Consumer Complaint Detail
MITSUBISHI / GALANT / 1994
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007114790 | Incident Date: Jul, 26 2007 |
| Consumer's City: TAYLORSVILLE | Consumer's State: KY |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. |
| Model Name: GALANT | Model Year: 1994 |
| 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#: 4A3AJ56G4RE | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 07 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: The wheel of my daughter's mitsubishi galant fell off! while pulling into the driveway at our home, the galant's ball joint on the lower lateral control arm failed. the ball joint pulled out of the socket and the transaxle pulled out of the transmission. this resulted in the wheel falling against the wheel well (literally falling off the car!) there was no grease in the ball joint socket. thankfully, this occurred at a very low rate of speed. if it had happened on the expressway, it would have definitely caused a serious accident! this 1994 galant has only 86,000 miles on it, and has no open recalls. my daughter had taken this vehicle to a certified mechanic about a week before the incident because she sometimes heard a grinding noise coming from the wheel area. the shop wrongly diagnosed the problem as tie rod ends. they said there were no immediate safety concerns. *jb |