1997 Mitsubishi Galant Electrical system Problems

“While driving at 20 MPH consumer saw smoke coming from under the dashboard and under the hood. The vehicle was taken to a repair shop, and mechanic informed consumer that all of the electrical wires melted. On another occasion while driving at about 15 MPH vehicle completely shut down. Vehicle was taken to the mechanic, who discovered that the flywheel and associated pulleys had to be replaced. Also, radiator hose split.”

“While driving on hwy with family at 65mph car lost electrical power. Came to a halt in real busy traffic. No lights including emergency flashers would turn on. Car would not start and stalled. Forced to vear off highway not to cause accident. Total cost of towing 155 dollars and total cost of repairs 900 dollars. Lucky we are still alive and no one else got hurt.”

“While driving, all lights dim randomly for 1-3 seconds. Also, the dome light switch fails to turn the dome light on when set to on and sometimes does not turn the light on when set to door with the door open. The driver and passenger power rearview mirrors no longer move these defects have occurred since the car was new, to the best of my knowledge. *****dims 11 ivoq entry posted after 12/12/02 cut-over to artemis*****769329.”

“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.”