Safety Score
95
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
29
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2016 Mitsubishi Lancer.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-24 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | It’s throwing a P084A code and it feels like the transmission is about to let loose. I bought the car with 30,000 on it… |
| 2025-04-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Recently the transmission has started to shudder when first driving from a stop. It only happens under low acceleration… |
| 2025-02-20 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The car is bucking hi low hi low and then the service transmission light is coming on. We brought the car in a couple o… |
| 2024-08-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Purchased the vehicle with only 59K miles in May 2024. Transmission immediately started acting up, hesitating, jumping … |
| 2024-07-18 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I've had the vehicle for 7 years and after inspection performed by the dealer, there is so much subframe rot that my ca… |
| 2023-07-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I purchased this car in 2016 brand new from the dealer. Have kept up with its maintenance but in the past couple of mon… |
| 2023-07-06 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | CVT transmission will not catch gears as it keeps slipping. Leaves it in limp mode. Unable to accelerate beyond 25MPH. … |
| 2022-12-19 | ENGINE | No | 0 | 2016 SE 2.4L AWC. Purchased car in February 2022 at 66k miles. In December of 2022 at 78k miles, car lost majority powe… |
| 2022-11-20 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | Vehicle accelerates by it self |
| 2022-09-05 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2016 Mitsubishi Lancer. The contact stated while driving down his driveway at an undisclosed speed, … |
| 2022-08-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2016 Mitsubishi Lancer. The contact stated that while his wife was driving approximately 50 MPH, the… |
| 2022-07-14 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I started to experience hesitation in the cars power and shifting “gears” in the cvt, it started to feel very rough and… |
| 2022-03-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2016 Mitsubishi Lancer. The contact stated while driving approximately 35 MPH, the vehicle lost moti… |
| 2021-11-12 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Car has 76,470 miles. Took to dealership due to loss of power and jerking hard during takeoffs and said that it needed … |
| 2021-10-25 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Our 2016 lancer has suddenly started hesitating/ taking seconds to shift from park to reverse/drive. Also while driving… |
| 2021-10-08 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I was driving on the way home, my car started to skip and jerking. Went to Mitsubishi and told me I needed a whole new … |
| 2021-08-10 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | It I not wanting to go or like ir catch gears |
| 2021-03-24 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE, THE CAR STARTS OUT REALLY SLOW. THERE IS A LOT OF JERKING AND ACCELERATION ISSUES. WHEN I TRY… |
| 2021-03-07 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | AS I WAS DRIVING IT IT SEEMS TO HESITATE ON ACCELERATING AFTER A FEW STOPS THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT WOULD COME ON FOR A… |
| 2021-03-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC CVT TRANSMISSION BEGAN FAILING AT 60,000 MILES. TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS CHANGED AT 30K MILES, 55K MILES, 80K, … |
| 2020-05-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE CAR DOESNT CRANK AND WE HAVE TO WAIT LIKE 2 OR 3 MIN AND THEN WILL CRANK BUT STRUGGLING. |
| 2020-01-11 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | ACCIDENT THAT RESULTED IN THE CAR BEING DECLARED TOTAL LOSS. THE CAR WAS HIT IN THE UPPER FRONT AND SIDE AREA OF DRIVER… |
| 2019-04-10 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE LIGHT STATING TO SERVICE MY TRANSMISSION CAME ON. THE MAINTENANCE MILEAGE WAS WITHIN STATED PARAMETERS.SERVICE WA… |
| 2019-03-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 MITSUBISHI LANCER. AFTER COMING TO A STOP, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELE… |
| 2018-04-05 | VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY | No | 1 | I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT 65 MPH, WHEN I HEARD A VERY LOUD SOUND, LIKE A GUNSHOT, AND MY SUNROOF SHATTERED. THE… |
| 2017-08-27 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2016 Mitsubishi Lancer. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle would h… |
| 2017-03-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THIS CAR FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE VERY RANDOMLY I EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF… |
| 2017-01-10 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I HAVE NOTICED AN ISSUE WITH MY CARS ACCELERATION FROM A 0 MILE PER HOUR STARTING POINT TO A 30 MPH. IT IS VERY SUDDE… |
| 2016-10-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Loss of power on acceleration, rpms going up and down, hesitation in acceleration, going into limp mode won't acceler… |