10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
0 miles

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problem #5

Jun 102002

Galant 4-cyl

  • Manual transmission
  • miles
The engine has an uneven idle and hesistates at 2200 RPM. Four lifters were replaced under warranty at 23K miles. The engine was remanufactured under warranty to fix an oil consumption problem at 28K miles. The car now has 75K miles and is again burning oil at 1 quart/1K miles. The caster alignment is off by 1.2 degrees and cannot be fixed. The front bumper is falling off because the thin metal plate that holds it on has rusted off. The horn has stopped working seven different times, due to a problem with the ground and wiring in general.

- Brighton, MA, USA

problem #4

Nov 042002

Galant

  • miles
While driving at high speed the engine shut down causing lost of power steering. Please feel free to add any additional information.

- Rosedale, NY, USA

problem #3

Feb 282002

Galant

  • miles
Harmonic balancer failed, disconnecting belt pully from crankshaft. Belts all became drailed. If not in parking lot at 5mph not sure what engine damage might have occurred.

- Fayetteville, NY, USA

problem #2

Dec 081999

Galant

  • miles
While driving vehicle will consume over one quart of oil every thousand miles. Consumer has noted that this has been an ongoing problem since vehicle had 23 thousand miles on it.

- Norwalk, CT, USA

problem #1

Mar 062000

(reported on)

Galant

  • miles
The vehicle developed engine racing for no apparent reason.

- Hammonton, NJ, USA