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Love this car!
mdark, 11/03/2011
1996 Mitsubishi Galant ES 4dr Sedan
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
Bought this car with 150k miles on it, has had a few minor issues but nothing abnormal for a car that's now pushing 165k miles. The car is extremely comfortable, I love driving it and the gas economy for a 1996 is AMAZING. The freeway MPG is phenomenal, however it dislikes stop and go in-town driving and traffic. Extremely reliable and the maintenance fees are pretty reasonable. I'd recommend this car to anyone, I can expect it to go 200k with ease.
My Galant makes me proud
dktmajor, 04/03/2013
1995 Mitsubishi Galant LS 4dr Sedan
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
I drive for a living, hi-way and streets, doing warranty work for computers so I put 100-200 miles a day of hard driving on my car. I did my first repair at 372k miles when a hose ruptured. Made a "hose" out of duct tape, secured it to the radiator and engine block and drove to the auto parts store where I replaced the hose. The head gasket was replaced at 448k, lower control arm at 537k, original starter at 579k and the engine siezed at 597,893. I did tuneups every four months, fuel filter changed when I changed my clocks, used only hi octane gas (preserves the catalytic convertor this way) Love Galants
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Ian, 04/09/2006
1995 Mitsubishi Galant ES 4dr Sedan
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
I am a mechanic and after a rediculously reliable Honda I bought a Mitsubishi Galant with comfortable seats. This car has comfort and good looks, but I am glad I am a mechanic. I have managed to fix most problems relatively cheaply. I have tips for owners if the central lock stops working - replace the window switch cluster. If your car turns off and won't go until you a few minutes or it maybe turns off then on when driving you need a crank angle sensor on the distributor. The lower ball joints failing make a gunching sound when turning. I had to replace both. Overall this is a nice looking touring car. It has comfort, style, and modest performance, but poor reliability with high milage.
1995 Mitsubishi Galant LS
MY 95 GALANT LS, 08/20/2008
1995 Mitsubishi Galant LS 4dr Sedan
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
I bought this car as my first car in Nov. 1998 with 43K miles in NYC when my daughter was born. Then move to NC with 139K. I still drive this car daily to work. It great on gas and for a 4 cylinder it has the power like a V6. It has 201,500 miles and still pulling strong and quite. Change oil every 3k on time, change timing belt every 60K and tune up on time. Shocking but true. It still has the original rear breaks from factory.WOW I can't believe it either. The only problem i had was alignment, problem solved after i replaced all 4 shocks, no camber kits required. Great car, reliable, quick, fun to drive. I'm expecting to get 250K before my next timing belt change. Then I'll let her go.
Galant GS
Monkey, 01/29/2010
1996 Mitsubishi Galant ES 4dr Sedan
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Great little car. Even after adding some bolt on power (turbo) the car was very reliable. This is until we hit 170000, then the engine had a few stumbles. At 175000 the engine said its about my time and the transmission soon followed. I am sure that had this drivetrain remained stock it would have easily hit the 250000 mark.
Unbeatable Value
Mike, 08/15/2008
1995 Mitsubishi Galant S 4dr Sedan
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
I bought a 1995 Mitsubishi Galant S in 2000 with 79,000. I beat the hell out of it but it kept going. This was my pizza delivery car. I put 240,000 city miles on the original engine until it burnt so much oil I got pulled over by a cop because he though my car was on fire. (Cold starts in winter would look like smoke bombs going off.) I recommend this car with the manual transmission if you can find one in decent shape. Despite my criticisms, this car is a really cool car.
Money Pit
Evolution, 05/15/2003
1995 Mitsubishi Galant S 4dr Sedan
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
I bought the car used at 82000 miles The car is just plain out horrible mechanicly, aesthitically its decent for its year but under the hood its just a huge money pit at 85000 miles it needed a new trans $2,500 to replace (for the auto's) and at 94000 miles my timing belt went has caused over another $2000 worth of damage total this is more than i paid for the car. A long with the recalls and other problems with this car its just an outright horrible buy.
It's finally time to sell
Nick, 08/27/2009
1996 Mitsubishi Galant S 4dr Sedan
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
I bought this car with 104K on it back in 01. Had it ever since. I now have 225K and it is finally time to get rid of it. The last 20K have had some problems with it, but what car wouldn't at that many miles. Paint has chipped off and some rusting around the wheel wells. Did most repairs myself. Good car for the price I paid. Drove it into the ground but it still gets 25mpg.
Big style, little substance.
