Consumer Complaint Detail

MITSUBISHI / LANCER / 2002

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
1 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003205839 Incident Date: Mar, 10 2003
Consumer's City: JACKSONVILLE Consumer's State: FL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Model Name: LANCER Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission:lever and linkage:floor shift
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JA3AJ86EX2U Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Mar, 24 2003 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Aug, 02 2002
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Car accelerated to full throttle and took off while transmission was in park. local dealership mitsubishi of orange park jacksonville fla kept car for from 3/11/03 until 3/25/03 to try to make car duplicate situation but to no avail. they kept in touch with mitsubishi tech support but nothing could be determined to why car did such a strange thing. this has been known to happen on cars while in motion, especially on older models.