2001 Mitsubishi Galant problems
NHTSA has received 211 complaints about the 2001 Mitsubishi Galant, and 21% of them involve brakes. After that come air bags (15%) and engine (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 211 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Brakes 21% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 49 and 19
- Injuries and deaths
- 28 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 60,000 miles 102 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 | 10 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 20 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 19 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 15 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 17 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 10 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 3 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Among the 102 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 60,000 miles. For brakes specifically, the median reported mileage is about 34,000 miles (19 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 49 complaints mention a crash; 19 complaints mention a fire; 28 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 95% 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 2001 ranks 4th most-complained-about out of 17 model years of the Mitsubishi Galant with enough data (148 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 7 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.
Brakes failed. The breaks began squeaking then they failed when trying to stop at a red light. Slid into the intersection and caused an accident. This car saved my wife's life with the side impact airbags but also caused the wreck. The cars fluids are serviced regularly and had all fluids, the car just failed to stop. *nlm
While traveling at about 65 MPH consumer's vehicle hit another vehicle head-on on drivers side. Upon impact, air bags did not deploy. Consumer and passenger were injured. Consumer felt if airbags had deployed some of the injuries would not have been so bad.
Me and my wife were driving about 45 miles an hour when the rear end of my car started sliding I try to correct the fish tale but the driver rear tire and rim folded under the car which cause the car to flip several times no airbags deployed the car was so crushed I had to dig down into the ditch to free myself from the car upon taking a closer look I realized the sway bar had pulled apart from both sides of the rear of the car also the main support of the rear suspension had broken in too therefore causing the…
Tl*the contact owns a 2001 mitsubishi galant. The contact stated that there was a leak in the fuel tank. He parked his vehicle in the garage and smelled a strong odor of gasoline the following day. He took the vehicle to a repair shop and the mechanic found a leak. The manufacturer stated that the VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign id number 01v069000. The specialist at the repair shop stated that the entire fuel tank needed to be replaced. The vehicle has not been repaired.
Tl* the contact owns a 2001 mitsubishi gallant. While driving at approximately 5 MPH, the contact activated the automatic front passenger side window mechanism in an upward motion which failed to operate. However, after waiting a period of twenty to thirty minutes the window began to function normally. The failure occurred at any speed traveled. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the technician informed that the manufacturer service warranty had expired.