Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, Lancer Sportback, Lancer. Published by Transport Canada as 2018588 on 26 October 2018. System: Visual System.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, water may drain from the windshield cowl area onto the front wiper link ball joint. Over time, this could result in corrosion and/or wear to the joint, which could result in the separation of the wiper link ball. If separation were to occur, the windshield wipers could become inoperative, which …
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Mitsubishi LANCER EVOLUTION in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Mitsubishi LANCER EVOLUTION is named on 4 American notices, 6 British and 3 European. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The British register
The European register
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/1481/13: Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, notified by Greece
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/0351/15: Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, Pajero/Shogun, notified by Germany
- EU Safety Gate alert A12/1379/15: Mitsubishi Outlander; Lancer Sportback; Lancer Sportlimousine; Lancer; Lancer Evolution, notified by Germany
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2018588
- Recall date
- 26 October 2018
- Make
- Mitsubishi
- Models
- Lancer Evolution, Lancer Sportback, Lancer
- Model years
- 2008 to 2017
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Visual System
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 80,610
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, water may drain from the windshield cowl area onto the front wiper link ball joint. Over time, this could result in corrosion and/or wear to the joint, which could result in the separation of the wiper link ball. If separation were to occur, the windshield wipers could become inoperative, which could limit the driver’s visibility under certain operating conditions which may increase the risk of a crash causing injury and/or damage to property. Correction: Dealers will replace the wiper link rod with a countermeasure one, and will replace the wiper motor crank arm with a new one.
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 2018588.
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.
- 2018589 · 26 October 2018 · Outlander · Electrical
- 2018507 · 14 September 2018 · Outlander, Eclipse Cross, RVR · Other
- 2018508 · 14 September 2018 · Outlander, RVR, Outlander PHEV · Other
- 2018166 · 6 April 2018 · Lancer · Airbag
- 2018083 · 12 February 2018 · RVR · Visual System
- 2018052 · 26 January 2018 · Outlander, Lancer Sportback, Lancer · Electrical
- 2018053 · 26 January 2018 · RVR, Outlander · Brakes
- 2018054 · 26 January 2018 · Outlander, Lancer, Lancer Evolution · Accessories
The same system: Visual System
424 notices in this register name Visual System. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2018556 · 9 October 2018 · Challenger, Daybreak, Ace · Visual System
- 2018613 · 5 November 2018 · FR3, Georgetown, Berkshire · Visual System
- 2018500 · 13 September 2018 · Accord, Insight · Visual System
- 2018488 · 11 September 2018 · C Class · Visual System
- 2018694 · 11 December 2018 · Sundance, Milestone, Pioneer · Visual System
- 2018750 · 31 December 2018 · Legacy, BRZ, Outback · Visual System
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This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
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 704 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2018.
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