Air Bag Related Problems of the 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer

Table 1 shows four common air bag related problems of the 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer. The number one most common problem is related to the air bag not deploy (16 problems). The second most common problem is related to the front air bag (five problems).

Table 1. Air Bag related problems of Mitsubishi Lancer


Recently reported Air Bag problems of the 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer

The Air Bag Not Deploy problem

My husband was in an accident and over corrected hit an embankment and a tree and this pushed him back into the road and spin shooting him into another embankment and this resulted in him being forced backwards and into another ditch on the other side of the road hitting a mailbox and another ditch.   Read details...

The Front Air Bag problem

1) I was driving south down the road at 25-30 mph, and another car was waiting to pull out of a parking lot on my right, he was going to turn left (north). - he says he didn't see me and pulled out in front of me and I t-boned him. 2)his airbags deployed, but mine did not.   Read details...

The Air Bag problem

To avoid contact with a deer I hit the brakes sliding into a utility pole causing significant front end damage to vehicle no air bags were deployed.   Read details...


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