1995 Mitsubishi Galant review from North America

Let me start out by saying that this is the first car I've ever owned. The owner before me was a relative who, as far as I know, took proper care of the vehicle.

The main problems I've had with the car, to date:

- MAJOR oil leakage due to broken seals. I have to carry jugs of motor oil with me to refill it on a weekly basis.

- The interior is literally falling apart. The seats are torn up, pieces of fabric from the hood constantly fly into my eyes as I'm driving, and plastic surrounded the front window keeps breaking off.

- The rear windows will roll down, but not back up.

- The front driver window rolls up slowly, and unevenly.

- I've had to replace the battery and it's cables on numerous occasions, more than I've been told is necessary.

- I don't put a lot of miles on the car, yet it seems like I always have to get the alignment done. I've had TONS of flat tires due to this (and I always buy good tires, believe me!).

- The alternator had to be replaced shortly after the car was sold to me. I was driving home from work and the car stalled in the middle of a busy highway (two cars slammed into me, as a result). The previous owner had something short of 70,000 miles on the car, but this was already replaced in his care.

- Air conditioning and heater no longer works, and after all of these other expenses I can't afford to figure out why. It has nothing to do with coolant, I know that.

- The sunroof doesn't work anymore, either.

- The interior AND exterior lights have a habit of either flickering on and off, or buzzing from bright to dim. It's not the battery, and it's not a fuse, and I'm fed up.

- General squeaks, clattering, and sporadic smoking from the engine.

Despite all of the problems I've had with the Galant, I keep in mind that it IS over a decade old. It's really a trooper for hanging in there as long as it has. Still, I've put more money into fixing this car than it's worth.

It's really been a love-hate sort of deal. Now I have a new set of anxieties in my search for buying a new make/model. I tell friends and family it's like having been in a horrible relationship... I'll never know if I'll be able to trust again.