1999 Mitsubishi Galant

WE TOOK DELIVERY OF OUR CAR ON 2/25/99. IT WAS TAKEN INTO THE DEALER SERVICE DEPT ON 5/12/99 WITH BAD VIRBRATION IN THE STEERING UPON BRAKING. THEY SAID THE ROTORS AND BUSHINGS WERE BAD AND REPLACED THEM. 2 MOS LATER, BACK AGAIN WITH SAME PROBLEM. SAME THING DONE AGAIN TO FIX. WE HAVE TAKEN THE CAR BACK 5 TIMES FOR THE EXACT SAME THING. THE PROBLEM KEEPS RETURNING AFTER ABOUT 2000 MILES EACH TIME, THEY REPLACE THE SAME THING. I HAVE CONTACTED MITSUBISHI AND THE DEALER PETE MOORE, NO RESPONSE. I AM AFRAID THERE IS SOMETHING VERY WRONG WITH THIS CAR. I HAVE FOUND ON THE INTERNET WHERE MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM AND THEY ALSO HAVE TAKEN THEIR CARS IN AND THE EXACT SAME REPAIRS ARE DONE OVER AND OVER. SOMETHING IS WRONG HERE. SOMETHING THAT COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. NO ONE WANTS TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SOME OF THESE CARS. THEY CAN'T FIX IT FOR GOOD. THE PROBLEM CREEPS BACK WITHIN A COUPLE THOUSAND MILES. NOW I KNOW I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE OUT THERE WITH THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE, I BELIEVE THIS COULD BE A SAFETY HAZARD. I AM AFRAID TO TRAVEL. I AM AFRAID THE WHAT IF WHAT EVER IS WRONG WITH THIS CAR THAT THEY CANNOT FIND, WHAT IF IT BREAKS. WHAT WILL HAPPEN. WILL I BE ABLE TO STOP, TO STEER? WILL I LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR? SOMETHING IS BAD WRONG HERE. I FEEL THIS REALLY NEEDS TO BE CHECKED OUT. THANK YOU.*AK

UPON BREAKING FROM BOTH LOW AND HIGHWAY SPEEDS, TREMENDOUS VIBRATION IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND BRAKE PEDAL. HAVE HAD BRAKES CHECKED BY 3 DIFFERENT DEALERS ON NUMEROUS OCCASSIONS, THE LAST TIME REQUIRING REPLACEMENT OF THE ROTORS AND PRBLEM STILL EXISTS/RETURNED. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEED (LESS THAN 15 MILES/HOURS) THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WITHOUT ANY INDICATION REQUIRING A TOTAL REPLACEMENT JUST BARELY PAST MFG WARRANTY EXPPIRED.

AT BRAKING, THE STEERING STARTS TO SHAKE. AT TIMES I HAVE GONE THROUGH A RED LIGHT BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP, YOU APPLY THE BRAKE BUT THERE IS JUST NOTHING THERE, OTHER TIMES BECAUSE OF THE SHAKING , IT FEELS LIKE THE CAR IS GOING TO COME APART I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALER FOR THE SAME PROBLEM 4 DIFFERENT TIMES. EACH TIME THEY SURFACE THE ROTORS, AND CHANGE THE PADS. BUT AFTER 2 OR 3 DAYS THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. THE EXCUSES THAT I GET FORM THE DEALER VARIES FROM THAT THERE IS TOO MUCH HEAT IN FLORIDA OR THAT I DRIVE THROUGH PUDDLES OR EVEN ONE TIME THEY HAD THE ODASITY OF TELLING ME THAT NOR I OR MY WIFE KNEW HOW TO DRIVE AND THAT WE WERE DESTROYING THE BRAKES. IN JUNE OF 2000 I SAW THE SAL;ESPERSON THAT SOLD ME THE CAR AND HE CONFESSED TO ME THAT THE GALANT HAS THIS PROBLEM BUT THAT NOT EVEN THE MANUFACTURE KNOWS WHAT IT IS. *AK

BRAKES BEGAN MAKING A LOUD VIBRATIONAL WHINING OR "WINDING DOWN" SOUND WHENEVER BRAKES WERE APPLIED. SOMETIMES THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD PULL IF THE STOP WAS ABRUPT. AT FIRST VISIT TO DEALER, PROBLEM WAS DENIED. FOUR MORE SUBSEQUENT VISITS RESULTED IN REPLACEMENT OF PADS, ROTORS, AND EVEN WHEEL HUBS. LAST REPAIR WAS AT 19 OR 20,000 MILES; NOISE BEGAN TO RETURN AS THE VEHICLE ODOMETER TURNED 22,000. DEALER WOULD NOT OFFER SATISFACTION; I SOLD THE CAR, SUSPECTING THAT THIS WOULD BE A RECURRING PROBLEM FOR THE LIFE OF THE CAR. I HAD SAFETY CONCERNS AS WELL AS THE ANNOYANCE OF REPEATED REPAIRS.