Consumer Complaint Detail

MITSUBISHI / LANCER / 2002

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
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