Mitsubishi Lancer, Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback, Mitsubishi Outlander, Mitsubishi Outlander Sport, model years 2008 to 2012. Filed by Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 26 January 2018. 141,053 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) is recalling certain 2009-2012 Lancer, 2008-2012 Outlander, 2010-2012 Lancer Sportback, and 2011-2012 Outlander Sport vehicles equipped with either a 4B11 or 4B12 engine. The drive belt automatic tensioner flange may crack, allowing the accessory drive belt to detach.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Mitsubishi's own number for this recall: SR-18-001. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 18V069 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 18V069 cover?
- Mitsubishi Lancer, Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback, Mitsubishi Outlander, Mitsubishi Outlander Sport, model years 2008-2012.
- What is wrong with them?
- Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) is recalling certain 2009-2012 Lancer, 2008-2012 Outlander, 2010-2012 Lancer Sportback, and 2011-2012 Outlander Sport vehicles equipped with either a 4B11 or 4B12 engine.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the drive belt detaches, the battery will discharge and the engine will stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. MMNA will notify owners, and dealers will replace the belt tensioner with one that has an improved shape, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin March 27, 2018. Owners may contact MMNA customer service at 1-888-648-7820. MMNA's number for this recall is SR-18-001.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Mitsubishi calls this recall SR-18-001, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “If the drive belt detaches, the battery will discharge and the engine will stall, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 18V069 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. |
| System at fault | Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine:Gasoline:Belts And Associated Pulleys |
| Reported to NHTSA | 26 January 2018 |
| Model years | 2008-2012 |
| Vehicles named | MITSUBISHI LANCER, MITSUBISHI LANCER SPORTBACK, MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER, MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SPORT |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the drive belt detaches, the battery will discharge and the engine will stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
MMNA will notify owners, and dealers will replace the belt tensioner with one that has an improved shape, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin March 27, 2018. Owners may contact MMNA customer service at 1-888-648-7820. MMNA's number for this recall is SR-18-001.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 588 notices in the record whose component field names engine and engine cooling. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 47 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
- Mitsubishi Lancer recalls: 8 US campaigns
- Mitsubishi Lancer Sportback recalls: 6 US campaigns
- Mitsubishi Outlander recalls: 30 US campaigns
- Mitsubishi Outlander Sport recalls: 26 US campaigns
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 18V069, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/18v069/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
The recall record and its wording are published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and are US Government public domain. The dated archive, the comparison and any before-and-after above are CarsMultiverse. How fresh every engine behind this page is, is public on the status page. To check a specific vehicle, use NHTSA’s own VIN lookup.
The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 18V069 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
8b5e2942 - Consequence
2ee5b3ec - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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