Mitsubishi Galant vs Ford Freestyle

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Mitsubishi Galant	Ford Freestyle
Complaints on file	2,429	5,155
Model years covered	1986–2012	2002–2007
Worst model year	1999	2005
Best model year	1998	2004
Crashes reported	334	153
Fires reported	115	21
Injuries reported	198	39
Deaths reported	9	0
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Acceleration & Cruise Control
Share of complaints involving harm	27%	4.1%

Mitsubishi Galant by year

6 9 7 20 32 78 43 11 284 296 200 110 69 296 183 211 175 167 68 34 37 31 9 23 12 7 11

86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Brakes 395 16.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 265 10.9%

Suspension 250 10.3%

Airbags 234 9.6%

Engine & Cooling 221 9.1%

Electrical System 198 8.2%

Body & Structure 175 7.2%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 141 5.8%

Ford Freestyle by year

1 14 2,018 1,872 1,250

02 04 05 06 07

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Acceleration & Cruise Control 1,617 31.4%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,308 25.4%

Engine & Cooling 681 13.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 397 7.7%

Electrical System 269 5.2%

Brakes 227 4.4%

Other & Unspecified 190 3.7%

Body & Structure 102 2.0%