20V279000
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
A detached front control arm can result in a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.
2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER
3 safety recall campaigns, 126 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints126
Complaints citing a crash12
Complaints citing a fire2
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 3 of 3
18V071000
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
If the sunroof glass detaches from the assembly while driving, it can become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
14V562000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
If the drive belt detaches, the battery may discharge, resulting in an engine stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 22SUSPENSION
- 13ENGINE
- 12STEERING
- 7STRUCTURE:BODY
- 7POWER TRAIN
- 7ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 6AIR BAGS
- 4TIRES
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCERs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.