NHTSA Complaint #11674840 — 2016 MITSUBISHI LANCER

POWER TRAIN issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number	11674840
Vehicle	2016 MITSUBISHI LANCER
Component	POWER TRAIN
Date of Incident	May 24, 2025
Date Filed	July 20, 2025
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	VA

Consumer Description

It’s throwing a P084A code and it feels like the transmission is about to let loose. I bought the car with 30,000 on it in 2016 and it has a hair over 136,000 and ever since I’ve had it it’s always had this transmission lag jerk in it. Very scuttle but you can feel it. Then all of a sudden it just started going into limp mode, hi low hi low rev, jerking and couldn’t get over 30 mph. This looks like a continuous problem with these transmission and gives Mitsubishi a bad taste in some peoples mouths. I’m out of a decently nice car and probably a couple thousand dollars for a new transmission.

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