Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 14 recall campaigns for the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, model years 2003 to 2015. NHTSA has 220 complaints on file for this model line. 9 of the 13 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution | 2 | 3 | 18% | 134,049 |
| 2014 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution | 2 | 6 | 35% | 1,643 |
| 2013 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution NHTSA page | 1 | 3 | 18% | 10,474 |
| 2012 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution NHTSA page | 1 | 3 | 18% | 10,474 |
| 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution | 3 | 11 | 65% | 253,355 |
| 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution | 5 | 26 | 154% | 363,392 |
| 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution | 5 | 0 | 0% | 269,294 |
| 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution | 4 | 36 | 213% | 212,653 |
| 2007 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 38,628 |
| 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution | 2 | 24 | 142% | 233,302 |
| 2005 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution | 2 | 14 | 83% | 195,853 |
| 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 194,674 |
| 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution | 2 | 94 | 555% | 201,952 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
302 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Power Train | 457 | 138 |
| Electronic Stability Control (ESC) | 99.3 | 30 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 86.1 | 26 |
| Electrical System | 53 | 16 |
| Structure | 36.4 | 11 |
| Steering | 33.1 | 10 |
| Unknown or Other | 29.8 | 9 |
| Suspension | 29.8 | 9 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 26.5 | 8 |
| Engine | 26.5 | 8 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Eclipse30 campaigns
- Galant24 campaigns
- Montero16 campaigns
- Lancer15 campaigns
- Mirage11 campaigns
- Outlander41 campaigns
- Diamante7 campaigns
- 3000GT6 campaigns
- Montero Sport4 campaigns
- Endeavor12 campaigns
- Eclipse Spyder15 campaigns
- Outlander Sport26 campaigns
- Raider5 campaigns
- Expo3 campaigns
- Lancer Ralliart4 campaigns
- Spyder3 campaigns
- Precis6 campaigns
- Lancer Sportback6 campaigns
- I-Miev7 campaigns
- Outlander Phev9 campaigns
- Nativa4 campaigns
- Tredia2 campaigns
- Eclipse Cross2 campaigns
- Lancer Sportback Ralliart2 campaigns
Mitsubishi: all 25 model lines
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mitsubishi/lancer-evolution/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 15 May 2019
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2010 with 5, 2009 with 5, 2008 with 4. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution model year has the most complaints?
- The 2003 model year, with 94 of the 220 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution name?
- Power Train: 457 per 1,000 component mentions. Electronic Stability Control (ESC): 99.3 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 86.1 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution?
- 1 investigation names one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.