Mitsubishi Lancer, Lancer Evolution, Lancer Sportback. Published by Transport Canada as 2016382 on 29 July 2016. System: Airbag.
What the notice says On certain vehicles operated in areas of heavy road salt usage, a mixture of snow, water and road-salt solution may infiltrate between the front impact sensor and the bracket that attaches it to the vehicle. Over time, repeated freezing/thawing cycles could cause a crack to develop in the sensor case allowing water …
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Mitsubishi LANCER in the other registers
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The European register
The Israeli register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2016382
- Recall date
- 29 July 2016
- Make
- Mitsubishi
- Models
- Lancer, Lancer Evolution, Lancer Sportback
- Model years
- 2008 to 2015
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Airbag
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 66,076
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles operated in areas of heavy road salt usage, a mixture of snow, water and road-salt solution may infiltrate between the front impact sensor and the bracket that attaches it to the vehicle. Over time, repeated freezing/thawing cycles could cause a crack to develop in the sensor case allowing water intrusion and short circuit of the sensor. In the event of a crash, this could result in delayed deployment of the driver and passenger front airbags which would increase the risk of injury. Correction: Dealers will inspect the front impact sensor and replace it if it is found to be cracked. An updated designed bracket and cover will also be installed.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2016382.
Mitsubishi elsewhere in this register
Mitsubishi is named on 99 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2016379 · 27 July 2016 · Lancer, RVR, Outlander · Powertrain
- 2016371 · 22 July 2016 · RVR · Other
- 2016317 · 21 June 2016 · Lancer, Outlander · Structure
- 2016456 · 19 September 2016 · Mirage · Lights And Instruments
- 2016254 · 25 May 2016 · Lancer · Airbag
- 2016529 · 27 October 2016 · Outlander · Visual System
- 2016530 · 27 October 2016 · RVR · Visual System
- 2016591 · 24 November 2016 · RVR · Structure
The same system: Airbag
734 notices in this register name Airbag. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2016369 · 21 July 2016 · Clubman · Airbag
- 2016348 · 6 July 2016 · Q7 · Airbag
- 2016347 · 6 July 2016 · GT, Mustang, Milan · Airbag
- 2016395 · 10 August 2016 · Mazda6 · Airbag
- 2016335 · 29 June 2016 · Prius, CT 200h · Airbag
- 2016338 · 29 June 2016 · Sebring · Airbag
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Mitsubishi: 99 in the register, and 644 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2016.
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