Consumer Complaint Detail
MITSUBISHI / LANCER / 2002
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006077453 | Incident Date: Aug, 21 2006 |
| Consumer's City: KATY | Consumer's State: TX |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. |
| Model Name: LANCER | Model Year: 2002 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Equipment:mechanical:accessory scissor/screw/bottle jack/lift |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 30 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: A tire blew out on a 2002 mitsubishi lancer. in the process of changing the tire, the jack collapsed. no-one was hurt. there are other instances of this happening to other owners of these vehicles. mitsubishi's north american customer service department was contacted. after little interest in this incident the customer service representative was asked if this wasn't considered a safety issue and of other reports of similar incidents on the internet. after being told to take the jack to a mitsubishi dealer to verify the jack was defective the jack was replaced free of charge and the old jack was kept by the mitsubishi dealer. photo's of the broken jack were taken. *jb |