2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart problems, complaints & recalls

2019-05-15 · Power Train · 100,000 mi

“s-awc pump has a corrodible housing and is placed in an area that is exposed to salt and water from the rear passenger-side wheel. the placement of the pump is a design flaw and has led to severe corrosion of the pump housing and failure of the pump. the failure of the pump completely disables both the active center differential and the active yaw …”

2019-03-20 · Power Train · 90,000 mi

“mitsubishi lancer dct470 sst transmission recall - my transmission lost even gears while driving home from work. the car selected a lower gear and the check engine light turned on. i pulled over to troubleshoot and eventually made it home. this costly repair forced me to buy another car and have since left the repair unattended. this is a known m…”

2017-07-15 · Power Train · 98,000 mi

“takata recall since i bought the car the acd pump has been fine. back in september the red triangle came on and i did some research to find out what it meant. i barley drive the car because of the issue. it seems several other people have had this problem too. mitsubishi wants to charge me $800-$1200 to fix it. i refuse to pay this amount after see…”

2016-07-05 · Unknown Or Other · 81,300 mi

“i was driving to work and the car started acting strange. it would only switch to select gears. i took it straight to a mitsubishi service where they informed me that transmission was failing. then they told me it would cost $12000 to repair. they also said the car needs a new awd differential pump but that would be free. upon my research and what …”

2015-06-18 · Unknown Or Other · 84,000 mi

“as i was driving my car it began to jerk i pulled over and shut the car off when i started it again the awc light came on and was not functioning after when pulling off i noticed the car did not want to shift gears unless in manual for so the sst had failed on me …”

2014-11-14 · Power Train · 44,000 mi

“4wd service required light popped up immediately when accelerating. acd pump may have failed. mitsubishi does not cover this as it is not "part of the drivetrain". can be dangerous when pump goes out. *tr…”

2014-11-11 · Unknown Or Other · 75,000 mi

“i stopped at a light, the when i went to make a left turn my dash began to flash a "service required" light at me. after doing some investigation, it turns out that it is an extremely well known and unaddressed issue with the car's acd pump failing. it's a design flaw that costs thousands of dollars to fix, but failure of the part is practically…”

2014-11-05 · Engine

“tl* the contact owns a 2009 mitsubishi lancer ralliart. the contact received a notification for nhtsa campaign id number: 14v562000 (engine) and stated that the part was not available. the dealer gave a specific date for when the part would become available which was unreasonable. the manufacturer was contacted but the contact was not able to speak…”

2014-09-28 · Power Train · 35,000 mi

“i started my car the awc selection light started flashing. as i drove it stopped flashing. then the awc service required light came on i brought it to the dealer they turned the light off said it was a ecu update. as it got warm out it came on periodically but would turn off. every time i brought it to the dealer they couldn't duplicate the proble…”

2014-07-11 · Power Train · 20,500 mi

“awc pump failed after about 20,000 miles in the car. problem seems to be very common for the evo x and realliart models 2008 and after. car does not handle well with this setting and is not safe to drive in the winter because can't set to snow mode. cost to replace is around $2k and mitsu keeps stating this is not covered by powertrain warranty …”