IllustrationVEHICLE IS SHOWING SAME SYMPTOMS AS INDICATED IN NHTSA RECALL 98V212000, BUT VEHICLE IS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL. BRAKE LAMPS WILL NOT COME ON WHEN BRAKE PEDAL IS APPLIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK
1994 Mitsubishi Galant
Owner reports · Recalls · Investigations
More warning signs than most Galant years
Owner complaints for the 1994 Mitsubishi Galant are substantially higher than the model-year median of 26.
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Owner complaints by model year
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What owners reported most
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When problems were reported
Mileage at the reported incident
Limited mileage data: 10 of 198 reports include usable mileage. There isn’t enough coverage to show a useful chart.
NHTSA’s mileage field refers to the reported incident, not necessarily the filing date. This shows report counts, not the likelihood of a failure.
What to inspect
Issues worth paying extra attention to based on owner reports.
- Suspension. Review the 57 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Air Bags. Review the 35 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
- Power Train. Review the 25 owner reports in this category and discuss these concerns during a pre-purchase inspection. Read reports →
NHTSA owner reports · September 18, 2026 snapshot.
33 crash reports5 fire reports16 injury reports
What owners actually said
198 reportsPASSENGER AIR BAG LOOKS TO BE DEFECTIVE. AIR BAG MAY BE COMING OUT OF DASHBOARD, AND RUBBER PART OF THE DASH BOARD IS PEELING OFF. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS/PHOTOGRAPHS.*AK
CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR LOWER BALL JOINT RECALL 00V421001/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL SR99-002 REPAIRS. VEHICLE'S PROBLEM INVOLVED UPPER BALL JOINTS ON RIGHT/LEFT FRONT SIDE. PROBLEM HAS TO BE REPAIRED OR WHEEL WILL COME OFF.*AK
THE POWER WINDOWS REGULATORS ON THREE OF MY FOUR WINDOWS HAVE MALFUNCTIONED RENDERING THEM NON-OPERATIONAL.*AK
POWER LOCKS LOCK ON THEIR OWN WHETHER SOMEONE IS IN OR NOT. IT'S A INTERMITTENT PROBLEM, BUT HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR A YEAR.*AK
I EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE CRANK PULLY THAT WHEN I WAS DRIVING THAT THE CAR LOST ALL CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND POWER, MITSUBISHI TOWED MY VEHICLE AND REPAIRED THE PART BECAUSE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THIS SAME PROBLEM OCCURED AGAIN IN 2001 WITH MY WIFE AND CHILDREN WERE IN THE CAR AND LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND …
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I EXPERIENCED A PROBLEM WITH THE CRANK PULLY THAT WHEN I WAS DRIVING THAT THE CAR LOST ALL CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND POWER, MITSUBISHI TOWED MY VEHICLE AND REPAIRED THE PART BECAUSE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY, BUT THIS SAME PROBLEM OCCURED AGAIN IN 2001 WITH MY WIFE AND CHILDREN WERE IN THE CAR AND LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING AND COULD NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE, I WAS TOLD THAT THE VEHICLE IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR WHEN IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS IS NOT NORMAL TO HAPPEN THAT MANY TIMES TO ONE VEHICLE EVEN AFTER IT WAS JUST RECENTLY REPAIRED AND THAT IT WAS NOT EVEN THAT LONG OF A TIME THAT THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED WITH THE SAME PART THAT WAS REPLACED NEW BY MITUBISHI.ALSO I BELIEVE THAT THIS PROBLEM SHOULD BE REPORTED IMMEDIATELY TO THE MANUFACTURER BECAUSE LOSS OF STEERING CAN CAUSE A FATAL ACCIDENT AT ANY SPEED IN THE WRONG PLACE WHERE AN ACCIDENT CAN OCCUR. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON ANOTHER MAKE OF THE MITSUBISHI BUT NOT ON THE. *AK
I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO A MITSUBISHI DEALER FOR A RECALL ON THE SUSPENSION INDEPENDENT FRONT CONTROL ARM LOWER BALL JOINT AND WAS TOLD BY THE MISTUBISHI SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT AFFECTED WITH THE RECALL AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS TO GET IT REPAIRED WITH THEM. I THEREFORE PURCHASED THE PAR…
