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2011 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportsback Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Dec 15, 2014
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Dec 15, 2014

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportsback. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

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EngineSteering
Filed Dec 15, 2014

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 MITSUBISHI LANCER SPORTSBACK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE VIBRATED WHILE TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT HAD TO EXERT EXCESSIVE FORCE IN ORDER TO MANEUVER THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V562000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR REPAIR. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE PART NEEDED WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,000.

NHTSA ID
10664238
Incident
Nov 1, 2014
Mileage
51,000 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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