NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Mitsubishi Galant Recalls
The 2000 Mitsubishi Galant has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 1, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Mitsubishi Galant. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 136
- Crashes reported
- 15
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
16 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2000 Mitsubishi Galant, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2000 Mitsubishi Galant
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 04V428000
- Reported
- September 1, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 100,432
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Galant, 9 other models
Steering: hydraulic power assist: hose, piping, and connections
- Campaign
- 01V295001
- Reported
- September 25, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 25,803
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Power train: automatic transmission: cooling unit and lines
- Campaign
- 01V011001
- Reported
- January 16, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 277,227
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Galant, 1 other model
Steering: gear box (other than rack and pinion)
- Campaign
- 00V225001
- Reported
- August 10, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 228,294
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery: cables
- Campaign
- 99V333001
- Reported
- November 23, 1999
- Vehicles affected
- up to 19,179
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Exterior lighting: headlights: switch
- Campaign
- 99V305001
- Reported
- November 1, 1999
- Vehicles affected
- up to 98,817
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Galant, 46 other models
2000 Mitsubishi Galant complaints by year
NHTSA has received 136 owner complaints about the 2000 Mitsubishi Galant, the newest on December 21, 2017. Of these, 15 describe a crash (11%) and 16 a fire; owners reported 15 injuries.
In complaints about the 2000 Mitsubishi Galant, the component group named most often is the structure (18%), followed by the electrical system (15%) and the engine and engine cooling (14%).
1 of the 2000 Mitsubishi Galant's 7 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2000 Mitsubishi Galant owners gave the mileage (48 complaints), the median was 82,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Structure25
- Electrical System21
- Engine And Engine Cooling19
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic16
- Exterior Lighting15
- Air Bags11
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 29 | |
| 2002 | 25 | |
| 2003 | 8 | |
| 2004 | 12 | |
| 2005 | 11 | |
| 2006 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 12 | |
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Mitsubishi Galant peaked in 2001, when NHTSA received 29. 52% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Mitsubishi Galant drew 1.4× the complaints of the median Mitsubishi Galant year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 7 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 136 complaints about the 2000 Mitsubishi Galant are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mitsubishi Galant by model year
Other 2000 Mitsubishi models
Newest record on this page: December 21, 2017. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted