1994 MITSUBISHI GALANT Suspensionfrontcontrol Arm Problems

FRONT BALL JOINTS BROKE WHEN OWNER WAS TURNING A CORNER. HE GOT OUT OF CAR AND SAW TIRE HAD SLUMPED OVER. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK

THE BALL JOINT TO DRIVER'S SIDE BROKE WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN ROAD AT 50MPH, THE CAR VEERED TO LEFT AND SKIDDED ABOUT 500 FEET BEFORE I COULD GET VEHICLE TO STOP. WHEN I DID THE DRIVER TIRE WAS PERPENDICULAR TO THE CAR AND THE BASE OF MOTOR WAS RESTING ON THE GROUND. AFTER MITSIBUSHI REPAIRED THE BALL JOINT AND HALF SHAFT THAT ALSO BROKE. I TRANSPORTED IT TO OCALA FLORIDA FROM ODESSA TEXAS ON A CAR CARRIER SINCE THAT POINT I HAVE LEARNED ALL 4 MOTOR MOUNTS WERE BROKEN. I CONTACTED MITSIBUSHI BECAUSE IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT FOR ALL 4 TO BREAK SUBSTANTIAL TRAUMA WOULD HAVE HAD TO OCCUR, THE CAR HAS NOT OTHER TRAUMA EXCEPT THE WRECK IN ODESSA WHEN THE BALL JOINT SNAPPED. MITSIBUSHI TOLD ME TO TAKE IT TO A LOCAL DEALER HERE, I DID AND NOW THEY ARE DECLINING TO FIX MOTOR MOUNTS THAT...

I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO A MITSUBISHI DEALER FOR A RECALL ON THE SUSPENSION INDEPENDENT FRONT CONTROL ARM LOWER BALL JOINT AND WAS TOLD BY THE MISTUBISHI SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT AFFECTED WITH THE RECALL AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS TO GET IT REPAIRED WITH THEM. I THEREFORE PURCHASED THE PARTS FROM THE MITUBISHI PARTS DEPARTMENT AND HAD ANOTHER MECHANIC REPLACE THE BALL JOINTS AND BOOTING AT A LOWER PRICE BUT WITH MITSUBISHI'S PARTS. SINCE THEN I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER RECALL ON THE SAME PARTS THAT WE WERE HAVING TROUBLE WITH AND THAT I SHOULD BRING THE VEHICLE IN AGAIN AND THAT THEY WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT. I WAS VERY SHOCKED THAT AFTER OWNING SEVERAL VEHICLES OVER THE YEARS THAT I HAD NEVER HAD TO PAY ANYTHING FOR PARTS OR REPAIR AND WAS TOTALLY SHOCKED. ALSO THERE...

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL MANUFACTURER'S SR99002 IN 06/1999. TOOK AUTOMOBILE TO DEALER, AND WAS TOLD SHE DID NOT HAVE A PROBLEM. CURRENTLY, TOOK AUTOMOBILE BACK TO DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THAT VEHICLE HAS TOO MANY MILES. SHE TOOK IT TO SUPERIOR MITSUBISHI IN FAYETTVILLE. *AK

AFTER VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN PARKING LOT FOR AN HOUR, CONSUMER STARTED TO PULL OUT AND HEARD LOUD NOISE. STOPPED VEHICLE & NOTICED WHEEL HAD COME OFF THE DRIVER'S FRONT SIDE. BALL JOINTS & TIE ROD ENDS WERE COMING OUT. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALERSHIP & CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE PROBLEM WAS NOT A DEFECT, BUT WAS REPAIRABLE. *AK

THE DEALER CLAIMS THAT THE BALL JOINTS PASSED INSPECTION AT THE TIME OF THE RECALL, BUT NOW THEY ARE LOOSE. DEALER SAYS I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR REPAIRS

BALL JOINT FELL OUT OF VEHICLE PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE, CONSUMER HAD THE REPAIRS DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM BECAUSE BALL JOINT BECAME LOOSE AGAIN. NLM(RECAL SR-99-002)

BALL JOINTS NEED REPLACING BECAUSE OF RECALL. THE DEALER REFUSED TO DO THE RECALL. YH

THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT BALL JOINTS ARE PREMATURELY WORN OUT, AND CV BOOT IS LEAKING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE FRONT RIGHT CONTROL ARM BROKE OFF, CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. DEALER REPLACED RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE CONTROL ARMS. 4 WEEKS LATER WHILE DRIVING THE FRONT RIGHT CONTROL ARM BROKE AGAIN, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. *AK

VEHICLE PULLED LEFT DUE TO FAILED CONTROL ARM, LEADING TO WHEEL FALLING OFF. *DSH