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MITSUBISHI LANCER

2009 MITSUBISHI LANCER

6 safety recall campaigns, 139 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns6
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints139
Complaints citing a crash23
Complaints citing a fire4

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 6 of 6

20V2790002020-05-18

STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS

A detached front control arm can result in a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.

18V0690002018-01-26

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS

If the drive belt detaches, the battery will discharge and the engine will stall, increasing the risk of a crash.

18V0710002018-01-26

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.

15V2320002015-04-20

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Unstable voltage could result in intermittent failure of the vehicle's head lights, tail lights, and windshield wipers. If the headlights and/or windshield wipers fail, the driver could have reduced visibility. If the tail lights fail, the vehicle could be less visible. Either condition increases the risk of a crash.

15V2330002015-04-20

VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:FAN/MOTOR

Failure of the blower motor may reduce the performance of the windshield defroster, diminishing the driver's visibility and increasing the risk of a crash.

14V5620002014-09-12

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

  • 22ENGINE
  • 19ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 12EXTERIOR LIGHTING
  • 12POWER TRAIN
  • 9SERVICE BRAKES
  • 8AIR BAGS
  • 7SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
  • 6SUSPENSION

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Two 2009 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.

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