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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
JA3AU26U39U••••••2009 Mitsubishi LANCER RALIART
This build draws 4.0× more complaints than the average 2009 Mitsubishi LANCER RALIART build (4 vs 1).
4on this build
1on the model
1builds in total
1involved a crash
Most reportedAir Bags 2Service Brakes 1Hydraulic 1Power Train 1
What owners of this build wrote
Air BagscrashJun 2020
Was not aware of this new recall in july 2020 a detached front control arm may make you lose control of the car .my 17 year old daughter lost control of her car because the right side tire started to shake and the steering wheel locked up and she was unable to control car and…
Power TrainJan 2020
The following is a result of a defective transmission fluid dipstick acknowledged by mitsubishi and addressed by a service bulletin. They have not issued a recall of the dipstick. (https://mitsubishitechinfo.com/data/tech_docs/2010/52005696/html/520056966.htm) after driving on…
Service BrakesJun 2012
I was driving highway speed when there was a weird noise and my ABS light came on. I had to run an errand and when I got back in the car, my service engine light was on. I had my state emissions test and in turned failed because the service engine light is on. I took the car to…
Air BagsAug 2009
My husband bought a mitsubishi ralliart 2009 lancer and was involved in an accident of which car rolled over. The car was totaled when we viewed the car at the towing location the driver airbags did not open only passenger airbag opened. The vehicle first hit a light pole and…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN JA3AU26U39U025428 · decoded Oct 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.