Mitsubishi Lancer Reliability Comparisons

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This is the most up-to-date car reliability information available anywhere for the Mitsubishi Lancer. TrueDelta's Car Reliability Survey results are promptly updated every three months. Others can be over a year behind. What you'll also find only here: actual repair rates (the average number of trips to the repair shop each year), and not just dots, for a clearer idea of how much competing cars truly differ in reliability.

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Mitsubishi Lancer Reliability
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Car Reliability Survey (CRS) Results: year ending September 30, 2009
Successful Repair Trips per Year (per 100 vehicles) Column definitions
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Year	Make	Model	Trips / Year per 100	TS	Δ	Cars Mon/Car Av Odo
2009	Mitsubishi	Lancer	0 Fewest         Most		--	25 5.7 9500
2008	Mitsubishi	Lancer	15 Fewest         Most		--	30 8.0 19000
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Competing Car Model Reliability

Car Reliability Survey (CRS) Results: year ending September 30, 2009
Successful Repair Trips per Year (per 100 vehicles) Column definitions
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Year	Make	Model	Trips / Year per 100	TS	Δ	Cars Mon/Car Av Odo
2009	Honda	Civic	17 Fewest         Most		+17	30 4.7 5100
2008	Honda	Civic	32 Fewest         Most		+17	65 6.8 16200
2007	Honda	Civic	44 Fewest         Most			69 7.5 30000
2006	Honda	Civic	28 Fewest         Most			59 7.4 45500
2005	Honda	Civic*	join to view			16 8.5 65000
2004	Honda	Civic*	join to view			15 7.2 66700
2003	Honda	Civic*	join to view			14 8.6 77900
2003	Honda	Civic hatchback*	join to view			12 7.3 89000
2002	Honda	Civic*	join to view			23 6.1 78500
2001	Honda	Civic	79 Fewest         Most			32 5.7 112300
2000	Honda	Civic	82 Fewest         Most			30 5.9 114500
Year	Make	Model	Trips / Year per 100	TS	Δ	Cars Mon/Car Av Odo
1999	Honda	Civic*	join to view			13 7.8 122800
1998	Honda	Civic*	join to view			13 4.9 128100
2010	Mazda	Mazda3	0 Fewest         Most No repairs reported yet. Very clean launch for a redesigned model.			33 2.8 2800
2009	Mazda	Mazda3	69 Fewest         Most Mostly 2008.5s. Higher problem rate than previous model years owing to common failure with audio sytem. Aside from this issue, the cars should be very reliable, and the reported repair rate is likely to continue to drop.		+69	41 7.7 9900
2009	Mazda	MazdaSpeed3*	join to view			18 7.2 9100
2008	Mazda	Mazda3	58 Fewest         Most Might include a few 2008.5s with the problematic audio system.		+43	51 8.9 18200
2008	Mazda	MazdaSpeed3*	join to view			20 7.8 15100
2007	Mazda	Mazda3	19 Fewest         Most			54 8.1 25900
2007	Mazda	MazdaSpeed3*	join to view			21 8.3 23500
2006	Mazda	Mazda3	39 Fewest         Most			60 7.7 42700
2005	Mazda	Mazda3	55 Fewest         Most			36 9.6 51700
Year	Make	Model	Trips / Year per 100	TS	Δ	Cars Mon/Car Av Odo
2004	Mazda	Mazda3	70 Fewest         Most			30 6.9 63200
2009	Subaru	Impreza / WRX / Outback Sport	21 Fewest         Most Overall better than average, But the engines in WRXs produced in July and August 2008 might have a very high failure rate.		+21	25 4.5 6900
2008	Subaru	Impreza / WRX / Outback Sport	55 Fewest         Most Improved, and now about average. A new design, early on it had more problems than the typical Subaru.		+40	38 6.9 14400
2007	Subaru	Impreza / WRX / Outback Sport*	join to view			23 5.8 24600
2006	Subaru	Impreza / WRX / Outback Sport	5 Fewest         Most			26 8.8 39200
2005	Subaru	Impreza / WRX / Outback Sport	39 Fewest         Most			34 8.1 62400
2004	Subaru	Impreza / WRX / Outback Sport	21 Fewest         Most			25 6.9 64700
2003	Subaru	Impreza / WRX / Outback Sport*	join to view			13 7.9 77100
2002	Subaru	Impreza / WRX / Outback Sport*	join to view			23 8.3 88400
2009	Toyota	Corolla	24 Fewest         Most		+24	42 7.1 11800
2007	Toyota	Corolla*	join to view			14 7.1 28500
Year	Make	Model	Trips / Year per 100	TS	Δ	Cars Mon/Car Av Odo
2006	Toyota	Corolla	58 Fewest         Most			28 7.4 42900
2005	Toyota	Corolla	27 Fewest         Most			29 7.7 66100
2004	Toyota	Corolla*	join to view			13 7.0 78400
2003	Toyota	Corolla*	join to view			19 6.1 113500
2002	Toyota	Corolla*	join to view			15 5.3 105300
2001	Toyota	Corolla*	join to view			20 6.3 110200
1999	Toyota	Corolla*	join to view			16 6.7 123300
2009	Volkswagen	Jetta diesel	29 Fewest         Most Better than average for both gas and diesel.		+29	43 6.8 9400
2009	Volkswagen	Jetta / Rabbit / GTI	28 Fewest         Most Better than average for both gas and diesel.		+28	46 5.6 6700
2008	Volkswagen	Jetta / Rabbit / GTI	39 Fewest         Most Reliability appears to have significantly improved beginning with this model year.		+24	85 8.4 14400
2007	Volkswagen	Jetta / Rabbit / GTI	69 Fewest         Most			65 8.8 33400
Year	Make	Model	Trips / Year per 100	TS	Δ	Cars Mon/Car Av Odo
2006	Volkswagen	Jetta	68 Fewest         Most			73 7.3 49800
2005	Volkswagen	Jetta / Golf diesel*	join to view			10 6.6 90900
2004	Volkswagen	Jetta / Golf / GTI*	join to view			16 6.1 68500
2003	Volkswagen	Jetta / Golf diesel*	join to view			19 7.4 146900
2003	Volkswagen	Jetta / Golf / GTI	115 Fewest         Most			26 6.0 80500
2002	Volkswagen	Jetta / Golf / GTI*	join to view			16 5.9 87500
2002	Volkswagen	Jetta / Golf diesel*	join to view			18 6.7 120800
2001	Volkswagen	Jetta / Golf diesel*	join to view			11 6.5 158800
2001	Volkswagen	Jetta / Golf / GTI	124 Fewest         Most			26 6.0 103400
2000	Volkswagen	Jetta / Golf diesel*	join to view			15 7.0 170800
2000	Volkswagen	Jetta / Golf / GTI	80 Fewest         Most Reported repair frequencies too low to be accurate? Note ultra-high average odometer for diesels.			33 5.4 91600
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Definitions

