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1986 Mitsubishi Galant Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Nov 12, 2000
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
1
Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since Feb 24, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1986 Mitsubishi Galant. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–4 of 4

BrakesSteeringVisibility
Filed Nov 12, 2000

THERE CONTINUES TO BE EXCESSIVE SCRAPING SOUND WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED. STEERING WHEEL DOES NOT COME BACK TO SAME POSITION AFTER MAKING TURN-THIS IS EVEN AFTER A WHEEL ALIGNMENT AT SEARS-ELMHURST, NY ON 10/30/00. HEATER BLOWS COLD AIR IF NOT SET ON AUTO-THERMOSTAT ; AND THEN MUST BE SET AT LEAST 75 DEGREES; WAS IN MITSUBISHI DEALER ON 11 AVENUE NYC OVER PAST 2 YEARS; HEATER CORE WAS REPLACED; EVIDENTLY NOT THE PROBLEM; MITSUBISHI DIDN'T SEEM TO KNOW WHAT THE CAUSE WAS BUT WOULDN'T REFUND ME FOR THE PART THEY ORIGNALLY REPLACED *AK

NHTSA ID
736200
Seat belts
Filed Mar 25, 1997
Crash reported1 death reported

UPON IMPACT, DURING FRONTAL CRASH AT APPROX. 35MPH, 1:30 ON FRONT BUMPER, WHEN SWERVED TO AVOID COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE, HIT TELEPHONE POLE, SHOULDER /LAP BELT BUCKLE UNBUCKLED, VEHICLE ROLLED, DRIVER WAS THROWN OUT OF DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW AND WAS KILLED. *AK

NHTSA ID
810408
Seat belts
Filed May 9, 1995

PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT LATCH AND DRIVER GETTING HARD TO LATCH. TT

NHTSA ID
965046
Seat belts
Filed Feb 24, 1995

DIFFICULTY LATCHING SEAT BELT ON DRIVER. BROKEN. TT

NHTSA ID
960575
Incident
Jan 1, 1995

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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