2008 Mitsubishi Lancer steering problems

Filed Feb 6, 2021 · Steering, Suspension · 136,000 miles · AZ

Front lower control arms -tearing bushings, torn boots both outer tie rod ends - torn boots timing cover separate

Filed Dec 29, 2020 · Steering, Suspension · 174,000 miles · WI

I heard a clunking noise. Parked and found rotten parts on tire. Mechanic said it cannot be fixed. Everything rotted. Needs whole new frame. We could have been killed.thank god I was close to home. Now I have nothing but an existing car loan for it.

Filed Sep 29, 2020 · Steering · IL

The control arm was corroded and spring rusted through and broke. Had repaired in march of 2019. Should be covered under recall. Sent invoice and receipt to mitsubishi however they are saying it did not meet time frame for repair and are refusing to refund any of my repair costs.

Filed Jun 26, 2019 · Steering, Suspension · 123,000 miles · OH

I was driving my car to work this morning and all of a sudden I felt a drastic pull to the left. I get out of the car and look at all sides of the vehicle and don't notice anything right away. Then I notice my left front wheel is turned slightly while the steering wheel is straight. I look under the vehicle to find the sub frame rotted and rusted away from the control arm. This is a huge safety issue as this car has 123k miles and being a 2008 car, just 1 year later than the recalls currently up to 2007 for the same exact issue. The recall should be extended to the 2008 vehicles as well due to the insane amount of complaints on this specific sub frame rotting issue.

Filed Aug 2, 2018 · Steering, Suspension · 72,000 miles · PA

While driving on back street the car started pulling dramatically to the left. On further inspection it was noticed that where the wheel connects to the subframe there was excessive rot the point the wheel was no longer attached at the bottom of the subframe. Contacted mitsubishi. They said the lancer (and other models) had a recall on excessive subframe rot but only years 2002 to 2007 for the lancer. Mine being 2008 is not recalled. I will have to pay for repairs $2000. This is a huge safety issue as the subframe holds the wheels on, and the engine in place and it had a catistropic failure which could have easily resulted in loss of control and loss of life. I was not notified of this or I could have informed my mechanic to carefully look for subframe rot (most inspections are just by site). Had anyone hit this subframe with a hammer they would have seen it was dissintegrating. The car does look like its recalled in canada " transport canada recall 2016317, which was issued on june 21, 2016. The recall involves 64,305 mitsubishi outlander and lancer models manufactured between 2003 and 2013." mitsubishi customer relations has informed me today that I will be responsible for the repair. This is not right. Failure of a subframe is a very rare event. Its clear this subframe has the same exact problem as the lancers built the year before. The outlander also has the exact same subframe. The dealer has my subframe in stock because its exactly the same as the outlander (which is covered). I am hoping they realize that not informing customers of this dangerous situation could result in possible loss of life. Informing the lancer owners up to 2013 (as they did in canada) could save lives.

Filed Sep 4, 2017 · Steering, Suspension · 241,030 miles · AK

At 50 km/h, when turning the steering wheel to the left of 90 degree, the vehicle was not turning and going straight forward. Some sound of tire-metal was being heard from the front left wheel. With someone outside, we were seeing at low speed that the wheel was rotating off axis and even touching the car body. After being towing to a canadian tire, the technician mentioned that the cross member was so rotten it was actually breaking in two parts and it was so dangerous, he could not let me go without part replacement. The mechanic technician told me that other lancer had the problem even a 2009 lancer. They referred me to the transport canada recall # 2016317, however this one is only for lancer 2003 to 2006 (and also outlanders). Note that my problem was the same car part as the recall mentioned above. I called the dealer ship to verify the cross member car part vs the older model and the part number was different. I'm wondering how different from 2003 to 2006 the cart part is! They also mentioned that dodge caliber has the same car part in problem with extended warranty. I found this article related to this https://chrysler.oemdtc.com/457/front-and-rear-crossmember-corrosion-x69-warranty-extension-2008-2012-dodge-caliber-jeep-compasspatriot/2

Filed Aug 21, 2008 · Steering, Suspension · 200 miles · TX

My car, mitsubishi lancer gts model 2008 is pulling to the side. I got this car new, it was pulling to the left from the beginning. After they did an alignment, the car is pulling to the right. The amount of pulling is very big, for example if, at 60-65mph I release the steering wheel it rotates right instantly with a half a inch, and the car changes the lane to the right in 3-4 seconds. I don't know if the car or the tires are wrong, but this is very serioos safety concern for me. I've search on the internet for people with similar issue, and found out that most of the people with mitsubishi lancer gts have this problem. So I believe mitsubishi knows about this problem but just don't want to admit it. Please see this link (15 pages): http://forums.evolutionm.net/showthread.php?t=293784 . Thanks a lot and please contact me if you need additional information.

Filed Jul 30, 2008 · Steering · 50 miles · FL

I have had an 08 mitsubishi lancer gts for a year now and have had serious problems with the car pulling left since the very first week I owned it. I've had the car aligned 5 times now and no success. The car will drive fine for less than a week and it starts to pull left again, sometimes driving off the lot after an alignment, it would still not be corrected. My tires are wearing unevenly on the outside edges as well, and are now the tires are worn down to the tread indicators. I need new tires but don't want to waste the money without a solution to this problem first.

Filed May 31, 2008 · Steering · NJ

When I first got the car on my way home I notice that the car is pulling to the left. I then took my car to the dealer and they told my that the air in my left tire is low on air. The dealer try to fix this issue with not help. I then had an alignment done but that didn't help either. Now my tire is wearing out uneven and the mitsubishi won't do anything for my car to have this problem fix.

Filed May 29, 2008 · Steering · 1 miles · CA

2008 lancer pulls to the left. A bit more noticeable at higher speeds. Aggressive pull to the left. Took to the dealership to take a look at it. They did nothing. I called again and they said they heard nothing of this problem despite many many people having this same issue.