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2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo power train problems

14 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the power train on the 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo61% of all complaints for this model year.

14
Power Train complaints
61%
share of all complaints
47,250 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • All mitsubishi lancer evolution x from years 2008 through the cars final gear in 2015 suffer from a design flaw to the s-awc system. The active yaw control / active center differential system relies on a pump in order to operate . The location is unprotected from the elements and thousands of them…

    filed Apr 4, 2019

  • I brought my car into the dealership in 2016 for a flashing taramic light and they told there wasn't anything wrong. Which I later found out that they negleted to look into the issue. I had no idea what this issue was until 6 months later and I just had reached 100,500 miles on the car. I found on…

    filed Feb 3, 2018

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.