Powertrain complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2016 Mitsubishi Lancer has 20 NHTSA powertrain complaints and 1 powertrain-related recall.
20
Complaints
1
Recalls
0
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 9, 2026
16V563000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. (MMNA) is recalling certain model year 2015-2016 Outlander Sport vehicles and 2016 Outlander and Lancer vehicles...
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2025 | POWER TRAIN | It’s throwing a P084A code and it feels like the transmission is about to let loose. I bought the ca... |
| Apr 2, 2025 | POWER TRAIN | Recently the transmission has started to shudder when first driving from a stop. It only happens und... |
| Feb 20, 2025 | POWER TRAIN | The car is bucking hi low hi low and then the service transmission light is coming on. We brought th... |
| Aug 1, 2024 | POWER TRAIN | Purchased the vehicle with only 59K miles in May 2024. Transmission immediately started acting up, h... |
| Jul 15, 2023 | POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | I purchased this car in 2016 brand new from the dealer. Have kept up with its maintenance but in the... |
| Jul 6, 2023 | POWER TRAIN | CVT transmission will not catch gears as it keeps slipping. Leaves it in limp mode. Unable to accele... |
| Dec 19, 2022 | POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE | 2016 SE 2.4L AWC. Purchased car in February 2022 at 66k miles. In December of 2022 at 78k miles, car... |
| Jul 14, 2022 | POWER TRAIN | I started to experience hesitation in the cars power and shifting “gears” in the cvt, it started to ... |
| Nov 12, 2021 | POWER TRAIN | Car has 76,470 miles. Took to dealership due to loss of power and jerking hard during takeoffs and s... |
| Oct 25, 2021 | POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | Our 2016 lancer has suddenly started hesitating/ taking seconds to shift from park to reverse/drive.... |
| Oct 8, 2021 | POWER TRAIN | I was driving on the way home, my car started to skip and jerking. Went to Mitsubishi and told me I ... |
| Aug 10, 2021 | POWER TRAIN | It I not wanting to go or like ir catch gears |
| Mar 7, 2021 | POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | AS I WAS DRIVING IT IT SEEMS TO HESITATE ON ACCELERATING AFTER A FEW STOPS THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT ... |
| Mar 1, 2021 | POWER TRAIN | AUTOMATIC CVT TRANSMISSION BEGAN FAILING AT 60,000 MILES. TRANSMISSION FLUID WAS CHANGED AT 30K MILE... |
| Apr 10, 2019 | POWER TRAIN | THE LIGHT STATING TO SERVICE MY TRANSMISSION CAME ON. THE MAINTENANCE MILEAGE WAS WITHIN STATED PAR... |
| Mar 1, 2019 | POWER TRAIN | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 MITSUBISHI LANCER. AFTER COMING TO A STOP, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELER... |
| Aug 27, 2017 | POWER TRAIN | The contact owns a 2016 Mitsubishi Lancer. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, ... |
| Mar 22, 2017 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | I HAVE BEEN DRIVING THIS CAR FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE VERY RANDOMLY I EX... |
| Jan 10, 2017 | POWER TRAIN | I HAVE NOTICED AN ISSUE WITH MY CARS ACCELERATION FROM A 0 MILE PER HOUR STARTING POINT TO A 30 MPH.... |
| Oct 5, 2016 | POWER TRAIN | Loss of power on acceleration, rpms going up and down, hesitation in acceleration, going into limp... |