NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Mitsubishi Galant Recalls
The 2005 Mitsubishi Galant has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 9, 2008.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 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
- 26
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 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 2005 Mitsubishi Galant
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly
- Campaign
- 08V454000
- Reported
- September 9, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 45,988
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007 Galant, 3 other models
Electrical system: ignition
- Campaign
- 08V276000
- Reported
- June 20, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 73,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004 Galant
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder
- Campaign
- 05V409000
- Reported
- September 15, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,901
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2005 Mitsubishi Galant complaints by year
NHTSA has received 26 owner complaints about the 2005 Mitsubishi Galant, the newest on December 21, 2024. Of these, 1 describe a crash (4%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2005 Mitsubishi Galant, the component group named most often is the service brakes, hydraulic (23%), followed by the structure (23%) and the air bags (8%).
1 of the 2005 Mitsubishi Galant's 3 recalls also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2005 Mitsubishi Galant owners gave the mileage (17 complaints), the median was 31,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic6
- Structure6
- Air Bags2
- Electrical System2
- Engine And Engine Cooling2
- Exterior Lighting2
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Mitsubishi Galant peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 5. 58% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Mitsubishi Galant drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Mitsubishi Galant year in the same window: 5th highest of the 7 ranked years.
That makes 2005 one of the three best-measured Mitsubishi Galant years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 26 complaints about the 2005 Mitsubishi Galant are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Mitsubishi Galant by model year
Other 2005 Mitsubishi models
Newest record on this page: December 21, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted