Consumer Complaint Detail
MITSUBISHI / GALANT / 2000
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 002093963 | Incident Date: Jun, 04 2002 |
| Consumer's City: PALM SPRINGS | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. |
| Model Name: GALANT | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Exterior lighting:turn signal:switch |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 4A3AA46L4YE | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jun, 05 2002 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Oct, 31 2099 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: This galant has a defective column switch lever that controls lights, turn signals and wipers. there was a recall on this item with a nhtsa campaign id number of 99v305001. whereas, the lever fails causing the directional lamps to not self-cancel or operate, head lamps that do not turn off which causes the battery to die and windshield washers that operate continuosly or do not turn off. dealer is supposed to replace the defective lever with a redisidned switch. the recall supposedly only affected galants built between 05/1998 to 10/1999. my galant was manufactured, according to mitsubishi, in 11/1999. it is apparent that they continued to use this defective part past the 10/1999 cutoff date. the dealer and mitsubishi have said that i must pay for the repair of this defective part. i am asking the nhtsa to investigate this dangerous defect further and extend the recall coverage to all 2000 galant vehicles regardless of manufacturing date.*ak |