Consumer Complaint Detail

MITSUBISHI / GALANT / 1996

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 000059280 Incident Date: Nov, 16 2000
Consumer's City: MOUNT JOY Consumer's State: PA
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Model Name: GALANT Model Year: 1996
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Vehicle speed control:accelerator pedal
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 4A3AJ56G9TE Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 17 2000 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 31 1999
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: While driving on the highway at about 50mph accelerator stuck and could not be pulled up or jiggled loose. the engine as a result was revving in the red zone for about a minute while it was decided to put the car into neutral, brake, pull over & turn the car off. the car was stopped a mere 100 yards from a traffic jam due to construction. this could have led t o a fatal accident had nathan not had the presence of mind to do what he did. this car was bought for the safety of my wife and children; luckily they were not in the car when this happened as my wife stated she would not have known to shift into neutral, and would have probably ended up crashing. the shop where the car was taken stated that the cables were frozen and it was due to manufacturers defect. *ak