Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STRUCTURE - BODY | |||||
| 115 | 04/01/2005 | 10015719 | Recaro seatback bolster cover breakage. mitsubishi tech talk. *tt | 08/10/2005 | |
| 116 | 06/01/2005 | 10015631 | Recaro seatback bolster cover (part number correction). mitsubishi tech talk. *tt | 08/02/2005 | |
| 05012004 | 05/01/2004 | 10014363 | Rear door jamb protectors. *eh | 05/02/2005 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRUCTURE - BODY | |||
| 02/10/2006 | 1 | 08/14/2005 | |
| Paint on my 03 evo began flaking off, rock chips by both back passenger doors, 24k miles and i have too many rock chips everywhere, my 98 cavalier doesn't have this many rock chips. *jb | |||
| 09/01/2003 | 500 | 08/01/2003 | |
| Rock chips behind the drivers side rear door. many little chips running up the door frame. the chips are in the crease of the door jamb. i can provide pictures. i took the car (2003 mitsubishi lancer evolution) to hall mitsubishi in newport news virginia around january or february. the service manager said it was rocks kicked up from the road and directed me to call a touch up paint repair specialist. i have talked to many other lancer evolution owners and seen first hand that almost every evolution has this problem. i can provide pictures of the area in question. the chips are tiny, but they are in a place on the car that will be very susceptable to rust. i started noticing the problems about a month after i bought the car. i believe the problem is caused by a improperly aligned rear door. so far i have only noticed the problem on the drivers side of the car. *ak | |||
| STRUCTURE - BODY - BUMPERS | |||
| 01/07/2004 | 1 | 07/12/2003 | |
| There are pitted rust spots on the rear driverside quarter panel. where the door meets the panel. also there are surface rust on the rear of my bumper of my car.*ak | |||
| STRUCTURE - BODY - DOOR - HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS | |||
| 01/07/2004 | 1 | 07/12/2003 | |
| There are pitted rust spots on the rear driverside quarter panel. where the door meets the panel. also there are surface rust on the rear of my bumper of my car.*ak | |||
| STRUCTURE - FRAME AND MEMBERS | |||
| 03/11/2008 | 48605 | 1 | |
| I had just arrived from work and pulled-in my driveway, i was idling my car before shutting off the engine. i then switched off my headlights, but the headlights stayed on. i then proceeded to turn the headlight switch on, then off; after several attempts the headlights finally switched off, but then, the headlights, parklights, markers and even the license plate lights would flicker until the ignition was switched off and pulled out the key, but just before this incident i used my wipers to clear my windshield of rain/mist with a one wipe/manual sweep and the wipers just seemed that it didn't want to stop wiping until the ignition was switched off and the key pulled out. this is the first incident and it was raining or had just rained. the dealership then replaced both light and wiper switches after determining that there was a short. this seemed to address and correct the problems. then on april 28, 2008 i had just arrived at work and was idling my car before switching the ignition off, as i switched off the lights the horn started going off continuously. if the lights were left in the on or park position, the horn would stop, but when the light switch was turned off, it didn't stop going off even when the ignition was off and the key pulled out. it only stopped after the fuse was pulled out. again, the weather was raining or had just rained. i then dropped off my car at the dealership and they determined that water intrusion through the driver's front kick panel to junction block, instrument harness, floor harness and chassis harness. corrosion on pins and connectors causing failures and shorts to all systems. they had an outside vendor seal around wiring harness behind inner fender well. at this point none of the wirings nor harness were replaced. i was informed that this would all be customer pay and not covered under warranty as i have exceeded the 3/36 warranty period. wipers horn and remote un/lock don't work. *tr | |||