEELS LIKE IS GOING TO COME APART. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID THAT PROBLEM WAS WITH FRONT END.*AK
VEHICLE WANDERS OFF INTO ANOTHER LANE. ALSO, DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT RETRACTORS ARE IN BACKWARDS/THERE IS A GASOLINE LEAK FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE SHAKES AND VIBRATES WHEN TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY. *AK
VEHICLE WILL VIBRATE WHEN DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 50 MPH OR MORE WHICH COULD CAUSE LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.*AK DEALER CAN'T FIGURE OUT THE CAUSE. *YH
ROTORS WERE DEFECTIVE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE VIBRATED/ FRONT ENDS WAS MISALIGNED. AND TIRES WARPED. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO T DEALERSHIP FOUR OR MORE TIMES.*AK
NO SUMMARY
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY STEERING WILL BEGIN TO SHAKE AND VIBRATE SOMETIMES HARD, SOMETIMES NOTAT ALL. CONSUMER HAS EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS RECALL00V225001, TEAM MITSIBISHI SAYS THAT THEY HAVE THIS PROBLEM LISTED UNDER RECALLS.
STEERING VIBRATES WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE. THEN, VEHICLE WILL WONDER LEFT AND RIGHT INTERMITTENTLY. CONSUMER STATED THAT HE TALKED WITH DEALERSHIP, AND MECHANIC TOLD HIM THAT THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.*AK
STEERING WHEEL SHIMMIES WHENEVER VEHICLE REACHES 60 MPH OR MORE. VEHICLE BEEN HAS BEEN IN / OUT OF DEALER SHOP, AND PROBLEM STILL GOES UNRESOLVED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND UPON APPLYING BRAKES, FRONT END SHIMMIED AND SHOOK, ALMOST LOST CONTROL . CONTACTED DEALER, AND HE REPLACED THE ROTORS. A MONTH LATER, THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED, AND DEALER REPLACED TIRES/BUSHING, AND ROTORS. *AK
VEHICLE SHUTTERS SEVERLY WHEN BRAKING. DEALER RESURFACED THE ROTORS/CHANGED THE PADS & REPLACED LOWER CONTROL ARM. THE HIGHER THE SPEED THE MORE IT SHUTTERED. DEALER REPAIRED VEHICLE ON 6-05-2000 BECAUSE IT WAS SPQUEAKING & PULSATING. WHEN VEHICLE WAS PICKED UP, IT WAS DOING THE SAME THING. *AK
EITHER WHEN DRIVING OR BRAKING THE CAR BEGINS TO SHAKE. *AK
WHEN TRAVELING AT 65 MPH CAR TENDS TO PULL TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT. WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 30MPH AND SLOWING DOWN, THE CAR VIBRATES. *AK
BATTERY FAILED IN THE FIRST YEAR OF OWNERSHIP. MJS
TIRES ARE SHAKING DUE TO LUGS:NUTS BEING TOO LOOSE. ALSO, REAR OF VEHICLE IS TOO LOW/ BRAKES HAVE BEEN REPAIRED FIVE TIMES, AND THE ODOMETER ISN'T WORKING. *AK
FRONT PASSENGER'S SEAT BELTS WOULD NOT RETRACT BUT HALF WAY & THEN LOCK UP. WOULD NOT RETRACT TO ORIGINAL POSITION AFTER LOCKING UP. VEHICLE WOULD ALSO SHAKE WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. VEHCLE DRIFTS HARD TO THE RIGHT AT ANY SPEED. THE TIRES NEEDED ALIGNMENT. HAD TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP ONLY ONCE FOR PROBLEMS. *AK
STEERING WHEEL SHAKES WHEN DRIVEN OVER 65 MPH OR OVER. *AK
I NOTICED A VIBRATION DURING BRAKE APPLICATION AND AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I HAD THE TIRES ROTATED, THEN BALANCED THEN FRONT ROTORS TURNED, THEN FRONT ROTORS REPLACED, THEN FRONT WHEELS RE-BALANCED. I WAS THEN TOLD OF A "NEW" SERVICE BULLITEN COVERING THE FRONT END LOWER SWING ARM REPLACEMENT. AFTER WORKING ON MY VEHICLE AN ENTIRE DAY (FOLLOWING WAITING A MONTH TO GET THE PART AND SCHEDULE MX) I WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR ALREADY HAS THE "NEW" BUSHING AND THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT. NOW I HEAR A "CLANG" IN THE FRONT END WHEN DECELERATING OR ACCELERATING AND CAN FEEL IT THROUGH THE STEERING WHEEL. AND OF COURSE, THE FRONT END STILL VIBRATES AT HIGH WAY SPEEDS.
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE IS PULLING TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT. ALSO, AND THERE IS SOME KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. *AK
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