2005 Mitsubishi Galant Complaints

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED, ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE TIMES THE ABS/TCL (TRACTION CONTROL) HAS DISENGAGED WITHOUT WARNING. EACH OCCURRENCE WAS AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. THE DEALER'S SERVICE TECHNICIANS HAVE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. UPDATED 8/9/2006 - THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT DISENGAGES WHILE AT SPEED WITH OR WITHOUT CRUISE CONTROL ON, THE CONSUMER FEELS THAT THE ABS SYSTEM IS ALSO AT QUESTION. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DID A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK. THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF CORROSION, DTC'S AND ALL PCM'S WERE OK. THE PASSENGER REAR DOOR MAKES NOISE WHEN OPENING.*NM

MY SON BECAME TRAPPED IN THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELT OF MY 05 GALANT WHILE DRIVING. I PULLED OVER TO RELEASE THE SEAT BELT AND IT REFUSED TO UNLOCK. EVERY ATTEMPT TO REMOVE MY SON FROM THE SEAT BELT CAUSED HIS BREATHING TO BE FURTHER CUT OFF, AT WHICH TIME WE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO CUT HIM OUT OF THE SEAT BELT. *JB

NOTHING EXTRAORDINARY LEADING UP TO THIS FAILURE BUT ON THE MORNING OF OCT 4TH I WAS DRIVING MY 2005 MITSUBISHI GALANT LS AT 55 MPH AND EXPERIENCED A TOTAL POWER STEERING FAILURE. FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN AND PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. I THEN OPENED THE HOOD AND THERE WAS A FLUID COVERING THE UNDERSIDE OF THE HOOD. I CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND A TOW TRUCK WAS DISPATCHED TO PICKUP THE VEHICLE AND DELIVER IT TO A MITSUBISHI DEALERSHIP, WHICH HAPPENED TO BE METRO MITSUBISHI IN BLOOMINGTON MINNESOTA. NOT THAT A STATEMENT BY A TOW TRUCK DRIVER IS LAW BUT HE MENTIONED THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME HE HAS SEEN THIS ISSUE AND THAT IT WAS HIS BELIEF THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE AS A RESULT OF THIS ISSUE. METRO MITSUBISHI CALLED ME A FEW HOURS LATER TO NOTIFY ME THAT IT WAS INDEED A STEERING PUMP FAILURE AND THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET REPLACEMENT PARTS UNTIL THE NEXT DAY WHICH MEANT THAT I WAS NOW WITHOUT A VEHICLE BECAUSE THIS VEHICL...

VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED TWICE AT TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS FOR SAME PROBLEM. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN TWO SEPARATE DEALERSHIPS FOR REPAIR FOR APPROX. 40 DAYS TOTAL. SELLING DEALERSHIP, PALM SPRINGS MITSUBISHI, HAS REFUSED TO REPLACE VEHICLE AS REQUESTED. *NM

BOUGHT A NEW MITSUBISHI GALANT 2005. AT ABOUT 150 MILES DURING THE BREAK IN PERIOD I STARTED TO NOTICE A VIBRATION IN THE FRONT. AFTER THE BREAK IN PERIOD WHEN I COULD TAKE IT TO A HIGHER SPEED I ALSO NOTICED A DISTINCT SHIMMY IN THE STEERING WHEEL. THE VIBRATION IS VERY PRONOUNCED BETWEEN 70 AND 80 MPH. AT THIS SPEED THE VIBRATION IS NOTICEABLE ON JUST ABOUT ANY ROAD SURFACE. THE VIBRATION IS FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY AND IN THE SEAT OF THE PANTS VIBRATION EMANATING FROM THE FRONT. THE COMPLAINT WAS INITIALLY ADDRESSED BY THE MITSUBISHI DEALER BY NOTING THAT TWO TIRES WERE OUT OF BALANCE AND RE-BALANCING. THIS DID NOT WORK. THEN THE VEHICLE WAS SENT TO A TIRE SPECIALIST WHERE A ROAD BALANCE WAS DONE AND ONE TIRE WHEEL COMBINATION THAT COULD NOT BE BALANCED THE TIRE WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY THROUGH YOKOHAMA. THE PROBLEM DID NOT GO AWAY. MITSUBISHI WAS CONTACTED AND THE REGIONAL MANAGER FOR MITSUBISHI ORDERED TO REPLACE THE YOKOHAMA TIRES WITH MICHELIN. I ALLOWED A BREAK IN P...