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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2007 Mitsubishi Galant Recalls

The 2007 Mitsubishi Galant has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on September 9, 2008.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2007 Mitsubishi Galant. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
1

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
24

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
5

in complaints

NHTSA crash test
★★★★☆

frontal crash, no overall star before 2011

On a 2007 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 2007 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 2005–2006 Galant, 3 other models

08V454000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2007 Mitsubishi Galant complaints by year

NHTSA has received 24 owner complaints about the 2007 Mitsubishi Galant, the newest on April 30, 2023. Of these, 5 describe a crash (21%); owners reported 6 injuries.

In complaints about the 2007 Mitsubishi Galant, the component group named most often is the air bags (33%), followed by the engine (13%) and the fuel/propulsion system (8%).

The 2007 Mitsubishi Galant's only recall does not concern the air bags.

Where 2007 Mitsubishi Galant owners gave the mileage (18 complaints), the median was 45,500 miles.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Air Bags8
  • Engine3
  • Fuel/Propulsion System2
  • Service Brakes, Hydraulic2
  • Structure2
  • Unknown Or Other2

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2007 Mitsubishi Galant received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20071
20083
20093
20103
20112
20142
20153
20163
20171
20181
20191
20231

Complaints about the 2007 Mitsubishi Galant peaked in 2008, when NHTSA received 3. 42% arrived between 2006 and 2010, the model year's first years on the road.

Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2007 vehicles, the 2007 Mitsubishi Galant drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Mitsubishi Galant year in the same window: 7th highest of the 7 ranked years.

That makes 2007 one of the three best-measured Mitsubishi Galant years.

Mitsubishi Galant years to avoid →

NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: none before 2011
  • Frontal: 4/5
  • Side: 5/5

The 24 complaints about the 2007 Mitsubishi Galant are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Mitsubishi Galant by model year

Other 2007 Mitsubishi models

Newest record on this page: April 30, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted