2006 Mitsubishi Galant

midsize car / 4-door sedan

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteria	Rating
Moderate overlap front: original test
Side: original test
Roof strength
Head restraints & seats

Key

G
Good
A
Acceptable
M
Marginal
P
Poor

Superior
Advanced
Basic

Some ratings use a scale of Poor to Good. Others range from Basic to Superior.

Moderate overlap front: original test

Rating applies to 2004-12 models

Tested vehicle: 2004 Mitsubishi Galant ES 4-door

The Mitsubishi Galant was redesigned for the 2004 model year.

Evaluation criteria	Rating
Overall evaluation
Structure and safety cage
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
Chest
Leg/foot, left
Leg/foot, right
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics

Action shot taken during the frontal offset crash test.

The dummy's position in relation to the steering wheel and instrument panel after the crash test indicates that the driver's survival space was maintained well.

Smeared greasepaint indicates where the dummy's head hit the B-pillar and head restraint during rebound. Head accelerations from these hits were low.

Forces on the lower right leg were high enough to indicate the possibility of injuries.

Technical measurements for this test

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	CEF0408
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm)	11
Left (cm)	20
Center (cm)	18
Right (cm)	13
Brake pedal (cm)	13
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm)	1
Right (cm)	1
Steering column movement
Upward (cm)	2
Rearward (cm)	0
A-pillar rearward movement (cm)	1

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	CEF0408
Head
HIC-15	308
Peak gs at hard contact	25
Neck
Tension (kN)	1.6
Extension bending moment (Nm)	20
Maximum Nij	0.36
Chest maximum compression (mm)	32
Legs
Femur force - left (kN)	0.2
Femur force - right (kN)	2.8
Knee displacement - left (mm)	0
Knee displacement - right (mm)	0
Maximum tibia index - left	0.47
Maximum tibia index - right	1.09
Tibia axial force - left (kN)	3.0
Tibia axial force - right (kN)	4.9
Foot acceleration (g)
Left	77
Right	93

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Rating applies to 2005-06 models

Tested vehicle: 2005 Mitsubishi Galant ES 4-door with standard front seat-mounted combination head and torso airbags

The Mitsubishi Galant was redesigned for the 2004 model year. Seat-mounted side airbags designed to protect drivers' and front passengers' heads and torsos were made standard for the 2005 model year. (In 2004 side airbags designed to protect only torsos were optional.)

Two tests of the Galant were conducted, one a 2005 model equipped with standard side airbags, and one a 2004 model without side airbags. These vehicles are rated separately, except that the structural ratings and rear passenger injury and head protection ratings for both vehicles are based on both tests.

Note: Beginning with 2007 models, side curtain airbags designed to protect drivers' and front and rear passengers' heads and side airbags designed to protect drivers' and front passengers' torsos became standard, so these ratings do not apply to 2007 and later models.

Evaluation criteria	Rating
Overall evaluation
Structure and safety cage
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
Torso
Pelvis/leg
Driver head protection
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck
Torso
Pelvis/leg
Rear passenger head protection The dummy's head was hit by the window frame and window sill of the rear door. These impacts did not produce high head injury measures, but the head protection is inadequate.

View of the vehicle and barrier just after the crash test.

View of the vehicle after the crash with doors removed, showing the side airbag and damage to the occupant compartment.

Action shot taken during the side impact crash test showing the driver dummy's head was protected from being hit by hard structures by the side airbag.

Smeared yellow and red greasepaint shows where the rear passenger dummy's head hit the window sill and window frame.

Technical measurements for this test

Test ID	CES0402	CES0418
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm)	-14.0	-11.0
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	CES0418
Head HIC-15	327
Neck
Tension (kN)	1.5
Compression (kN)	0.4
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm)	49
Lateral force (kN)	2.1
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm)	41
Average deflection (mm)	40
Maximum deflection rate (m/s)	8.89
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s)	1.10
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN)	0.9
Acetabulum force (kN)	1.9
Combined force (kN)	2.8
Left femur
L-M force (kN)	0.2
L-M moment (Nm)	111
A-P moment (Nm)	39

Evaluation criteria	Measurement
Test ID	CES0402	CES0418
Head HIC-15	332	356
Neck
Tension (kN)	1.4	1.4
Compression (kN)	0.2	0.1
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm)	34	41
Lateral force (kN)	1.7	1.7
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm)	34	41
Average deflection (mm)	23	31
Maximum deflection rate (m/s)	3.54	3.38
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s)	0.59	0.67
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN)	0.7	0.7
Acetabulum force (kN)	1.2	0.9
Combined force (kN)	1.5	1.5
Left femur
L-M force (kN)	0.3	0.4
L-M moment (Nm)	172	142
A-P moment (Nm)	-38	-37

About the original side crash test

Roof strength

Rating applies to 2004-12 models

Tested vehicle: 2009 Mitsubishi Galant ES 4-door

Overall evaluation
Curb weight	3,438 lbs
Peak force	13,107 lbs
Strength-to-weight ratio	3.81

About the roof strength test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: Cloth seats

Overall evaluation
Dynamic rating
Seat/head restraint geometry

Technical measurements for this test

Seat type	Cloth seats
Geometry
Backset (mm)	90
Distance below top of head (mm)	75
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail	Fail
Max T1 acceleration (g)	13.4
Head contact time (ms)	100
Force rating	3
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N)	280
Max neck tension (N)	887

Seat type: Leather seats

Overall evaluation
Dynamic rating
Seat/head restraint geometry

Technical measurements for this test

Seat type	Leather seats
Geometry
Backset (mm)	70
Distance below top of head (mm)	85
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail	Fail
Max T1 acceleration (g)	0.0
Head contact time (ms)
Force rating	0
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N)
Max neck tension (N)

About the head restraint & seat test
Currently, IIHS tests apply only to front seats.