2010 MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION Complaints

REQUESTED DEALER TO REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY A PROBLEM WHICH CAN CAUSE VEHICLE TO BECOME INOPERABLE AT TEMPERATURES OF 20 BELOW ZERO AS DOCUMENTED IN MITSUBISHI TSB-10-13-002. WAS ADVISED BY DEALER AND LATER BY MITSUBISHI CUSTOMER RELATIONS THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY WARRANTY SINCE THE PROBLEM HAS NOT OCCURRED ON THIS SPECIFIC VEHICLE. I RECOMMEND THAT THIS TSB BE CONSIDERED FOR A POSSIBLE RECALL IN THOSE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY WHERE THE TEMPERATURE REGULARLY GOES TO 20 BELOW ZERO. HAVING A DISABLED VEHICLE AT THAT TEMPERATURE IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

DROVE OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND WITHIN 5 SECONDS ABS MALFUNCTION LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL AS STABILITY CONTROL. AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION I FOUND THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR ABS SENSOR WAS FAULTY DUE TO THE SENSOR NOT BEING SEALED CORRECTLY BY THE MANUFACTURER WHICH LED TO CORROSION AND THE SENSOR FAILING. MITSUBISHI WOULD NOT WARRANTY THIS ITEM EVEN THOUGH ITS KNOWN TO BE FAULTY, MITSUBISHI EVEN HAS A NEW PART NUMBER FOR THE SENSOR. THIS SHOULD OBVIOUSLY BE A SAFETY RECALL. *TR

BAD INJECTOR CAUSED CYLINDER FAILURE OR VALVR CONSTANT VALVE TICK. BLOWN SPARK PLUGS CAUSED PISTON MELTDOWN OR CHANGING OF SPARK PLUGS EVERY 20K MILES TRANSMISSION IS NOTTY WILL NOT GO INTO GEAR SOMETIMES, DIFF PINS IN TRANSMISSION JUST COME OUT AND THE CAR WILL NOT GO INTO ANY GEAR. HERE IS A POLL THATS ON THE FORUMS FOR THE EVO'S VIEW POLL RESULTS: EVO X TRANSMISSION PROBLEM POLL NOTCHY, GRINDING, OR DIFFICULT TO ENGAGE GEARS (ALL THE TIME) 471V OTES 41.72% NOTCHY, GRINDING, OR DIFFICULT TO ENGAGE GEARS (ONLY WHEN CAR IS COLD) 389 VOTES 34.46% DIFFICULT TO ENGAGE REVERSE GEAR (COLD OR WARM) 79 VOTES 7.00% NO PROBLEMS AT ALL 190 VOTES 16.83% VOTERS: 1129. YOU MAY NOT VOTE ON THIS POLL ALL THESE PROBLEMS ARE COSTING COUNTLESS EVO OWNERS TO BUY A NEW MOTOR CAUSE IT BLEW, BUY A NEW TRANSMISSION OR HAVE JACK;S TRANSMISSION REBUILD IT FOR THEM. THE ARTICLES IS DOWN BELOW ABOUT THE CRUNCH OF THE TRANNY AND HOW THEY FIX IT. HTTP://WWW.JACKSTRANSMISSIONS.COM/COLLECTIONS/PERFORMANCE-REBUILD-EVO. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION. WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC STOP, THE CONTACT MOVED THE CLUTCH IN ORDER TO ACCELERATE BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED TO THE CONTACT THAT THE CLUTCH WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000.

MY CAR CAUGHT FIRE LAST NIGHT AND BURNED UP WHILE TURNED OFF, PARKED AND UNATTENDED. ANOTHER SIMILIAR SITUATION OCCURRED: BOISE --- A VEHICLE RECALL YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD ABOUT THAT COULD PUT YOU IN DANGER. IMAGINE YOUR CAR IS PARKED IN YOUR GARAGE AND A FIRE ERUPTS UNDER THE HOOD OF IT -- SPREADING TO YOUR HOME. IT'S A NATIONAL SAFETY RECALL ANNOUNCED BY MITSUBISHI A FEW MONTHS AGO THAT WE FOUND HAS AFFECTED MANY DRIVERS SINCE THEN AND NOW POSSIBLY ONE LOCAL FAMILY. A BOISE HOME CAUGHT ON FIRE LAST MONTH AND FIRE INVESTIGATORS SAY THE CAUSE WAS UNDETERMINED, BUT THEY SAY IT STARTED IN OR NEAR A MITSUBISHI LANCER PARKED IN THE GARAGE -- A CAR THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. MITSUBISHI INITIATED THE RECALL OF CERTAIN CROSSOVERS AND CARS A FEW MONTHS AGO AND HAS ADDED ADDITIONAL VEHICLES TO ITS LIST SINCE THEN. THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION SAYS THE VEHICLES CONTAIN A DEFECTIVE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH THAT COULD LEAD TO A FIRE AT ANY TIME, EVEN WHILE THE VEHICLE IS TURNED-OFF, PARKED AND UNATTENDED. ACROSS THE COUNTRY THERE ARE STORIES ABOUT THE VEHICLES CATCHING ON FIRE. IN MINNESOTA, A 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION PARKED IN AN ATTACHED GARAGE STARTED A FIRE AND BURNED A HOME TO THE GROUND. IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA, A FAMILY LOST EVERYTHING WHEN THEIR HOUSE BURNED DOWN BECAUSE THEIR 2009 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER BURST INTO FLAMES. BOISE FIRE INVESTIGATORS SAY A 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER WAS PARKED INSIDE THE GARAGE AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO PINPOINT WHERE THE FIRE STARTED BECAUSE THE HOOD OF THE CAR, THE ENGINE AND THE FRONT OF THE GARAGE WERE SO BADLY DAMAGED. THE RECALL INCLUDES MORE THAN 5 VEHICLE MODELS BUILT FROM 2006 TO NOW. MITSUBISHI MOTORS SAYS IT HAS CONTACTED OWNERS TO NOTIFY THEM OF ANY RECALLS. *TT

THE SMELL OF GAS FUMES WHILE DRIVING COMING FROM A 2010 MITSUBISHI EVOLUTION TOURING. THIS HAPPENS EITHER WITH THE AC ON OR OFF, WHILE STANDING IN TRAFFIC OR DOING THE SPEED LIMIT OR DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE SMELLS CAUSE IS NOT DETERMINED BY ANY NON-MITSUBISHI MECHANIC NOR A MITSUBISHI MECHANIC. GETTING DIZZY BECAUSE OF THE GAS FUMES COMING FROM THE CAR IS A DANGER TO THE DRIVERS, HIS OR HER COMPANY IN THE CAR AND ANY PERSON ON THE ROAD. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION GSR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, AN EXTREMELY STRONG ODOR OF FUEL EMITTED INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR THE SAME FAILURE; ALTHOUGH THE FIRST TIME THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE AND THE SECOND TIME THEY SMELLED AN EXTENSIVE FUEL ODOR. THE DEALER DOES NOT KNOW WHERE THE FAILURE ORIGINATED AND DID NOT HAVE A REMEDY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,500.