NHTSA Complaint #10072638 — 2001 MITSUBISHI GALANT

COMPLAINT: REPEATED PROBLEMS WITH FRONT BRAKES. ROTORS HAVE NEEDED TO BE RESURFACED SEVERAL TIMES AND NOW ARE UNABLE TO BE RESURFACED AGAIN AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. CONTINUOUS VIBRATION OF BRAKE PEDAL AND IN STEERING WHEEL WHILE BRAKING. AT TIMES, ENTIRE CAR FEELS LIKE IT IS SHAKING (PASSENGERS NOTICE THE VIBRATIONS THROUGH THEIR FEET ON THE FLOORBOARD). WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN NOVEMBER OF 2002 WHERE I FELT THAT IF THE BRAKES WERE OPERATING AS THEY SHOULD BE, I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STOP IN TIME. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED, ALTHOUGH JUDGING BY THE SHEER NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS, I'M SURE THEY ARE AWARE OF THE BRAKING ISSUES WITH THE GALANT. PLEASE PROVIDE ME WITH MORE INFORMATION. I WOULD LOVE TO GET OUT OF THIS VEHICLE WITHOUT OWING MY FIRST-BORN, AS MY FIRST-BORN IS DUE IN NOVEMBER AND I NO LONGER FEEL COMFORTABLE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE WITH THE THOUGHT OF AN INFANT AS A PASSENGER.*AK