2003 Mitsubishi Galant problems
NHTSA has received 167 complaints about the 2003 Mitsubishi Galant, and 28% of them involve wipers, windshield & visibility. After that come air conditioning & heating (13%) and electrical system (13%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 167 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 28% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 23 and 4
- Injuries and deaths
- 16 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 63,000 miles 104 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 | 15 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 10 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 22 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 22 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 19 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 6 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 5 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 3 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 104 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 63,000 miles. For wipers, windshield & visibility specifically, the median reported mileage is about 72,000 miles (29 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 23 complaints mention a crash; 4 complaints mention a fire; 16 injuries reported; 1 death reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 82% 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 2003 ranks 7th most-complained-about out of 17 model years of the Mitsubishi Galant with enough data (118 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 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.
Tl*the driver owns a 2003 mitsubishi galant. While driving 55 MPH, the driver lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle struck an embankment and a power pole before rolling over a couple of times. The vehicle was smashed and dented all over, but the air bags failed to deploy. The vehicle was destroyed and towed. The driver was killed at the scene. The manufacturer and dealer were not notified. A police report was filed. The failure mileage was 66,803.
Vehicle was involved in a four car pile up. During the collision, vehicle was struck from the rear and front, and air bags deployed. Rear seat passenger hit the front passenger's seat, causing it to break. Front seat passenger sustained massive brain damage and blood clots. The passenger in the rear seat sustained a compound fracture to the right arm.
Air bags didn't come out when accident occurred, there is smoke coming from exhaust not something is eating the gas up there is leakage coming from engine, oil, and radiator (unknown areas).
I have a '03 mitsubishi galant (automatic) which now has approx 8000 miles. At approx. 4500 miles the vehicle began hesitating upon hard acceleration, such as when entering a freeway. The vehicle also hesitates while driving in "stop and go" traffic, such as what is done with in-town driving in traffic. At first I believed I had filled the gas tank with bad gasoline. The vehicle acted like it had a clogged fuel filter/line. I continued driving the vehicle while trying to figure out what was wrong.