2006 Mitsubishi Galant Electrical system Problems

“I have heard noise before coming thru the passenger side door. Radio speaker stopped working, then smoking from passenger side door in the door handle. I fear for my children's safety.”

“2006 Mitsubishi Galant both keys used to start my vehicle have shattered into several pieces while attempting to start the vehicle. The first key broke around july 14 2007 and the second key breaking more recent on 25 november2010. When the keys break they go into several smaller pieces and almost impossible to find all the parts and pieces creating a choking hazard for both children and animals. If needed I can provide pictures. When this second key broke into 7 pieces I was not able to locate all pieces. …”

“2006 Mitsubishi Galant, 109,777 miles: driving home through the middle of the sonoran desert in southern arizona at 11:30pm my Galant electrically died. My alternator, battery, engine control module, electric distribution module, passenger side air bag, head lights, radio all went dead. Dealer found three power cables to the airbag system that run under the carpet on passenger side of the transmission hump had shorted out because three protrusions on a body weld worked through the insulation and shorted all power to ground. …”

“Lamp sockets for both left and right side brake lights burnt out at 5 years, 2 months with less than 50,000 miles. If one side went out I'd call it a manufacturer defect. Both sides,...seems more like an engineering problem. Only the contact for the brake side of the 2057 lamp was melted and recessed. The tail lamp side of the socket is still clean. Put in a GM replacement socket which looks better made than the oem. Just glad the wife did not get rear-ended. Hung onto the old sockets just in case someone might be interested in looking at them. …”

“The contact owns a 2006 Mitsubishi Galant. The contact stated that while driving 30 MPH, the key housing assembly became detached from the key, causing the vehicle to stall. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where they stated that the key housing assembly needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 30,000. The VIN was unavailable.”