1991 Mitsubishi Galant

RECALL # 98V168001 POWER TRAIN: TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE) DEALER STATED THAT RECALL WORK WAS PERFORMED SOME TIME AGO. EVEN THOUGH RECALL WORK WAS PERFORMED CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING LEAKS AND NOISES COMING FROM THE TRANSFER CASE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP ABOUT A MONTH AGO. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT THE TRANSFER CASE WAS SHOT, MEANING THAT IT WAS EMPTY. *AK

I WAS TOLD BY A NHTSA CONSELOR THAT I HAD TO FILL OUT THIS FORM TO SOLVE MY PROBLEM. I HAVE A 1991 MITUBISHIU GALANT VR4 . THIS VEHICAL HAS AN AWD DRIVETRAION . TO MY KNOWLAGE ALL MITUBISHI VEHICALS WITH THIS FEATURE BETWEEN 1990 TO 1998 WERE RECALLED. I PERSONALY KNOW ABOUT 40 OTHER 1991 MITUBISHI GALANT OWNERS WHO HAD THE RECALL PERFORMED. FOR SOME REASON THEY (THE MANUFACTURER ) REFUSED MY VIN # . I HAVE DOCUMENTATION FROM A PREVIOUSE DEALER THAT MY DIFIRENTIAL WAS DAMAGED AND IS LEAKING. THIS WAS TOLD TO ME BEFORE I KNEW ABOUT THE RECALL. I WAS GOING TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR BUT WAS INFORMED BY YOUR WEB SITE THAT MY VEHICAL WAS (?) PART OF THE RECALL. I BELIEVE THAT MITUBISHI REALISED THAT MY VEHIVAL WILL REQUIRE THE REPLACED DIFFIRENTIAL AND THAT IS WHY THEY ARE DENINING IT. ANY INFO THAT I COULD GIVE THEM TO PERSUADE THEM INTO PERFORMING (JUST THE INSPECTION ) WOULD BE GREAT. THEY HAVE REFUSED TO EVEN LOOK AT MY CAR UNDER THE RECALL. *AK

I BOUGHT A 1991 MITSUBISHI GALANT LS 4DR FROM A LOCAL DEALER(YORKTOWN MITSUBISHI, NEW YORK) 4 MONTHS AGO. A FEW DAYS AGO WHILE DRIVING MY CAR, THE ECU UNIT (ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE) BURNED OUT AND ALL OF THE POWER IN THE CAR SUBSEQUENTLY SHUT OFF. KEEP IN MIND THAT THE FUSE DID NOT BLOW WHEN THIS HAPPENED WHICH INDICATES THAT IT WAS THE PART ITSELF WHICH MALFUNCTIONED AND NOT SOME OTHER ELECTRICAL SOURCE. IT WAS A GOOD THING THAT I WAS NOT DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN REAL TROUBLE. ANYWAY, AFTER TAKING WITH SEVERAL DEALERS, I WAS TOLD THAT THE "ECUS" "HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO GO (BURN OUT)". THE DEMAND FOR THIS PART IS VERY AS WELL AS THE PRICE $800 WHILE THE SUPPLY IS VERY LOW. A COUPLE OF DEALERS TOLD ME THAT SEVERAL CUSTOMERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM, REPLACED THE UNIT WITH A NEW ONE AND IT BURN OUT AGAIN, SOME OF THEM TWICE MORE. SINCE THIS PROBLEM HAS OCURRED TO SEVERAL OTHERS AND PRESENTS SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN, I DEEM IT NECESSARILY WORTHY OF AN INVESTIGATION OF SOME SORT , PERHAPS LEADING TO A RECALL. *AK

TRANSFER CASE LOCKS UP REAR WHEELS, CAUSING A 75 FOOT SKID. THE CAR WAS TOWED BY FLATBED TO STOHLMAN 6/1/99. THE DAMAGE WAS ASSESSED, AND IS STILL AT STOHLMAN DUE TO LACK OF PARTS FROM MITSUBISHI. I HAVE CALLED TO GET AN ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE FROM SERVICE MGR. GARY BEAVERS, BUT HE WILL NOT GIVE ME ONE. I FIND THIS HIGHLY UNACCEPTABLE, ESPECIALLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED HAD I BEEN DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN THIS COMPONENT FAILED. I HAVE CONTACTED MITSUBISHI CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE DEALERSHIP TO TRY AND SECURE A RENTAL VEHICLE OR A LOANER VEHICHLE TO NO AVAIL. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AT MY HOME NUMBER OR MY CELLULAR NUMBER (CELL 703.973.7016) *AK