Mitsubishi Galant

1990 — 2001 of release

Repair and car operation



Mitsubishi Galant
+ Identification numbers of the car
- Governing bodies
   Access, protection
   Seats and safety devices
   Instrumentations and governing bodies
   Comfort
   Operation receptions
+ Settings and routine maintenance
+ Engine
+ cooling and heating Systems
+ Power supply system and release
+ engine Electric equipment
+ Control systems of the engine
+ Manual transmission
+ Coupling and transmission line
+ Brake system
+ Suspension bracket and steering
+ Body
+ Onboard electric equipment


Seats and safety devices

Handle of adjustment of height of provision of a first line of a pillow of a driver's seat

1 — to Lift

2 — to Lower


Handle of adjustment of height of provision of back edge of a pillow of a driver's seat

3 — to Lift

4 — to Lower

Lever of adjustment of provision of a lumbar emphasis of a back of a driver's seat

1 — Very soft emphasis
2 — the Soft emphasis

3 — the Firm emphasis
4 — Very firm emphasis

Adjustment of provision of a forward seat in the longitudinal direction

1 — Forward

2 — Back


Adjustment of an inclination of a back of a seat

1 — to Lift

2 — to Lower

Adjustment of forward seats

Seats with a manual drive

General information

 PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. The seat should be established in the situation, providing to the driver the maximum comfort at management of pedals, a steering wheel and switches on the dashboard. Besides, should be provided the good review through a windscreen and reliability of fixing of a body of the driver with a seat belt. Elements of management of the provision of a seat are from the outer side of its pillow.

2. Adjustment of seats should be made prior to the beginning of movement.
3. Application of any pillows and the other subjects enclosed on a pillow or a back of a seat is not allowed.
4. Remember that the excessive inclination of a back of a seat in an essential measure reduces efficiency of functioning of a seat belt!


Adjustment of provision of a seat in the longitudinal direction

 PERFORMANCE ORDER

Pull on itself a control lever and shift seat assembly in demanded situation. Having finished adjustment, release the lever and make sure of reliability of fixing of a seat, its feats forward-back at the released lever.


Adjustment of an inclination of a back of a seat

 PERFORMANCE ORDER

For the purpose of increase of efficiency of functioning of elements of safety (belts and pillows) backs of forward seats during movement should be in vertical situation!


1. Pull up the lock lever and reject a seat back in demanded situation. Fixing of a back is made automatically at a lever otpuskaniye.

2. The mechanism of regulation of an inclination of a back of a seat is supplied with a spring which at procrastination of the lock lever returns a back in vertical situation. At procrastination of the lever nestle a back on a back of a seat or hold with her hand.


Adjustment of height of a seat (only driver's seat)

 PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. Adjustment of height of provision of a first line of a pillow of a driver's seat can be made by means of the rotating handle located in a forward part of an external lateral wall of a pillow.
2. The rotating handle of adjustment of height of provision of back edge of a pillow of a driver's seat is located behind the lever of adjustment of provision of a seat in the longitudinal direction.


Adjustment of a lumbar emphasis (only driver's seat)

 PERFORMANCE ORDER

The regulator of a lumbar emphasis is located on an external lateral surface of a back of a driver's seat and has four fixed situation: very soft emphasis, soft emphasis, firm emphasis and very firm emphasis.


Seats with an electric drive

General information

 PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. The panel of switches of management functioning by the electric drive of provision of a forward seat it is located from the outer side of a pillow of the last.

2. By pressing the button the seat automatically moves to desirable situation.
3. Adjustment of seats should be made prior to the beginning of movement.
4. Application of any pillows and the other subjects enclosed on a pillow or a back of a seat is not allowed.
5. Remember that the excessive inclination of a back of a seat in an essential measure reduces efficiency of functioning of a seat belt!


Adjustment of provision of a seat in the longitudinal direction

 PERFORMANCE ORDER

Adjustment is made by moving bottom lever ползункового the control panel switch in the corresponding direction.


