Mitsubishi Galant: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 24 recall campaigns for the Mitsubishi Galant, model years 1986 to 2010. NHTSA has 1,616 complaints on file for this model line. 14 of the 25 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
- 19861
- 19871
- 19880
- 19891
- 19901
- 19911
- 19921
- 19930
- 19943
- 19955
- 19963
- 19971
- 19981
- 19995
- 20006
- 20017
- 20022
- 20032
- 20041
- 20053
- 20061
- 20071
- 20080
- 20090
- 20101
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Mitsubishi Galant NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 2,307 |
| 2009 Mitsubishi Galant NHTSA page | 0 | 3 | 5% | |
| 2008 Mitsubishi Galant NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 2% | |
| 2007 Mitsubishi Galant NHTSA page | 1 | 8 | 12% | 45,988 |
| 2006 Mitsubishi Galant NHTSA page | 1 | 9 | 14% | 45,988 |
| 2005 Mitsubishi Galant | 3 | 17 | 26% | 121,889 |
| 2004 Mitsubishi Galant | 1 | 32 | 50% | 73,000 |
| 2003 Mitsubishi Galant | 2 | 106 | 164% | 117,519 |
| 2002 Mitsubishi Galant | 2 | 120 | 186% | 103,810 |
| 2001 Mitsubishi Galant | 7 | 138 | 213% | 408,419 |
| 2000 Mitsubishi Galant | 6 | 132 | 204% | 749,752 |
| 1999 Mitsubishi Galant | 5 | 212 | 328% | 723,949 |
| 1998 Mitsubishi Galant | 1 | 51 | 79% | 567,432 |
| 1997 Mitsubishi Galant | 1 | 77 | 119% | 567,432 |
| 1996 Mitsubishi Galant | 3 | 135 | 209% | 884,432 |
| 1995 Mitsubishi Galant | 5 | 208 | 322% | 903,242 |
| 1994 Mitsubishi Galant | 3 | 197 | 305% | 891,511 |
| 1993 Mitsubishi Galant NHTSA page | 0 | 8 | 12% | |
| 1992 Mitsubishi Galant | 1 | 39 | 60% | 9,560 |
| 1991 Mitsubishi Galant | 1 | 63 | 97% | 9,560 |
| 1990 Mitsubishi Galant NHTSA page | 1 | 21 | 32% | 9,560 |
| 1989 Mitsubishi Galant NHTSA page | 1 | 19 | 29% | 658,000 |
| 1988 Mitsubishi Galant NHTSA page | 0 | 7 | 11% | |
| 1987 Mitsubishi Galant NHTSA page | 1 | 9 | 14% | 658,000 |
| 1986 Mitsubishi Galant NHTSA page | 1 | 4 | 6% | 658,000 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
2,192 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 164.7 | 361 |
| Power Train | 116.8 | 256 |
| Suspension | 109.9 | 241 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 89.4 | 196 |
| Air Bags | 86.7 | 190 |
| Electrical System | 74.8 | 164 |
| Structure | 68.9 | 151 |
| Visibility | 56.6 | 124 |
| Steering | 36 | 79 |
| Seat Belts | 33.8 | 74 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
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- Montero Sport4 campaigns
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- Outlander41 campaigns
- Endeavor12 campaigns
- Lancer Evolution14 campaigns
- Expo3 campaigns
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- Precis6 campaigns
- Nativa4 campaigns
- Tredia2 campaigns
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- Outlander Sport26 campaigns
- Outlander Phev9 campaigns
- I-Miev7 campaigns
- Eclipse Cross2 campaigns
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Mitsubishi: all 25 model lines
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Mitsubishi Galant: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mitsubishi/galant/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- MITSUBISHI AMERICA
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Mitsubishi Galant model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2001 with 7, 2000 with 6, 1999 with 5. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Mitsubishi Galant model year has the most complaints?
- The 1999 model year, with 212 of the 1,616 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Mitsubishi Galant name?
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 164.7 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 116.8 per 1,000 component mentions. Suspension: 109.9 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Mitsubishi Galant?
- 7 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.