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I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO A MITSUBISHI DEALER FOR A RECALL ON THE SUSPENSION INDEPENDENT FRONT CONTROL ARM LOWER BALL JOINT AND WAS TOLD BY THE MISTUBISHI SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT AFFECTED WITH THE RECALL AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS TO GET IT REPAIRED WITH THEM. I THEREFORE PURCHASED THE PARTS FROM THE MITUBISHI PARTS DEPARTMENT AND HAD ANOTHER MECHANIC REPLACE THE BALL JOINTS AND BOOTING AT A LOWER PRICE BUT WITH MITSUBISHI'S PARTS. SINCE THEN I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER RECALL ON THE SAME PARTS THAT WE WERE HAVING TROUBLE WITH AND THAT I SHOULD BRING THE VEHICLE IN AGAIN AND THAT THEY WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT. I WAS VERY SHOCKED THAT AFTER OWNING SEVERAL VEHICLES OVER THE YEARS THAT I HAD NEVER HAD TO PAY ANYTHING FOR PARTS OR REPAIR AND WAS TOTALLY SHOCKED. ALSO THERE WILL BE TWO OTHER REPORTS FILED FOR OTHER COMPLAINTS THAT I HAVE HAD ON DEFECTIVE PARTS WITH MITSUBISHI. THANK YOU. *AK
I HAVE MITSHIBUSHI AND I WILL NEVER EVER EVER BUY ANY PRODUCT FROM THEM AGAIN. *AK
WHEN PLACING PAWL IN DRIVE GEAR VEHICLE WILL JUMP. CONSUMER HAS TO DECELERATE, AND SOMETIMES VEHICLE WON'T MOVE. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED WHEN VEHICLE WAS 75000 MILES, AND PROBLEM IS BACK WITH TRANSMISSION. *AK
WHILE CONSUMER WAS PARKED REAR AXLE CRACKED AND BROKE, REAR AXLE HAD TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER HAS NOT CONTACTED DEALER YET. *AK
Official recalls
300V421001 · Suspension:front:control Arm:lower Ball Joint
Dec 18, 2000
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. IF THE RUBBER BOOTS ON THE LOWER LATERAL ARM BALL JOINTS OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION WERE DAMAGED DURING ASSEMBLY, DIRT AND WATER CAN INTRUDE. ALSO, MMC HAS ADDED THE POTENTIAL OF LEAKING MOISTURE, WHICH CAN CAUSE THE BALL STUD TO CORRODE.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: THIS CONDITION COULD CAUSE THE LOWER LATERAL ARM BALL JOINT TO SEPARATE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH. THIS CAMPAIGN SUPERCEDES MMC'S PREVIOUS SAFETY RECALL CAMPAIGN, SEE 99V-066.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE LOWER LATERAL ARM BALL JOINT FOR WEAR. BALL JOINTS THAT EXHIBIT WEAR BEYOND THE ESTABLISHED TOLERANCE WILL BE REPLACED WITH NEWLY DESIGNED LATERAL ARM BALL JOINTS. BALL JOINTS THAT ARE WITHIN THE ESTABLISHED TOLERANCE WILL BE CLEANED AND A SPECIAL SEALANT WILL BE APPLIED TO PREVENT INTRUSION OF MOISTURE.
99V066001 · Suspension:front:control Arm:lower Ball Joint
Apr 5, 1999
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. IF THE RUBBER BOOTS ON THE LOWER LATERAL ARM BALL JOINTS OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION WERE DAMAGED DURING ASSEMBLY, DIRT AND WATER CAN INTRUDE.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: THIS CONDITION COULD CAUSE THE LOWER LATERAL ARM BALL JOINT TO SEPARATE, INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL INSPECT THE RUBBER BOOTS, AND IF THE BOOT IS DAMAGED, THEY WILL REPLACE THE LOWER LATERAL ARM AND BALL JOINT ON THE AFFECTED VEHICLES.
98V212000 · Exterior Lighting:tail Lights:switch
Sep 8, 1998
VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. WHEN THE STOP LAMP SWITCH WAS ASSEMBLED, GREASE WAS INADVERTENTLY APPLIED TO THE CONTACT POINT. THIS CAN CAUSE THE CONTACT POINT TO HEAT UP CAUSING INTERNAL OPERATION ELEMENTS TO MELT ALLOWING THE SWTICH TO BECOME STUCK IN ON OR OFF POSITION.
Consequence & remedy
Consequence: THIS CONDITION CAN CAUSE THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM (ABS) WARNING LIGHT TO COME ON.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL INSTALL A RELAY AND REPLACE THE BRAKE LAMP SWITCH.
Model-level recall history does not show whether a particular VIN is affected or has received a repair. Check a VIN with NHTSA ↗
NHTSA investigations
2RQ00015 · Lower Contrtol Arm Ball Joint
Opened Aug 2, 2000 · Closed Apr 20, 2001
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Suspension
There is no summary currently available
Additional source detail variants (3)
Suspension
There is no summary currently available
Suspension
There is no summary currently available
Suspension
There is no summary currently available
PE98032 · Stop Lamp Switch
Opened May 22, 1998 · Closed Sep 8, 1998
Status: closed (inferred from source dates) · Exterior Lighting
ALLEGED FAILURE OF THE STOP LAMP SWITCH PREVENTS ILLUMINATION OF THE BRAKE LIGHTS DURING BRAKING AND INHIBITS DISENGAGEMENT OF CRUISE CONTROL VIA THE BRAKE PEDAL