NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Mitsubishi Galant Recalls
The 2004 Mitsubishi Galant has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on June 20, 2008.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Mitsubishi Galant. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 61
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Mitsubishi Galant, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2004 Mitsubishi Galant
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 08V276000
- Reported
- June 20, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 73,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005 Galant
2004 Mitsubishi Galant complaints by year
NHTSA has received 61 owner complaints about the 2004 Mitsubishi Galant, the newest on July 9, 2022. Of these, 5 describe a crash (8%); owners reported 1 injury and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2004 Mitsubishi Galant, the component group named most often is the structure (26%), followed by the visibility (13%) and the air bags (10%).
The 2004 Mitsubishi Galant's only recall does not concern the structure.
Where 2004 Mitsubishi Galant owners gave the mileage (37 complaints), the median was 72,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Structure16
- Visibility8
- Air Bags6
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic6
- Engine And Engine Cooling5
- Electrical System4
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 7 | |
| 2006 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 7 | |
| 2009 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2004 Mitsubishi Galant peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 7. 25% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Mitsubishi Galant drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Mitsubishi Galant year in the same window: 6th highest of the 7 ranked years.
That makes 2004 one of the three best-measured Mitsubishi Galant years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 61 complaints about the 2004 Mitsubishi Galant are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mitsubishi Galant by model year
Other 2004 Mitsubishi models
Newest record on this page: July 9, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted