Consumer Complaint Detail

MITSUBISHI / GALANT / 2001

Recalls
2 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 002213682 Incident Date: Mar, 07 2002
Consumer's City: Consumer's State: TN
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Model Name: GALANT Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Air bags
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 2
Vehicle's VIN#: 4A3AA56HX1E Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: May, 11 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Aug, 03 2002
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Me and my wife were driving about 45 miles an hour when the rear end of my car started sliding i try to correct the fish tale but the driver rear tire and rim folded under the car which cause the car to flip several times no airbags deployed the car was so crushed i had to dig down into the ditch to free myself from the car upon taking a closer look i realized the sway bar had pulled apart from both sides of the rear of the car also the main support of the rear suspension had broken in too therefore causing the car to flip we could have easily died in this crash and 2 year old and our 6 month old would have no parents. *nlm