Mitsubishi Galant
Owners filed 1,749 complaints across 23 model years of the Mitsubishi Galant. The 1999 drew the most (215).
Which Mitsubishi Galant years should you avoid?
No Mitsubishi Galant year stands out. Across the 14 model years old enough to judge, none drew twice the complaints of a typical year (about 131), and none shows an unusual share of fires, crashes or deaths for its age.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Mitsubishi Galant model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 9 | 0 | — | 1 | Wheels | Routine | |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | — | 2 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2010 | 9 | 1 | — | 2 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2009 | 16 | 0 | — | 3 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2008 | 6 | 0 | — | — | Engine | Routine | |
| 2007 | 24 | 1 | — | 5 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2006 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2005 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Structure › Body | Routine | |
| 2004 | 61 | 1 | — | 5 | Structure | Fatalities reported | |
| 2003 | 126 | 3 | 4 | 15 | Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System › Heater Core | Fatalities reported | |
| 2002 | 135 | 3 | 10 | 21 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor | Fatalities reported | |
| 2001 | 151 | 8 | 11 | 40 | Air Bags › Frontal | Routine | |
| 2000 | 136 | 7 | 16 | 15 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Routine | |
| 1999 | 215 | 6 | 10 | 30 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Foundation Components › Disc › Rotor | Fatalities reported | |
| 1998 | 53 | 2 | — | 3 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 1997 | 80 | 2 | 1 | 9 | Suspension › Front › Control Arm › Lower Ball Joint | Routine | |
| 1996 | 136 | 4 | 4 | 27 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine | |
| 1995 | 209 | 6 | 5 | 32 | Suspension › Front › Control Arm › Lower Ball Joint | Above average | |
| 1994 | 198 | 4 | 5 | 33 | Air Bags › Frontal | Fatalities reported | |
| 1993 | 9 | 0 | — | 1 | Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline | Routine | |
| 1992 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Lever and Linkage › Column Shift | Routine | |
| 1991 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Power Train › Automatic Transmission › Lever and Linkage › Column Shift | Routine | |
| 1990 | 21 | 1 | 1 | — | Power Train › Automatic Transmission | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.