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ProblemsByVin Index / 2009-MITSUBISHI-GALANT / COMPLAINTS
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2009 Mitsubishi Galant owner complaints

16 complaints filed with NHTSA on this vehicle , including 4 reporting a crash, fire, injury, or fatality. Showing the 300 most recent — grouped by category for scanning.

airbags 8 complaints shown

10 total in this category · severe · avg repair $1,100 · see airbags cluster analysis →
11/07/2014 68,000 mi Crash ODI #10653238.0

I was completely stopped, waiting to make a left turn when a car barrelled up behind me and hit me from behind. The impact caused my car to be thrown into the lane of oncoming traffic, and another car hit me head-on. My car was being tossed around like a tin can. When it finally came to a stop, the steering wheel was trying to deploy the airbag, but it never inflated. But, smoke and fumes were coming from the steering wheel. I thought it was about to explode or catch on fire. *tr

10/18/2010 47,000 mi Crash ODI #10360983.0

Tl*the contact owns a 2009 Mitsubishi galant. The contact stated that while driving at 60 MPH, the vehicle was involved in a frontal crash but the air bags did not deploy. There were no prior problems with the air bags. There were no injuries. A police report was filed. The manufacturer had not been notified. The current and failure mileages were approximately 47,000.

10/02/2020 220,000 mi ODI #11362470.0

SRS light light is on after replacing airbags

05/26/2017 96,923 mi ODI #10991790.0

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 Mitsubishi galant. The contact stated that the air bag compartment was fractured. The contact took the vehicle to the don harring Mitsubishi dealer where it was diagnosed that the air bags needed to be replaced and the air bag compartment needed to be repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The VIN was unknown. The approximate failure mileage was 96,923.

05/03/2023 ODI #11520188.0

Shannon bell private dealer is selling this car with a unrepairable cv axel. I purchased it and di my home work he rolled the miles back. He's falsely advertising it as clean tie and 190 something miles. That's even less then when I had it. Air bag lights are on and he unplugged the wires along with seatbelt so the lights don't show.

02/12/2018 90,000 mi Crash ODI #11072397.0

Tl* the contact owned a 2009 Mitsubishi galant. While the contact's husband was driving at unknown speeds, he crashed into the rear of another vehicle. The driver sustained injuries to his head and the passenger sustained bruises. Medical attention was not required. The air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was not towed. A police report was filed. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. Additionally, on september 7, 2017, while driving unknown speeds and making a left turn, a vehicle crashed into the front driver's side of the contact's vehicle. The passenger sustained soft tissue and spleen injuries, which required medical attention. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to oz

01/16/2024 130,000 mi 1 injury ODI #11565746.0

The contact owns a 2009 Mitsubishi Galant. The contact stated while driving 20 MPH, the front driver's side air bag deployed inadvertently and struck the contact’s face and chest. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact immediately slammed on the brake pedal and then pulled into a parking spot. The contact stated there was no collision before the air bag deployment. The contact stated that she sustained pain in the face and on the chest but did not seek medical assistance. The dealer was contacted and advised the contact to cut the air bag off the steering wheel and to take the vehicle to their location. The contact stated that the vehicle was unsafe to drive because the seat belt was inoperable after the air bag had been deployed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The

01/11/2016 110,000 mi ODI #10819480.0

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 Mitsubishi galant. The contact stated that while driving at 15 MPH the passenger side air bag inadvertently deployed. The contact also stated that there was no collision. The contact maneuvered to the side of the street. The contact drove the vehicle to the dealer and the diagnosis was that the vehicle displayed a front bumper damage therefore the sensor was damaged. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 110,000. The VIN was not available.

tires 2 complaints shown

12/24/2008 8,000 mi ODI #10252715.0

Tl*the contact owns a 2009 Mitsubishi galant. The manufacturer of the tires are yokohama, model name radial all season tubeless, and the tire size is p/215/60/r16. When attempting to stop the vehicle the tires cause the vehicle to slide abnormally. The technician stated that the tires needed to be replaced at the owners expense for $600.00. The technician did not state why the tires were defective. The tires have not been replaced. The failure and current mileages were 8,000. The DOT number was unknown.

02/27/2012 ODI #10449510.0

I purchased my car brand new back in dec of 2008. Not even three years later, three (3) of the four (4) tires have severe cracking where the tread meets the sidewall. The only reason the fourth tire wasn't damaged the same way is I had a nail stuck in the sidewall prior the first tire failure and had to replace it, so I can only assume it would have had the same issues. I had a slow leak and noticed the cracking on one of the tires when filling with air. The mechanic was the one who pointed out the other tire starting to crack the same way. Tonight I noticed the third tire (last original tire) also had the same cracking. *tr

brakes 1 complaint shown

12/03/2011 35,000 mi ODI #10438206.0

When going in reverse the car makes a horrible loud noise. The car is still in factory condition and not using any aftermarket parts. Dealer states they have tore down the rear end of another car and lubed and oiled and sat for overnight and did the same noise. Seems to be a very big defect in something used. Cannot understand how a brand new car with very low miles will make such a noise. *tr

body 1 complaint shown

3 total in this category · moderate · avg repair $1,500 · see body cluster analysis →
08/19/2015 ODI #10749877.0

I was driving about 60 miles per hour on the highway around 3:00 pm on a weekday and my sunroof just shattered into thousands of pieces, it sounded like a gunshot when it broke. I swerved into the next lane, nothing happened but this incident could of been a lot worse. At the time no one else was on the highway so it couldn't have been a rock or something else that may have caused this to happen and regardless of the triple digit summer texas weather the glass was suppose to be heat tempered. I had to pull over because chunks of glass started to fly off and was hitting the back of my trunk, scratching the paint job.

Showing 300 of 16 total complaints. The full federal record is available at nhtsa.gov/vehicle/2009/Mitsubishi/Galant#complaints.
Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) owner complaint database. Last synced 2026-06-14. Complaints are owner-submitted and unverified — the existence of a complaint is not proof of a defect, but a pattern of complaints around the same component is a signal worth weighing. Verify any specific filing at nhtsa.gov.
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