Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
3
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (3)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-05-18 | 20V279000 |
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | 141,200 | — | Details |
| 2009-11-05 | 09V435000 |
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE | 29,353 | — | Details |
| 2009-03-10 | 09V077000 |
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SUPPLY:CHECK VALVE | 39,711 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer. The contact stated that after a while the system would erase any safety info… |
| 2023-12-12 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | We had car at a car dealer and the manufacturer declined doing the recall on the car for corrison on the front crossmem… |
| 2023-05-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The dealership that is repairing the drive belt recall, is attempting to charge me for the replacement of a damaged pul… |
| 2022-10-05 | SUSPENSION | Yes | 1 | The contact owns a 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer. The contact stated while her daughter was driving 45 mph, the vehicle began … |
| 2022-04-13 | SUSPENSION | Yes | 0 | Our car crashed after getting off the highway in NJ. This appears to be related to Safety Recall Report 20V-279. The cr… |
| 2022-01-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | The airbags light came on after I bought the car and I am afraid of I get in an accident they will not deploy my mechan… |
| 2021-07-19 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Air bag light turn on and off |
| 2021-02-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | FRONT LOWER CONTROL ARMS -TEARING BUSHINGS, TORN BOOTS BOTH OUTER TIE ROD ENDS - TORN BOOTS TIMING COVER SEPARATE |
| 2020-12-20 | STEERING | No | 0 | I HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE. PARKED AND FOUND ROTTEN PARTS ON TIRE. MECHANIC SAID IT CANNOT BE FIXED. EVERYTHING ROTTED. N… |
| 2020-09-22 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA RECALL NUMBER: 20V279000 (STR… |
| 2020-08-03 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | HAS ACTIVE RECALL I WANT THE SUNROOF REPLACE NOT JUST INSPECTED I WANT IT FIXED TO AVOID FUTURE PROBLEM OF FLYING OFFER… |
| 2020-08-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 20V279000 (S… |
| 2020-06-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE CVT TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING THE LIGHT STATIN… |
| 2020-03-30 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE STEERING… |
| 2020-02-26 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | I PURCHASED A USED 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER WITH 163K MILES ON IT FROM A THIRD PARTY. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR TWO… |
| 2019-10-14 | STRUCTURE:BODY | Yes | 0 | MY SRS LIGHT JUST STARTED COMING ON A FEW YEARS AGO BEFORE WE WERE IN AN ACCIDENT. WHEN WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO CH… |
| 2019-06-26 | STEERING | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING MY CAR TO WORK THIS MORNING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I FELT A DRASTIC PULL TO THE LEFT. I GET OUT OF THE CAR A… |
| 2019-06-14 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO TURN, THE CROSSMEMB… |
| 2019-05-28 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | DURING MY LAST TWO VISIT WITH TECHNICIAN (LAST ONE WITH MITSUBISHI DEALER, AND ONE BEFORE WITH OTHER SERVICE PLACE), TH… |
| 2019-04-11 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V070100 (V… |
| 2019-04-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING AT 25 MPH, WHEN THE CROSS … |
| 2019-03-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | THE CONTROL ARM WAS CORRODED AND SPRING RUSTED THROUGH AND BROKE. HAD REPAIRED IN MARCH OF 2019. SHOULD BE COVERED UNDE… |
| 2019-01-02 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKES ON VEHICLE WENT TO THE FLOOR AND STARTED TO MAKE AN AIR SUCKING SOUND TOOK A COUPLE MINUTES TO PUMP THE BRAKES B… |
| 2018-11-27 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TUESDAY, 11/27/18, MORNING MY CAR (100,00 TOTAL MILES DRIVEN) STARTED TO MAKE A PERIODIC SQUEAKING NOISE WHILE DRIVING … |
| 2018-10-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | IN 2015 MY 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER DID NOT PASS CA STATE SMOG. MY LOCAL MECHANIC DID THE NECESSARY TESTS AS DIRECTED BY … |
| 2018-07-27 | STEERING | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ON BACK STREET THE CAR STARTED PULLING DRAMATICALLY TO THE LEFT. ON FURTHER INSPECTION IT WAS NOTICED TH… |
| 2018-07-13 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | MAR 29,2012 MANUFACTURER RECALL NUMBERSR-12-002 NHTSA RECALL NUMBER12E012 RECALL STATUSRECALL INCOMPLETE … |
| 2018-04-05 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | WHEN I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK, I STOPPED AT THE STORE TO GRAB A FEW THINGS. WHEN I WAS DONE, I GOT IN MY CAR AND … |
| 2018-03-16 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CROSSMEMBER BEAMS WERE RUSTED THROUGH. THE V… |
| 2017-10-30 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, AN ABNORMAL NOISE WAS HEARD WHILE THE FRONT DRIVER'… |
| 2017-10-16 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | CONTROL ARM BECAME DETACHED FROM CROSS MEMBER DUE TO EXTREME CORROSION. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THERE… |
| 2017-08-27 | STEERING | No | 0 | AT 50 KM/H, WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT OF 90 DEGREE, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TURNING AND GOING STRAIGHT FO… |
| 2017-04-26 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, A BURNING ODOR WAS PRESENT AND AN ABNORMAL… |
| 2017-04-11 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | HAVE DONE TRANSMISSION OIL CHANGE ASK REQUESTED IN MANUAL, HOWEVER IF ITS A HOT DAY AND YOU DO 65 THE TRANSMISSION BEGI… |
| 2016-10-24 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE CROSS MEMBER AND K FRAME FRACTUR… |
| 2016-03-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | BLOWER MOTOR HAS FAILED THREE TIMES. BLOWER MOTORS ON LATER MANUFACTURED VEHICLES WERE RECALLED SEVERAL YEARS AGO BECAU… |
| 2015-06-10 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER OIL TRANSMISSION COOLER HAS CORRODED FROM NORMAL USE. THE CAR WAS MAKING A WANING NOISE WHILE DR… |
| 2015-01-23 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V5620… |
| 2015-01-07 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V562000 (EN… |
| 2015-01-06 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I RECEIVED 3 LETTERS IN THE MAIL REGARDING A IMPORTANT SAFETY RECALL CONCERNING MY DRIVE BELT SYSTEM I CALLED THE LOCAL… |
| 2014-12-19 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V562000 … |
| 2014-12-02 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V562000… |
| 2014-12-02 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V562000 … |
| 2014-10-29 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE DRIVE BELT, HOWEVER, THE DEALER STATED THAT THE PARTS ARE ON BACK ORDER. I EXPLAINE… |
| 2014-10-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. TH… |
| 2014-10-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V562000… |
| 2014-10-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V562000 (ENGINE AND ENG… |
| 2014-08-25 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE ENGIN… |
| 2014-05-30 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR/TONE RING | No | 0 | ABS LIGHT CAME ON... TOOK TO FIRESTONE SINCE IT WAS CLOSEST TO COLLEGE....THEY REPLACED MY FRONT BRAKES....A FEW WEEKS … |
| 2014-05-09 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHILE COMING OF THE OFF-RAMP, THE VEHICLE LOST PRESSURE IN THE CLUTCH PEDAL. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THERE WAS FLUI… |