1995 Mitsubishi Galant problems
NHTSA has received 296 complaints about the 1995 Mitsubishi Galant, and 24% of them involve suspension. After that come brakes (14%) and air bags (13%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 296 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Suspension 24% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 48 and 6
- Injuries and deaths
- 36 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 150,000 miles 18 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 0 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 0 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 1 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 7 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Among the 18 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 150,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 48 complaints mention a crash; 6 complaints mention a fire; 36 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 86% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1995 ranks 2nd most-complained-about out of 17 model years of the Mitsubishi Galant with enough data (170 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
I do not at this present time know the estimated $ amount of damage done to my vehichle . The driver and myself have sustained head, back,shoulder, and knee injuries as a result of the airbags not deploying. This type of car should be recalled. We were lucky and did not loose our lives, other people may not be as lucky.
Consumer states that she was involved in an accident and the driver's side automatic seat belt came unhooked and she hit her head on the steering wheel.
Consumer was sitting at a red light when another vehicle collided into consumer's vehicle at 30 to 35MPH and airbag did not deploy. Consumer received multiple injuries to arm/neck and knee caps.
Consumer states while driving 70 MPH on highway the transmission failed without warning. The vehicle was checked by the dealer who could not determine cause. Ts the consumer was traveling on the highway when the vehicle quit and was unable to move across the two lanes. There was no indication of failure. *scc
I was driving the car on the hwy. When we reached 65 MPH like a lot of these other people are saying but it was my distributor that went out. Since I have a manual transmission it would start and drive but every time it reached 65 MPH or 3400 RPM the engine would sputter and stall out. Also I have had to put a second engine in the vehicle due to a timing belt slipping and breaking the lower unit off the car. The air conditioner pulley had 5 screws break off causing the A/C to blow out, I had to replace it .