NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Mitsubishi Galant Recalls
The 2002 Mitsubishi Galant has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 1, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Mitsubishi Galant. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 135
- Crashes reported
- 21
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
10 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Mitsubishi Galant, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2002 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 2000–2001, 2003 Galant, 9 other models
Electrical system: wiring: front underhood
- Campaign
- 02V147000
- Reported
- May 29, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,378
- Same campaign
- only the 2002 Mitsubishi Galant
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003 Galant, 46 other models
2002 Mitsubishi Galant complaints by year
NHTSA has received 135 owner complaints about the 2002 Mitsubishi Galant, the newest on August 3, 2022. Of these, 21 describe a crash (16%) and 10 a fire; owners reported 19 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2002 Mitsubishi Galant, the component group named most often is the service brakes, hydraulic (20%), followed by the electrical system (19%) and the visibility (16%).
1 of the 2002 Mitsubishi Galant's 3 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2002 Mitsubishi Galant owners gave the mileage (77 complaints), the median was 64,895 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic27
- Electrical System26
- Visibility21
- Structure19
- Air Bags17
- Engine And Engine Cooling13
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 12 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 10 | |
| 2004 | 20 | |
| 2005 | 14 | |
| 2006 | 19 | |
| 2007 | 16 | |
| 2008 | 13 | |
| 2009 | 14 | |
| 2010 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Mitsubishi Galant peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 20. 41% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Mitsubishi Galant drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Mitsubishi Galant year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 7 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 135 complaints about the 2002 Mitsubishi Galant are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mitsubishi Galant by model year
Other 2002 Mitsubishi models
Newest record on this page: August 3, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted