1995 Mitsubishi Galant S review from North America

Brakes would wear out pretty quickly on the car.

Started burning oil at 132,000 miles. Local Mitsubishi dealer said that a piston job would cost a little over $2,500. I then began to add a quart of oil every thousand miles or so. Other than regular oil changes and other maintenance regulars, never needed much else.

Wheels would get stuck to the hubs and rotors. Sometimes I'd get a flat tire and even after removing the lugs, it would be kinda hard to get off. After I'd noticed a pattern when trying to change my brakes myself, I started carrying a blow torch and some lubricating oil around just in case. (this solved my problem later on down the road.)

Struts went on me at about 150k.

Loved to eat tires. would replace eaten ones with $20.00 used ones. (struts)

At 167K when I would turn on the A/C the car began to make some strange chirping, whizzing noise and the noise came from the right side of the car under the front bumper. I never had it looked into, I just quit using the A/C.

I purchased this car from my stepmother who purchased it new in 1995 with 2 miles on the odo. I was generally pleased with the cars reliability overall, but I still don't feel that Mitsubishi's quality is on par with other Japanese competitor's such as Honda, Toyota, and Nissan.

This car was always maintained by my stepmother to a T. I was a little put off when the car started burning oil at only 132k. I accelerated away and saw that telltale bluish-gray smoke. Not too long after that happened, my struts all blew out on me. When these two things occurred, I decided to just use the car as a workhorse and I drove it all the time as my little beater.

The car deserves some props I guess, because I drove it on oil, tranny fluid, and tire changes up thru about 178k. I put 86,000 miles on it in two years.

The interior was pretty comfortable and I liked the speakers. I changed the stock radio to a Sony head unit with CD player and it was great with the stock speakers. And for a base model Galant it was well equipped. Power windows, locks, A/C, Cruise control. No power mirrors, but then again one less electrical component to worry about.

Enjoyed the car, but wasn't happy with the oil burning. Would buy another one, just newer. A friend of mine has had good luck with her 2000 ES-V6.