Consumer Complaint Detail

MITSUBISHI / LANCER EVOLUTION / 2003

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0 Injured
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NHTSA Complaint Number: 003270418 Incident Date: Aug, 31 2003
Consumer's City: YORKTOWN Consumer's State: VA
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Model Name: LANCER EVOLUTION Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Structure:body
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JA3AH86F43U Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 14 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jul, 31 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Rock chips behind the drivers side rear door. many little chips running up the door frame. the chips are in the crease of the door jamb. i can provide pictures. i took the car (2003 mitsubishi lancer evolution) to hall mitsubishi in newport news virginia around january or february. the service manager said it was rocks kicked up from the road and directed me to call a touch up paint repair specialist. i have talked to many other lancer evolution owners and seen first hand that almost every evolution has this problem. i can provide pictures of the area in question. the chips are tiny, but they are in a place on the car that will be very susceptable to rust. i started noticing the problems about a month after i bought the car. i believe the problem is caused by a improperly aligned rear door. so far i have only noticed the problem on the drivers side of the car. *ak