10.0

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

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problem #3

Mar 052003

Galant

  • miles
The vehicle became hard to steer.

- Cambridge, MA, USA

problem #2

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 #1

Jan 252001

Galant

  • miles
I felt the car steering wasn't tracking and delayed while I was making a turn into a curve on the road and the steering was delayed in responding to the turn. I took the car to the dealer and he replaced the lf lower lateral arm because of play in ball joint. But the dealer never informed me that there was a recall about this problem and he charged me to have the lf lateral arm replaced.

- Mahopac, NY, USA