MBowen574, 10/09/2005
1996 Mitsubishi Galant ES 4dr Sedan
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
I bought my 1996 Mitsubishi Galant as a college car. It had 83,400 miles on it when bought, now it is at 90,850 miles. I love the styling, inside and out. I love that it's easy to work on. I just love this car. I've done a great deal of work on it, and have mostly gotten it all working again. The engine is really smooth for a 4-cyl. with the A/C off, the interior has held up really well, all the problems the car had when I got it have been relatively easy to fix. It's a shame the parts are so expensive and the major components (engine, transmission) are so finicky about care and proper maintainence. I can provide great care to this car, and have. The previous owners didn't. It's a shame really. I plan to keep it for a long time! This is an awesome car!
Super car
mikec, 06/26/2002
1995 Mitsubishi Galant LS 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
I have had this car for 4 years and it is now 7 years old. Great car. Well made and well laid out. New ones are even better, except that they dont have the fold down seat of these older ones. My 2.4ltr 4-cyl engine has 160,000 miles and no problems made a couple of east to west coast round trips. Its also easy to work on yourself.
hidden problems
dave , 07/11/2002
1995 Mitsubishi Galant S 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
right after I bought the car I had transmission troubles, wheel bearings gone, cracked crank case - all of which was replaced under warranty. But now my AC is gone. The Transmission is again slipping/hesitating and the car 'feels' like it has other things planned for me. I just wish I had bought the Used Altima I was comparing it against.
dissapointed
john gigalardi, 07/18/2002
1995 Mitsubishi Galant S 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
I was deciding between this model and the Nissan Altima and, even though I had a Nissan Sentra (which had been a perfect car -operationally) I read the reviews (some of them here) and bought the Galant. To my disappointment it was a lemon and Goldstien service sucked! The transmission was replaced along with two wheel bearing and all four brakes. Now the AC is gone and the new transmission is slipping and it's only got 53,000.00 miles on it give me a brake!
Decent, eloquently decent
Sheezy, 07/30/2002
1995 Mitsubishi Galant S 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
I just bought the car a few days ago and it runs beautifully and handles like a true sports car should. I found it to be very stylish and affordable and it also seems very easily serviceable. The only thing is that there is no power anything except steering and brakes and The A/C doesn't work well.
Good Car to Own
feb022, 08/03/2002
1995 Mitsubishi Galant S 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
I bought this car used (it was an off- lease vehicle) several years ago. I have not had any problems (except the typical maintainance) with it, except for a recall notice on my gas tank. It rides fairly smooth. It does burn about 1/2 quart of oil every 1000 miles or so.
Car w/ Problems
ARoman, 08/29/2002
1995 Mitsubishi Galant S 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
I purchased this vehicle used & later found out that it had been in an accident.There are some problems w/ the transmission & my air conditioning is slipping away. I've received a couple recall notices regarding the bearings & I've had to invest way too much money on this car.
Great Car
scottcol, 09/10/2002
1995 Mitsubishi Galant S 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
I bought my '95 Galant with 19,000 miles on it and drove to about 150,000 (and that was after being rearended by a semi around 60,000 miles). The only complaint I had with the car was expensive timing belts and finally a fluke that caused me to sell it. My wife took the car one day, she called me and said it was running funny. So,we had it towed to a local shop. They said that the a/c belt had come off.When the a/c belt broke, it got sucked up under the timing belt cover. The shop replaced the timing belt and the pulleys, but it never ran right after that, so I sold it. Had it not been for that fluke I'd still be driving it today.
Not a Toyota, Nissan or Honda, But
Gerardo Torres, 09/28/2002
1995 Mitsubishi Galant S 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Good handling, but the automatic transmission and motor are not as reliable as a Toyota, Honda or Nissan. If I sell it I will definitely buy one of this other japanese cars.
Galant ES nightmare
Braxius, 10/04/2002
1995 Mitsubishi Galant LS 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
This car was what I was looking for. Business suit grey and 60k miles when I bought it. About 2 months after owning it, someone hit me head on about 20mph (each of us doing around 10mph) The airbags never deployed. After the 'fenderbender' the car quite literally began to fall apart! The clock/radio quit working (half the lights worked, but they did not function properly). The engine light would come on and smoke at stop lights. Transmission started to slip about 2x per month. The exhaust broke w/NO warning. The power window switch bundle on drivers door caught fire when I used the auto-down feature. ---Very upset about the lacking quality.
Blue Smoke
Ready to Sell, 01/06/2003
1995 Mitsubishi Galant S 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
I bought the car used with 46k miles and it's been very reliable. Having the timing belt changed could be a bit expensive at $450 each recommended service change. Warning! Somewhere around the 96K, I started seeing blue smoke coming from the tailpipe. The dealership told me it was the valves and it would cost $3000 to repair. A friend told me it was common problem with most late model Mitsubishi vehicles. And to take notice on my way home, I took notice and it appeares that all the late models I saw did smoke.
