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1987 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.
9
Latest Feb 17, 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.
0
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 17, 1995

What this page shows

Our database holds 9 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1987 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 1–9 of 9

Seat belts
Filed Feb 17, 2000

FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT LOCK UP WHEN MAKING A SUDDEN STOP,ALLOWING PASSENGER TO FLY FOWARD, CAUSING LOSS OF PROTECTION. *AK

NHTSA ID
857090
Transmission
Filed Oct 15, 1997

TRANSMISSION FAILED. MJS

NHTSA ID
604625
Transmission
Filed Feb 26, 1996

TRANSMISSION FAILED. (NEW JERSEY STATE POLICE)*SD

NHTSA ID
501700
Incident
Feb 26, 1996
Seat belts
Filed Jan 19, 1996

#95V103004 THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE IS BROKEN . TT

NHTSA ID
977844
Seat belts
Filed Nov 13, 1995

MANUFACTURER HAS TAKEN EXCESSIVE PERIOD OF TIME TO NOTIFY OWNERS OF THE RECALL CONCERNING BELT BUCKLES. TT

NHTSA ID
974897
Incident
Nov 13, 1995
Seat belts
Filed Aug 28, 1995

THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WILL NOT LOCK . TT

NHTSA ID
971263
Seat belts
Filed Jun 19, 1995

THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE SOMETIME IT WORK SOME TIME IT DON'T. TT

NHTSA ID
967268
Seat belts
Filed Mar 2, 1995

FRONT SEATBELTS HAVE FAILED. TT

NHTSA ID
960935
Incident
Jun 1, 1994
Seat belts
Filed Feb 17, 1995

SEAT BELT FAILURE. PLEASE DESCRIBE FAILURES. TT

NHTSA ID
960168

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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