The 1986 Mitsubishi Galant has 1 NHTSA recall campaign affecting an estimated 658,000 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 6 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the seat belts. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Recall campaigns
SEAT BELTS95V1030041995-05-24658,000 affected
Defect
THE FRONT SAFETY BELT BUCKLE RELEASE BUTTONS CAN BREAK. THESE RED PLASTIC RELEASE BUTTONS ARE MARKED "PRESS." IF A BUTTON BREAKS, PIECES CAN FALL INTO THE BUCKLE ASSEMBLY CAUSING THE BUCKLE TO OPERATE IMPROPERLY.
Consequence
THE SAFETY BELTS WOULD NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE PROTECTION TO AN OCCUPANT IN A VEHICLE CRASH.
Remedy
OWNERS SHOULD PROMPTLY CHECK THE CONDITION AND OPERATION OF BOTH FRONT SAFETY BELT BUCKLES AND CAREFULLY INSPECT THE RED RELEASE BUTTON FOR ANY BREAKS OR CRACKS. THEY SHOULD ENSURE THAT BOTH BUCKLES ARE OPERATING PROPERLY BY INSERTING EACH LATCH PLATE INTO ITS BUCKLE, TUGGING ON THE BELT TO MAKE SURE THE LATCH IS…
Complaints by component
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
3
1crashes1deaths
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“Difficulty latching seat belt on driver. Broken. Tt”
“Passenger side seat belt does not latch and driver getting hard to latch. Tt”
“Upon impact, during frontal crash at approx. 35mph, 1:30 on front bumper, when swerved to avoid collision with another vehicle, hit telephone pole, shoulder /lap belt buckle unbuckled, vehicle rolled, driver was thrown out of driver's side window and was killed. *ak”
“There continues to be excessive scraping sound when brakes are applied. Steering wheel does not come back to same position after making turn-this is even after a wheel alignment at sears-elmhurst, ny on 10/30/00. Heater blows cold air if not set on auto-thermostat ; and then must be set at least…”
“There continues to be excessive scraping sound when brakes are applied. Steering wheel does not come back to same position after making turn-this is even after a wheel alignment at sears-elmhurst, ny on 10/30/00. Heater blows cold air if not set on auto-thermostat ; and then must be set at least…”
“There continues to be excessive scraping sound when brakes are applied. Steering wheel does not come back to same position after making turn-this is even after a wheel alignment at sears-elmhurst, ny on 10/30/00. Heater blows cold air if not set on auto-thermostat ; and then must be set at least…”
Defect investigations
InvestigationEA95004 Opened 1995-03-10 · closed 1995-08-01
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 1986 Mitsubishi Galant as of
July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page
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