2008 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE AND WARNING LIGHT "SERVICE REQUIRED" AND A SYMBOL INDICATING THE ALL-WHEEL DRIVE SUSPENSION APPEARED. HAD CODE READ AND MY VEHICLE SUFFERED A ACD PUMP FAILURE. IT IS A CRUCIAL FEATURE TO THE SOPHISTICATED AWD STABILITY CONTROL SYSTEM THAT MAKES AN EVO "SPECIAL". THIS IS A PART OF THE DRIVE TRAIN THAT IS NOT COVERED IN THE DRIVE TRAIN WARRANTY. THEY ALL FAIL AND THEY ARE EXPENSIVE AND THEY BECOME CORRODED DUE TO LOCATION, DESIGN, AND LACK OF PROPER PROTECTION FROM THE ELEMENTS AND ROAD SPLATTER. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALLED ITEM FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THIS IS NOT CAUSED BY ANYTHING OTHER THAN POOR DESIGN ALLOWING FOR A CORROSION PROBLEM THAT LEADS TO PUMP FAILURE. *TR

MY 08 EVO IS GETTING THE "SERVICE REQUIRED" LIGHT INDICATING THE S-AWC PUMP HAS FAILED. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND A LOT OF THE EVO'S ARE GETTING THIS. ITS B/C THE PUMP LOCATED BEHIND THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE IS EXPOSED THE ELEMENTS AND GET CORRODED, ALSO THE LIQUID GETS TOO THICK IN THE WINTER AND THE FLUID CANNOT FLOW PROPERLY AND THE PUMP FAILS. MINE FAILED 2 MONTHS OUTSIDE OF THE DRIVE TRAIN WARRANTY IN MIND JUNE IN NEBRASKA SO IT WAS MID 70'S AT LEAST, CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY WANT $120 JUST TO LOOK AT IT THEN $2000+ TO REPLACE THE PUMP. FAULTY PARTS LIKE THIS NEED TO BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. MY CAR IS ALSO 100% STOCK. *TR

THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON THE MITSUBISHI EVO X IF YOU LIVE IN A COLD AREA AND ROADS ARE SALTED FOR SNOW. THE LOCATION OF THE AWC PUMP IS NOT ENCLOSED ENOUGH SO THE SALT, ROAD CRAP GETS TO THE PUMP AND IT FAILS. MITSUBISHI SAID IT WOULD COST $2 GRAND TO REPLACE THE PUMP. YES $2 GRAND FOR A PUMP!!! MITSUBISHI NEEDS TO STEP UP AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. I KNOW MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN AND READ ABOUT THOUSANDS OF OTHERS. PLEASE HELP! *TR

DURING COLD WEATHER (APPROXIMATELY 40 DEGREES OR LESS) DURING THE EVENING, MY SUPER ALL-WHEEL-CONTROL SERVICING LIGHT WAS TRIGGERED DURING A LOW SPEED TURN. THIS INDICATES A FAULTY OR FAILING AWC/AYC PUMP, A MECHANICAL COMPONENT WHICH PROVIDES AYC FLUID TO THE FRONT AND REAR DIFFERENTIAL OF THE VEHICLE, AIDING IN STABILITY CONTROL. WHEN THE PUMP IS INOPERABLE, DECREASED (OR NO) PRESSURE/FLUID IS SENT TO THE DIFFERENTIALS OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH CAN CAUSE SERIOUS DRIVETRAIN DAMAGE AND FAILURE-- THUS THE AYC PUMP IS RECOGNIZED BY MITSUBISHI AS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE DRIVE TRAIN. HOWEVER, IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER MITSUBISHI'S 5 YEAR/60,000 MILE DRIVETRAIN WARRANTY, WHICH I FEEL IS DISINGENUOUS. THIS IS A A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN AS A FAULTY OR FAILED PUMP EFFECTIVELY DISABLES THE AWD COMPONENT OF THE VEHICLE AND MAKES THE DRIVE TRAIN MORE LIKELY TOSUFFER CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE DURING USE, WHICH CAN RESULT IN CRASHES AND INJURY. MITSUBISHI IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE AND THAT THESE PUMPS ARE POORLY-DESIGNED FOR PROVIDING THE AYC FLUID TO THE DIFFERENTIALS DURING COLD WEATHER; THE FLUID BECOMES EXTREMELY VISCOUS AT LOW TEMPERATURES AND THE PUMP IS EITHER UNABLE TO CONTINUE TO FLOW THE FLUID TO NECESSARY COMPONENTS OR THE PUMP COMPLETELY FAILS IN THE ATTEMPT, REQUIRING EXPENSIVE REPLACEMENT AT THE OWNER'S EXPENSE. *TR

AT 72,000 MILES I WAS EXPERIENCING ISSUES THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE IDLING OF MY CAR. AT STOPLIGHTS IT WOULD DIE UNEXPECTEDLY AND/OR JUST IDLE EXTREMELY ROUGH AS THE RPM'S WOULD LOWER. I TOOK IT IN TO GET IT REPAIRED AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED (BY MITSUBISHI) AS A TIMING BELT THAT WAS STRETCHED. I LOOKED ONLINE AN FOUND SCORES OF 2008 EVO'S WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR ISSUES RIGHT AROUND THE SAME TIMEFRAME (AROUND 70K MILES). CLEARLY THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE, YET OUT OF WARRANTY BY 10K. I ALSO LOOKED ONLINE TO SEE IF THEY HAD YET TO MODIFY THE REPLACEMENT TIMING CHAIN AND MITSUBISHI HAD MANUFACTURED A NEW TIMING CHAIN THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE CERTAIN DEFECTS AS OF JANUARY 2012. SHOULD THIS NOT BE A RECALL ITEM CONSIDERING THAT SO MANY OF US ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE? ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT A REPLACEMENT CHAIN HAD BEEN MADE TO CORRECT THESE THINGS? *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION. THE CONTACT STATED THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THE AIR BAG SENSORS WERE CORRODED. THE DEALER ADVISED HIM THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE AIR BAG SENSOR, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER WHO CONFIRMED THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER (09V435000) AIR BAG: FRONTAL: SENSOR CONTROL MODULE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 39,986. UPDATED 04/26/12 *BF UPDATED 05/10/12

THE PAINT IS CHIPPING ON THE BOTTOM SIDE, OF THE BACK REAR DOORS NEXT TO THE FENDER. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. AS TALKED IN THE FORUMS IN EDMUNDS.COM I HAVE A 2008 MITSUBISHI LANCER EVOLUTION, WITH 3,500 MILES ON IT AND THE PAINT IS COMING OFF THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW, AND MITSUBISHI WONT DO ANYTHING I NEVER DROVE MY CAR IN GRAVEL, I THINK THE DESIGN FLAW HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE AERODYNAMICS OF THE CAR, AND POOR PAINT. *TR

I TOOK IN MY MITSUBISHI LANCER EVO TO LOCAL DEALER FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THIS CAR CURRENTLY HAS 3,300 MILES AND I'M HAVING PROBLEMS IN SHIFTING FROM SECOND GEAR TO THIRD.AT TIMES I NEED TO TAKE CLUTCH PEDAL OUT TWO TO THREE TIMES IN ORDER FOR IT TO ENGAGE. SOME TIMES TRANSMISSION WILL NOT GO INTO REVERSE ALSO. DEALER HAD CAR FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS AND INDICATED ON THEIR WORK ORDER THAT THE CAR HAD NO PROBLEMS WHILE TEST DRIVING? *TR