general problems of the 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer

The airbags light came on after I bought the car and I am afraid of I get in an accident they will not deploy my mechanic said I would have to go to a car dealership about it. . . The brakes also fail if I try to stop abruptly they go to the floor and do not stop the vehicle. . . The brakes are the worst when I am driving slowly and try to come to a stop. I have taken my car to the dealership and was told that my brakes are in good condition and the mechanic didn't understand why the car was having issues stopping.

Brakes on vehicle went to the floor and started to make an air sucking sound took a couple minutes to pump the brakes back up before could start driving again.

Mitsubishi recall 09v077000 in the past few days, I noticed that while in motion my breaks were not reacting with their typical speed. When I took my car into a mechanic, they said it was an issue with my car's brake booster check valve and that there was a safety recall regarding this back in 2009. I was concerned as I have taken my car in for, frankly, more recalls than I can even remember, so I called my dealership to schedule the maintenance. After a lot of back and forth with both the dealership and mitstubishi's customer service, it turns out that my car was not considered as it was made "six months before. " this is really odd as, from all the descriptions of the recall, no timelines were specified, just the model years affected. If my car was truly not in the need of the recall, that's completely fine, but the answers I received regarding this really didn't make sense to me, and I'd rather report it in case more people are affected than just take it at face value.

The very first application of the brakes upon starting exhibits increased stopping distance during parking lot manuevers. Subsequent applications of the brake reveal full pedal force and normal stopping distance. Vehicle exhibits the same symptoms of recall 09v077000 but is outside the scope of the recall.

I have had several problems of which I have had my car in to the Mitsubishi dealer to check out to find out that they could find out nothing. The brakes gave out once and I had to use my emergency brake to stop. Thank god I did not hit anyone. They seemed to work afterwards. The car would not start and this would happen several time a week. I had the car checked out thoroughly and of course they found nothing out. Now I am dealing with a thumping noise when I am at a complete stop and I go to take off. This noise has been there since the first day I bought the car. It seems to only be heard when at a complete stop and you go to take off. Also the heater fan clicks off and on randomly. I never had this or heard this loud clicking on and off fan noise when I had a 2004 Lancer. I also had it check out and again they tell me that is normal. I do not think so.

The contact owns a 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer. Whenever the brake pedal is depressed, the contact hears a loud scrubbing sound coming from the rotors. When the vehicle is turned right or left, the front end of the vehicle makes a popping sound. The first time the vehicle was taken to the dealer they replaced the front driver's side wheel bearing due to a recall. The second time the vehicle was taken to the dealer regarding the front passenger side wheel bearing. On the third visit, the front passenger side wheel bearing was replaced and both front rotors were turned. The vehicle has been taken to the dealer approximately three times regarding this failure and it is gradually becoming worse. The NHTSA campaign id number was unknown. The current mileage was 7,333 and failure mileage was 6,800. Updated 10/14/08. Updated 10/16/08.