Consumer Complaint Detail

MITSUBISHI / GALANT / 1999

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 999034293 Incident Date: Jan, 31 1999
Consumer's City: POUGHKEEPSIE Consumer's State: NY
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Model Name: GALANT Model Year: 1999
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 19 2000 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Nov, 30 1998
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Transmission upshifts and downshifts very abruptly banging severly on each shift. took to dealer ,was told shifting was normal.problem got worse , took to another dealership (20,000 mi) ,was told computor needed reprograming and repaired.somewhat remedied problembut as time went on problem reoccured.again was told this was normal shifting and nothing more could be done. took to transmission specalist was told shift patterns were not right and the abuse to this point will definility affect the life of this system. trying to get satisfaction from mits. without much success. *ak