Consumer Complaint Detail
MITSUBISHI / GALANT / 2000
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006072756 | Incident Date: Jun, 29 2006 |
| Consumer's City: BATON ROUGE | Consumer's State: LA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. |
| Model Name: GALANT | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Unknown or other |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 4A3AA46G1YE | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 24 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Nov, 30 1999 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I am the original owner of a 2000 black mitsubishi galant. the paint started fading within four years of owning this vehicle. i brought the vehicle to a local mitsubishi dealership who admitted a defect in the paint on the 2000-2001 mitsubishi galants. as such, the local mitsubishi dealer agreed to paint the vehicle on or about 2005. however, mitsubishi would only approve painting the specific areas which were faded horribly (the hood and trunk which were the first areas that began to fade), although all of the original paint on the vehicle was defective. about a year after the local mitsubishi dealership painted the hood and trunk, all of the other areas on the vehicle are now fading horribly. mitsubishi has denied any responsibility due to the fact that my vehicle has 107k miles on it -- although they were only willing to correct the defective paint in part when they were aware of the defective paint. mitsubishi should have known that remainder of the original defective paint on the vehicle would fade similar to the areas on the hood and trunk. i was not aware of any limits or restrictions by mitsubishi for correcting the defective paint on the 2001 galant models. it is not unreasonable that a prudent buyer expect from a reputable and ethical manufacturer an implied guarantee that the original paint on the vehicle will not completely fade away after 5-6 years of ownership. (the only areas of the vehicle that no longer have the original paint are the areas painted by the local mitsubishi dealership - the hood and trunk). the trunk and hood are the only areas not turning white. *jb |