Adjustment of an inclination of a back

 PERFORMANCE ORDER

Adjustment of an inclination of a back of a seat is made by means of the top rychazhkovy switch of the control panel.


Adjustment of height of provision of a pillow of a seat (only driver's seat)

 PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. Adjustment of height of provision of a first line of a pillow of a driver's seat is carried out by an otzhimaniye in the corresponding direction of the forward end lever ползункового the control panel switch.

2. For adjustment of height of provision of back edge of a pillow wring out in the corresponding direction back edge lever ползункового the switch.

3. Possibility of adjustment of provision of a pillow as a whole is provided also, - it is necessary to wring out the switch, holding him in horizontal situation.


Back seat

 PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. Lateral backs of a back seat can be lowered in an individual order in horizontal situation. For lowering of a clamp of a back it is necessary to press the corresponding button located from the outer side of a head restraint.

2. For return of a back to a starting position simply lift and press to a clamp zashchelkivaniye.
3. Possibility of lowering of backs of a back seat allows to transport in case of need in the car lengthy subjects.

4. In the central part of a back of a back seat the being cleaned armrest, allowing to raise comfort sitting on lateral sections of a seat is provided.


Adjustment of head restraints

 PERFORMANCE ORDER

Car driving at the removed head restraints is interfaced to the increased risk of a travmirovaniye of drivers/passengers in case of failure! Remember that head restraints of a back seat differ on a design from lobbies, - the mistake at installation of head restraints considerably increases probability of receiving a trauma!

Head restraints serve for reduction of danger of a travmirovaniye of cervical department of a backbone of the driver/passenger at blows in a car back.

Efficiency of functioning of a head restraint is defined by correctness of its regulriovka and considerably decreases when making between a back sitting and a back of a seat of any pillows!


Adjustment of height of provision of head restraints

 PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. The head restraint should be established so that its central part settled down at level of eyes of the sitting.

2. The raising of a head restraint is made by its pulling from directing in a seat back. For lowering of a head restraint press on it down, at the same time wringing out the button of an otpuskaniye of a clamp. Having finished adjustment, release the button and make sure of reliability of fixing of a head restraint.


Adjustment of a tilt angle of a head restraint

 PERFORMANCE ORDER

The tilt angle of a head restraint is regulated manually.


Removal of head restraints

 PERFORMANCE ORDER

Removal of a head restraint is made by its extraction from directing in a seat back at the wrung-out button of a clamp. For head restraint installation in the beginning be convinced that it is turned in the correct direction then insert it into a seat back, pressing thus the button of adjustment of height, as shown shooters. Make sure that the button of adjustment of height is located correctly, as is shown in drawing, and pull a head restraint up to be convinced that it does not leave a seat back.


Electroheating of forward seats

Choice of a mode of functioning of heating of a seat

Location of switches of management of heating of forward seats

1 — Fast warming up
2 — It is switched off

3 — Weak heating


 PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. Switches of management on as appropriate equipped models are located with heating of forward seats on assembly of the central console behind the gear shifting lever.
2. The switch has three situation: two workers are switched off also. Transfer of a key of the switch to situation (1) allows to carry out fast warming up of a pillow of the corresponding seat. In the provision (2) keys the pillow of a seat will be supported in a warmed-up condition.


Precautionary measures

 PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. In order to avoid a podsadka of the storage battery it is necessary to avoid heating inclusion on taken with the passenger of a seat. For the same reason include a mode (3) heaters only quickly for the accelerated warming up of a pillow, then transfer the switch to situation (2).
2. Do not put on the seats equipped with heating elements heavy things and sharp subjects. Do not cover a pillow with blankets, plaids, etc.
3. Do not use for cleaning of the seats equipped with heating elements benzene, gasoline, alcohol or other organic solvents.
4. At a prolivaniye on a seat of water or another liquid before including heating of a seat wait complete drying of moisture.
5. Immediately switch off heating at emergence of the slightest signs of violation of serviceability of functioning of elements of system.


