Car Problem DataNHTSA records

2012 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportsback

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Electrical System1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Electrical System
Filed Oct 18, 201216,816 milesTX

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 MITSUBISHI LANCER SPORTSBACK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE COLORS ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL CHANGED FROM ORANGE TO YELLOW ERRONEOUSLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE PANEL CHANGED TO YELLOW, THE TIRE SERVICE WARNING LIGHT WOULD ALSO ILLUMINATE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD TO CHANGE THE TIRES FROM AIR TO NITROGEN GAS. THE CONTACT PERFORMED THE SWITCH AS INSTRUCTED BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER AND THE VEHICLE WAS TEST DRIVEN FOR 80 MILES HOWEVER, THE WARNING LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE TIRE SENSORS AS A PRECAUTION BUT THE TIRE SERVICE WARNING LIGHT CONTINUED TO ILLUMINATE INTERMITTENTLY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 16,816 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 16,900. ..UPDATED 12/11/12 *BF UPDATED 12/12/12*JS UPDATED 12/14/12*LJ UPDATED 12/18/2012*JS

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2012
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
2012 — this page1000Routine
20111000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.