this car really has so many problems??
Evolving Member
Joined: Jul 2007
Posts: 206
Likes: 0
From: Baltimore, MD
There are only about 2 or 3 big problems (not major, just annoying) that a lot of 2008 Lancers have.
#1: Cranking issues - A lot of owners have had problems starting the lancer. Longer-than-normal cranking has been reported by a lot of owner's, and I have had it happen to me once or twice. I haven't heard any reports of someone actually not being able to start the lancer, just long cranking times.
#2: Pulling to the left - I think this is more of a GTS issue than a DE or ES issue. I haven't heard many people complain with the DE/ES, but a lot of people with the GTS have a problem with the vehicle having an aggressive pull to the left. This could possibly be either tire or alignment related.
#3: Radio Reception - The 2008 Lancer seems to have really crappy reception (Reported by many people), and I fall into this category. This car has terrible radio reception, and I have no idea whether its in the headunit or the antenna. I do not listen to the radio all that much, so this problem doesn't bother me as much.
Mitsubishi hasn't released any TSB's or re-calls to my knowledge, but they will most likely in the near future. Most of these well-known problems are minor in my opinion. You also have some other problems that seem to only affect one or two people. The problems I have listed have affected as many as 10+ people.
Hopefully this doesn't scare away potential buyers. I think the 2008 Lancer is a pimp car!
#1: Cranking issues - A lot of owners have had problems starting the lancer. Longer-than-normal cranking has been reported by a lot of owner's, and I have had it happen to me once or twice. I haven't heard any reports of someone actually not being able to start the lancer, just long cranking times.
#2: Pulling to the left - I think this is more of a GTS issue than a DE or ES issue. I haven't heard many people complain with the DE/ES, but a lot of people with the GTS have a problem with the vehicle having an aggressive pull to the left. This could possibly be either tire or alignment related.
#3: Radio Reception - The 2008 Lancer seems to have really crappy reception (Reported by many people), and I fall into this category. This car has terrible radio reception, and I have no idea whether its in the headunit or the antenna. I do not listen to the radio all that much, so this problem doesn't bother me as much.
Mitsubishi hasn't released any TSB's or re-calls to my knowledge, but they will most likely in the near future. Most of these well-known problems are minor in my opinion. You also have some other problems that seem to only affect one or two people. The problems I have listed have affected as many as 10+ people.
Hopefully this doesn't scare away potential buyers. I think the 2008 Lancer is a pimp car!
Evolving Member
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 347
Likes: 0
From: Albany
it is indeed a pimp car and I agree that those are the only major problems cept I've never had any radio problem but most of the time I'm not using it. but mine has not cranked over a few times and it does pull to the left a lot and the dealer won't do anything untill I put on my stock wheels even after flipping out on them about it.
Account Disabled
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 369
Likes: 0
From: New Jersey
i bought the car 2weeks ago traded in my 06 fullly loaded eclipse gt pushign 300 + whp for this lancer. and guess what i don't regreat it 1 bit im totally in love with this ride. and i have not had any of those problems yet and i hope i don't either 
Evolving Member
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 151
Likes: 0
#3: Radio Reception - The 2008 Lancer seems to have really crappy reception (Reported by many people), and I fall into this category. This car has terrible radio reception, and I have no idea whether its in the headunit or the antenna. I do not listen to the radio all that much, so this problem doesn't bother me as much.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
