Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.: Visibility › Defroster/Defogger/Hvac System › Fan/Motor
Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. reported this defect to federal regulators on Apr 20, 2015 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 76,958. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (Mitsubishi) is recalling certain model year 2009-2011 Lancer vehicles manufactured March 16, 2009, to March 30, 2011, 2010-2011 Lancer Sportback vehicles manufactured June 17, 2009, to December 1, 2010, 2010-2011 Lancer Evolution vehicles manufactured July 14, 2009, to January 7, 2011, 2009-2011 Outlander vehicles manufactured February 10, 2009, to June 22, 2011, and 2011 Outlander Sport vehicles manufactured August 26, 2010, to November 19, 2010. In the affected vehicles, the blower motor may fail.
The risk
Failure of the blower motor may reduce the performance of the windshield defroster, diminishing the driver's visibility and increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Mitsubishi will notify owners, and dealers will replace a suspect blower motor, free of charge. The recall began on June 15, 2015. Owners may contact Mitsubishi customer service at 1-888-648-7820. Mitsubishi's number for this recall is SR-15-003.
11 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 Mitsubishi Outlander | 58 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 2011 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport | 30 | 10 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer | 51 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 Mitsubishi Outlander | 60 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| 2009 Mitsubishi Lancer | 98 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2009 Mitsubishi Outlander | 46 | 13 | 0 | 5 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 15V233000.
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