Nice car!
mitsu, 01/22/2003
1995 Mitsubishi Galant ES 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Trouble free auto 144000 miles. All power accessories work fine. Double wishbone suspension at all corners make this car very agile. With H rated and traction A tires this baby loves to be tossed through the curves, and at it's limits sliding is predictable, smooth and controlled with minimum understeer. A drivers car! Four valves per cylinder, sequential electronic fuel injection and factory headers for intake and exhaust translate into tire spinning low power torque when the pedal is stomped. All original power train and exhaust (stainless steel) Real reliable car. All paid for and not interested in a new car.
95 Galant first car
Diseasicon, 06/12/2003
1995 Mitsubishi Galant S 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
For my first car, I ended up buying a 95' galant. I had looked into many other cars, and when I finally test drove the galant, I decided to buy it. The car is incredibly powerful for only 141 horses and a 4 cylinder, especially mated to the 5-speed manual. The only problems I've had were with my alternator, which froze because i left the car sitting in the cold, through snow in the winter for 3 months without running it. Otherwise, the car has been extremely reliable, and already, I have a potential buyer when I sell it.
Great Car
Danman9264, 07/27/2003
1995 Mitsubishi Galant S 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
I bought this car as my first car in Nov. 2002. The car has been great to me. Many people said that Mitsus were unreliable but so far, that seems not to be true. The car runs perfectly and the engine sounds smoother than most newer cars. The only problem I had was that the alternator froze over, but that's because I left the car sitting in the cold for over 2 and a half months.
95 Mits Gallant
yerffej, 08/14/2003
1995 Mitsubishi Galant S 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
I love this car. It's been in my family for about 8 years (survived 2 undergrad colleges) and we've had very few problems with it. Right now it's at a good 155K mi and it seems like it can't wait to start up in the morning. I figure it's good for another 50K with regular oil changes. It's a good buy- I would recommend this car to anyone.
I love it
MorganE, 01/30/2004
1995 Mitsubishi Galant LS 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
I bought my '95 Galant and haven't had any problem with it that you wouldn't expect out of a 7 year old car. The first time I test drove it I knew it was the car for me. Has nice styling inside and out.
Good reliable car!
LauraB, 03/10/2004
1995 Mitsubishi Galant S 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
I have had this car for almost 8 1/2 years and this is easily the most reliable car I have ever owned. Just keep up with regular maintenance and it runs like a dream.
unbelievable
John-01, 10/13/2004
1995 Mitsubishi Galant S 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Every month I am amazed. 170,000 miles and still going strong but burns oil. Very little maintenance. Only regular maintainence and 770.00 in repairs to engine 18 months ago. Truly spectacular reliability.
Excellent Car
Monica, 01/04/2007
1995 Mitsubishi Galant ES 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
I have had this car for many years now and it has not failed me once. If you find one, keep it. I have a second new car (not a Galant, nor Mitsubishi), but still keep the Galant in case the new one fails.
When it goes, it doesn't linger
ifkristen, 03/19/2003
1995 Mitsubishi Galant S 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
I bought my 1995 Galant with 68K on it just about 2 years ago. I put 40K on it to date. I found it very comfortable compared to my Tercel, and the engine, even linked to an automatic, was acceptable. As the miles wore on, things wore out: the engine and tranny are suddenly developing some severe problems, the trunk leaks, the moonroof motor burned out, the fuel door latch doesn't work, the power locks don't work, the power windows are badly aligned and struggle to move along their track. On the plus side, the car has been rear-ended twice by BIG SUVs. I wouldn't buy another Mitsu, though.
Sweet
ahn, 04/24/2002
1996 Mitsubishi Galant S 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
With the 5 speed manual the car is very responsive. Can be a little uncomfortable on long hauls. For whatever reason we get water in the trunk when it rains and we are driving, not when it is just sitting, the seal is in good shape and I made adjustments to the lid but to no avail. The gas pedal can be uncomfortable, cruise control really helps in that aspect, we had one installed. The car performs better with higher octane gas, and in turn it gets better fuel mileage.
Great car
millenniumsea, 08/03/2002
1996 Mitsubishi Galant ES 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
It's a great car, comfortable and quite fast for a mid-category family car, excellent for weekend trips and everyday use too. The interior could be more pretty, especially the color, but the interior is very well designed and practical. Surprisingly good sound system as it comes from the factory.
