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2003 Mitsubishi Galant body & structure problems

21 complaints about body & structure have been filed for the 2003 Mitsubishi Galant, which is 13% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
21 13% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
60,000 miles 11 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When body & structure problems show up

Body & structure complaints by mileage, 2003 Mitsubishi Galant Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 60,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 60,000 miles
Based on 11 complaints that include mileage. 45% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 11 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 60,000 miles, and 45% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

I was driving at 33 MPH on a main street when car on my right goes through stop sign and drives into my car. He hit the front of my car near, but not including, the passenger door. After impact (he never brake) he continued to move my car with his thereby folding the front of my car in half, taking off front wheels, fenders and bumper, gas tank (smoking but not on fire), and moving my car two lanes to the left via impact and push. No air bags deployed. Driver's door, mine, would not open.

Reported at 22,500 miles, August 2013 CrashInjury

Tl*the contact owns a 2003 mitsubishi galant. On the driver side of the roof and hood, the paint is fading from dark black to light gray. The fading worsens after the vehicle is washed. She took the vehicle to an auto body shop and was informed that the clear coating on top of the black paint was causing the failure. The vehicle has not been repaired. The manufacturer has not been notified. The failure and current mileages were 55,000.

Reported at 55,000 miles, February 2008

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