2010 Mitsubishi Lancer
Complaints about this year name pump far more often than the model's other years — 25% of them, about 22× the usual rate of 1.1%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 85 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 26 |
| Involving a crash | 5 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| EPA combined | 25 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- warranty — 22.4% of this year's complaints, against 5.8% across the model's other years (3.9×).
- disabled — 16.5% of this year's complaints, against 4.1% across the model's other years (4×). Owners wrote it as: disabled, failing, displayed, hydraulic.
- exact — 11.8% of this year's complaints, against 4.1% across the model's other years (2.8×). Owners wrote it as: exact, beginning, arms, car years.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- engine engine — 13% of complaints, 32× usual
- engine cooling — 13% of complaints, 32× usual
- acd — 12% of complaints, 29× usual
What owners wrote
AYC/ACL PUMP FAILURE. ERROR CODE C161E. SEEMS TO BE A LARGE NUMBER OF THESE ISSUES FROM OTHER OWNERS.
A NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V562000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) AND STATED THAT THE PART NEEDED WAS UNAVAILABLE TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO INFORM WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE [VIN] WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. TH…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 20V279000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
- 18V069000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 18V071000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 14V562000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 15V233000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 15V232000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Mitsubishi Lancer was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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