Mitsubishi Lancer, Outlander, Lancer Sportback, Rvr. Published by Transport Canada as 2020216 on 15 May 2020. System: Structure.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain vehicles, road salt can corrode the front cross-member (subframe). As a result, a lower control arm could eventually detach from the cross-member. This could cause a loss of vehicle control.
Safety Risk:
A loss of control can create the risk of a crash.
Corrective Actions:
Mitsubishi …
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Mitsubishi LANCER in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Mitsubishi LANCER is named on 7 American notices, 14 British, 12 European and 19 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The British register
The European register
The Israeli register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2020216
- Recall date
- 15 May 2020
- Make
- Mitsubishi
- Models
- Lancer, Outlander, Lancer Sportback, RVR
- Model years
- 2008 to 2016
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Structure
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 81,449
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain vehicles, road salt can corrode the front cross-member (subframe). As a result, a lower control arm could eventually detach from the cross-member. This could cause a loss of vehicle control.Safety Risk:
A loss of control can create the risk of a crash.Corrective Actions:
Mitsubishi will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your vehicle to a dealer to inspect the front cross-member (subframe). If no significant corrosion is found, the dealer will spray a sealing and anti-corrosion coating both inside and on the cross-member. If significant corrosion is found, the dealer will replace the cross-member.
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 2020216.
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.
- 2020215 · 15 May 2020 · Outlander, Outlander PHEV · Seats And Restraints
- 2020317 · 14 July 2020 · Outlander, Outlander PHEV · Seats And Restraints
- 2020579 · 27 November 2020 · Outlander, RVR · Brakes
- 2019562 · 8 November 2019 · I-Miev · Brakes
- 2019209 · 29 April 2019 · Mirage · Airbag
- 2021377 · 15 June 2021 · Mirage · Brakes
- 2021471 · 30 July 2021 · Outlander · Seats And Restraints
- 2018588 · 26 October 2018 · Lancer Evolution, Lancer Sportback, Lancer · Visual System
The same system: Structure
800 notices in this register name Structure. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2020214 · 15 May 2020 · XLR Micro Boost · Structure
- 2020213 · 14 May 2020 · Mallard · Structure
- 2020206 · 13 May 2020 · Vibe · Structure
- 2020204 · 11 May 2020 · Transit Connect · Structure
- 2020227 · 26 May 2020 · Unity · Structure
- 2020242 · 29 May 2020 · Altima · Structure
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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 536 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2020.
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