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4 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.
Mitsubishi is recalling 2004-2006 Lancers because passenger air bag inflators may explode during deployment, potentially causing serious injury or death.
Mitsubishi is recalling 2004-2006 Lancer and 2004 Lancer Sportback vehicles because the passenger air bag inflator may rupture in a crash, potentially causing serious injury or death.
Mitsubishi is recalling specific Lancer and Outlander models because front cross members may corrode, causing control arms to detach and increasing crash risk.
Mitsubishi is recalling 2006-2007 Lancer and Lancer Evolution vehicles because passenger air bag inflators may rupture in a crash, potentially causing serious injury or death.
Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.
Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.
Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.
596 manufacturer service bulletins across 13 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.
This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.
Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.