1999 Mitsubishi Galant

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.

FRONT ROTORS KEEP WARPING AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF DRIVING. THIS STARTED A FEW MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED CAR IN 1999. DEALER TURNED ROTORS; HAD TO TAKE BACK IN A FEW MONTHS; TURNED ROTORS AGAIN. WARRANTY RAN OUT AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED BY ANOTHER AUTO SERVICE IN MAY OF 2000. AS OF OCT THEY NEED REPLACING AGAIN. DEALER TOOK CARE OF THIS AT NO COST. WHY ARE THESE ROTORS WEARING OUT SO QUICKLY. NEVER HAD A CAR DO THAT BEFORE.

ON FEBRUARY 4, 1999 AT 11,416 MILES, I COMPLAINED OF VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING. ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE RECEIPT, THE BRAKE ROTORS WERE RESURFACED. ON MAY 20, 1999, I COMPLAINED OF VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING THE MILEAGE AT THIS TIME WAS 19,394. ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE RECEIPT, THE FRONT ROTORS WERE REPLACED. AGAIN ON JULY 16, 1999, AT 26,975 MILES, I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR REPAIR A THIRD TIME FOR VIBRATION WHEN BRAKING. ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE RECEIPT, THE FRONT ROTORS WERE REPLACED AND THE REAR DRUMS RESURFACED. EACH TIME THE PROBLEM SUBSIDED FOR A WHILE BUT THEN RETURNED. ON SEPTEMBER 9-10, 1999, THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY INDICATED THAT THEY HAD RECEIVED A "TECHNICAL BULLETIN" WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM. THIS TIME, THEY REPLACED THE BRAKES AND ADDED SOME KIND OF BUSHINGS TO THE STEERING SYSTEM. NOW I AM EXPERIENCING A CONTINUOUS LOW-LEVEL VIBRATION AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS. IN ADDITION, ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, 1999, I BEGAN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH MY HEADLIGHTS. WHEN I USE MY LEFT TURN SIGNAL, THE LIGHTS AUTOMATICALLY GO TO "BRIGHT". IN ADDITION, THE HEADLIGHTS WILL NOT GO OFF WHEN THE SWITCH IS IN THE "OFF" POSITION.

VEHICLE LEASED ON 07 FEB 99; 1ST TIME IN SHOP FOR WARPED ROTORS - 14 APR 99 - ROTORS WERE MACHINED; 2ND TIME IN SHOP FOR WARPED ROTORS - JUN 99 - ROTORS WERE MACHINED; 3RD TIME IN SHOP FOR WARPED ROTORS - 18 AUG 99 - ROTORS ARE BEING REPLACED ON FRONT LEFT AND RIGHT AND ALSO BRAKE PADS THIS TIME - THEY WERE NOT REPLACED THE FIRST TWO TIMES; NOT A HAPPY CAMPER