Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Oct 19, 2000VA
VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY. *SLC
1996 Mitsubishi Lancer
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the engine. No safety recall has been issued.
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Most common 1996 Mitsubishi Lancer problems
1 of the 1 complaints (100%) are about the engine.
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline · engine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsAll 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Across model years
Worst on record: 2003| Year | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Deaths | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2016 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2015 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2014 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Routine |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2012 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2011 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2010 | 51 | 6 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2009 | 98 | 8 | 3 | 0 | Routine |
| 2008 | 91 | 5 | 2 | 0 | Routine |
| 2007 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2006 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2005 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 2004 | 80 | 7 | 3 | 0 | Routine |
| 2003 | 199 | 6 | 1 | 0 | Routine |
| 2002 | 148 | 4 | 1 | 2 | Fatalities reported |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
| 1996 — this page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Routine |
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.