Check timming belt
WolfG, 09/24/2002
1996 Mitsubishi Galant S 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
I bought a galant in 1999 the 5spd w/sunroof. I wanted a family car with a soorty look so I was attracted to the Galant. It ran well causing little problems alternator, battery, brake pads, rotors, and lights. It had 124k on it when I got it. I heard a squealing sound one day and had the belts changed so I thought but they did not change the timming belt and by it being a 5spd it jumped timming and it was the end. I had just paid it off too.
Galants are great!
Kay, 10/08/2002
1996 Mitsubishi Galant S 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Since the purchase of my 1996 Mitsubishi Galant, I have had absolutely no major problems with it. I make sure it has its regular check- ups, and it has been good to me. My husband loves the power behind this vehicle. Looks are definitely deceiving! It's quiet, easy to maintain, and 'sporty'. I have been searching for a 'family' car, but haven't found one that can match my Galant. I would have to go greatly out of my price range to get something in comparison.
1996 Galant S
Matty, 10/27/2002
1996 Mitsubishi Galant S 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
It has been very fun driving it and i cant wait to begin fixing it up.
galant
quiz, 03/27/2004
1996 Mitsubishi Galant S 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
bad changed engine, radiator, crank pully, exaust, tires, all around 115,000 miles. really bad experiance. Also the overdrive is busted
The reasonable car
planotx, 04/11/2004
1996 Mitsubishi Galant ES 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
All I have to say about this car that it's the perfect combination of every use for you money. It is fast enough, comfortable enough, not too expensive to take care of, fun enough and still not too out of fashion.
Great Car
DivaahJoy, 06/19/2004
1996 Mitsubishi Galant S 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
had 600 miles on it when i bought it. has almost 200,000 now. very few problems first 4-5 years - just brakes and oil changes. recently have more major repairs - engine, a/c, water pump - but repair costs have been reasonable. would recommend Mitsubishi to anyone. will buy another car within year but this has served me well.
my mitsubishi ...it's time to sell =0(
patty, 08/11/2005
1996 Mitsubishi Galant LS 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
I bought this car with 105,000 miles on it. Everyone told me not too, it has been a wonderful car and is now pushing 180,000 miles! Great gas milage, quick for a 4-cylinder! Fun little car to drive with overdrive at the push of a button and power everything and leather seats and even a spolier on the back! I have to sell it now. If you buy one, I hope you have as much luck with yours as I have had.
What a great car!
MATH, 03/22/2003
1996 Mitsubishi Galant S 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
I bought my Galant S (5 speed manual) in December 2001 with about 80k on it. So far I have put almost 25K. This car is by far the most reliable I have ever owned. Engine is strong, acceleration and braking are very good. Now on the down side... * The RPM indicator and some of the Dash lights (A/C knobs) have started working only part-time! * Water gets in the trunk every time it rains. But hey, for the money, the age and mileage of this vehicle, I am not complaining!
Old and Steady
Diane Bloom, 04/07/2003
1996 Mitsubishi Galant ES 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
This is second mitsubish. I owned. Minor problems on interior after 1st year, i.e. plastic parts not fitting. Internal air filter disentegrated after 5 years of ownership. Replaced brakes twice on front, battery 2x already and all tires once. Has high miles now and still works well, though a timing belt may be its next repair need. Tape deck and horn died last year as well as interior vanity light and trunk light. Love the Homelink system. Good maneuverability in tight places. Still can get over 80 mph quickly. Is squishy with one infant seat in center and another next to it. Good visibility- few blind spots. Still reliable car.
RELIABLE
Mitsu, 04/08/2003
1996 Mitsubishi Galant S 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
The best thing about this car is its reliability. Overall I have been happy with since I've had it almost seven years and I feel as though it's been good to me. This is a pretty simple car that gets the job done and doesn't give you any problems, which is all I was looking for.
96 Galant
jjs2003, 04/21/2003
1996 Mitsubishi Galant S 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
A great car! I have 125,000 miles and only expense is oil changes & tires.
What a car.
Whitey92, 05/18/2003
1996 Mitsubishi Galant S 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
I'll tell ya this is my first car and it has given me no major problems. I got it around 70,000 miles, and it purrs. Only problem at 75,000 miles on cold winter night altenator belt snapped while on highway, got home safely battery was drained but only problem. Fast car has got some sack if you know what I mean. Handles amazingly.
1996 Galant S
matty, 10/27/2002
1996 Mitsubishi Galant S 4dr Sedan
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
It has been very fun driving it and i cant wait to begin fixing it up.
1996 galant
vette5960, 03/29/2002
1996 Mitsubishi Galant S 4dr Sedan
0 of 1 people found this review helpful
brakes are horrible