2008 Mitsubishi Lancer

The contact owns a 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer. The contact stated that after a while the system would erase any safety information used to track mileage and only show the GPS feature on the digital screen with information from 2004. The contact stated he used the digital screen for the safety features. Upon further inspection, the battery would be drained at an abnormal rate while using the Bluetooth features, and the Bluetooth would not work outside of the local dealer parking lot. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer where it was diagnosed that the digital screen and transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 98,000.

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE CVT TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING THE LIGHT STATING SLOW DOWN APPEARS ON DASHBOARD I HAVE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD TURN OFF ENGINE AND WAIT BETWEEN 10 TO 20 MINS BEFORE IM ABLE TO DRIVE AGAIN THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE TRANSMISSION OVERHEATING ON THE 2008 ,2009 AND 2016 FROM MY UNDERSTANDING ITS THE TRANSMISSIONS THAT WERE USED ON ON THOSE YEARS OF VEHICLES NOW WEATHER OR NOT ITS MECHANICAL OR POOR DESIGNED TRANSMISSIONS THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD HAVE PUT A RECALL ON THESE VEHICLES THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD HAVE A RECALL ON THESE VEHICLES TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSIONS

2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER OIL TRANSMISSION COOLER HAS CORRODED FROM NORMAL USE. THE CAR WAS MAKING A WANING NOISE WHILE DRIVING BECAUSE ALL THE FLUID HAD LEAKED OUT FROM THE TRANSMISSION COOLER DUE TO CORROSION. NO SENSORS OR ANYTHING WENT OFF, ONLY NOTICED UPON INSPECTION OF THE CAR ONCE I ARRIVED HOME. SIMILAR RECALL WAS MADE ON THE 2010 MITSUBISHI GALANT (HTTP://WWW.MITSUBISHISUCKS.COM/CARS/RECALLS/USA/201003.HTML) SO IT IS NO DOUBT THAT THE LANCER MOST LIKELY HAD A SIMILAR ISSUE WITH A SIMILAR PART.

I RECEIVED 3 LETTERS IN THE MAIL REGARDING A IMPORTANT SAFETY RECALL CONCERNING MY DRIVE BELT SYSTEM I CALLED THE LOCAL MITSUBISHI DEALER SHIP AS WELL AS THEIR CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE PART THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED IS ON BACK ORDER. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE IN MY CAR AND ITS BEEN SINCE OCT 2014 ITS OVER 6 MONTHS AND I'VE NOT HEARD FROM EITHER THE DEALER SHIP OR THE CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS. EVERY TIME YOU CALL AND ASK FOR AN UPDATE THEY SAY THEY DON'T HAVE A CONFIRMED TIME WHEN THE PART WILL BE IN STOCK AND THEY CONTINUE TO GIVE ME THE RUN AROUND. AT THIS RATE MY CAR WILL GROW OLD, BEFORE ANYTHING CAN BE DONE. *TR

WHILE COMING OF THE OFF-RAMP, THE VEHICLE LOST PRESSURE IN THE CLUTCH PEDAL. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THERE WAS FLUID LEAKING FROM THE CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER. IT HAS BEEN NOTED THAT CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER IN 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER ES (BASE MODEL) IS THE SAME AS ONE BEING RECALLED IN 2008-2013 MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION X. THIS IS A SECOND TIME THE CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER HAS FAILED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I WOULD LIKE FOR MITSUBISHI CORP. TO LOOK INTO THE RECALLING BASE MODELS FOR THIS ISSUE AS THEY HAVE IN THE FOLLOWING SR-13-009. FAILURE OF THE CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER REDUCES THE ABILITY TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE INTO OR OUT OF GEAR, INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH. *TR

THERE IS A OIL LEAK COMING OUT OF THE CRANK PULLEY, DID QUICK RESEARCH FOUND OUT I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE. THERE WAS A OIL RING AROUND THE PULLEY WHERE IT GOES INTO THE ENGINE AND IT NEEDS TO BE A FREE FIX OR RECALL I DON'T CARE BUT WHY WOULD I WANT TO KEEP A CAR THAT HAS THIS PROBLEM. I ALSO BOUGHT A NEW PULLEY FOR THE CAR AND CHECKED ON IT 6 MONTHS LATER AND THE RING WAS THERE ALSO. *TR