Parking Brake Problems of Mitsubishi Galant

Mitsubishi Galant owners have reported 1 parking brake related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 1 most common parking brake problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's conventional parking brake (1 problem). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Parking Brake related problems of Mitsubishi Galant

Problem Category Number of Problems
Conventional Parking Brake problems
1

Conventional Parking Brake problem #1

Consumer was driving down road when a fire ignitied in engine. Consumer applied brakes , but they were inoperative. Had to pull emergency brake which caused loss of control ,vehicle spun around before it stopped. Consumer jumped out . Wiring and wheel covers, basically everthing was melted. The cause for the fire could not be found. However, the consumer firmly believes that something was not installed correctly at factory that caused the five month old vehicle to burn.



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