Consumer Complaint Detail

MITSUBISHI / GALANT / 1996

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 999096338 Incident Date: Sep, 04 1999
Consumer's City: SPARTA Consumer's State: MO
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Model Name: GALANT Model Year: 1996
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, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Dec, 15 1999 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Apr, 30 1999
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: My wife was stopped at a traffic light, tried to take off, but nothing. transmission was gone. dealer said things sometimes happen. manufacturer said warranty was out at 60,000mi. estimate was at $2600. shop said it could not be rebuilt. they tried to blame on us and said it was over full on fluid. we've never put one drop in and even if it was over full it would not cause transmission to seize up in a matte of seconds. we had the car five months when this happened. i am very angry at the dealership and the mfg. for not disclosing this transmission problem. when i asked if this was a common problem they said, "oh, no"! *ak