Mitsubishi Lancer: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 15 recall campaigns for the Mitsubishi Lancer, model years 1996 to 2016. NHTSA has 359 complaints on file for this model line. 11 of the 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Mitsubishi Lancer | 2 | 0 | 0% | 214,988 |
| 2015 Mitsubishi Lancer NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 132,552 |
| 2012 Mitsubishi Lancer NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 141,053 |
| 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer | 3 | 0 | 0% | 383,934 |
| 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer | 6 | 1 | 4% | 635,171 |
| 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer | 8 | 11 | 46% | 704,235 |
| 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer | 5 | 34 | 142% | 432,828 |
| 2007 Mitsubishi Lancer | 2 | 0 | 0% | 233,302 |
| 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer | 4 | 5 | 21% | 316,423 |
| 2005 Mitsubishi Lancer | 3 | 11 | 46% | 277,795 |
| 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer | 4 | 40 | 167% | 378,227 |
| 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer | 2 | 144 | 602% | 295,106 |
| 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer | 2 | 111 | 464% | 295,106 |
| 2000 Mitsubishi Lancer NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 4% | |
| 1996 Mitsubishi Lancer NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 4% |
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
443 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 | 178.3 | 79 |
| Visibility | 176.1 | 78 |
| Air Bags | 103.8 | 46 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 81.3 | 36 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 67.7 | 30 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 47.4 | 21 |
| Steering | 45.1 | 20 |
| Equipment | 45.1 | 20 |
| Structure | 42.9 | 19 |
| Electrical System | 42.9 | 19 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Eclipse30 campaigns
- Galant24 campaigns
- Montero16 campaigns
- Mirage11 campaigns
- Diamante7 campaigns
- 3000GT6 campaigns
- Montero Sport4 campaigns
- Eclipse Spyder15 campaigns
- Outlander41 campaigns
- Endeavor12 campaigns
- Lancer Evolution14 campaigns
- Expo3 campaigns
- Spyder3 campaigns
- Raider5 campaigns
- Precis6 campaigns
- Nativa4 campaigns
- Tredia2 campaigns
- Lancer Ralliart4 campaigns
- Lancer Sportback6 campaigns
- Outlander Sport26 campaigns
- Outlander Phev9 campaigns
- I-Miev7 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: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/mitsubishi/lancer/. 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
- 29 Mar 2018
- 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 model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2009 with 8, 2010 with 6, 2008 with 5. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Mitsubishi Lancer model year has the most complaints?
- The 2003 model year, with 144 of the 359 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Mitsubishi Lancer name?
- Power Train: 178.3 per 1,000 component mentions. Visibility: 176.1 per 1,000 component mentions. Air Bags: 103.8 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Mitsubishi Lancer?
- 3 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.