Seat belts

General information

 PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. All being in the car during movement people should be fastened by seat belts.
2. Seat belts of forward seats are equipped with automatic emergency natyazhitel. The order of using such belts is similar to an order of using belts of a usual design. In more detail the principle of functioning of emergency natyazhitel is considered below in the corresponding subsection.
3. Use of one seat belt for a pristegivaniye more than one person is not allowed.
4. The lumbar section of a belt should settle down at level of hips, covering a coxofemoral joint sitting, as the strongest element of a skeleton of the person.
5. The humeral section of a belt should not be passed under the arm or be imposed on on a neck of the sitting.
6. Watch, that the belt was not overwound.
7. Remember that maximum efficiency of action of a seat belt is reached in the vertical provision of a back of a seat. The excessive inclination of a back increases probability of a proskalzyvaniye sitting at blow under a belt.
8. Seat belts have three anchor points one of which is equipped with the inertial returnable device with automatic blocking at breakthroughs. Belts of this kind do not need adjustment of length.
9. At installation of a special children's seat it is necessary to transfer a seat belt to a condition of continuous blocking by a full pulling it from the returnable device. Holding him in the extended condition, fix them a children's seat, operating according to instructions of the manufacturer of the last. After a buckle zashchelkivaniye a belt surplus of length of a belt will be winded on a drum of the returnable device and will be blocked, having provided reliable fixing of a children's seat.
10. For return of a belt to a usual operating mode remove a special children's seat and allow the returnable device to wind a belt on the inertial drum.


Instructions for use seat belts

 PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. Slowly extend a belt from the returnable device, throw it through a shoulder and latch a bracket of a buckle of a belt in the lock, then pull for a strap of humeral section up, checking reliability of fixing of a bracket in the lock. Make sure that the strap of a belt is not overwound, - the overwound belt in itself is dangerous.

2. As much as possible lower zone section of a belt, having placed it as it is possible below on hips. Having pulled for humeral section, choose a weak point and try to achieve a dense prileganiye of a belt to a body. In case of need tighten a belt and achieve a dense prileganiye of its humeral section to a trunk. The strap should pass through a thorax sitting on a diagonal so that loading at blow fell generally on the strongest top part of a torso.

Negligence to application of seat belts is fraught with receiving heavy traumas in case of a road accident.

3. The driver of a vehicle, having fastened by the seat belt, should check, that all passengers also were properly fastened.
4. The correct provision of zone section of a belt will provide the safest repayment of inertia of a body at failure, holding it for strong bones of a coxofemoral joint. If the strap passes through a hand shoulder, it is necessary to correct the provision of the top anchor fastening of a belt on a car rack.

5. To adjust the provision of the top anchor of fastening of a belt, press the button of a clamp and shift fastening up or down on built in in a rack directing, achieving the correct provision of humeral section of a belt concerning a neck. Fastening has four fixed situation.

At all do not pass humeral section of a belt near at hand and do not get it for a back, is it can appear it is fraught with the most serious consequences at failure.

6. Incorrectly functioning seat belt cannot provide appropriate protection of the driver/passenger in case of a road accident. The wrong using belts is inadmissible involves serious risk of receiving traumas, damages and even a lethal outcome. In the absence of confidence of correctness of adjustments, charge to specialists of car repair shop of the Mitsubishi company how to carry out check of functioning of seat belts. Additional information on seat belts on the car is presented below.


Information on seat belts is additional

Diagonal and zone seat belt

 PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. The scheme of laying and a way of fastening of a seat belt of a diagonal and zone design is presented on an illustration.

