Recall Register

1992 Mitsubishi Galant: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 1992 Mitsubishi Galant. The campaign is 98V168000. NHTSA received the report on 22 Jul 1998. The NHTSA record gives the component Power Train / Automatic Transmission. NHTSA has 39 complaints on file for this model year. 2 NHTSA investigations name this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of campaign 98V168000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will inspect the vehicles for adequacy of the transfer case oil volume, transfer case oil leakage, and operational degradation of the transfer case mechanism. If oil volume is insufficient, the appropriate amount of oil will be added. If there is transfer case oil leakage, affected components will be replaced. If the transfer case shows operational degradation, the transfer case will be replaced.

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.

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Recall campaigns

1 campaign. 9,560 units in total.

  1. 98V168000Received . 9,560 units.

    Power Train / Automatic Transmission

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Vehicle description: all wheel drive passenger vehicles. Lockup of the transfer case can occur due to insufficient lubrication.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    This condition can cause a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will inspect the vehicles for adequacy of the transfer case oil volume, transfer case oil leakage, and operational degradation of the transfer case mechanism. If oil volume is insufficient, the appropriate amount of oil will be added. If there is transfer case oil leakage, affected components will be replaced. If the transfer case shows operational degradation, the transfer case will be replaced.

    Report filed by MITSUBISHI AMERICA. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

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Complaints by component

39 complaints, 43 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1992 Mitsubishi Galant: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Power Train25
Engine and Engine Cooling4
Electrical System4
Service Brakes, Hydraulic2
Seat Belts2
Fuel System, Gasoline2
Air Bags1
Steering1
Suspension1
Tires1
Complaints that report a crash
1
Complaints that report a fire
2
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
18 May 2009

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

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.

Complaints about the 1992 Mitsubishi Galant, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1998, with 16 complaints.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 1992 Mitsubishi Galant
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
RQ98007Recall queryTRANSFER CASE LEAKAGEPower Train / Automatic Transmission11 May 199828 Aug 199898V168001
EA98002Engineering analysisTRANSFER CASE LOCKUPWheels30 Jan 199830 Apr 199898V069001

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19861
  2. 19871
  3. 19880
  4. 19891
  5. 19901
  6. 19911
  7. 19921
  8. 19930
  9. 19943
  10. 19955
  11. 19963
  12. 19971
  13. 19981
  14. 19995
  15. 20006
  16. 20017
  17. 20022
  18. 20032
  19. 20041
  20. 20053
  21. 20061
  22. 20071
  23. 20080
  24. 20090
  25. 20101
  26. 20110
  27. 20120

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1992 Mitsubishi Galant: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mitsubishi/galant/1992/. 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
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
MITSUBISHI AMERICA

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1992 Mitsubishi Galant?
9,560 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Mitsubishi Galant have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 24 recall campaigns for the Mitsubishi Galant, model years 1986 to 2012. 1 of them names the 1992 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1992 Mitsubishi Galant name most often?
Power Train: 25 of 43 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1992 Mitsubishi Galant open?
No. Each of the 2 investigations that name this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.