Consumer Complaint Detail

MITSUBISHI / LANCER / 2002

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004256501 Incident Date: Jan, 26 2004
Consumer's City: LAS VEGAS Consumer's State: NV
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Model Name: LANCER Model Year: 2002
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: JA3AJ26E82U Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 27 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 30 2003
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Accelerator pedal or the transmission. i was backing up and the car revved really high and crashed me into a pole. i then tried to pull forwards and the car revved again and lunged forward, smashing into 2 cars. i did not even have my foot on the gas at the time. i had my foot on the brake and the only way that i could make the car stop was to put it in park. i had no damage to my own car but did cause quite a bit to the other cars. i had a friend who is a mechanic look at my car and he seems to think there is something wrong with the transmission. i only bought the car 7 months ago at a dealer and the transmission fluid is already dark brown. i'm not sure why this would be, i have had 3 oil changes on my car since i bought it and i've only put 9000 miles on it since i bought it 7 months ago. there should not be that kind of wear on the tranny after that little of use. i know that i did not accelerate so if the car is doing it on its own, i really don't want this to happen again.*ak