2. To unfasten a belt, press the red button with an inscription of PRESS which is located on the case of the lock of a buckle. At belt taking-up by a drum of the returnable device it is necessary to hold it for a buckle bracket. After an exit from the car check, that the belt did not get to a doorway and it did not appear is clamped at a zakhlopyvaniye of the last.

3. Belts of a diagonal and zone design are equipped with the returnable device of the inertial type which drum, automatically chooses a weak point of straps and constantly supports a small preliminary tension of the belt pressed to a body. Inertial belts practically does not constrain movements of the person fastened by them and allows it to change a pose to a seat easily. At a road accident or sharp braking of the car the returnable device automatically blocks a seat belt, providing body fixing from dangerous movings.
4. Used on considered models of cars diagonal and zone seat belts on all seats, except lobbies, are supplied with the additional clamps providing possibility of reliable fixing of special children's seats. More detailed information on the matter can be received at firm car repair shops of the Mitsubishi company.
5. At a sharp pulling of humeral section of a belt the fixing mechanism of the returnable device is put in action. The drum blocks a belt, excepting possibility опасног6 Used on considered models of cars diagonal and zone seat belts on all seats, except lobbies, are supplied with the additional clamps providing possibility of reliable fixing of special children's seats. More detailed information on the matter can be received at firm car repair shops of the Mitsubishi company.
6. At a sharp pulling of humeral section of a belt the fixing mechanism of the returnable device is put in action. The drum blocks a belt, excepting possibility of dangerous moving of the passenger.


Automatic emergency natyazhitel of seat belts

 PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. On some models for the purpose of ensuring additional protection of the driver/passenger forward seat belts are supplied with devices which at operation provide an automatic tension of belts that helps to exclude possibility of dangerous movings of the driver and the passenger in case of a road accident.
2. Operation of automatic emergency natyazhitel occurs at the directed overloads arising during a strong head-on collision. Emission of forward safety cushions is at the same time made.
3. At device operation the seat belt remains in the tense situation until the bracket of its buckle will not be taken out from the lock of the last.
4. Inclusion of a control lamp of systems of additional safety (SRS) warns the driver about possible malfunctions in devices of automatic emergency natyazhitel of belts.


System of additional safety (SRS)

 PERFORMANCE ORDER

Into number of devices and the components forming system of additional safety (SRS) enter:

a) Two forward safety cushions. The module of a driver's safety cushion is placed in a nave of a steering wheel. The safety cushion of the forward passenger is placed in a special cavity in the right part of the dashboard of the car. The locations of both pillows are marked with precautionary inscriptions of "SRS AIRBAG";
b) The sensors of the directed overloads working at strong front blow;
c) Electronic system of self-diagnostics which at the included ignition provides continuous testing of sensors of overloads, the control unit, gas generators of pillows and connecting electroconducting corresponding to a chain;
d) Devices of an automatic emergency tension of seat belts of forward seats (see above);
e) A control lamp of refusals SRS which has been built in in the dashboard (see below);
f) The spare independent power supply intended for duplication of the main power supply system in case of its exit out of operation at collision of the car.


Principle of functioning of forward safety cushions

Scheme of an arrangement of components of forward safety cushions of SRS

1 — the Module of a driver's safety cushion
2 — the Module of a passenger safety cushion

3 — the Control unit with the sensor of the directed overloads


 PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. Sensors of the directed overloads react to excess of some limiting value which can arise at a strong head-on collision. On a signal of sensors the control unit includes gas generators of safety cushions, causing their instant filling.

2. During collision the seat belt holds from shift the lower part of a trunk sitting. Forward safety cushions help to prevent a travmirovaniye of the driver and the forward passenger as a result of blow their head and a thorax about steering the wheel/dashboard.

