Consumer Complaint Detail

MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN / GALANT / 1996

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005048478 Incident Date: Jun, 30 2005
Consumer's City: TROY Consumer's State: NY
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: MITSUBISHI CARIBBEAN
Model Name: GALANT Model Year: 1996
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Suspension:front:control arm:lower ball joint
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 4A3AJ46GXTE Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Nov, 28 2005 Complaint Type: LETR
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 30 2000
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Both ball joints on the consumers 1996 mitsubishi galant failed, breaking the drive axle. *ts after doing some research, the consumer discovered a recall had been issued for the ball joints. the consumer never received any type of notification. the consumer was told by the manufacturer that the recall work had already been done, however that proved to be not true and since then the manufacturer has agreed to pay for the cost of the ball joint, but nothing else which would be a little over 200.00, however the total cost of the repair bills were close to 1000.00. *jb