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Mitsubishi Lancer · 2016

2 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·17V609000·2017-09-29

    Mitsubishi Recalls Outlander and Lancer Models for Defective Starter Relays

    Mitsubishi is recalling 2015-2017 Outlander, Outlander Sport, Lancer, and Lancer Evolution vehicles because defective relays may cause engine stalls, reduced power, or overheating.

    Product
    MITSUBISHI — MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT, OUTLANDER, LANCER, LANCER EVOLUTION
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·16V563000·2016-07-28

    Mitsubishi Recalls Outlander and Lancer Vehicles for CVT Acceleration Delay

    Mitsubishi is recalling 2015-2016 Outlander Sport, 2016 Outlander, and 2016 Lancer vehicles because a CVT defect may cause acceleration delays, increasing crash risk.

    Product
    MITSUBISHI — MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT, OUTLANDER, LANCER
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

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.

  • 20164/5

    2 trims tested for 2016; overall ratings can differ by trim.

    View on NHTSA.gov

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

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.

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2009 · powertrain 28 complaints, median 63,442 mi
  • 2010 · powertrain 23 complaints, median 45,000 mi
  • 2016 · powertrain 21 complaints

Technical service bulletins

596 manufacturer service bulletins across 13 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2017: 4.5/5 · 6 complaints · most complained-of: airbags
  • 2016: 4.0/5 · 30 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain
  • 2015: 4.1/5 · 26 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain
  • 2014: 4.2/5 · 23 complaints · most complained-of: powertrain
  • 2013: 4.6/5 · 5 complaints

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.

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