3. As signals on operation of both safety cushions arrive from the same sensors, both pillows work at the same time. However, the probability of initiation only is not excluded by one of pillows. Such becomes possible when the size of the directed overloads which have arisen at collision was on the verge of a range of operation of gas generators. In this case seat belts provide rather reliable protection of the driver and the forward passenger while the effect from operation of a safety cushion will be minimum.
4. Right after operation and performance by pillows of the functions gas from them is issued that allows the driver to keep visibility and freely to manipulate all governing bodies the car.
5. Full duration of process from the moment of giving of a signal before production of gas from pillows occupies with sensors of overloads fractions of a second. Operation of pillows occurs so quickly that the human ear simply is not capable to apprehend cotton of gas generators when filling pillows.
6. After a road accident at which there was an operation of safety cushions, the volume of salon of the car looks slightly filled with smoke. Actually it is a suspension of a tonkodispersny powder by which covers of pillows in the combined condition are usually poured. People with a disease of respiratory organs can feel a certain discomfort from the gaseous products containing in air allocated by gas generators of pillows.


Order of functioning of a control lamp of refusals of SRS

 PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. The control lamp of SRS is built in in an instrument guard of the car and intended for the prevention of the driver about revealed by self-diagnostics system refusals in system of additional system of safety. On some updatings of the car operation of a control lamp testifies to possible malfunctions in blocks of lateral safety cushions or devices of an automatic emergency tension of seat belts.
2. At ignition inclusion (the ignition key will turn in the situation "ON" [II]) the control lamp lights up for short time, then at once dies away that confirms about serviceability of functioning of all knots of system.
3. At any operation of a control lamp during any other moment the owner of the car should address at the first possibility for the help to specialists of car repair shop of the Mitsubishi company. The following belongs to number of such situations:

a) The control lamp does not join at ignition key turn in the situation ON (II);
b) The control lamp continues to burn after implementation of start of the engine;
c) A control lamp joined and burns in a constant or blinking mode during car movement.
4. In the presence of listed above malfunction signs the additional system of safety can refuse at car failure.

Negligence to signals of a control lamp of SRS can lead to the most serious consequences at refusal of safety cushions during a road accident.


Lateral safety cushions

Scheme of an arrangement of components of lateral safety cushions of SRS

4 — Lateral safety cushions

5 — Sensors of the directed overloads


 PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. On some models as an additional complete set lateral safety cushions of the driver and the forward passenger can be established. Modules of pillows are built in in external end faces of backs of forward seats. The locations of both lateral pillows are marked with "SIDE AIRBAG" inscriptions. The control lamp of SRS on an instrument guard of the car works also at detection of malfunctions in chains of initiation of lateral pillows.

2. At strong lateral blow sensors of the directed overloads fix excess by arising loadings of some threshold value and give out information signal on the control unit which develops command for operations of a gas generator of the corresponding lateral safety cushion. Thus, if the blow has from a passenger seat, the passenger lateral pillow will work even in the absence of the passenger on a forward seat.

3. For ensuring the greatest efficiency of protection which is provided by safety cushions, the driver and the passenger sitting on a forward seat, should sit directly and to be fastened by seat belts.


Seat belts with automatic emergency natyazhitel

 PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. On some models seat belts of forward seats can be equipped with automatic emergency natyazhitel. By Natyazhiteli are put in action at the strong face-to-face overloads arising at a head-on collision, and provide instant sample of a weak point of belts therefore tapes of the last densely cover a body sitting, in considerably degree raising extent of protection of the driver and the forward passenger.

2. Natyazhitel (And) is built in in assembly of the returnable mechanism of a belt. The order of using such seat belts is similar to an order of using the usual belts equipped with inertial returnable devices. The mechanism of operation of a natyazhitel is absolutely transparent for the user and does not demand from the last any additional skills and knowledge.

And Natyazhitel

3. Activation of natyazhitel occurs only at considerable face-to-face overloads. Operation of modules is accompanied by loud cotton and a small dymoobrazovaniye.

Being allocated at operation of natyazhitel the smoke is safe for health of the person, however at direct inhalation can cause irritation of mucous membranes.

