Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1992 Mitsubishi Galant

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
39
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
10
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

39 filed
1
Crashes
2
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN Shift
    13
  • Power TRAIN:TRANSFER Case (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
    7
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    2
  • Fuel SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND Fittings
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    2
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
    1
  • Seat Belts
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
98V168000·POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION1998-07-22

VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: ALL WHEEL DRIVE PASSENGER VEHICLES. LOCKUP OF THE TRANSFER CASE CAN OCCUR DUE TO INSUFFICIENT LUBRICATION.

RiskTHIS CONDITION CAN CAUSE A LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

FixDEALERS WILL INSPECT THE VEHICLES FOR ADEQUACY OF THE TRANSFER CASE OIL VOLUME, TRANSFER CASE OIL LEAKAGE, AND OPERATIONAL DEGRADATION OF THE TRANSFER CASE MECHANISM. IF OIL VOLUME IS INSUFFICIENT, THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF OIL WILL BE ADDED. IF THERE IS TRANSFER CASE OIL LEAKAGE, AFFECTED COMPONENTS WILL BE REPLACED. IF THE TRANSFER CASE SHOWS OPERATIONAL DEGRADATION, THE TRANSFER CASE WILL BE REPLACED.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
RQ98007·POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION1998-05-11 → 1998-08-28

TRANSFER CASE LEAKAGE

Led to recall98V168001

EA98002·WHEELS1998-01-30 → 1998-04-30

TRANSFER CASE LOCKUP

Led to recall98V069001

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