Owner-reported complaints naming the airbag system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1995 Mitsubishi Galant submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 30 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
The 25 most recent of 30, in the owner's own words
1995 MITSUBISHI GALANT 95 - FRONTAL AIR BAG MY WIFE HAD SUSTAINED HEAD, BACK,SHOULDER, AND KNEE INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE AIRBAGS NOT DEPLOYING. *JB
AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE WIRES UNDER THE ARMREST CAUGHT ON FIRE. ALSO, CAUSED AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK
WHILE DRIVING 55-60 MPH, WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH. FLOOR MAT GOT STUCK UNDERNEATH THE ACCELERATOR. CONSUMER RAN INTO SOME BRICK, AND AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY.*AK
I DO NOT AT THIS PRESENT TIME KNOW THE ESTIMATED $ AMOUNT OF DAMAGE DONE TO MY VEHICHLE . THE DRIVER AND MYSELF HAVE SUSTAINED HEAD, BACK,SHOULDER, AND KNEE INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THE AIRBAGS NOT DEPLOYING. THIS TYPE OF CAR SHOULD BE RECALLED. WE WERE LUCKY AND DID NOT LOOSE OUR LIVES, OTHER PEOPLE MAY NOT BE AS LUCKY. *AK
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 45 MPH CONSUMER WAS REAR ENDED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND AT THE SAME TIME CONSUMER HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
VEHICLE HAS BEEN TWO ACCIDENTS, AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 35 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION, HITTING A POLE IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S /PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXMATELY 45-50 MPH HIT A VEHICLE WITH THE FRONT END , DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED INJURIES. *AK
CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 35 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
CONSUMER HAD COLLISION AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. NO INJURIES. *AK
DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH BRAKES LOCKED UP, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO TO HIT PARKED VEHICLE HEAD-ON. DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN INJURIES TO FACE. HIT STEERING WHEEL. ACCIDENT DID $5,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO FRONT END ALONE. *AK
OWNER HIT THE BACK OF A VAN AND THE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. ALSO, PASSENGER'S SET BELT DIDN'T HOLD PERSON IN PLACE. *AK
PASSIVE RESTRAINT: WHEN TURNING ON THE SWITCH IN THE VEHICLE THE AIR BAG LIGHT AUTOMATICALLY COMES ON AND DOES NOT GO OUT UNTIL TURNING VEHICLE OFF. DEALER STATES IT WILL COST HIM BECAUSE IT'S NOT UNDER WARRANTY. *AK
CONSUMER WAS SITTING AT A RED LIGHT WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE COLLIDED INTO CONSUMER'S VEHICLE AT 30 TO 35MPH AND AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER RECEIVED MULTIPLE INJURIES TO ARM/NECK AND KNEE CAPS. *AK
DURING FRONTAL COLLISION DRIVER'S /PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
NO DEPLOYMENT OF AIRBAG/SEAT BELT FAILURE DURING REAR END COLLISION, CAUSING INJURY.
VEHICLE WAS IN FRONT END ACCIDENT AT 50MPH AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. *AK
GALANT REARENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, THEN ANOTHER VEHICLE REARENDED THE GALANT, GALANT'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
VEHICLE WAS IN FRONT-END ACCIDENT AND AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
FRONTAL COLLISION, IMPACT 12:00, POSITION SPEED 35 MPH, DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
AIR BAGS; THE CONSUMER WAS IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION AND THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
WHILE DRIVING PASSENGERS AIRBAG DEPLOYED CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. TT
AUTO-TRANS: TRANSMISSION LOCKS UP IN LOWER GEARS; DOES NOT DOWNSHIFT WHEN FLOORED; SHIFTS ROUGHLY; DOWNSHIFTS ON ITS OWN. TT
SUDDEN ACCELERATION, CAUSING ACCIDENT. *SD
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.
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