4. It is necessary to notice that refusals of operation of natyazhitel at a head-on collision in most cases speak not malfunction of system, and that overloads arising at blow do not reach threshold value at which activation of modules is made.
5. As well as in case of safety cushions modules of emergency natyazhitel are calculated on single operation and after that are subject to replacement assembled with belts, - address on firm car repair shops of the Mitsubishi company. All claims concerning refusals of the SRS components in the same place are accepted.


Maintenance of the elements SRS

 PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. Safety cushions and devices of an automatic emergency tension of seat belts, practically do not need regular checks and maintenance. However the owner of the vehicle equipped as appropriate should mean the next moments:

a) After operation of safety cushions they are subject to obligatory replacement together with the system control unit. Do not try to dismantle fulfilled pillows independently. These operations should be carried out only in the conditions of a car-care center workshop;
b) If operation of a control lamp of SRS indicates refusal existence in system, it is necessary to address immediately on the closest car repair shop of the Mitsubishi company where complete diagnostics and necessary regenerative repair of system will be made. Otherwise safety cushions can not work at a road accident and not execute the protective function;
c) Specially trained personnel is allowed to works with knots of additional system of safety only. It is forbidden to dismantle independently from the car of a safety cushion and emergency natyazhitel of seat belts. In default SRS or after emergency operation of safety cushions and natyazhitel of seat belts is necessary to address on Mitsubishi company car repair shop for carrying out repair or replacement of knots of system;
d) Do not open modules and do not change electroconducting of systems of safety cushions and devices of an automatic emergency tension of seat belts, - such intervention can lead to involuntary operation of pillows and natyazhitel and be at the bottom of a travmirovaniye of the performer or the people who were nearby;
e) Do not make replacement of forward seats without receiving preliminary consultation at Mitsubishi company car repair shop. Inaccurate or incorrect performance of replacement or removal of covers can lead to refusal of operation of lateral safety cushions in case of a road accident.
2. By car transfer to other person it is necessary to inform without fail the last on all established elements SRS with the indication of the corresponding points of the instruction on rules of use of the car.
3. On all equipped SRS models in places of placement of active elements of system special warning plates are established.

4. Besides, in the places specified on an accompanying illustration the information labels warning about possible danger fasten. Attentively familiarize with the text of preventions, - the neglect these data is fraught with the most serious consequences.


Danger of poisoning with carbon monooxide (WITH)

 PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. The composition of the fulfilled gases of the engine includes extremely toxic monooxide of carbon (WITH). At serviceable final system and the correct operation of the car, the fulfilled gases of the engine should not get to car salon. Try to check a technical condition of system of production of the fulfilled gases and tightness of connections of its pipelines in the following cases:

a) At the next replacement of engine oil when the car is established on the lift;
b) At change of character of the noise published by final system appreciable aurally;
c) After failure in which the details located under the bottom of the car could be damaged.

Monooxide of carbon is toxic gas. Inhalation of oxide of carbon causes loss of consciousness and can lead to a deadly outcome! Be careful to be in the closed, not aired room or to perform works at which you are compelled to breathe the air containing oxide of carbon in big concentration!

In the closed rooms with bad ventilation, for example, in garage concentration WITH can quickly increase to dangerous value. Therefore it is forbidden to leave the engine working at the closed gate of garage. Even at open gate do not leave the engine working long time. At once after start of the engine it is necessary to leave garage and to continue engine warming up on the street.
2. At movement with an open door a back/cover of a luggage compartment the fulfilled gases of the engine can get to salon of the car and create a dangerous situation. If there is a situation when to close a door/cover it is not obviously possible, it is necessary to open completely all windows and to include ventilation and air conditioning system.
3. At stay in the car with the engine working at single turns (even on the open area), make the following inclusions:

a) Include system of ventilation of salon in a mode of inflow of fresh air;
b) Turn on the heater fan for the maximum speed;
c) Establish a regulator comfortable level of air temperature.