2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 29 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Engine13 (44.8%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 2008–2015.
• Brakes3 (10.3%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2014–2015.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)3 (10.3%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2008–2013.
• Suspension3 (10.3%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2003–2006.
• Electrical system2 (6.9%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2010–2015.
• Body & structure2 (6.9%)

Other / uncategorized: 1 classifications (3.4%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (458 records, model years 2003–2015) are most frequently classified under: powertrain (transmission & drivetrain), engine and stability & traction control.
• Manufacturer communications (865 records, model years 2003–2015) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and engine.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 20reports included a mileage
• 43,837average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 2003 138 records for 2003 138
2. 2004 29 records for 2004 29
3. 2005 57 records for 2005 57
4. 2006 56 records for 2006 56
5. 2008 130 records for 2008 130
6. 2009 87 records for 2009 87
7. 2010 127 records for 2010 127
8. 2011 101 records for 2011 101
9. 2012 84 records for 2012 84
10. 2013 87 records for 2013 87
11. 2014 78 records for 2014 78
12. 2015 60 records for 2015 60

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 2
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 30
• Owner complaints NHTSA 24

Explore the underlying evidence records