2010 MITSUBISHI LANCER Electrical System Problems

The car started flashing a warning sign and loosing power. When trying to accelerate it stops. Eventually it puts the car into a limp mode and will stall altogether. This happens any long distance trip. My car year and model is not the only Lancer being effected by this computer glitch. It’s very dangerous due to the fact that the cars loosing power while you’re driving. It doesn’t matter if you’re in the middle of the highway it will just stop working. All research I have done points to an error within the computer that tells the car when to cool down the transmission. I have seen many blogs, forums and actually know another Lancer owner who’s model is a 2012 and has the exact same issue. I don’t know why this hasn’t been addressed yet when it’s affecting more than just one Lancer here or there. Bad for the...

2010 MITSUBISHI LANCER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE FAILS EMISSIONS DUE TO SERVICE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT INDICATES CATALYTIC CONVERTER/SENSOR CIRCUIT SLOW RESPONSE MALFUNCTION ALSO PASSENGER WINDOWS AND KEY FOB BATTERY PROBLEMS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE 02 SENSORS AND THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE PASSENGER'S WINDOW WAS INOPERABLE. THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW WAS SLOW TO OPEN. THE KEY FOB ALSO IS INOPERABLE. UPDATED 06/21/2017*JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 MITSUBISHI LANCER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ABS AND ACS WARNING INDICATORS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

ALL ELECTRICAL SHUTS OFF WHEN CAR TURNS ON. "CHECK!" AND "SERVICE ENGINE!" NOTIFICATIONS APPEAR IN DASH, BUT DISAPPEAR WITHIN SECONDS. CAR CAN BE IDLE OR MOVING WHILE ELECTRICAL PANEL SHUTS OFF. BROUGHT CAR TO MITSUBISHI FOR DIAGNOSIS, SHOWED THEM A VIDEO OF THE DASH AND HEADLIGHTS TURNING OFF AS IF CAR IS STALLING, WHILE RPMS DO NOT REACH ZERO. THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE PROBLEM AND SAID I WILL LIKELY PAY A LOT OF MONEY TO HAVE IT LOOKED INTO AND FIXED, BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE TO TROUBLE SHOOT ON MY DOLLAR. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE IN THE DARK BECAUSE HEADLAMPS SHUT COMPLETELY OFF WHILE CAR IS HAVING SEIZURE. RADIO ALSO TURNS OFF. *TR

WHEN HITTING THE VOLUME CONTROL/HANDS FREE SYSTEM BUTTONS ON THE STEERING WHEEL THEY GET MIXED UP. IF I HIT VOLUME DOWN IT TRIGGERS THE HANDS FREE SYSTEM SO I HAVE TO HIT VOLUME UP WHICH WORKS IN ORDER TO GET THE VOLUME DOWN BUTTON TO FINALLY CORRECT ITSELF. IT'S ONLY JUST STARTED DOING THIS WITHIN THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS.