2009 MITSUBISHI LANCER Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MITSUBISHI LANCER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE, THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT AFTER THE PASSENGER UNLOCKED THE SEAT BELT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THE SEAT BELT UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

AS I WAS DRIVING UP THE I5 GOING UP THE GRAPEVINE IN CA AT 65-70MPH MY VEHICLE MADE A BEEPING NOISE AND DASH SHOWED THERMOMETER THAT SAID SLOW DOWN. I SLOWED DOWN TO 60MPH AND WENT INTO THE LEFT LANE OR (SLOW LANE WHERE SEMI TRUCKS DRIVE). ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STARTED TO SLOW DOWN MORE AND MORE UNTIL A SEMI TRUCK GOT EXTREMELY CLOSE AND HAD TO VEER INTO A FASTER LANE BECAUSE MY CAR WAS ONLY GOING 40MPH. I FOUND AN EXIT AND EXITED THE FREEWAY. I CAME TO A STOP, WHEN IT WAS MY TURN TO GO, MY CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE CAR WAS ON AND IT WAS IN DRIVE BUT WOULD NOT MOVE. FORTUNATELY A CHP VEHICLE CAME ALONG AND STOPPED TRAFFIC LONG ENOUGH FOR MY BROTHER AND 13 YEAR OLD NEPHEW TO PUSH THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME THIS EXACT INCIDENT OCCURRED IN THIS VEHICLE. THE FIRST TIME I WAS WITH MY MOTHER AND WAS ON THE SAME FREEWAY, LUCKILY THAT TIME WE WERE CLOSER TO THE EXIT AND WERE ABLE TO GET SAFELY TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE BECAUSE IT IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE TO HAVE THESE VEHICLES ON THE ROAD SUDDENLY SLOW DOWN IN FRONT OF SEMI TRUCKS THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO STOP AT SHORT DISTANCES. *TR

I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE IN 2009 FROM THE MITSUBISHI DEALERSHIP IN GA, BRAND NEW. I TRAVEL OFTEN AND LONG DISTANCES SO I HAVE ACCUMULATED A LOT OF MILEAGE ON MY VEHICLE WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. I MAINTAIN THE VEHICLE WITH ALL THE PROPER INSPECTIONS AND SERVICES AND THE SUGGESTION TIMES (OIL CHANGE EVERY 3K MILES, BRAKES AND TIRES AT 50K,...). I BEGAN HAVING ISSUES WITH MY TRANSMISSION IN AUGUST 2012 WITH THIS WHINING NOISE EVERYTIME I ACCELERATED. MY "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT CAME ON SHORTLY AFTER THE NOISE STARTED. WHEN I TOOK THE CAR TO AUTO ZONE, THEY PULLED A "FAILED SHIFT SOLENOID" CODE. I HAD A TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSH DONE AT AROUND 70K MILES WITH THE PROPER CVT TRANSMISSION FLUID ADDED TO THE VEHICLE. WHEN I WAS TRAVELING THE HIGHWAY FOR CHRISTMAS FROM MISSOURI TO GEORGIA, ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE TRIP I SAW THIS RED SIGNAL ON THE DASHBOARD THAT READ "SLOW DOWN!" WITH A THERMOSTAT ABOVE THE WARNING. I READ THROUGH THE MANUAL AND GOOGLE SEARCHED THE WARNING AND READ THAT IT MEANT THAT THE TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS OVERHEATING. FOR THE REST OF THE 13-HOUR DRIVE, ANYTIME I DROVE OVER 75 MILES AN HOUR FOR MORE THAN 30 MINUTES THE LIGHT WOULD COME ON. I TRIED TO IGNORE IT AT ONE POINT AND THIS CAUSED MY TRANSMISSION TO STOP SHIFTING (I HAVE AN AUTOMATIC). I HAD TO STOP 4 TIMES BETWEEN THE TRIP BECAUSE OF THIS LIGHT. I HAVE A POWER-TRAIN WARRANTY ON MY VEHICLE FOR 10 YEARS/100K MILES. WHILE IN SAVANNAH, I HAD THE MITSUBISHI DEALER RUN A DIAGNOSTIC IN WHICH THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN INDICATED THERE WAS AN INTERNAL TRANSMISSION ISSUE. THEY WERE UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE AT THE TIME BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP WAS CLOSING. NOW BACK IN MISSOURI, THE DEALERSHIP IS "UNABLE TO REPLICATE THE CODE" AND IS MORE BENT ON MAKING ME PAY THE DIAGNOSTIC FEE. MITSUBISHI CUSTOMER CARE ISN'T MUCH HELP EITHER. I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING TO BE STUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SOON. SOMEBODY HELP! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MITSUBISHI LANCER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE IN REVERSE WITH THE ACCELERATOR DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE BECAME HESITANT TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO HESITATE TO ACCELERATE AND JERK FORWARD WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MITSUBISHI LANCER RALLIART. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ONLY CERTAIN GEARS COULD BE ENGAGED WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE, THE INDICATOR MODULE WOULD INDICATE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN REVERSE. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO REVERSE, THE TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 25,000.

I ACCIDENTALLY REAR ENDED THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END OF MY CAR AND NO AIR BAG DEPLOYED, RATHER, A FAIR AMOUNT OF DUST FILLED THE INSIDE OF MY CAR. *TR

I HAVE AN 09 MITSUBISHI LANCER ES SPORT WITH THE SUN AND SOUND PACKAGE. THE AMPLIFIER, WHICH IS UNDER MY DRIVERS SIDE SEAT, FOR THE SOUND SYSTEM STARTED SMOKING AND SPARKING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHO REPLACED IT, AND A WEEK AGO, WHILE I WAS DRIVING, IT STARTED SMOKING AND SPARKING AGAIN, BUT STOPS WHEN YOU POWER OFF THE RADIO, IF THE POWER IS ON IN THE RADIO, IT CONTINUES TO SMOKE AND SPARK. I BELIEVE THERE MAY BE A WIRING DEFECT IN MY CAR THAT IS CAUSING THIS TO HAPPEN AND FEAR THAT IF IT CONTINUES MY CAR MAY EVENTUALLY CATCH ON FIRE. DEALER WILL NOT LOOK AT IT AGAIN UNLESS I PAY $120 INITIAL FEE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN THERE WAS A WEIRD NOISE AND MY ABS LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD TO RUN AN ERRAND AND WHEN I GOT BACK IN THE CAR, MY SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON. I HAD MY STATE EMISSIONS TEST AND IN TURNED FAILED BECAUSE THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REAR SPEED SENSOR MALFUNCTIONS WHICH HAS IN TURN CAUSED MY ABS LIGHT AND THE ABS LIGHT CAUSED MY SERVICE ENGINE. THE DEALER SAYS THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE BRAKES OR ABS AND NO REASON TO HAVE FAILED EMISSIONS. I'M WORKING TO REPLACE THE SPEED SENSOR. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MITSUBISHI LANCER RALLIART. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT WARNING . THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE SERPENTINE BELT WAS SEVERED. THE SERPENTINE BELT WAS REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE SERPENTINE BELT CONTINUED TO FRACTURE AND THE TIRES WERE WEARING PREMATURELY DUE TO A DEFECTIVE TIRE CHAMBER. THE FRONT OUTER TIE ROD AND THE BUSHINGS WERE REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE FRONT TIRES CONTINUED TO WEAR PREMATURELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES FOR THE FAILURE AND THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TECHNICIAN COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 97,178.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 MITSUBISHI LANCER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WHEEL DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE POLICE AND THE CONTACT'S INSURANCE COMPANY WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE BALL JOINT FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 49,000.