Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||||
| 88 | 11/01/2002 | 10008910 | Clock spring installation. mitsubishi motors. tech talk. vol. 88. nov. 2002. *tt | 08/30/2004 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 07/27/2011 | 120000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2002 mitsubishi galant. the contact stated while driving at approximately 35mph the vehicle on the other side of the road failed to yield the right of way proceeded into traffic at high speed and crashed into the contact vehicle passenger side, and the driver and passenger air bag did not deploy. the driver received injuries to the knee and chest the passenger received injuries to the chest. the police information was available upon request. the vehicle has not been repaired. the failure and the current miles was 120,000. li | |||
| 12/06/2008 | 112000 | 1 | |
| I have a 2002 mitsibushi galant es and i was involved in a wreck involving 3 autos and i hit the back end of the second car, crushing the grill in toward the radiator, and neither of the airbags deployed. *tr and this was a hard impact. these are put into an automobile to be a safety feature and they failed to work. *tr | |||
| 08/18/2004 | 1 | ||
| 2002 galant sustained head-on collision at apx. 45mph. (galant was stopped and another car ran a stop sign and slammed into the front of it) and the airbags did not deploy. this was mentioned to the repair shop and i was told that the impact was not severe enough, which i found very hard to believe. now i see that it is a normal occurrence with this poorly designed vehicle. *tr | |||
| 1 | |||
| The brakes failed to stop the vehicle, which resulted in a collision, and the air bags failed to deploy.*jb | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 12/13/2007 | 124000 | 1 | 05/04/2004 |
| My daughter had a front end collision with our 2002 mitsubishi galant. a gentleman ran a stop sign and my daughter collided with his vehicle. the front of the galant hit the side of his driver's do, the galant received heavy damage and the insurance has claimed it a total loss. the airbags did not deploy. my daughter pulled all the muscles in her back, and she has a bad case of whiplash which she tore all the muscles in her neck requiring physical therapy twice a week. *tr | |||
| 03/12/2004 | 1 | 01/15/2002 | |
| Vehicle was completely stopped when rear-ended by chevy suburban traveling approx. 50 mph. car was thrust forward over 50 and struck rear-end of pickup truck. driver side seat broke on impact-caused seat to slide completely forward. no air bag deployment. driver was restrained in seat belt, but still hit head on windshield resulting in brain injury. *jb | |||
| 06/06/2004 | 33000 | 2 | 09/10/2003 |
| Brakes failed to stop vehicle, hit another vehiclle then a concrete barrier. speed approximately 45 mph, both frontal airbags failed to deploy.*ak | |||
| 05/09/2004 | 1 | ||
| While driving 50 mph consumer's vehicle rear-ended another vehicle. upon impact, both frontal air bags did deploy. *ak | |||
| 05/15/2004 | 25000 | 1 | 02/13/2002 |
| A front end collision with a truck going 40 mph in an intersection. the air bags did not deploy resulting in head, chest, neck, and back injury. *ak | |||
| While driving between 30-40 mph consumer's vehicle colided with another vehicle. upon impact, air bags did not deploy. *ak | |||
| 8000 | 1 | ||
| Consumer loss control of the vehicle and rear ended another car, and none of the air bags deployed. *jb | |||
| 10/20/2002 | |||
| While traveling at 35 to 40 mph, consumer states' ran a red light and t-bone another driver. consumer states none of the airbags deployed. please provide any further information. ts | |||
| 10/20/2002 | |||
| While traveling at 25 mph, consumer states vehicle t-bone another car and none of the vehicles airbags deployed. please provide any further information. ts | |||
| 01/06/2002 | 01/01/2002 | ||
| I was involved in an accident that totaled this vehicle. speed was approximately 65-70mph and the car rolled end to end and landed on its side. none of the airbags were deployed. myself and my passenger are lucky to be alive. i would like to be contacted by a lawyer. *ak | |||