MITSUBISHI GALANT 2001 : Problems

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Speed Control

ODI ID: 10068066 NHTSA Complaint ID: 469794

Make: Mitsubishi Model: 2001 GALANT 01

Component/Parts: Speed Control

Failure Date: April 03, 2004 Complaint Date: May 27, 2004

City/State: CARROLLTON, TX (Texas)
Crash: Yes Fire: No Injured: 1 Deaths: 0

Complaint Description: while trying to get out of a convenient store parking lot, i experienced one of the most unusual and dramatic situations of my life!!! as i started my car and put the automatic gear on reverse with my foot on the brake, the car just took off on a very high speed making tire marks on the parking lot and the car stopped from the gas pump area. when i tried to bring the car back to the parking space to see and evaluate the situation, as soon as i put the car in the drive position it just took off again towards the convenient store with this huge engine noise and the brake would not work to stop the high speed engine! the vehicle's tires made a very strong and lasting image on the parking brick and went over it to crash in to the store! the third time i tried to get out of the mess and put the car in reverse and again it went back ward charging towards the gas pumps area with strong engine high performance noise. very strange and scary malfunction of the engine speed control!!! *sc *jb .