Mechanical Jack problems of the 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer

One problem related to mechanical jack has been reported for the 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer based on all problems reported for the 2002 Lancer.

1 Mechanical Jack problem

Failure Date: 08/22/2006

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.


Other Equipment related problems of the 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer

Equipment problems
4
Air Conditioner problems
2
Mechanical Jack problems
1


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