• Trips / Year per 100 (CRS Score) -- average number of successful repair trips per year per 100 cars; routine maintenance such as oil and filter changes does not count as a repair
• Graph -- pointer shows how the model compares to others from the same model year
• Traffic Signal (TS) -- same as the graph, but with three simple, easier-to-read alternatives; green = better than average, yellow = about average, red = worse than average
• Delta (Δ) -- how much the CRS Score differs from the same year Mitsubishi Lancer; negative = fewer repairs = better; +100 = one extra repair trip per year, on average
• Cars -- number of cars for which owners provided data
• Months / Car -- average number of months of data per car
• Odometer -- average odometer reading, in miles; under 9,000 per year in green, over 15,000 per year in red

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General Notes

How do we select "competing car models"? Users of TrueDelta's car price comparison tool most often compare these cars to the Mitsubishi Lancer.

Models and statistics marked with an asterisk* have very low sample sizes. These results, visible only to logged-in members, provide only a rough estimate of car reliability.

Ultra-low repair rates: Any result under 20 repair trips per 100 cars is likely a result of the small sample size, and should be expected to increase to 20 or so in future updates.

New models often start out with high repair rates, and then improve as the manufacturer identifies and addresses common problems.

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Methodology

Description of the research process.

Only successfully completed repairs are currently included in the analysis. Routine maintenance, most wear items, recalls, and problems fixed with just a reflash or warning light reset are not included.

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